Favorite Punk Songs #9 - "Bikini Girls with Machine Guns"
@teamfreak16 (43677)
Denver, Colorado
May 27, 2016 1:38am CST
#9 in my Favorite Punk Songs series takes us to Sacramento, the 1976 birthplace of The Cramps.
The Cramps were a punk/psychobilly band led by vocalist Lux Interior and wife Poison Ivy (guitar/bass,) the band's only constants. The Cramps called it quits in 2009 after the death of Interior.
"Bikini Girls with Machine Guns" was released as a single from the 1990 album Stay Sick (produced by Poison Ivy.) Charting at #35 in the UK, it was the band's only British hit, while it reached #10 on Billboard's Modern Rock chart, helped by exposure on MTV's Sunday night alternative music show, 120 Minutes.
"Bikini Girls with Machine Guns" is a fun listen (the video is even more fun,) capturing The Cramps in all their glory.
R.I.P. Lux.
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@FourWalls (86910)
• United States
27 May 16
The Cramps, in my friend Barry Mazor's book Meeting Jimmie Rodgers due to the fact that they covered "Mule Skinner Blues" in 1989.
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@teamfreak16 (43677)
• Denver, Colorado
27 May 16
Did you ever see the video of them playing a gig at the State Mental Hospital in California? It's pretty cool.
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@JohnRoberts (109841)
• Los Angeles, California
27 May 16
The Cramps are one of the major punk bands for those not familiar with the scene. I think the title says it all about its awesomeness.
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@teamfreak16 (43677)
• Denver, Colorado
27 May 16
Smell Of Female - 1983 - Big Beat Records - Cat No NED 6.
@crossbones27 (53005)
• Mojave, California
27 May 16
Killer, the lyrics are awesome on that one. I might have a band you might like. I will do it tomorrow because kind tired right now. You might have heard of them anyway. I like their old stuff which is punk/ /psychobilly. Their new stuff is so different than what they sounded like when they first came out. I have heard of bands evolving, but that is ridiculous. Still fits the band perfectly.
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