The Cramps
Their most notorious gig was a free show for patients at Napa State Hospital in California in 1978, and it suited the Cramps perfectly. Lux Interior and Poison Ivy mashed together primal rockabilly, garage rock and the trashiest corners of horror and B-movie culture.
Ivy's twangy, reverb-heavy guitar and Lux's yelps, howls and wild stage antics helped create psychobilly. Songs the Lord Taught Us, recorded in Memphis with Alex Chilton producing, and Psychedelic Jungle are the essential records.
Lux Interior died in 2009, ending the band after more than three decades.
If you like The Cramps you should check out: The Gun Club, The Stooges, Misfits, The Birthday Party, The B-52's, Ramones, Bo Diddley, Elvis Presley, The Scientists, Danzig
