Plasmatics Discography

Listed below are all of the known North American and European albums and singles by the Plasmatics. For Japanese releases, check out Ei Yamamoto's Plasmatics Page. For the lineups on the respective albums, check out the band members page.

7" SINGLES


**Butcher Baby / Fast Food Service / Concrete Shoes** (Live at CBGB's)* Vice Squad, 1978. Red Vinyl.	*Dream Lover / Corruption / Want You Baby* Vice Squad, 1979. Purple, Orange, or Yellow Vinyl.


*Butcher Baby / Tight Black Pants (Live)* Stiff UK Records, 1980. White with Red-splotched Vinyl (UK), Black Vinyl (UK, Australia & Portugal), or Black Vinyl with a different picture sleeve & Spanish titles (Spain).	*Monkey Suit / Squirm (Live)* Stiff UK Records, 1980. Yellow with Red-splotched Vinyl.

Wendy and Lemmy (Motorhead & Plasmatics)
Bronze Records (Polydor), 1982.
The A-side of this 7" is Wendy and Lemmy from Motorhead, doing a cover of Tammy Wynette's "Stand By Your Man". The B-side consists of the Plasmatics doing Motorhead's "No Class" and Motorhead doing the Plasmatics' "Masterplan".

12" EPs


Meet the Plasmatics Vice Squad, 1979 Available in black or clear vinyl, originally released with a thick cardstock sleeve. The cover and liner notes are in Japanese. Tracks: Sometimes I / Won't You? / Want You Baby	Butcher Baby EP Stiff UK, 1980 Black Vinyl. Tracks: Butcher Baby / Living Dead (Live) / Sometimes I . . . (Live)

ALBUMS

New Hope for the Wretched
Stiff UK / Stiff Canada / Stiff America Records, 1980
Yellow & Red-splattered Vinyl, Green & Red-splattered Vinyl, Green Vinyl with Red spots (UK); Black Vinyl (France, Canada & USA); Purple, Pink, or Aqua-Green Vinyl (Germany); Black Vinyl with Spanish Titles (Spain)

Tracks: Tight Black Pants / Monkey Suit / Living Dead / Test Tube Babies / Won't You / Concrete Shoes / Squirm (Live) / Want You Baby / Dreamlover / Sometimes I / Corruption / Butcher Baby

Beyond the Valley of 1984
Stiff America Records, 1981
Tracks: Incantation / Masterplan / Headbanger / Summer Nite / Nothing / Fast Food Service / Hit Man (Live Milan) / Living Dead / Sex Junkie / Plasma Jam (Live Milan) / Pig Is a Pig

Metal Priestess
Stiff America Records, 1981
Tracks: Lunacy / Doom Song / Sex Junkie (live) / Black Leather Monster / 12 Noon / Masterplan (live)
Note: There are two cover versions of this album - the original Stiff one with Wendy in front of a pentagram, and the Passport (PVC/Jem) version, released the same year as the original. There was also a cassette version of Metal Priestess.

Coup d'Etat
Capitol Records, 1982 (also Spanish release, with Spanish titles)
Tracks: Put Your Love In Me / Stop / Rock and Roll / Lightning Breaks / No Class / Mistress of Taboo / Country Fairs / Path of Glory / Just Like on TV / The Damned

Note: This album was rereleased (on cassette only?) by Capitol in 1987, as Mistress of Taboo, but excluding the track "Lightning Breaks."

Maggots: The Record (Ninth Anniversary Album)
WOW / Sledgehammer / Profile Records, 1987
Tracks: Overture / You're A Zombie / The Day of The Humans Is Gone / Destroyers / Brain Dead / Propagators / Finale
Note: This one is a great "rock opera" concept album. Besides the tracks listed above, the album is interspersed with dialogue telling the story of the invasion of earth by giant, mutated maggots. This is the album that made me bow down and pledge my allegiance!

FINDING ALBUMS AND RE-ISSUES

Please note: I will not trade, sell, or copy any of my records! Too many people ask if they can get a copy of such-and-such a record, for whatever reason, that it's just not feasible for me. Sorry, but please don't ask.

Many people have been asking me where to get these great records, and all I can say is happy hunting! My personal collection was assembled by digging through the bins at every Mom & Pop record store I came across on a trip around the western half of the USA, along with hitting my local record convention every time it's held. (And no, I won't record a copy of it for you!) There are some items for which I haven't even seen an actual copy of it. The Plasmatics and WOW releases are all out-of-print, and hard to get--some stores have a bunch of some records, whereas other regions seem to have none. No telling. . . . For those of you who don't have the time, patience, or money to search for that elusive vinyl, you can find some CD re-issues. Many of these are as elusive as the original vinyl, so beware! Please Note: Most of these are UK, German, or Japanese imports, so expect a hefty price tag!

New Hope for the Wretched - You can find this on the German Repertoire label (catalog number REP 4394-WY). It includes the following bonus tracks: "Tight Black Pants", "Living Dead", and "Sometimes I" - all live (though previously released). There is also a recent version released by Dojo (UK) excluding the extra tracks.
Beyond the Valley of 1984 / Metal Priestess - Together on one CD. Released on Passport Records in 1991?, probably no longer available.
Coup d'Etat - Finally rereleased and currently available! It's been released by Dojo Records (UK), and your local independent record store can probably special order it for you.

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