Heartland

The great man would have turned 67 today. Stay Sick and Turn Blue. Rock and Rolls original Garbageman.

96 tears in 96 eyes. The Great Man went far too young, I'll lift a drink to him for sure.

Seeing The Cramps back in '91 was one of the best gigs I was ever at. Sorely missed.

A superlative front-man. And what a band to front!

In my book he is one of the greatest. Ever & always...

one of the greatest of The Great Lost. first saw the cramps in '86 -probably the first gig of the new direction the sisters had turned me to musically. very sadly missed.

eastmidswhizzkid wrote:one of the greatest of The Great Lost. first saw the cramps in '86 -probably the first gig of the new direction the sisters had turned me to musically. very sadly missed.

I saw them on that tour too (A Date With Elvis) at Leeds Uni. A front man to rival Iggy IMHO. I still listen to Off The Bone regularly on the commute home from work - the opening riff of Human Fly the fake ending of Domino and the lollopping guitar solo in The Way I Walk always remind me of happy nights in Le Phono ...

Saw them on every tour from 85 onwards. Got to hang out with them on their last tour of the US. A great front an and allegedly, Ivy is releasing an extended version of Gravest Hits in the near future.

Garbageman wrote:Saw them on every tour from 85 onwards. Got to hang out with them on their last tour of the US. A great front an and allegedly, Ivy is releasing an extended version of Gravest Hits in the near future.

The most heartbreaking thing about his death was that the always struck me as one of the great rock-and-roll love stories.

I agree. Isn't Ivy living more-or-less as a recluse now?

markfiend wrote:I agree. Isn't Ivy living more-or-less as a recluse now?

It would not surprise me. I have a hard enough time being separated from my wife by half-a-continent. I cannot even begin to imagine what she went through in losing him. It's depressing to think about it. You could always just tell: they really, really love(d) each other.

Nikolas Vitus Lagartija wrote:

eastmidswhizzkid wrote:one of the greatest of The Great Lost. first saw the cramps in '86 -probably the first gig of the new direction the sisters had turned me to musically. very sadly missed.

I saw them on that tour too (A Date With Elvis) at Leeds Uni. A front man to rival Iggy IMHO. I still listen to Off The Bone regularly on the commute home from work - the opening riff of Human Fly the fake ending of Domino and the lollopping guitar solo in The Way I Walk always remind me of happy nights in Le Phono ...

That's 3 of us then , You always remember the great gigs,of which that Leeds gig was one of the best.

Also do agree with you, like Iggy , Lux oozes class as a front man.

There are a few recent photographs of Ivy on Facebook on various Cramps sites. Rock and Rolls ultimate love story.

For those of us missing The Cramps there's a new video up for the title track of Haunted Head by Kid Congo (Powers) and The Pink Monkey Birds on Vimeo http://player.vimeo.com/video/77100973 and they're playing dates in London, Glasgow and Newcastle later this month. Great to see he's still putting out decent stuff (but I've always been a sucker for a bit of psychedelic fuzz guitar).

Hunslet Ramone wrote:

Nikolas Vitus Lagartija wrote:

eastmidswhizzkid wrote:one of the greatest of The Great Lost. first saw the cramps in '86 -probably the first gig of the new direction the sisters had turned me to musically. very sadly missed.

I saw them on that tour too (A Date With Elvis) at Leeds Uni. A front man to rival Iggy IMHO. I still listen to Off The Bone regularly on the commute home from work - the opening riff of Human Fly the fake ending of Domino and the lollopping guitar solo in The Way I Walk always remind me of happy nights in Le Phono ...

That's 3 of us then , You always remember the great gigs,of which that Leeds gig was one of the best.

Also do agree with you, like Iggy , Lux oozes class as a front man.

4! I saw them in Edinburgh on that tour. Simply incredible, can't believe I never saw them again and now never will

Nikolas Vitus Lagartija wrote:For those of us missing The Cramps there's a new video up for the title track of Haunted Head by Kid Congo (Powers) and The Pink Monkey Birds on Vimeo http://player.vimeo.com/video/77100973 and they're playing dates in London, Glasgow and Newcastle later this month. Great to see he's still putting out decent stuff (but I've always been a sucker for a bit of psychedelic fuzz guitar).

i always thought "the pink monkey birds" would be a great name for a band! good to see it's being used by somebody cool!