ILM Artist Poll No. 105 · THE CRAMPS · Voting Thread [Ends 25/OCT/2020]

If Purple Knif Show is deemed valid I will need to re-submit.

I first saw them in '86 which i just this minute discovered is on youtube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9DStUtOVl8

I'd have loved to have seen them a bit earlier too, eg at this one in 1980 supported by The Fall.

https://tinyurl.com/yykvty4z

Would be cool to do a poll of Lux and Ivy's Favorites collection

"Shombalor"!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZ_ptl-uXok

i was listening to Rockin Reelin in Auckland New Zealand, so much goddamn fun

there’s no drop between studio & live performance or quality or timing or anything: you can feel/hear the energy go up like a full 50% which feels impossible

and makes me love them more because they knew the value of Putting On A Show

I feel like the difference in sound between Flamejob (1994) and Big Beat From Badsville (1997) is a great illustration of what compression is and also a wider document of general attitudes in rock insofar as that point in the 90’s can be seen as a tipping point of sorts. Now, 2020, it seems like shit is equivalent to shinola for probably most anyone, lol.
And yeah, they absolutely killed it live. I saw them from pressed up to the lip of the stage at Hollywood Palladium on Halloween late 80’s/early 90’s and it was 100% pure rock’n’roll.

Would be cool to do a poll of Lux and Ivy's Favorites collection

that would be great. tracing down their covers and references were so formative for me in my digging and listening back in the day, like others have said upthread their role in killing the idea of "oldies" was a big leap for me. one of the great record collection bands.

xp: Make that “100% pure GOD DAMN rock’n’roll.”

moka i hope it's cool if i submit my partner's ballot, too? i'll be submitting my own as well

The more the merrier

I just relistened to Look Mom, No Head for the first time since it was new, and uhhh... I just can't with this. I love dumb fun like "Surfin' Bird" and "The Crusher" as much as the next guy, but the novelty/annoyance factor of "Alligator Stomp" and "Eyeball in my Martini" are too over the top for me. Sole high point: the ballad "The Strangeness in Me," a retitled cover of "When I Get The Blues" by The Runabouts.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FOG6dXxF98

Yes, that's the album where the over-the-topness stops working. Which is sad, because I love the camp on Female, Elvis and Stay Stick. Roxy Music with grilled cheese sandwiches, as the cover of Date with Elvis makes explicit.

I put "The Strangeness in Me" on my ballot, but yeah, that album mostly sucks.

I saw the cramps in 1991 - candy del mar era - which I guess was somewhere between the peak and the plateau, but they were good

me and two mates bunked off school to catch a train to see them at the University of Newcastle (Aust) cos the Sydney show was over-18s only - after the show we had to hang out at the train station until 6am to get the first train back, while I respect the decisions of my younger self these days I feel exhausted just thinking about it

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/live-premiere-sessions-livestream-sally-cant-dance-the-cramps-tickets-125044277801?fbclid=IwAR3tZmY8gjFK3U1UyF_4lyOkxQquYXwu1MneiSAZSdIy7uT1xIfp8ulJlCo

October 30 stream concert with a huge number of bands doing Cramps songs in NYC

A brand new, professionally mixed and pro shot, socially distant livestream series featuring some of our favorite artists, shot right here at The Bowery Electric! With different ticket tiers, high-quality sound, special merch, virtual tip jars, a live chat after the show, and other killer experiences and add-ons brought to you by Veeps, this is as close to a live show as you're gonna get! All sales will benefit the artists and help save our incredible venue!

With performances by:
Kid Congo - The Cramps, The Pink Monkey Birds⁠

Chuck Prophet

Jim Jones - Jim Jones Revue, The Righteous Mind⁠

Kathy Valentine - The Go-Gos

Steve Wynn - The Dream Syndicate

Lynne Von Pang - The Carvels NYC

LA Witch with Gregg Foreman

Matthew Orr - Gnarcissists

Liz Lamere - Alan Vega

Josh Brocki - Night Spins

Jeff Klein - My Jerusalem⁠

Jeremy Lubin - Jeremy and the Harlequins⁠

Andrea Sicco - Twin Guns⁠

Johnny Scuotto⁠

Don Flemming - B.A.L.L.⁠

Bebe Buell and the Scent

Kenneth Levine - Skull Practitioners⁠

Dylan Hundley - Lulu Lewis

The Schizophonics⁠

Diane Gentile - Diane + the Gentlemen⁠

The Ghost Wolves⁠

Gordon Lawrence - Beechwood

Leah Victoria Hennessey - Hennessey

Mark C - Live Skull

and many more!

House Band:

Bob Bert - The Wolfmanhattan Project

Sam Hariss - The Sweet Things

Jason Victor - The Dream Syndicate

Palmyra Delran - The Friggs

Ace!

Lux would have been 74 today.

Only 6 ballots received so far! Should I extend the deadline or are you guys upping your voting game in the following days?

I just sent in a ballot

Yes!! 3 more ballots came through. Keep em comin’!

deadline is Sunday? I can work with that.

*BUMP*

(If only because I think I voted somewhat strategically and want to make sure tracks I thought "will get lots of votes anyway" actually do get lots of votes. LOL.)

i'll be submitting two votes tomorrow (me and my non-ilxor partner)! both will probably be on the short side, and mine will definitely be full of "will get lots of votes anyway" :)

sent

“Mean Machine” too low!!

bad human bean.

Counting around 24 hours from now to close voting!

hey Moka, is a mixed ballot (top 10 ranked, 10 unranked) ok? if not, we definitely rank them all!

I don’t have a problem but I’d have to check how the points for those would work! If you can rank or unrank them all it’s easier for me but don’t worry I’ll work something out if you have a hard time ranking the bottom 10.

all ranked is cool! we are getting close. this is an intense process

shit!

ok, just submitted a ranked ballot!

Hahaha excellent

Anyone else interested in sending a ballot in the next couple of hours? If not I’m closing down voting to start prepping the results.

Closed!

I was thinking of starting the rollout tomorrow.

TUESDAY: Top 5 albums/eps/compilations + Top Tracks 50-40
WEDNESDAY: Top Tracks 39-21
THURSDAY: Top Tracks 20-01