W.O.W.
WOW is the debut studio album by American singer Wendy O. Williams, released in 1984 by Passport Records. It is her first solo album not to be credited to her band Plasmatics, which went on a hiatus during that time. WOW is a hard rock album influenced by heavy metal, which marked a musical departure from Williams' previous material with Plasmatics. Williams was nominated for Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance for the album in 1985. "It's My Life" was released as the lead single from the album. It later appeared on the soundtrack to the film Reform School Girls (1986), in which Williams starred. (More from Wikipedia)
In 1982, the Plasmatics toured as the opening act for KISS; at the conclusion of the tour, the band's relationship with Capitol Records was frayed to the breaking point, so KISS frontman Gene Simmons approached Wendy O. Williams and Rod Swenson about recording their next album without the Plasmatics name. The result was released as a solo album by Wendy O. Williams called W.O.W. (1984) – with the album's name taken from Williams' initials – though the band's website says that W.O.W. is still regarded as a Plasmatics album. Three members of KISS played on the album, Ace Frehley, Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons, with the latter credited as Reginald Van Helsing; Simmons also produced the album.
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