Metal Priestess

Metal Priestess is the second extended play by American punk rock band Plasmatics. It was released on October 21, 1981[2] by Stiff Records and reissued the same year by PVC Records with an alternative cover.

Metal Priestess
EP by Plasmatics
Released	October 21, 1981 (1981-10-21)
Recorded	1981
Studio	The Schoolhouse (Westport, Connecticut)
Genre	Heavy metal Biker metal Punk rock
Length	25:33
Label	Stiff PVC
Producer	Dan Hartman Rod Swenson
Plasmatics chronology
Beyond the Valley of 1984 (1981) Metal Priestess (1981) Coup d'Etat (1982)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

Dan Hartman, who produced acts such as 38 Special and James Brown, among others, had been working on a session in LA when he picked up a copy of Beyond the Valley of 1984 and couldn't stop playing it. It was "ground breaking," he said. "I knew I wanted to meet these people and do something with them." Dan came down to the Tribeca loft where he met Wendy O. Williams and Rod Swenson and a month later he and Rod Swenson were working on the production of the Metal Priestess EP.

The creation of the EP is a result of the need to release something due to their increasing popularity, with an album being premature, partly because Capitol Records was now making overtures for the next one. Metal Priestess was recorded at Dan's private studio off his schoolhouse turned home and studio in Connecticut and released early in the fall of 1981.

In 2002, the EP was re-released through Plasmatics Media, LTD on the New Hope for the Wretched re-release.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Lunacy"	Richie Stotts Rod Swenson	5:04
2.	"Doom Song"	Wes Beech Swenson	5:23
3.	"Sex Junkie" (Live)	Stotts Beech Swenson	3:08
4.	"Black Leather Monster"	Beech Swenson	3:39
5.	"12 Noon"	Stotts Swenson	3:31
6.	"Masterplan" (Live)	Stotts Swenson	4:48
Total length:			25:33

Personnel

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.[3]

Plasmatics Wendy O. Williams – vocals Richie Stotts – lead guitar Wes Beech – rhythm guitar Chris Romanelli – bass guitar Joey Reese – drums Jean Beauvoir – bass guitar, keyboards (on "Sex Junkie" and "Masterplan") Tony Petri – drums (on "Sex Junkie" and "Masterplan")

Production Dan Hartman – producer, engineer Rod Swenson – producer, concept, management Eddie Ciletti – engineer (on "Sex Junkie" and "Masterplan") Ted Jensen – mastering Packaging Rod Swenson – photography (as Butch Star) Leslie Cabarga – cover art

References

1. Deming, Mark. "New Hope for the Wretched/Metal Priestess - Plasmatics". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved April 26, 2012.
2. "Plasmatics for Midline". Billboard. October 17, 1981. p. 86. Retrieved February 20, 2017.
3. Metal Priestess (Liner notes). Plasmatics. Stiff Records. 1981. WOW 666.CS1 maint: others (link)

External links

• Metal Priestess at AllMusic
• New Hope for the Wretched / Metal Priestess at AllMusic
• Metal Priestess at Discogs (list of releases)