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The Cramps

Musical Group

American psychobilly/garage-punk band formed by Lux Interior (Erick Lee Purkisher) and Poison Ivy (Kristy Marlana Wallace), known for blending 1950s rockabilly, garage and punk with theatrical, provocative live performances.

Formed in the mid-1970s; part of the CBGB-era New York scene; early singles produced by Alex Chilton and recorded at Sun Studios; Lux Interior (Erick Lee Purkisher) died on February 4, 2009.

DeBaser's reviews celebrate The Cramps' blend of 1950s rockabilly, garage and punk into psychobilly, highlighting wild live performances and fuzz-heavy guitar. Key albums discussed include Songs The Lord Taught Us, Gravest Hits, Psychedelic Jungle and A Date With Elvis. Reviewers praise the band's theatricality, sexual provocation, and hypnotic reverb-heavy sound. Lux Interior and Poison Ivy's partnership and stage personas are central themes.

For:Fans of underground rock, psychobilly, rockabilly, garage punk and theatrical live shows.

 “We can't read music, but we're good at shaking our butts in time” (Poison Ivy).

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 It must be the voodoo of woodoobilly, it must be the undulating reverb of the guitars...

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 If Rock 'N' Roll doesn't scare your parents, you're not listening to the right stuff.

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