Zombie Dance: The Cramps at Club 57 (Irving Plaza), 1979

Club 57, NYC, August 18, 1979
01. Mystery Plane 2:53
02. Domino 3:09
03. Twist And Shout 2:44
04. Weekend On Mars 2:36
05. Voodoo Idol 3:35
06. Zombie Dance 2:08
07. Rockin’ Bones 2:39
08. Human Fly 2:26
09. Garbageman 3:34
10. Teenage Werewolf 3:33
11. Sunglasses After Dark 4:02
12. TV Set 3:56
13. The Way I Walk 3:46

Studio demos, June 1977
14. Love Me 2:11
15. Teenage Werewolf 4:07
16. Sunglasses After Dark 4:31
17. TV Set 3:21
18. What’s Behind The Mask 3:11

Studio demos, February 1979
19. Twist And Shout 2:37
20. Rockin’ Bones 2:28
21. Mad Daddy 3:11
22. Teenage Werewolf 3:08

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Lux Interior is my co-pilot

Lux Interior of The Cramps, 1979 at CBGB’s. Photo by Edwaste. Via.

Friday Ephemera: Cramps Family Tree (1986)

From Sunglasses In the Dark by Lindsay Hutton

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Daze of Future Past, Leeds (1981)

Make Yourself Uncomfortable (1981)

Promo poster for The Cramps' Psychedelic Jungle, IRS Records, 1981. Source.

Movie of the Week: It's Everything, And Then It's Gone (2003)

We get the weekend movies off to a start today with a documentary about an often ignored former hotbed of punk & new wave, Akron, OH. Ohio in general was pretty good for rock & roll bands, but Akron specifically was really good. Bands that came from there, or had origins there (new wave or otherwise), include Devo, the Black Keys, the James Gang, Chrissie Hynde of the Pretenders (check the lyrics to "My City Was Gone"), The Cramps, and quite a few others...(Rubber City Rebels anyone?). Throw in Columbus, Cincinnati, and Cleveland, and the list gets really impressive.

Anyway, It's Everything, And Then It's Gone tells the story of Akron, and its really good. So watch it.

In the early 1970s, rubber was still king in Akron, Ohio. But just a few short years later, Akron's most important product was, ever so briefly, music. In the mid-1970s, a group of local bands took over an old rubber workers' hang-out in downtown Akron called The Crypt and created a mix of punk and art rock that came to be known as "the Akron Sound." And for a while, it was almost "the next big thing." Almost.

It's Everything, and Then It's Gone, a Western Reserve PBS production written and directed by Phil Hoffman., takes viewers back to a time when the music really did mean everything. And for the men and women in these local bands, it was a way out of the factory.

For more info, click here.

Shot by: Jim Jocoy

Lux Interior

Three of the Cramps as shot by Jim Jocoy. You can enjoy a whole lot more of his work in the book, We're Desperate, which is available at a very reasonable price here.

Poison Ivy

Image sources here & here.

Bryan Gregory

Friday Ephemera: The Cramps business card

Shot by: Stephanie Chernikowski

The Cramps as they appeared in the September 1981 issue of New York Rocker. 

Shot by Stephanie Chernikowski.

Nightclubbing gets Cramped

Hopefully back on schedule now, post-Sandy, this week Pat & Emily try to explain the joy of The Cramps...

After a weekend of belated Halloween and Day of the Dead celebrations, how about another bit of eerie entertainment? Better than a bag of candy, more shiver-inducing than a zombie apocalypse: ladies and gentlemen, we present The Cramps. Continued here.

Seasonal Playlist: The Purple Knif Show by Lux Interior (1984)

I first heard this a few years back, and its always worth revisiting. Especially this time of year. Thanks to Aquarium Drunkard and Doom & Gloom From the Tomb for reposting. Grab the entire thing here.

01. One Way Streets, The – Jack the Ripper
02. Swamp Rats, The – Louie Louie
03. J.J. Jackson – Oma Liddy
04. Trashmen, The – Bird ’65
05. Sparkles, The – Oh, Girls, Girls
06. Link Wray – The Fuss
07. Bill Carter And The Rovin’ Gamblers – Baby Brother
08. Tides – Midnight Limbo
09. Earl Hagan & The Interns – New Interns Watusi
10. Mad Mike And The Maniacs – The Hunch
11. Billy Strange – 007 Theme
12. Ted Weems & His Orchestra – Heartaches
13. Ray Anthony – Dragnet
14. Grady O’Neal & The Bellatones – Turkey Neck Stretch
15. Enchanters – Cafe Bohemian
16. Jam Space & The Cadets – Take Me To Your Leader Chachacha
17. Archie Bleyer – Fernandos Hideaway
18. Vic Mizzy – Addams Family Theme
19. Spark Plugs – Chicken
20. Frantics – The Whip
21. 5 Blobs – The Blob
22. Unknown Artist – Miller Beer Commercial
23. Ward Darby And The Raves – Safari
24. Cozy Cole – Topsy Pt. II
25. Deadly Ones – It’s Monster Surfing Time

Friday Ephemera: Songs The Lord Taught Us (1980)

The Cramps Songs The Lord Taught Us LP/Tour Ad from NME, March 1980 via Zombies En El Ghetto

Lux Interior is my co-pilot

I'm your garbageman...

Before & After: Riffs, Pt. 33

Before - The Riptides "Machine Gun"


After - The Cramps "Call of the Wig Hat"

Before & After: Bryan Gregory (The Cramps)

To complete the Before & After set for the Cramps, here is long gone daddy, Bryan Gregory (RIP). See Lux & Ivy here, and Nick Knox here.

Hat tip to Dangerous Minds for the shot of a teenaged Gregory.

Before and After: Nick Knox (The Cramps)

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Before and After - Lux & Ivy

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Movie of the Week - The Cramps Live at Napa State Mental Hospital

This classic has been around for years. Recorded in 1978 (yes, at a real honest-to-god mental hospital), and originally released by Target Video back in the netherworld of 1981, its not exactly a rarity, but it certainly could use more exposure. Recently located online...hat tip to DM for the post.

Friday Ephemera - Rockabilly Riot!

The Cramps with Levi & The Rockats at max's Kansas City (1978)