I discovered The Cramps in the twilight of their career. Despite being a Psychotronic Video /Michael J Weldon (he often mentioned the group in his magazine) devotee, it probably took seeing Bikini Girls with Machine Guns on Beavis & Butthead for me to take the plunge and include FlameJob in my next Columbia House CD order. At first, I merely liked The Cramps (enough to pick up their back titles). I felt their so called classic period (IRS years) was aces, but thought their 80s output was pretty hit or miss. This all changed when I saw them live at Clutch Cargo’s in Detroit supporting Big Beat from Badsville. As I swayed with the pulsating audience as ‘Can Your Pussy do…
I discovered The Cramps in the twilight of their career. Despite being a Psychotronic Video /Michael J Weldon (he often mentioned the group in his magazine) devotee, it probably took seeing Bikini Girls with Machine Guns on Beavis & Butthead for me to take the plunge and include FlameJob in my next Columbia House CD order. At first, I merely liked The Cramps (enough to pick up their back titles). I felt their so called classic period (IRS years) was aces, but thought their 80s output was pretty hit or miss. This all changed when I saw them live at Clutch Cargo’s in Detroit supporting Big Beat from Badsville. As I swayed with the pulsating audience as ‘Can Your Pussy do the Dog’ oozed over all of us, my brain chemistry completely altered as of that moment I LOVED The Cramps and surely would have joined a Cramps Death Cult if given the opportunity. Anyhoo, this list is meant to be pretty inclusion, so feel free to suggest additions, or if you love the Cramps too, please say hi. It will all make sense in the notes. Various selections are included because the Cramps are on the soundtrack