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The Cramps
The Cramps
Formed: 1976 in New York, NY
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Genre: Rock
Styles: Rockabilly, Alternative, Oldies, Pop, Alternative Pop/Rock, Indie Rock, Post-Punk, Rockabilly Revival, Garage Rock
Group Members: Slim Chance, Byron Gregory, Lux Interior, Poison Ivy, Nick Knox, Kid Congo Powers, Jim Sclavunos, Harry Drumdini, Miriam Linna, Pam Gregory, ...View All
Biography: Conjuring a fiendish witches' brew of primal rockabilly, grease-stained '60s garage rock, vintage monster movies, perverse and glistening sex, and the detritus and effluvia of 50 years of American pop culture, the Cramps are a truly American creation much in the manner of the Cadillac, the White Castle ...Read full biography
Songs the Lord Taught Us
Released: 1980
Label: IRS
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Continuing the spooked-out and raging snarls of their Gravest Hits EP, the Cramps once again worked with Alex Chilton on the group's full-album debut, Songs the Lord Taught Us. The jacket reads "file under: ...Read full review
Psychedelic Jungle
Released: 1981
Label: IRS
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Here, Kid Congo Powers and Ivy form just as fine a team as she and Gregory did on earlier releases, and if things aren't always as flat-out fried as on Gravest Hits and Songs, the same atmosphere of swampy, ...Read full review
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