10 Shocking Things You Won't Believe Artists Have Done In The Name Of Punk
6. Wendy O. Williams Gets Busted For Alternative Usage Of A Sledgehammer
In a long and impressive list of punk rock ladies, few are as cool and crazy as the late great Wendy O. Williams. As front woman to the Plasmatics, she knew the quickest way to the hearts of red-blooded males was wearing next to nothing and taking a chainsaw to guitars. It was all part of the usual chaos found in a Plasmatics show but when she added something new to the repertoire, Milwaukee law enforcement officers were not impressed. Decades before the controversy surrounding Janet Jacksons wardrobe malfunction or Miley Cyrus tongue-wagging twerkathon, Wendy beat them all with a sledgehammer. Taking to the stage at the Palms nightclub, Wendy proceeded to give a little mock fellatio to the handy tool. Once the hammer was suitably satiated, Wendy decided it was her turn to do the same and went ahead with a little simulated masturbation display - with the sledgehammer. Moments later she was taken down violently by the police and slapped with obscenity charges. When word and photographic proof of her violent arrest came to trial, the obscenity charges were dropped. Another item in the list of cool Wendy O. Williams moments in history. The incident did, however, ruin any chances she had of becoming a hardware spokesperson, but its not a perfect world.
