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as any old skool punk/new waver can tell you, the film URGH! a Music War (1981) was probably was the first exposure to what would become their favorite band. one of the more bizarre bands captured by the film was the cramps. lux interior (lead singer) bounced around the stage, arms extended, resembling a giant screaming pterodactyl. the microphone was crammed inside his mouth. poison ivy (lead guitar) plays pathetically showing little interest in lux's antics, seemingly bored by it all.
since my first exposure to the cramps via URGH! i have seen them several times live. each time lux finds something (the sound man, a stage hand, an obnoxious fan, a band member, a cheap microphone stand) to be really pissed off about. it becomes his motivation to put on a wildly entertaining and unpredictable show.
the cramps are still touring, and will play Dallas tonight. i will be there pretending i am not 36 years old. i bet there will be more than one greying mohawk in the crowd.
look for me, i will be the one screaming requests for Don't Eat Stuff Off the Sidewalk, and Can Your Pussy Do the Dog?.