Wendy Norton (Bonnie's daughter) Milwaukee musician "hit" the news

[Nikki Tillett]

Wendy is my cousin, go Wendy!
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Plexi 3 Photo/Courtesy the band Plexi 3, which consists of (from left) Ryan King, Wendy Norton and Francoise "Fran" Switalski, makes its Milwaukee debut Saturday, Dec. 23. if you go Plexi 3 the gig 9:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 23, with M.O.T.O. genre Rock/power-pop where Lulu, 2265 S. Howell Ave. how much $5 more info myspace.com/plexi3 MKE jukebox Listen to the MKE's jukebox, a collection of songs from Milwaukee- and Wisconsin-based acts.

In your ear Plexi 3 By Erika J. Bock Posted: Dec. 21, 2006 Saturday, Dec. 23, marks the first show - opening for M.O.T.O. - for Milwaukee's Plexi 3. Never heard of them? That's not surprising. While Plexi 3 isn't a household name, savvy local music-heads might recognize the names Kill-A-Watts and Monitors - bands that two-thirds of Plexi 3 count as springboards for this new project, spearheaded by Wendy Norton. How did she hook up a super-trio of local musicians? "We all know each other from the Milwaukee rock 'n' roll scene," says Norton, 25. "We were all fans of each others' bands." Norton's old label, the defunct Kryptonite Records, put out a single for Kill-A-Watts, Plexi 3 drummer Ryan King's band at the time. Then Norton and King joined Monitors after Kill-A-Watts broke up. While Monitors was "really New Wave and fun," according to Norton, both musicians wanted to work on a more pop-oriented project. Norton pulled Francoise "Fran" Switalski into the project, and Plexi 3 was complete. "(Fran) has never played bass in a band before, but we really feel that she has taken it to it quite fast," gushes Norton, who shares vocalist duties with Switalski. Norton's love for music is apparent in how she talks about her bandmates and this new project. Norton and Switalski had played in all-girl punk bands, which might explain Norton's citing the Raincoats as an influence, along with the Byrds, the Who and the Equals. Regardless of influences, the trio is adamant about not being pigeon-holed; if they're into a type of music, they'll play it. Plexi 3 doesn't have any records under its belt, but Norton promises the trio will start recording soon - the band has two singles that are scheduled to be finished before a tour this summer. Plexi 3 does have some out-of-town shows scheduled with friends' bands in Chicago, Madison, Minneapolis and Detroit. Specific dates and venues haven't been hammered out yet, but the band is adept at keeping its newly created MySpace page updated. "It's fun being kind of in the middle of all these places because it makes it easy to do weekend shows so that we don't have to tour too far and long in the wintertime," Norton says. But the prospect of shows in other cities hasn't dulled Norton's musical affection for Milwaukee. "My favorite thing," she says, "is that most of the people whose musical opinion I respect live here already. My least favorite thing is that there aren't enough shows to go to!"   Connection to site: http://www.mkeonline.com/story.asp?id=1400409

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