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Influences on the sound are early rockabilly and proto-rock n roll like Eddie Cochran, Chuck Berry and Hasil Adkins, 1960s surf music acts such as The Ventures and Dick Dale; 1960s garage rock artists like The Seeds , The Gants , The Sonics, and The Monks; as well as the early punk scene from which they emerged. They also owe a lot to Screamin Jay Hawkins for having invented the theatrical horror-blues stage act.
In turn, they have strongly influenced subsequent punk and rockabilly revival bands, even creating a genre in their wake. " PsychobillyPsychobilly (also cowpunk a somewhat earlier name) is a term used to describe bands who play a genre of music heavily based in punk rock, but with many elements of rockabilly, and with references to horror films, exploitation films, lurid sexuality and ot," a style played by bands like The Meteors and the Sharks, is a term coined by the Cramps, although Lux Interior maintains that the term does not describe their own style.
Lux Interior and Poison Ivy met in SacramentoSacramento is the name of several places: Sacramento, California, USA Sacramento, Colorado, USA Sacramento, Illinois, USA Sacramento, Kentucky, USA Sacramento, Nebraska, USA Sacramento, New Mexico, USA Sacramento, Pennsylvania, USA Sacramento River, Calif in 19721972 is a leap year starting on Saturday (click link for calendar). Events January events January 2 the Pierre Hotel Heist Six men rob the safety deposit boxes of the Pierre Hotel in New York City. Loot is at least $4 million January 5 President of the Un. Due to their common artistic interests, they decided to form the band. Lux took his stage nameA stage name or a screen name for movie stars, is a pseudonym used by performers and actors. People may take a stage name because their real name is considered unattractive, dull, amusing for the wrong reasons, or projects the wrong image; or because they from a car ad, and Ivy claimed to have received hers in a dream (she was first Poison Ivy Rorschach, taking her last name from that of the inventor of the Rorschach inkblot testThe Rorschach (pronounced 'roar-shock') inkblot test is a method of psychological evaluation. It is a projective test associated with the Freudian school of thought. Psychologists use this test to probe the unconscious mind. History The Rorschach inkblot). They moved in 1973 to Akron, OhioAkron is located in Summit County, Ohio. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 217,074. It is the largest city in Summit County and is the county seat 6. Akron is the 88th largest city in the United States and is the 5th largest city i and then to New York in 1975, soon entering into CBGB's early punk scene with other emerging acts like The Ramones, Patti Smith, and Television. The lineup in 1976 was Poison Ivy Rorschach, Lux Interior, Bryan Gregory (guitar) and his sister Pam "Ballam" (drums).
They quickly changed drummers twice; Miriam Linna (later of Nervous Rex) replaced Pam Ballam, and then Nick Knox (Nicholas Stephanoff) replaced Linna in September 1977. In the late 1970s, the Cramps performed regularly in New York at places like CBGB's and Max's Kansas City, releasing two indie singles produced by Alex Chilton at Ardent Studios in Memphis in 1977 before being signed by Miles Copeland to the young I.R.S. Records label. They released the two singles again on their 1979 Gravest Hits EP, before Chilton brought them back that year to Memphis to record their first full length album, Songs The Lord Taught Us, at Phillips Recording, operated by former Sun Records label owner Sam Phillips.
Kid Congo Powers of The Gun Club joined the Cramps on guitar, but while recording their second LP, Psychedelic Jungle, the band and Miles Copeland began to dispute royalties and creative rights. The ensuing court case prevented them from releasing anything until 1983, when they recorded Smell of Female live at New York's Peppermint Lounge and Kid Congo Powers departed.
The Cramps have had several lineups over the years.