History Music / TheCramps

* OdeToIntoxication: "New Kind of Kick:"

-->''I dig that goddamn rock and roll\\

The band were formed in 1976 by a husband and wife, Lux Interior (aka Erick Purkheiser) and Poison Ivy Rorshach (aka Kristy Wallace). They quickly entered the CBGB scene in [[BigApplesauce New York]], dominated by bands like Music/TheRamones. Their first LP, ''Songs the Lord Taught Us'', is often considered their best release.

!!!Tropes related to the band:

* CarefulWithThatAxe: "Love Me", "She Said", "I Was A Teenage Werewolf"
* CoolShades / SunglassesAtNight: "Sunglasses After Dark" claims it's a way "to be cool in one easy lesson" - even if you [[DeconstructedTrope can't actually see a thing]].
-->''Uh... Where am I, by the way?''
* CoverVersion: A ''lot'', including "Strychnine" (originally by The Sonics), "Surfin' Bird" (originally by The Trashmen), "The Crusher" (originally by the Novas), "Primitive" (originally by the Groupies), "Green Fuz" (originally by Green Fuz), and "Green Door" (originally by Jim Lowe).

* GarageRock
* GirlsWithGuns: "Bikini Girls With Machine Guns"

* HellBentForLeather / DressedAllInRubber: Lux's stage outfits tended to be this.

* SesameStreetCred: Lux Interior did a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvI64lIaQDc singing cameo]] in an episode of WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants as the frontman of a parrot puppet band.

The Cramps were an American PunkRock band from Sacramento, CA, who were one of the major innovators of garage punk and psychobilly music.

* SesameStreetCred: Lux Interior did a singing cameo in an episode of WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants as the frontman of a parrot puppet band.

* YourHeadAsplode: "Blow Up Your Mind."

The band were formed in 1976 by a husband and wife, Lux Interior (aka Erick Purkheiser) and Poison Ivy Rorshach (aka Kristy Wallace). They quickly entered the CBGB scene in [[BigApplesauce New York]], dominated by bands like TheRamones. Their first LP, ''Songs the Lord Taught Us'', is often considered their best release.

* KidsRock: "People Ain't No Good".
* ALoveToDismember: "TV Set".

I use your eyeballs for dials on my TV set''
* ObligatoryBondageSong: "Queen of Pain", which just happens to be a [[SillyLoveSongs sweet love song]] as well.
* OdeToIntoxication: "New Kind of Kick"

* PubertySuperpower: "I Was A Teenage Werewolf"

* StaircaseTumble: "Naked Girl Falling Down The Stairs". And yes, it's intended as a ShoutOut to Marcel Duchamp's "Nude Descending A Staircase #2".
* StepUpToTheMicrophone: Ivy sings co-lead two songs, "Get Off the Road" and "Kizmiaz".

* StudioChatter: One CD reissue of ''Songs The Lord Taught Us'' includes an alternate take of "I Was A Teenage Werewolf", where the intro of the song abruptly stops as Lux Interior has a lengthy argument with someone across the room. Lux's half of the argument is much easier to make out, as he's still in front of the microphone, but apparently this other person disrupted the recording in some way, greatly angering Lux.
-->'''Lux:''' Man, nobody fuckin' stops the tape on The Cramps in the fuckin' studio! Now get outta here.... This is costing me 80 bucks an hour, please LEAVE!
* TheyCalledMeMad: "Thee Most Exhaulted Potentate Of Love"

(...) If you can't dig me you can't dig nuthin'! Do you want the real thing or you just talkin'?''

* YourHeadAsplode: "Blow Up Your Mind"

* StudioChatter: One CD reissue of ''Songs The Lord Taught Us'' includes an alternate take of "I Was A Teenage Werewolf", where the intro of the song abruptly stops as vocalist Lux Interior has a lengthy argument with someone across the room. Lux's half of the argument is much easier to make out, as he's still in front of the microphone, but apparently this other person disrupted the recording in some way, greatly angering Lux ("Man, nobody fuckin' stops the tape on The Cramps in the fuckin' studio! Now get outta here...")

* StepUpToTheMicrophone: Ivy sings lead on exactly one song, "Kizmiaz".

(...) If you can't give me you can't dig nuthin'! Do you want the real thing or you just talkin'?''

* ObligatoryBondageSong: "Queen of Pain"

* CoolShades: "Sunglasses After Dark"

* DanceSensation: "Alligator Stomp", "Cramp Stomp", "Zombie Dance", "Surfin' Dead", "Ultra Twist"...

The Cramps are remembered for their amazing live shows, and their melding of punk, GarageRock and {{Rockabilly}} with their love of {{B Movie}}s, {{Exploitation Film}}s and [[VivaLasVegas Las Vegas]] trash culture.

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[[caption-width-right:267:The "classic" lineup. Left to right: Poison Ivy Rorshach, Lux Interior, Bryan Gregory and Nick Knox.]]

The Cramps were an American punk rock band from Sacramento, CA, who were one of the major innovators of garage punk and psychobilly music.

The Cramps are remembered for their amazing live shows, and their melding of punk, garage and rockabilly with their love of {{B Movie}}s, {{Exploitation Film}}s and [[VivaLasVegas Las Vegas]] trash culture.

* OneOfUs: Lux's knowledge of obscure 50s {{BMovie}}s was barely rivaled by his knowledge of obscure 50s rockabilly records.

* Music/GarageRock

* OneOfUs: Lux' knowledge of obscure 50s {{BMovie}}s was barely rivaled by his knowledge of obscure 50s rockabilly records.

* [[GirlsWithGuns Bikini Girls With Machine Guns]]

-->''"I've got [[ShoutOut 96 tears]]''
-->''and 96 eyes"''