Bad Music for Bad People

Cramps

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 25, 1990)
• Original Release Date: 1984
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Fontana a&M
• ASIN: B000001I0E
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (39 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #5,662 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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  #1 in	Music > Alternative Rock > American Alternative > Psychobilly
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Track Listings

1. Garbage Man

2. New Kind of Kick

3. Love Me

4. I Can't Hardly Stand It

5. She Said

6. Goo Goo Muck

7. Save It

8. Human Fly

9. Drug Train

10. TV Set

11. Uranium Rock

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

20 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "You Ain't No Punk You Punk!", March 25, 2004

By	Janitor X (The Mountains) - See all my reviews

Usually a band that pioneers a sound is surpassed by their imitators. However, nobody in the Psychobilly genre has topped the Cramps sound. The Reverend Horton Heat has come close, but has yet to equal the greatest Psychobilly band ever.
The Cramps are highly energetic and extremely fun. They're way too humorous to be called Goth. The music is just simple, trashy fun.
"Bad Music for Bad People" is a collection of their early ( and best ) material. Songs like "Garbage Man", "Human Fly", and "TV Set" are classics that never get old. The surf guitar and punk rawness makes it feel like you're riding in a hotrod with greasers from hell. To top it off, Lux Interior's insane voice is like a Pentecostal preacher speaking in tongues while drunk on moonshine.
The Cramps destroy the innocent sound of late `50's rock and roll by adding blatant sex and drugs themes in an offensive and psychotic manner. That's exactly what made all of punk appealing, taking simple rock `n roll from an innocent time and making it raw and rebellious. The Cramps are just as important to punk as the Ramones are.

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars primal urges satiated, June 29, 1998

By A Customer

Between Lux Interior (lead yowler) and Poison Ivy (Goddess Guitar Herself), the Cramps cover all of needs. Lux is the William Burroughs of Rock n Roll, forever young and forever insane, while Poison Ivy has the best sneer in the business.

Listening to the Cramps reminds me of old 50's footage where conservative types are talking about rock being "jungle music", all primal urge and madness, and it brings a visceral thrill into my body and makes me smile. The Cramps are all that is twisted about rock -- loud, obnoxious, silly, smart, and best of all, fun.

This collection is a decent overview of their first albums and singles, and it encapsulates some of their best moments on record (although nothing can touch the Cramps live show). They are not the greatests musicians, singers, or lyricists on the planet, but that is what makes them so very good -- they know what they do well and they do it better than anyone -- they get you moving. And whatever camp claims them on various outings (punk, psychobilly, garage rock, twisted blues) you always know you are getting the best damn rock n roll in the known universe.

Go on -- hop aboard the "Drug Train", get a "New Kind of Kick", take a ride with the "Garbage Man", and get to know the "Human Fly". It'll do you good.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Killer Collection!!!!!, May 12, 2002

By	JOHN SPOKUS (BALTIMORE, MARYLAND United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This album was my introduction to The Cramps, and it highlights the best of their early (and best) albums on I.R.S. Records, from the days when that was the most happening punk/new wave label. The Cramps successfully mix rockabilly,surf trash,punk,country and garage into an outta sight 60's B-horror movie sound that opens the ears,boggles the mind, and gets you to jump around the room,insane and highly recommended.