Mega stars on this album…
W.O.W. is the first solo studio album released by Wendy O. Williams in 1984 after her group, the Plasmatics, broke up .
In 1982, KISS asked for Wendy and the Plasmatics to appear as a Special Guest on their tour. By the end of the tour with KISS it was clear that, although the formal notice that Capitol Records didn’t come for another for six months, the relationship with Capitol was done.
Gene Simmons approached Wendy and Rod about producing the next Wendy O. Williams album. So as to avoid any wasted time in legal issues with Capitol Records, it was decided not to use the Plasmatics name on the record at all and was simply called W.O.W., the initials for Wendy O. Williams. Gene Simmons felt it would give him the freedom he wanted to add more new players to the album.
01 I Love Sex (and Rock & Roll) (3:47) Simmons/Beech/Swenson/Tolliver/Stotts
02 It’s My Life (3:58) Simmons/Stanley
03 Priestess (3.20) Beech/Swenson/Romanelli/Stotts
04 Thief In The Night (3:23) Simmons/Weissman
05 Opus In Cm7 (4:20) Swenson/Romanelli
06 Ready To Rock (5:11) Swenson/Romanelli/Stotts
07 Bump And Grind (4:27) Beech/Swenson/Romanelli/Tolliver/Stotts
08 Legends Never Die (4:25) Simmons/Free/Mitchell
09 Ain’t None Of Your Business (3:27) Simmons/Carr/Vincent
musicians :
Wendy O’Williams (lead vocals)
Gene Simmons, as his pseudonym Reginald Van Helsing (bass)
Paul Stanley (guitar on “Ready To Rock”)
Ace Frehley (lead guitar on “Bump and Grind”)
Eric Carr (drums on “Legends Never Die”)
Wes Beech (rhythm and lead guitar on track 01)
Michael Ray (lead guitar; except on track 01 and 07)
TC Tolliver (drums; except on 08)
Micki Free (acoustic guitar on track 08)
Mitch Weissman ( piano on track 05)
The Boys (backing vocals)