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The Cramps were an American punk band, formed in 1976. 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.

Final line-up
* Lux Interior (Erick Purkhiser) – vocals, March 1973 to February 2009
* Poison Ivy (Kristy Wallace) – lead guitar, March 1973 to February 2009
* Harry Drumdini – drums, February 1993 – July 2003 and August 2006 to February 2009

Former members
* Bryan Gregory (Greg Beckerleg) – guitar, April 1976 – May 1980
* Pam Balam (Pam Beckerleg) – drums, April 1976 – September 1976
* Miriam Linna – drums, October 1976 – June 1977
* Nick Knox – drums, July 1977 - January 1991
* Julien Hechtlinger (Julien Grindsnatch) – guitar, July 1980 – September 1980
* Kid Congo Powers (Brian Tristan) – guitar, December 1980 – September 1983
* Mike Metoff (as Ike Knox) – guitar, October 1983 – November 1983; January 1984 – July 1984
* Click Mort - guitar, December 1983
* Jim Sclavunos – drums, 1991
* Touch Hazard (Tim Maag of The Mechanics) - bass, 1985
* Fur (Jennifer Dixon) - bass, March 1986 - May 1986
* Candy del Mar – bass, July 1986 – January 1991
* Slim Chance – bass, March 1991-August 1998
* Nickey Alexander – drums, June 1991 – January 1993
* Doran Shelley – bass, 1998 - 1999
* SugarPie Jones – bass, 2000
* "Jungle" Jim Chandler – "Laid down the primal beat" for the European tour 2004
* Bill Bateman (Bill "Buster" Bateman) – drums, June 2004 – August 2006
* Scott Franklin (2) (Scott "Chopper" Franklin) – bass & guitar, January 2002 – September 2006
* Jen Hanrahan - castanets June 2000 - August 2000.
* Sean Yseult (Shauna Reynolds) – bass, October/November 2006
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Discography

Releases:
Surfin' Bird (7")   Vengeance Records 1978
Gravest Hits (EP) (3 versions)   Illegal Records (2) ... 1979
Drug Train (7")   Illegal Records (2) 1980
Fever/Garbage Man (7", 2nd)   Illegal 1980
Garbageman (7")   I.R.S. Records 1980
Garbageman (7")   Illegal Records (2) 1980
Goo Goo Muck (Single) (2 versions)   I.R.S. Records 1980
Songs The Lord Taught Us (Album) (7 versions)   I.R.S. Records ... 1980
Psychedelic Jungle (Album, Comp) (4 versions)   I.R.S. Records ... 1981
...Off The Bone (Album, Comp) (10 versions)   I.R.S. Records ... 1983
I Ain't Nuthin' But A Gorehound (7")   New Rose Records 1983
Smell Of Female (MiniAlbum, Album) (12 versions)   New Rose Records ... 1983
You Got Good Taste (7", Pic)   New Rose Records 1983
Bad Music For Bad People (Comp) (4 versions)   I.R.S. Records ... 1984
You Got Good Taste (7")   New Rose Records 1984
Can Your Pussy Do The Dog? (Single, EP) (6 versions)   Big Beat Records ... 1985
A Date With Elvis (Album) (11 versions)   Restless Records ... 1986
Get Off The Road (12")   Planet Records (Sweden) 1986
Kizmiaz (Single) (4 versions)   New Rose Records 1986
What's Inside A Girl? (Single) (2 versions)   Big Beat Records 1986
RockinnReelininAucklandNewZealandXXX (3 versions)   Vengeance Records ... 1987
Psychedelic Jungle / Gravest Hits (Comp) (2 versions)   I.R.S. Records 1989
Stay Sick! (Album) (7 versions)   Enigma Records (3) ... 1989
All Women Are Bad (7")   Enigma Records (3) 1990
All Women Are Bad (Maxi) (3 versions)   Enigma Records (3) 1990
Bikini Girls With Machine Guns (Single) (4 versions)   Enigma Records (3) 1990
Creature From The Black Leather Lagoon (Maxi, Single) (3 versions)   Enigma Records (3) 1990
Eyeball In My Martini (Maxi, Single) (3 versions)   Big Beat Records 1991
Look Mom No Head! (Album) (8 versions)   Liberation Records ... 1991
Blues Fix (CD, Maxi)   Big Beat Records 1992
Miniskirt Blues (CD, Single, Promo)   Restless Records 1992
CBGB's 20th Anniversary Sampler (CD, Maxi, Promo)   Giant Records 1994
Flame Job (Album) (7 versions)   Creation Records ... 1994
How Come You Do Me? (7")   Medicine Label 1994
The Ultra Edits Of Ultra Twist! (CD, Maxi, Promo)   Medicine Label 1994
Ultra Twist (7")   Medicine Label 1994
Ultra Twist (Maxi) (3 versions)   Creation Records ... 1994
Naked Girl Falling Down Stairs / Confessions Of A Psycho Cat (7", Single)   Medicine Label 1995
Naked Girl Falling Down The Stairs (Maxi) (2 versions)   Creation Records ... 1995
Big Beat From Badsville (Album) (6 versions)   Paradoxx Music ... 1997
Like A Bad Girl Should (Maxi, Single) (2 versions)   Epitaph Europe ... 1997
Greatest Hits (CD)   BMG 1998
...Off The Bone / Songs The Lord Taught Us (2xCD, RE)   Capitol Records, Capitol Records 2003
Big Black Witchcraft Rock (7")   Vengeance Records 2003
Fiends Of Dope Island (2 versions)   Vengeance Records 2003
How To Make A Monster (2xCD)   Vengeance Records 2004
Live At Napa State Mental Hospital (2 versions)   Target Video ... 2004
Teenage Drug Idol (LP, Uno)   Not On Label  
Venue 1980 Live (7", EP)   Not On Label  
Production:
I.R.S. Greatest Hits Vols. 2 & 3 (2xLP, Comp, Gat) Uranium Rock I.R.S. Records 1981
Illegal Greatest Hits (LP, Comp) Uranium Rock Illegal Records (Netherlands) 1981
The Return Of The Living Dead (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (Album, Comp) (6 versions) Surfin' Dead Enigma Records (3) ... 1985
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Part 2 (Music From The Motion Picture) (LP) Goo Goo Muck I.R.S. Records 1986
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URGH! A Music War (Comp) (2 versions) Tear It Up (Live) A&M Records 1981
Curse (Album) (3 versions) Mad Daddy Drives A U.F.O. Anagram Records ... 1990
Lo Mejor De Los Nikis (CD, Comp, Ltd) El Hombre Del Abrigo Gris Discos Lollipop 1996
Stone Age Complication (CD, EP) Most Exalted Potentate... Interscope Records 2004
Tracks Appear On:
I.R.S. Greatest Hits Vols. 2 & 3 (2xLP, Comp, Gat) Uranium Rock I.R.S. Records 1981
Illegal Greatest Hits (LP, Comp) Uranium Rock Illegal Records (Netherlands) 1981
URGH! A Music War (Comp) (6 versions) Tear It Up A&M Records 1981
Rockabilly Psychosis And The Garage Disease (LP, Comp) Red Headed Woman Big Beat Records 1984
November 85 - The Mixes (12") Human Fly DMC 1985
The Return Of The Living Dead (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (Album, Comp) (8 versions) Surfin' Dead Enigma Records (3) ... 1985
59 To 1 Cassette Nr. 12 (Cass, Comp) Kizmaiz 59 To 1 1986
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Part 2 (Music From The Motion Picture) (LP) Goo Goo Muck I.R.S. Records 1986
Elvira Presents Haunted Hits (2xLP, Comp) I Was A Teenage Werewolf Rhino Records (2) 1988
Indie City 2 (Cass, Comp) Human Fly New Musical Express 1988
Sound. And Vision. Volume Two (CD, Maxi) All Women Are Bad Enigma Records (3) 1989
These People Are Nuts! (CD, Comp) Goo Goo Muck I.R.S. Records 1989
CMJ Presents Certain Damage! - Volume 25 (CD, Promo) Bikini Girls With Mach... College Music Journal 1990
EMI Hot Shots Nr. 1 (CD, Comp, Promo) Bikini Girls With Mach... EMI Electrola 1990
EMI Hot Shots Nr. 3 (CD, Comp, Promo) All Woman Are Bad EMI Electrola 1990
The Last Temptation Of Elvis (Comp) (2 versions) Jailhouse Rock New Musical Express 1990
New Wave Club Class•X 4 (CD, Comp) Human Fly Antler-Subway 1992
The Indie Scene 81 (CD, Comp) Goo Goo Muck Connoisseur Collection 1992
Sounds Of The Seventies - Punk And New Wave (CD) Human Fly Time Life Music, Warner Special Products 1993
The Best Of New Wave Club Class-X Vol. 1 (XX) (2xCD, Comp) Human Fly Antler-Subway 1993
Rockline Vol. 6 (Cass, Comp) She Said Versailles 1994
Trademark Of Quality™ (CD, Comp, Promo, Smplr) Confessions Of A Psych... Warner Bros. Records, Reprise Records 1994
Abattoir Dogs (Cass, Comp) Everything Goes Vox Magazine 1995
Indie Top 20 Volume 21 (CD, Comp) Ultra Twist Beechwood Music 1995
RockVideo Monthly - April 1995 - Alternative Edition (VHS, Comp) Naked Girl Falling Dow... Warner Music Enterprises 1995
98 New Wave Club Class•X Traxx!!! (Box + 7xCD) Human Fly Play It Again Sam [PIAS] 1996
Hootennany (CD) Hypno Sex Ray Foil Records (2) 1998
Punk-O-Rama III (2 versions) Haulass Hyena Epitaph Records ... 1998
Dark Pleasures (CD) Goo Goo Muck Hip-O Records 1999
Guitar Club Classics (2xCD, Smplr) Human Fly SPV Recordings 1999
New Rose Stories 1980 - 2000 (CD, Comp) Can Your Pussy Do The Dog Last Call Records 2000
19-Track Guide To The Month's Best Music (CD, Comp) Human Fly Uncut Magazine 2001
Dressed In Black 3 (2xCD, Comp) Human Fly Universal Music (Netherlands) 2001
António Sérgio Apresenta Som Da Frente 1982-1986 (2xCD) Sunglasses After Dark,... EMI-Valentim De Carvalho, Lda. 2002
As Heard On Radio Soulwax Pt. 2 (Comp) (3 versions) Human Fly Play It Again Sam [PIAS] ... 2002
Rough Trade Shops - Rock And Roll 1 (2xCD, Comp) Human Fly Mute Records Ltd. 2002
All Lined Up - The Kult Of The Eighties (2xCD) Human Fly Universal TV 2003
CD Side 16 (CD, Smplr) Dopefiend Boogie D-Side 2003
Essential 80's - New.Wave (2xCD, Mixed) Human Fly Warner Music (Benelux) 2003
No Thanks! The '70s Punk Rebellion (4xCD + Box) Human Fly Rhino Entertainment Company 2003
Punk Rawk Explosion #12 (CD, Comp, Promo) Wrong Way Ticket Punk Rawk 2003
80s Alternative - The Darker Side Of The Decade (CD, Comp) Garbageman EMI Gold 2004
How To Kill The DJ [Part Two] (Comp) (3 versions) New Kind Of Kick Kill The DJ Records 2004
Left Of The Dial: Dispatches From The 80s Underground (4xCD, RM + Box, Comp) Goo Goo Muck Rhino Entertainment Company 2004
Children Of Nuggets - Original Artyfacts From The Second Psychedelic Era 1976-1996 (Box + 4xCD, Comp) New Kind Of Kick Rhino Entertainment Company 2005
Selections From Children Of Nuggets Boxed Set (CDr, Smplr, Promo) New Kind Of Kick Warner Strategic Marketing (US) 2005
Essential New Wave - Volume 3 (CD) Human Fly EMI Music (Belgium) 2006
Sci-Fi-Lo-Fi Vol. 1 (CD, Comp) New Kind Of Kick Soma Quality Recordings 2007
100% New Wave (5xCD, Comp) Human Fly EMI Music (Belgium) 2008
Punk - The Platinum Collection (3xCD, Comp + Box) Human Fly EMI Music (Belgium) 2008
Luvafair (31xFile, MP3, Comp, VBR) Human Fly Not On Label (Steven R. Gilmore Self-released) 2009
Unofficial Releases:
Don't Pummel & You Won't Pogo. They Ooze & You'll Throb (2xLP)   Not On Label 1986
Lonesome Town (7")   Scatterbrainchild Records 1987
Same As The Cavemen (LP)   What's The Beef Records 1989
Booze Party (2xLP)   Lux Records 1990
Ohio Demo's 1979 (Vinyl)   Alpha Tune 1992
Trash-A-Rama (2xCD)   Rocks 1993
Alternative Live Vol. 1 (CD, Comp) Can Your Pussy Do The ... Grapefruit 1994
A Date With The Cramps (LP, Cle)   Not On Label 1995
Cheer Hell (CDr)   Sling Blade Records 2000
Werwoelfen After Dark (LP, Pic, Pin)   Spanish Fly 2002
All Tore Up (LP)   Revisited Records  
All Tore Up (CD, Album)   Hand Made  
Blow Job (7")   Non Profit Productions  
Confessions Of A Psychocat (3x7", Ltd)   Class (2)  
Dance Of The Cannibals Of Sex (7")   Famous Lux  
Exorcism Night (Vinyl)   Not On Label  
Fetischism (Vinyl)   Ghoul-Ash Records  
Fetischism Vol. 2 (LP)   Ghoul-Ash Records  
Frank Further And The Hot Dogs (Vinyl)   Not On Label  
Most Exaltet Potentates Of Trash (Vinyl, A 4)   Taylordisco Records  
Nazibilly Werwoelfen N'Ont Pas De Bausparvertrag (EP) (3 versions)   Democrazy  
New Wave Mix Vol. 5 (CDr, Ltd, Mixed) People Ain't No Good Not On Label (New Wave Mix Series)  
No More Cramped For Space (Vinyl)   Not On Label  
Rock'n'Roll Monster Bash (Vinyl)   Turn Blue Records  
Sex & Cramps & Rock 'N' Roll (2xCD)   The Swingin' Pig  
Sometimes Good Guys Don't Wear White (7")   Not On Label  
Tales From The Cramps Vol. 1 (LP)   Cave Records  
Teenage Werewolf (7")   Not On Label  
The Last Record (Tränsylvåñan Täpes MCMLXXVIII) (2 versions)   Not On Label  
Unleashed & Unreleased (LP)   Cramped  
Voodoo Idols (7")   Hot Spot Records  
Voodoo Rythm (LP)   O. KR cds  
Werewolf In My Pocket (Vinyl)   Tel International  
What's Inside A Ghoul (LP)   Pow Wow  
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