-
The Cramps – Allez Vai Marseille: Live at Le Flipper, Marseille, 1981 (Limited Edition on Splatter Vinyl)
Regular price £24.99 GBPRegular priceUnit price per£29.99 GBPSale price £24.99 GBPSale -
The Cramps – Black Leather: Live in San Francisco, 1980 (Limited Edition on Green Vinyl)
Regular price £29.99 GBPRegular priceUnit price per -
The Cramps – You Better Duck: Live in Detroit, 1982 (Limited Edition on Green Vinyl)
Regular price £26.99 GBPRegular priceUnit price per
THE CRAMPS History
The Cramps formed in New York City in 1976 around vocalist Lux Interior (Erick Lee Purkhiser) and guitarist Poison Ivy (Kristy Wallace). The pair had met in Sacramento, California, in 1972 before moving to Ohio and then New York. Their music combined 1950s rockabilly, garage rock, surf guitar and horror-film imagery with the energy of the city’s punk scene.
From the very beginning, The Cramps embraced the strange and the outrageous. Their songs celebrated B-movies, comic books, horror films, hot rods and vintage rock ‘n’ roll, while Lux Interior’s wild stage performances quickly became legendary. Bare-chested, unpredictable and constantly interacting with audiences, he developed one of rock’s most distinctive frontman personas.
The Cramps helped connect rockabilly, garage rock and punk, with a sound that became closely associated with psychobilly. Their records drew on older singles and B-movie imagery as well as the energy of the punk scene.
The early Gravest Hits EP and Songs the Lord Taught Us established that approach. Alex Chilton produced Songs the Lord Taught Us, which includes TV Set, Garbageman and I Was a Teenage Werewolf. Human Fly belongs to the earlier recordings collected on Gravest Hits.
Human Fly, Goo Goo Muck and Bikini Girls with Machine Guns illustrate the band’s mixture of rock ’n’ roll rhythms, eerie guitar sounds and comic-horror characters. They sit alongside songs such as The Creature from the Black Leather Lagoon in a catalogue full of deliberately exaggerated images.
The early Cramps line-ups used two guitars and drums without a conventional bass player. Later line-ups did include bass, so the instrumentation varies across their records and concert recordings.
Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, The Cramps released acclaimed albums including Psychedelic Jungle, A Date with Elvis, Stay Sick!, Look Mom No Head! and Flamejob. While they remained a cult act rather than a commercial success, their reputation continued to grow through relentless touring and unforgettable live performances.
One of the most famous moments in the band’s history occurred in 1978 when they performed inside California State Hospital for patients at the psychiatric institution in Napa. Footage of the performance has become legendary among fans and is regarded as one of the most unusual concerts in rock history.
Lux Interior died on 4 February 2009 at the age of 62. The Cramps did not continue after his death, bringing his long musical partnership with Poison Ivy to an end.
The Cramps’ catalogue connects the punk era with earlier garage rock and rockabilly. Their music helped inspire artists across punk, garage rock, alternative rock and psychobilly, while bands including The White Stripes, Misfits, Reverend Horton Heat and The Horrors have acknowledged their influence.
Gravest Hits introduces the early singles, while Songs the Lord Taught Us and Psychedelic Jungle develop the band’s mixture of original songs and older rock ’n’ roll material. Later albums such as Stay Sick! have a different line-up and fuller instrumentation. Check track lists and recording dates when comparing concert releases with studio albums.
From the very beginning, The Cramps embraced the strange and the outrageous. Their songs celebrated B-movies, comic books, horror films, hot rods and vintage rock ‘n’ roll, while Lux Interior’s wild stage performances quickly became legendary. Bare-chested, unpredictable and constantly interacting with audiences, he developed one of rock’s most distinctive frontman personas.
The Cramps helped connect rockabilly, garage rock and punk, with a sound that became closely associated with psychobilly. Their records drew on older singles and B-movie imagery as well as the energy of the punk scene.
The early Gravest Hits EP and Songs the Lord Taught Us established that approach. Alex Chilton produced Songs the Lord Taught Us, which includes TV Set, Garbageman and I Was a Teenage Werewolf. Human Fly belongs to the earlier recordings collected on Gravest Hits.
Human Fly, Goo Goo Muck and Bikini Girls with Machine Guns illustrate the band’s mixture of rock ’n’ roll rhythms, eerie guitar sounds and comic-horror characters. They sit alongside songs such as The Creature from the Black Leather Lagoon in a catalogue full of deliberately exaggerated images.
The early Cramps line-ups used two guitars and drums without a conventional bass player. Later line-ups did include bass, so the instrumentation varies across their records and concert recordings.
Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, The Cramps released acclaimed albums including Psychedelic Jungle, A Date with Elvis, Stay Sick!, Look Mom No Head! and Flamejob. While they remained a cult act rather than a commercial success, their reputation continued to grow through relentless touring and unforgettable live performances.
One of the most famous moments in the band’s history occurred in 1978 when they performed inside California State Hospital for patients at the psychiatric institution in Napa. Footage of the performance has become legendary among fans and is regarded as one of the most unusual concerts in rock history.
Lux Interior died on 4 February 2009 at the age of 62. The Cramps did not continue after his death, bringing his long musical partnership with Poison Ivy to an end.
The Cramps’ catalogue connects the punk era with earlier garage rock and rockabilly. Their music helped inspire artists across punk, garage rock, alternative rock and psychobilly, while bands including The White Stripes, Misfits, Reverend Horton Heat and The Horrors have acknowledged their influence.
Gravest Hits introduces the early singles, while Songs the Lord Taught Us and Psychedelic Jungle develop the band’s mixture of original songs and older rock ’n’ roll material. Later albums such as Stay Sick! have a different line-up and fuller instrumentation. Check track lists and recording dates when comparing concert releases with studio albums.
