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The Cramps 

The Cramps war eine US-amerikanische Rock'n'Roll Band, die von ihrem Gründungsjahr 1976 bis zum Tod von Sänger Erick Purkhiser alias Lux Interior 2009 aktiv war. Sie kreierten einen eigenwilligen Sound aus Rockabilly, 50s Rock'n'Roll, 60s Garagen Trash und Punk Rock - gemeinhin auch als Punkabilly bezeichnet. Neben Lux Interior blieb seine Ehefrau und Gitarristin Kristy Wallace, alias Poison Ivy, das einzige Bandmitglied, das der Gruppe permanent angehörte.

Kult

Bereits in den späten 1970er Jahre avancierten The Cramps mit ihrem Sound zu einer Kult-Band als Teil der frühen New Yorker Punk Szene um das CBGB. Ihr Kult-Status bis heute ungebrochen ist und sie üben ungeheuren Einfluss auf Musikstile, wie Psychobilly und Horror Punk aus. Die Songtext-Ideen bezogen sie zumeist aus Comics, Groschenromanen und Horror-, Science Fiction- und Sex-B-Movies.

Besetzung und Sound

Neben Lux Interior und Poison Ivy als ständige Basis-Mitglieder, haben in wechselnder Besetzung eine Schar illustrer Musiker bei den Cramps gespielt: Gleich zu Beginn saß Miriam Linna am Schlagzeug, die später mit Billy Miller The Zantees und das Norton Records Label gründete. Langjähriger Schlagzeuger wurde dann Nick Knox. Brian 'Kid Congo Powers' Tristan spielte 1983 die zweite Gitarre, bis er wieder zu seiner eigentlichen Band, The Gun Club, zurückkehrte. Ab Anfang 90er Jahre begann die Band mit dem Bassisten Slim Chance zu spielen. Bis dato hatten sie gänzlich auf den Bass verzichtet. Das gab der Band zusätzlichen Schub im Gesamtklang. The Cramps produzierten sich zumeist selber, jedoch wurden vereinzelte Alben von Richard Robinson (The Flamin' Groovies) in New York und von Alex Chilton in Memphis produziert.

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Rockinnreelininaucklandnewzealandxxx (LP)
The Cramps: Rockinnreelininaucklandnewzealandxxx (LP) Art-Nr.: LPREVEN669B

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(CP) 11 tracks - EU repressing
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Flamejob (LP, 180g Vinyl)
The Cramps: Flamejob (LP, 180g Vinyl) Art-Nr.: LPMOV2444

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(Music On Vinyl) 15 tracks Garage punk band The Cramps returned in 1994 with their sixth studio album Flamejob. Lux Interior's wild vocals and Poison Ivy's creepy guitar work mark one of their most energetic appearances in a long time....
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Songs Of Sex, Love And Hate (LP, Pink Vinyl, Ltd.)
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(Mind Control) 15 tracks, limited edition (500) pink vinyl. Broadcast From London And Stockholm, A Date With Elvis Tour, 1986
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The Last Record (Tränsylvåñan Täpes MCMLXXVIII) (LP, 180g Vinyl)
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(LR) 18 tracks Side One: "Recorded and produced by Chris Spedding in Dracula's House Dec. 78." Side Two: "Recorded live in the deep Carpathian Mountains during a cold winter night. The wolves were screaming, the moon did not shine".
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You Better Duck (LP)
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(Dear Boss) 9 Tracks LIVE AT CLUTCH CARGO'S, DETROIT, MI. DEC. 29TH, 1982' - The recording of an incredible live show by The Cramps from '82 at Clutch Cargo's in Detroit, featuring Terry Graham of The Gun Club on drums. We hear The...
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Hot Pearl Radio Broadcast (LP, Pink Vinyl, Ltd.)
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(Mind Control) 13 tracks, limited to 500 copies Reissue on pink vinyl. LIVE ZURICH 1986'. In 1986, The Cramps released one of their best-known and best-selling albums, 'A Date With Elvis', which sold particularly well in Europe. On April...
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Flame Job (CD)
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(Music on CD) 15 tracks This 1994 album is a perfect introduction to what makes The Cramps such a special piece of pure, unadulterated rock'n'roll. One of the most important rock bands of our time, The Cramps breathed life back into...
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Live At Pukkelpop 1990 (LP, 250g Vinyl)
The Cramps: Live At Pukkelpop 1990 (LP, 250g Vinyl) Art-Nr.: LPRKNG015

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(Rockin' Gyros Records) 14 tracks
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...Back To The Bone (LP)
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(ILP Records) 16 tracks A kind of sequel to “Off The Bone” with mostly 7” tracks, all from 1985 and later. With 3D cover.
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Smell Of Female (LP, 45rpm)
The Cramps: Smell Of Female (LP, 45rpm) Art-Nr.: LPNED06

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(Big Beat) 6 track mini album, recorded live at the Peppermint Lounge, 1983. Black Vinyl re-issue 2011
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A Date With Elvis
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(1986/Big Beat) 11 track, 180g-coloured vinyl (orange)
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Look Mom No Head ! (CD)
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(Big Beat) 12 tracks produced by Poison Ivy. Wooooooooaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh THE CRAMPS ARE BACK! After a brief stay in the corporate clutches of EMI, they return to the warm, if slightly sticky, embrace of Big Beat, Their concern for the soft...
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Ultra Twist! (12inch Vinyl, EP, 45rpm)
The Cramps: Ultra Twist! (12inch Vinyl, EP, 45rpm) Art-Nr.: LPMOV12077

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(Music On Vinyl) 3 tracks - 45rpm Garage punk band The Cramps returned in 1994 with their EP ‘Ultra Twist’. The title track was released as a single and was a robust update of the sixties dance craze. This 12-inch also includes...
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Look Mom No Head
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(1991/Big Beat) 12 track, 180g-coloured vinyl
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Big Beat From Badsville
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(2014/Vengeance Rec.) 18 tracks
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Stay Sick!
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(2014/Vengeance Rec.) 18 tracks
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Off The Bone (CD)
The Cramps: Off The Bone (CD) Art-Nr.: CDZONE7243

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(1998/Zonophone) 17 Tracks - Songs of the original LP plus bonus tracks, incl. live!
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Rockinnreelininauklandnewzealandxxx (CD)
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(Vengeance/Ace Records) 14 tracks First released on vinyl in 1987 in co-operation with the band as a limited edition antidote to a plethora of dodgy bootlegs, this is its first appearance on CD and with three extra tracks On August 30,...
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Stay Sick! (CD)
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(Big Beat) 15 tracks produced by Poison Ivy. Originally issued through EMI & now with two live extra cuts, the world's sexiest rock'n'roll band star in the show that just won't stop
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(1987/Big Beat) 11 track, 180g-coloured vinyl
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Smell Of Female (includes MP3 Download)
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(2014/Vengeance Records) 9 tracks, 2014 limited re-issue includes MP3 download
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Smell Of Female
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(2014/Vengeance Rec.) 8 tracks (56:15)
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Big Beat From Badsville (LP)
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(Big Beat) 14 tracks 'All in all, shouter Lux Interior and guitarist Poison Ivy with the bizarre combo Cramps ignite their well-known garage rock fireworks here, as usual rough and unpolished - from 1997, here with four bonus tracks....
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Big Beat From Badsville (CD)
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(Big Beat) 18 tracks produced by Poison Ivy and Lux Interior. Once more the band that dares to be different dives into the Devil's gutbucket and comes up gasping with 18 cuts to push your panic button. Music of anti-social significance...
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A Date With Elvis (CD)
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