Plasmatics - CBGB (NY, July 26, 1978 - June 9, 1979)

This historic, if raw, very early videos were shot at CBGB and capture the Plasmatics. During these earliest of shows the band was a 3 piece, before the power hitter Wes Beech was added to the lineup. Wendy’s proclivity for provocative fashion is already evident here where she wears completely clear see-through vinyl pants and on top the first Plasmatics T shirt ever printed. The first show was recorded live along with the whole set and then mixed down and released as part of the first ever Plasmatics recording “Butcher Baby” released on Vice Squad Records, a label Plasmatics creator Rod Swenson founded to give the band an early record release because a lot of out of town venues where he wanted to book the group wanted a group to have a record. Subscribe to the channel: Buy the rare official vinyl at: ---- 45th ANNIVERSARY PROGRAM On July 26th, 1978 the Plasmat
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