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As singer of the punk/metal band the Plasmatics, Wendy Orlean Williams was the most outrageous female performer in rock music. She often appeared onstage topless, save for black tape on her nipples and shaving cream smeared on her breasts. During a Plasmatics performance, Wendy would destroy a television set with a sledgehammer, slice apart an electric guitar with a chainsaw and blow up a car with dynamite, all the name of combating materialism and undermining the status quo. Even though she was ferocious on stage, Wendy was by no means a rock'n'roll animal. A strict vegetarian who often ran six miles a day and lifted weights, Wendy hated drugs and alcohol, was in remarkable physical shape and was well-liked for her polite demeanor.

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Robin Eisgrau has been writing about music and cultural subjects for many years. She has held editorial positions at Paper, Seventeen, Time Out New York, NET, and CMJ New Music Report. Her byline has appeared in The New York Post, The Village Voice, Sky Magazine UK, The Boston Phoenix, Interview, JC Downtown, Alternative Press and the arts website offoffoff.com. She writes two blogs: Plate Envy, about food and related subjects, and Focus and Temper where she discusses music and personal reflections. With Richard John Cummins she co-authored Name, Rank Rock and Roll: Famous Musicians Who Served In The Military, also published by New Haven Publishing.

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