Talk:The Cramps

message: They played their last show in 2006 and did do anything in the studio after that. Why does the article say they  were active till 2009? Yeah, I know that's when Lux died, but they were INactive during that period.    
Lenbrazil (talk) 03:31, 22 April 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Active to 2009? 

message: Would someone mind expanding the section about the Cramps' output in the 90's and 00's? The sections before it seem to be pretty well-researched (although a band with a history like the Cramps' should have a much longer article), but the 90s and 00's have nothing. Perhaps someone who knows more about that time period wouldn't mind contributing? wilhelm 05:30, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  90's/00's 

message: I'm trying to put together a chronology of band members like in the Bad Religion and Social Distortion articles but there are so many changeovers in the Cramps that I'm not sure which version (if any) to go with. Any opinions? Downstream 16:33, 12 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lineup 

message: It would be nice if The Cramps' albums had their own articles so the discography section was more useful (tracklistings were available, etc.) Franknotes 20:54, 8 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Discography 

message: It has been said that they were under heavy influence by the Legendary Stardust Cowboy. I cant name any sources for this though, if someone knows of this that would be a useful fact.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.220.93.209 (talk) 16:20, 22 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I seem to recall a mention in an early issue of Spin (1985?). No longer having that magazine, I can not confirm it, however. - It doesn't stick. (talk) 20:08, 8 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Influenced by 

message: I did remove the proto from the line:    ...and proto rock and roll like Link Wray and Hasil Adkins because that is not proto, it was rock and roll at the peak of it's time! proto rock and roll is music from the 30s and 40s..
& it is absolute necessary to include that black influence as well! They did cover so much rhythm and blues songs! Just check the Born bad comps!!  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.245.168.190 (talk) 22:42, 5 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Black influence as well! 

message: from the book: Dick Porter – The Cramps (Plexus, 2006) 144pp
Ivy says
"The failure of outsiders to acknowledge the influence of blues and R&B on The Cramps is an omission bordering on racism. Rockabilly is rooted in the blues and we consider ourselves a blues band."  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.217.38.232 (talk) 20:37, 10 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Blues 

message: The Cramps are not surf rock. I know this because i have 3 of their first albums. Including the EP Gravest Hits, which has genres listed as punk rock, psychobilly and surf rock. Also, surf rock was an influence on psychobilly. If you want to argue, don't expect to get your way unless you actually have their first EP. Metal of Head 10:31, 20 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: And, even though they covered Surfin' Bird, thats only one track, and they did it in a different style. Metal of Head 10:32, 20 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Surf rock 

message: I see that there is a bit of a controversy about using a 2006 image of the Cramps, now that the website photo which was here has been removed. I saw the band three times, and I hope that this image from the second time I saw them in 1982 will be good enough for most here. I don't want to debate the aesthetics of the 2006 image, especially given that the contributor put it here gratis and in good faith. But with my image at least we have something of the band from their earlier days. Canada Jack (talk) 16:01, 2 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: New photo

message: they even don't like it!  just read the interviews! they point out that it has no groove for them and that it is not sexy.. 
http://suicidegirls.com/interviews/The+Cramps/
difference
re:  you guys still calling your music psychobilly, because a lot of critics sure do?
PI: It's weird. We used that word when we first started out in 1976 before we even had gigs we had posters for fake gigs we hoped to have which had psychobilly and rockabilly on them. I think psychobilly has evolved into a musical style now which kind of isn't what we are. Maybe it means different things to different people. There seems to be a style of music called psychobilly now and I think it's defined by a standup bass, a very speeded up pace which we don't do. I think our songs have a more sensuous tempo to our songs. I'm not sure what exactly defines psychobilly but it seems to have taken on a life on its own. But its not quite what we do.—Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.245.168.190 (talk) 22:21, 18 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  the Cramps are not Psychobilly 

message: In the note referring the reader to Johnny Cash's song "One Piece at a Time" that is the citation. Anyone can google the song or the lyrics. Use your head for more than a hat rack wikicops.
End "citation needed" abuse!  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.55.54.38 (talk) 16:55, 2 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  superfluous citation needed  

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