The Cramps Biography, Songs, & Albums | AllMusic Shortnin' Bread7. Naked Girl Falling Down the Stairs8. This band could change your mind and your life. Charisma, fun, influence, unique personality, risk, modern, revolutionary in its own way, with wild live shows, mythics,Lux Interior, Poison Ivy,The Cramps, foreverR.I.P. Rejected from the ***Women Wearing Boots*** list . [5], In 1985 the Cramps recorded a one-off track for the horror movie The Return of the Living Dead called "Surfin' Dead", on which Ivy played bass as well as guitar. This Cramps discography is ranked from best to worst, so the top Cramps albums can be found at the top of the list. Tracks 35 live on MTV Europe on 2 February 1995 Love Me 4. 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 hamburger, the Fender Stratocaster, and Jayne Mansfield. The Cramps Albums and Discography | AllMusic Were celebrating pop culture. In the same spirit, the band was one of the earliest to exploit the then-new medium of video to fully bring their unique vision to fans, filming a four-minute takeoff on the classic 50s-era horror film as promotional material back in the late 70s. The band also produced eight music videos . . The following albums by The Cramps are ranked highest in the greatest album charts: This may not be a complete discography for The Cramps.This listing only shows those albums by this artist that appear in at least one chart on this site. We hope to eventually work on a solution for this when we have the resources to do so. I create this music. Human Fly 9. Their line-up rotated much over their existence, with the husband and wife duo of lead singer Lux Interior and lead guitarist Poison Ivy as the only permanent members. The Cramps were an American rock band formed in 1976 and active until 2009. The lineup in 1976 was Poison Ivy Rorschach, Lux Interior, Bryan Gregory (guitar), and his sister Pam "Balam" (drums). Their sound was heavily influenced by early rockabilly, such as Jerry Lott AKA The Phantom, whose 1958 single 'Love Me' they covered,[13] rhythm and blues, and rock and roll like Link Wray and Hasil Adkins, 1960s surf music acts[14] such as the Ventures and Dick Dale, 1960s garage rock artists like the Standells, the Trashmen, the Green Fuz and the Sonics, as well as the post-glam/early punk scene from which they emerged, as well as citing Ricky Nelson as being an influence during numerous interviews.