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The Cramps were an American garage punk band formed in Sacramento, California in 1976. The band was influential in founding of a hybrid subgenre later known as “psychobilly,” which is a fusion of punk and rockabilly. Their music is mostly in blues form, played at varying, (though usually fast) tempos, with a very minimal drumkit. An integral part of the early Cramps sound is dual guitars, without a bassist. The content of their songs and image is sleaze, trashy Americana (much in the style of filmmaker John Waters), sexual fetishism, clever bad jokes, and cheap, horror B-movie clichés.
Their line-up has rotated much over the past couple of decades, with husband and wife Lux Interior and Poison Ivy—the lead singer and lead guitarist, respectively—as the only permanent members.|Lux picked up Ivy when he was driving on the highway. Ivy had raised her hand for an auto stop, Lux stopped his car and …fate brought them together.
They were part of the early CBGB’s punk rock movement that had emerged in New York, although they had formed several years earlier in California. The band is credited as a prominent factor in terms of influence on the gothabilly genre.
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Human Fly
Goo Goo Muck
Fever
Garbageman
The Way I Walk
I Can't Hardly Stand It
Domino
Surfin' Bird
The Crusher
New Kind Of Kick
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Top 10 The Cramps Albums
Off The Bone
Songs The Lord Taught Us
Psychedelic Jungle
Bad Music for Bad People
Flamejob
A Date With Elvis
Smell of Female
Stay Sick!
Psychedelic Jungle/Gravest Hits
Big Beat from Badsville
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