Public record

The Cramps

Rock | Sacramento, NY | since 1976

garage punk
garage rock
gothabilly
gothic rock
neo-rockabilly
psychobilly
punk
punk blues

Shows, releases and artist details collected from 12 credited sources. This public record does not confirm booking availability. Source links accompany the published facts.

Shows on record

Rooms played

2002

On record since

Releases

Show history

2004 · 1

Sep 29, 2004House of Blues - New Orleans· New Orleansheadliner
with The Chesterfield Kings, Rock City Morgue

2003 · 1

Apr 28, 2003Shim Sham Club· New Orleansheadliner
with Gore Gore Girls, Rock City Morgue

2002 · 1

Dec 31, 2002Fonda Theatre· Los Angeles (LA)headliner
with Blazing Haley, Jeepers Creepers

Photos, art and posters

Logo — TheAudioDB

The Cramps — Gravest Gravy — Release art · Gravest Gravy — release

The Cramps — Big Beat From Badsville — Release art · Big Beat From Badsville — release

The Cramps — Fiends Of Dope Island — Release art · Fiends Of Dope Island — release

The Cramps — Look Mom No Head! — Release art · Look Mom No Head! — release

The Cramps — Date With Elvis — Release art · Date With Elvis — release

The Cramps — RockinnReelininAucklandNewZealandXXX [Live] — Release art · RockinnReelininAucklandNewZealandXXX [Live] — release

Lineup

Nickey “Beat” Alexander
Bill Bateman — drums (drum set)
Lux Interior
Timothy Maag — bass guitar
Poison Ivy
Jim Sclavunos

Former

Miriam Linna
Bryan Gregory
Nick Knox — membranophone
Julien Hechtlinger — electric guitar
Kid Congo Powers
Candy Del Mar
Harry Drumdini
Slim Chance — bass guitar
Mike Metoff

Releases

Gravest Gravy
Aug 21, 2026 · album · 12 tracks
Big Beat From Badsville
May 2, 2026 · album · 18 tracks
Fiends Of Dope Island
May 2, 2026 · album · 13 tracks
Look Mom No Head!
May 2, 2026 · album · 14 tracks
Date With Elvis
May 1, 2026 · album · 15 tracks
RockinnReelininAucklandNewZealandXXX [Live]
May 1, 2026 · album · 14 tracks
GG
Gravest Gravy
2026 · album
PN
Punk's Not Dead
2026
GG
Gravest Gravy
2026
HW
Hog Wild (live San Francisco ’80)
2024 · album
TN
The Napa State Tapes
2023
GG
Goo Goo Muck (Sped Up Version)
2022
GA
Garbageman
2019
LI
Live
2015 · album
LA
Live at Club 57, Irving Plaza. New York, 18th August 1979, FM Broadcast
2015 · album
AT
At The Haçienda
2015
FU
File Under Sacred Music: Early Singles 1978–1981
2011 · compilation
FU
File Under Sacred Music (Early Singles 1978-1981)
2011
L(
Live (at the Lokerse Festival, Belgium, August 7, 2006)
2010 · album
L(
Live (At The Lokerse Festival, Belgium, August 7, 2006)
2010
HT
How to Make a Monster
2004 · compilation
HT
How To Make A Monster
2004
FO
Fiends of Dope Island
2003 · album
OT
Off the Bone / Songs the Lord Taught Us
2003 · compilation
BB
Big Black Witchcraft Rock
2003
GH
Greatest Hits
1998 · compilation
BB
Big Beat From Badsville
1997 · album
FL
Flamejob
1994 · album
RO
RockinNReelinInAucklandNewZealandXXX
1994 · album
BF
Blues Fix
1992 · ep
LM
Look Mom No Head!
1991 · album
KI
Kizmiaz
1989 · ep
PJ
Psychedelic Jungle / Gravest Hits
1989 · compilation
SS
Stay Sick!
1989 · album
AD
A Date With Elvis
1986 · album
GO
Get Off the Road
1986 · ep
BM
Bad Music for Bad People
1984 · compilation
OT
Off the Bone
1983 · compilation
PJ
Psychedelic Jungle
1981 · album
ST
Songs the Lord Taught Us
1980 · album
GH
Gravest Hits
1979 · ep
SO
Smell Of Female
album
SS
Stay Sick
album

Airplay

KEXP airplay: 50+ plays, 2023-12-09–2026-08-16 — KEXP
Played on KEXP show 'The Roadhouse' (Greg Vandy) — KEXP
Played on KEXP show 'Sonic Reducer' (Brian Foss) — KEXP
Played on KEXP show 'Drive Time' (Kevin Cole) — KEXP
Played on KEXP show 'Early' (Eva Walker) — KEXP
Played on KEXP show 'Variety Mix' (Brian Foss) — KEXP

Artist background

The Cramps formed in 1976 — MusicBrainz
The Cramps is based in New York — MusicBrainz
The Cramps disbanded in 2009 — MusicBrainz
Nickey “Beat” Alexander: member — MusicBrainz
Bill Bateman: drums (drum set) — MusicBrainz
Lux Interior: member — MusicBrainz
Timothy Maag: bass guitar — MusicBrainz
Poison Ivy: member — MusicBrainz
Jim Sclavunos: member — MusicBrainz
Miriam Linna: member (former member) — MusicBrainz
Bryan Gregory: member (former member) — MusicBrainz
Nick Knox: membranophone (former member) — MusicBrainz
Julien Hechtlinger: electric guitar (former member) — MusicBrainz
Kid Congo Powers: member (former member) — MusicBrainz
Candy Del Mar: member (former member) — MusicBrainz
The Cramps has 25 release group(s) on MusicBrainz spanning 1979–2026 — MusicBrainz
The Cramps is based in Los Angeles, California — The Cramps on Bandcamp
Latest release on Bandcamp: Gravest Gravy (2026-08-21) — Bandcamp
The Cramps is from New York City, U.S. — Wikipedia
The Cramps plays Psychobilly — Wikipedia
The Cramps plays punk rock — Wikipedia
The Cramps plays gothabilly — Wikipedia
The Cramps plays surf — Wikipedia
The Cramps has 1093321 listeners on Last.fm — The Cramps on Last.fm
The Cramps has released 10 recordings between 2003 and 2026 — The Cramps on Discogs
The Cramps has 33 followers on Genius — The Cramps on Genius
Google Knowledge Graph descriptor: Rock band — The Cramps — Google Knowledge Graph
Canonical Wikipedia article (per Google KG): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cramps — The Cramps on Wikipedia (per Google KG)
Wikipedia article length (per Google KG, characters): 224 — The Cramps — entity-richness signal
Google Knowledge Graph entity id: kg:/m/07lff — The Cramps — KG entity
Country (per TheAudioDB): New York City, USA — The Cramps on TheAudioDB
Formed 1976 (Wikidata inception) — Wikidata
Origin: Sacramento (Wikidata) — Wikidata
Genres per Wikidata: punk rock, garage punk, gothabilly, post-punk — Wikidata
Members per Wikidata: Lux Interior, Poison Ivy, Bryan Gregory, Kid Congo Powers, Sean Yseult, Miriam Linna, Nick Knox, Jim Sclavunos — Wikidata
Labels per Wikidata: I.R.S. Records, Big Beat Records, Illegal Records — Wikidata
Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cramps — Wikidata

Venues played

Rooms played most, from the shows on record
Room	Shows
Fonda Theatre · Los Angeles (LA)	1
House of Blues - New Orleans · New Orleans	1
Shim Sham Club · New Orleans	1

By year: 2002 1 · 2003 1 · 2004 1

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Sources & corrections

This is a partial record of publicly documented activity. Missing shows, releases or members do not mean there are none. Use the credited links to check the source.

Last updated: 2026-09-20
Sources: Bandcamp, Discogs, Genius, google kg, KEXP, Last.fm, MusicBrainz, Spotify, TheAudioDB, Twitch, Wikidata, Wikipedia

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