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Whatever happened to.....The Cramps
Posted: 01 Nov 2008, 16:32
by Garbageman
Along with the Girls, I have been a huge Cramps fan,however,nothing has been happening with this great and for a few years.
Anyone throw some light on this?
Posted: 01 Nov 2008, 18:16
by Pista
Someone else likes them.
They are touring right now
Posted: 01 Nov 2008, 23:33
by psichonaut
i have some of their albums...but it's along i don't listen to them
Posted: 02 Nov 2008, 05:30
by Garbageman
Trying to look into those dates but I think they are from two years ago
Posted: 02 Nov 2008, 11:05
by eastmidswhizzkid
the cramps played one gig here in the uk this summer.i found out about it the day after.
love the cramps- saw thm on the date with elvis tour 20 yrs ago and at reading fesival a coupl od years leter. lux is in his mid-60's (like lemmy) and ivy ain't far behind...anoither great advert for amphetamines.
Posted: 02 Nov 2008, 11:13
by emilystrange
i saw them at demontfort hall in 86, lee, were you there?
Posted: 02 Nov 2008, 12:56
by Ghostrider
they played "Lokerse Feesten" in Belgium a few years ago..
Posted: 02 Nov 2008, 15:17
by radiojamaica
Ghostrider wrote:they played "Lokerse Feesten" in Belgium a few years ago..
... and were absolutely
smashing too!
I always loved The Cramps and can't wait for their next stop in the neighbourhood. Or for another album, compilation, etc
Posted: 02 Nov 2008, 18:26
by Garbageman
I have seen them on all their major tours since 85 and the last time they played in Orlando at HOB.I was lucky enough to meet them and they signed a few things for me.
Extremely pleasant and slightly eccentric...mind you,they turned me on to The Chesterfield Kings.
Posted: 02 Nov 2008, 23:22
by biggy
Seen them loads.
I saw them last a couple of years ago, magnificent as ever.
Posted: 03 Nov 2008, 01:41
by Mr. ED
I still can't believe I've never seen them. Next time in NYC, definitely.
Posted: 03 Nov 2008, 10:59
by markfiend
I saw them in 1990 or 91, fckuking brilliant.
*Edit: I actually made the wraps (folding up squares of paper, back before everyone started using resealable bags) for the guy on the crew who was their 'chemist' that night
Posted: 04 Nov 2008, 02:32
by Garbageman
Whenever I see them perform,bless them,they look slightly medicated....but what a band!!!
Posted: 04 Nov 2008, 02:40
by Silver_Owl
markfiend wrote:I saw them in 1990 or 91, fckuking brilliant.
*Edit: I actually made the wraps (folding up squares of paper, back before everyone started using resealable bags) for the guy on the crew who was their 'chemist' that night
Them were the days.
Posted: 04 Nov 2008, 03:01
by biggy
I took this the last time they played Nottingham
It was hard to get a good shot with all the mentalists at the front
Posted: 04 Nov 2008, 03:04
by biggy
oh and this one
Posted: 04 Nov 2008, 03:09
by Garbageman
Fantastic photo's. Saw them in Nottingham several times until I moved Stateside in 97. Seen them in Miami, Orlando and waiting for the next one!!!
Stay Sick and Turn Blue
Posted: 04 Nov 2008, 10:13
by psichonaut
Garbageman wrote:
Stay Sick and Turn Blue
...then kiz-mi-az
Posted: 05 Nov 2008, 14:17
by Spiggy's hat
I love the
Date With Elvis period & saw them at Leeds uni on that tour. The live album from that era (Live in New Zealand?) is superb.
Posted: 05 Nov 2008, 17:26
by Garbageman
They were due to release a dvd of live stuff and their videos last year and also they were re-recording Gravest Hits for an expanded version of the original album.
Posted: 08 Nov 2008, 11:08
by Silence is platinum
Saw them in 91, just awesome, Lux took the microphone stand and trashed the stage including the wooden floor, and then throw the pieces, to the crowd,the owner of the venue wasn t very pleased
. Also i really had a hard time in the mosh pit that night..
Posted: 08 Nov 2008, 15:52
by markfiend
Silence is platinum wrote:Also i really had a hard time in the mosh pit that night..
Gods, yeah, the mosh pit at a Cramps gig can be
brutal!
Posted: 08 Nov 2008, 16:07
by radiojamaica
markfiend wrote:Silence is platinum wrote:Also i really had a hard time in the mosh pit that night..
Gods, yeah, the mosh pit at a Cramps gig can be
brutal!
I like a good moshpit at times, but I never dare to enter one filled with Psycho-/Rockabillies... they're way too heavy for me!
Posted: 09 Nov 2008, 03:23
by Garbageman
After thrashing around in the pit for years with The Cramps it was strange as the punches did not hurt.......until the next morning,when you looked as if you had been given a body massage by the National Front!!!
Posted: 09 Nov 2008, 09:13
by psichonaut
did some mosh pit during rave-parties...it wasn't that enjoyable....sometimes it ended in blood
