Metal Priestess

1981 EP by Plasmatics

Metal Priestess

EP by

Plasmatics

Released

October 21, 1981 (1981-10-21)

Recorded

1981

Studio

The Schoolhouse
(Westport, Connecticut)

Genre

Heavy 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]

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.

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

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