The Cramps

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American musical group punk rock band rock band

The Cramps were an American punk band known for pioneering the psychobilly genre by blending rockabilly, garage rock, and horror-themed aesthetics.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American musical group ⓘ
punk rock band ⓘ
rock band ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 2009 ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1976 ⓘ
associatedWithMovement punk rock movement ⓘ
associatedWithScene CBGB scene ⓘ
New York punk scene ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
formedIn 1976 ⓘ
foundedBy Lux Interior ⓘ
Poison Ivy ⓘ
genre garage rock ⓘ
horror punk ⓘ
psychobilly ⓘ
punk rock ⓘ
rockabilly ⓘ
hasFanbase cult following ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn garage punk bands ⓘ
psychobilly music ⓘ
hasMember Bill "Buster" Bateman ⓘ
Bill Bateman ⓘ
Bryan Gregory ⓘ
Candy Del Mar ⓘ
Davy Chegwidden ⓘ
Harry Drumdini ⓘ
Howie Pyro ⓘ
Ike Knox ⓘ
Jim Chandler ⓘ
Jim Sclavunos ⓘ
Kid Congo Powers ⓘ
Lux Interior ⓘ
Mike Metoff ⓘ
Nate Arling ⓘ
Nick Knox ⓘ
Nickey Alexander ⓘ
Pam Balam ⓘ
Poison Ivy ⓘ
Scott "Chopper" Franklin ⓘ
Sean Yseult ⓘ
Slim Chance ⓘ
Sugarpie Jones ⓘ
Terry Graham ⓘ
hasPart Lux Interior ⓘ
Poison Ivy ⓘ
influencedBy 1950s rock and roll ⓘ
B-movies ⓘ
garage rock of the 1960s ⓘ
horror films ⓘ
rockabilly artists ⓘ
language English ⓘ
locationOfFormation New York City ⓘ
surface form: New York

New York City ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
notableFor pioneering the psychobilly genre ⓘ
notableSong Bikini Girls with Machine Guns ⓘ
Can Your Pussy Do the Dog? ⓘ
Goo Goo Muck ⓘ
Human Fly ⓘ
I Was a Teenage Werewolf ⓘ
TV Set ⓘ
The Way I Walk ⓘ
notableWork A Date with Elvis ⓘ
Bad Music for Bad People ⓘ
Psychedelic Jungle ⓘ
Smell of Female ⓘ
Songs the Lord Taught Us ⓘ
Stay Sick! ⓘ
recordLabel Big Beat Records ⓘ
Enigma Records ⓘ
Epitaph Records ⓘ
I.R.S. Records ⓘ
New Rose Records ⓘ
Vengeance Records ⓘ
styleCharacteristic campy B-movie aesthetics ⓘ
horror-themed lyrics ⓘ
minimalist guitar riffs ⓘ
retro rockabilly sound ⓘ
reverb-heavy guitar tone ⓘ
sexualized stage imagery ⓘ
theatrical live performances ⓘ

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