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Nov. 1, 1976
CRAMPS debut at CBGB, NYC, on audition night.
They instantly acquire a fanatical following
and continue playing the NYC club circuit
(Lux, Ivy, Bryan Gregory, Miriam Linna)
Spring 1977
CRAMPS appear in the Amos Poe film, The
Foreigner
Sept. 77
CRAMPS meet record producer Alex Chilton
Oct. 77
Chilton takes CRAMPS to his hometown- Memphis,
TN to record them at Ardent Studios and Sam Phillips Studio.
Feb. 78
CRAMPS are featured in two-day CBS TV new
special, "Raunch and Roll".
The special airs live and offstage footage
of the group. CBS uses quarter page
photos of CRAMPS in NY TIMES, Daily News,
and NY Post advertising
for the special.
April 78
CRAMPS release their first single, "The Way
I Walk" b/w "Surfin' Bird", on their
own Vengeance label. It hovers in Record
World's New Wave Top Twenty chart
for fourteen weeks.
June 78
CRAMPS drive to California for their first
West Coast tour.
Among their appearances, the band performs
for inmates at
Napa State Mental Hospital.
August 78
CRAMPS gig extensively through the Northeast
and appear again
on CBS-TV news, this time in Philadelphia.
Nick Knox joins CRAMPS as drummer
Halloween 78
CRAMPS release their second single, "Human
Fly" b/w "Domino"
on Vengeance. It makes NEW MUSICAL
EXPRESS' Top Twenty of the Year.
The band also produces a "Human Fly" horror
promo film.
Jan. 79
Chris Spedding produces eight track five
song demo.
Feb. 17, 1979
CRAMPS open for the CLASH at the Palladium,
NYC.
Feb. 21 - March 79
CRAMPS fly to California for second West
Coast tour. While in
Los Angeles, the band encounter Miles Copeland
who, based on the Spedding-produced
demo, negotiates for the release of a British
EP on Illegal Records.
May 26, 79
CRAMPS fly to England and embark on 25 date
tour. Press receive them
with accolades and acclaim, and the band
makes the covers of
MELODY MAKER (June 9) and NME (June 23).
July thru Sept 79
Cramps return to Memphis with Alex Chilton
who produces their
first full-lenght album, Songs the Lord
Taught Us
Fall 79
The U.S. tour continues: the band headlines
most dates while also performing
with the CLASH (10/13, San Francisco), the
POLICE (10/16, Phila.,
10/8, Wash.DC), and Iggy Pop.
March 80 -- April 80
More extensive European tour, this time in
support of album which hits Top Ten
in France. CRAMPS produce "Garbage
man" video at Shepperton Studios in
London, also doing live TV in Manchester
and Belgium.
May 80
Bryan Gregory departs CRAMPS
Julien Greinsnatch joins band until Sept.
Summer 1980
CRAMPS return for another U.S. tour, culminating
with a headline show at
Santa Monica Civic Auditorium. Film
crew documents the performance for
inclusion in URGH! A MUSIC WAR, a feature
film releasing through
Lorimar in April, 1981.
Dec. 14, 1980
CRAMPS close out the year with a sold-out
performance at the Lyceum in London.
Press calls it one of the only musical events
of the year.
Kid Congo Powers joins as new guitarist.
Jan. 1981
CRAMPS enter A&M Studios in Los Angeles
to self-produce 14 new songs
for their second album.
March 30, 1981
Psychedelic Jungle, the second
CRAMPS album, is released in the U.S. on I.R.S.
Summer, 1981
CRAMPS tour the U.S. extensively
1982
CRAMPS tour the U.S.
Feb 25 &26 1983
CRAMPS record live LP at Peppermint Lounge
in NYC
Smell of Female
Sept 83
Congo Powers leaves band, Ike Knox joins
May 22, 1984
CRAMPS UK tour begin
Summer 1984
CRAMPS record with Jim Dickinson, "Red Headed
Woman"
CRAMPS tour America including performance
June 22
with Nick Cave and Bad Seeds at Perkins Palace.
Oct. 84
CRAMPS record "Surfin Dead" for Dan O'Bannon's
The Return of the Living Dead Soundtrack
Nov. 85
Big Beat release CRAMPS single "Can Your
Pussy Do the Dog?"
1986
Bass player Touch Hazard joins CRAMPS
Feb. 86
A Date With Elvis LP released
March 86
CRAMPS go to UK for 58 dates. Fur joins
group on bass.
Played at BBC's London Maida Vale studios
for a live boadcast
on Janice Long'sRadio 1 show.
April 86
CRAMPS play in Bourges France and gig throughout
Holland,
Germany, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Italy,
and Switzerland.
Fur leaves group after tour. Candy Del Mar
is brought in.
Aug. 30 86
CRAMPS record live LP ROCKINNREELININAUKLANDNEWZEALANDXXX
Sept 87
CRAMPS release ROCKINNREELININAUKLANDNEWZEALANDXXX
first official bootleg LP
1989
Record Stay Sick LP
Jan. 1990
CRAMPS release "Bikini Girls With Machine
Guns" single and goes
to #35 in UK
Do 42 date tour of America in support of
Stay Sick LP
Film video of Bikini Girls With Machine Guns
CRAMPS featured on TV Entertainment special
Lux and Ivy appear on MTV 120 Minutes
Candy Del Mar & Nick Knox depart
1991
Release LP Look Mom No Head!
Tour in support of LP
Slim Chance & Jim Sclavunos join
Oct.
1994
Release LP Flame Job
Tour in support of LP
Harry Drumdini replace Jim Scavunos
"Ultra Twist" video on MTV
Lux & Ivy appear on 120 Minutes
including live performance
Oct. 1997
Release LP Big Beat From Badsville
Oct-Dec. tour
1998
CRAMPS tour U.S. and Europe
1999
CRAMPS Greatest Hits released
Cramps make limited appearances on W. Coast
2001
Brian Gregory dies from heart attack
Jan. 10
2002
Cramps play limited shows in Oct/Nov
Record LP
2003
Cramps Record Fiends from Dope Island
Release Fiends from Dope Island April 7th
on own Vengeance Records Label
Cramps Tour Southern United States
March-May
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