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Thirty years ago, The Cramps oozed forth from the darkest recesses of trash culture to create a mutant strain of punk and rockabilly that would establish the band as genuine cult icons. Led by long- time mainstays Lux Interior and Poison Ivy Rorcshach, The Cramps combined the primal rhythms of early rock n'roll, garage rock, surf pop and psychedelia with a kitsch, B-movie horror aesthetic and set off to explore the final frontiers of sex, drugs and rock'n' roll. The Cramps charts this voyage presenting an unique examination of their strange and terrible journey.
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The Cramps are more than a band. They're an enduring rock 'n' roll phenomenon. Formed in Akron, Ohio around the nucleus of Lux Interior (Erick Purkhiser) and Poison Ivy Rorschach (Kirsty Wallace), the band has spent the last thirty years bringing their unique brand of fuzz-laden punkabilly horror to the masses. Subsequent to releasing a pair of self published singles, the band signed to IRS in 1979, who immediately issued a compilation of their earliest material, "Gravest Hits". This was followed by the release of three studio albums, "Songs The Lord Taught Us", "Psychedelic Jungle" and "A Date With Elvis" that are regarded as classics of the punk and post-punk milieu. Throughout the late 1970s and much of the 80s, The Cramps headlined major shows worldwide and acquired a committed fanbase that endures to this day. As well as a unique sound, The Cramps' live performances have resulted in the band attaining genuine cult status. They are one of the most visually exciting bands ever to have oozed onto a stage. At almost 6' 6" tall (7' in heels) Lux Interior is Frankenstein's "Monster" remade using the corpses of Gene Vincent and Eddie Cochran. His malefic vocal style led "Dracula" director Frances Ford Coppola to seek him out in order to provide suitably blood-curdling screams. Now well into her fifties, Poison Ivy remains easily the sexiest woman in rock. She is now married to Lux, who acts out his devotion during performances. "A Short History of Rock 'n' Roll Psychosis" is a detailed examination of The Cramps' strange and terrible journey from backroom progenitors of their own mutant fusion of punk, garage rock and rock 'n' roll, to genuine cult icons with devoted fan bases in the US, Europe and Asia.
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- PublisherPlexus Publishing Ltd
- Publication date2006
- ISBN 10 0859653684
- ISBN 13 9780859653688
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages176
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