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lokie

lokie

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Bareback said:
I thought that Wendy-O Williams did a version of this song, but after a quick Google search I couldn't find it.
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http://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/When-talk-show-host-Tom-Snyder-took-on-punk-rock-2541751.php

When talk show host Tom Snyder took on punk rock, things got mighty interesting

That moment comes on a show broadcast May 21, 1981, as Wendy O. Williams of the punk band the Plasmatics blows up a car onstage. First she smashes the windshield and headlights with a sledgehammer, then lights a fuse, tosses some kind of bomb into the car and blows it apart.
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Skip to 10:00 to 20:35 for Wendy O. The segments before and after are preachers offering their own spiel.


I watched that show on TV that night. I believe she also trashed the stage lighting with a chainsaw, although the chainsaw bit may have been on her previous appearance on the show.

Her performance was riveting, mesmerizing and entertaining only because the brash performance had not been seen on live US TV before.

I enjoyed the show for what it was worth but the music was far less than what was expected when I turned on the TV.
 
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