The Cramps

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 (Kristy Wallace), the band have spent the last thirty years bringing their unique brand of fuzz-soaked 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. The Cramps: 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.