The Cramps - Live On 'the Tube' (March, 1986)

[@thewoodys_surf_instrumental]

There's no way in hell we will ever be friends if you don't love The Cramps.

[@DugEphresh]

Loved the musical talents of Ivy and Fur !

[@seattlebeard]

To this day The Cramps are the best live band I ever saw. I never missed a chance to see them. Still have Lux's harmonica he threw to me after their last show in Seattle. I keep it in a medical specimen biohazard bag. Best souvenir ever. :o)

[@eddycerb]

Ha! Great story, my first gig was Iggy Pop who was good, but Lux knocked it out of the park every time I saw the cramps, puts everyone else to shame.

[@kerryfry1857]

Saw them twice live. Best live band i ever saw.

[@colinhardie9194]

Odeon Birmingham outstanding

[@msc5436]

​@Colin Hardie I saw them at the Birmingham Hummingbird. Great performance.

[@junglie]

i saw them after they played the tube at the mayfair in newcastle that night, one of my all time top 3 gigs, had worked the stage crew on their show the week before in leicester & rode over 200 miles up to see them again they were so good!

[@joegillam1497]

Saw this when it was broadcasted in 1986. I was 18 and it was truly life changing. Filthy rock n' roll the way it should be played.

[@daskitten1]

How could all that energy cease!? It has to be somewhere in the universe...

[@JohnnyFriendly]

@Shaunduhpostman He’s talking about the energy that gave birth to this cacophony, not the music itself. Nothing and nobody truly dies; it just gets reconfigured into something else (or something)

[@yelloworange213]

😂 ur god damn right

[@josephsorce8266]

they dont make music like this anymore

[@daskitten1]

@Shaunduhpostman Calm down. I was speaking metaphorically. Just expressing my disappointment that their music is over. Except on Y-Tube. Thx YT!!!

[@stanwalsh894]

John Spencer Blues Explosion, Black Keys...

[@horaciohernandez598]

I walked in on a Cramps show while I was on Acid. My life,in those two hours,made SO much sense.

[@peterlorenzo615]

Wtf happened?

[@charliegrs]

That sounds like the coolest and most terrifying thing in the world

[@davidfewtrell3479]

I remember watching this when it was broadcast. I still remember how awesomely aggressive Ivy's guitar tone was. Savage.

[@brothersvilleknife]

From 2:40-3:20 Ivy absolutely shreds it!

[@davew5167]

Pure nasty rock n roll. All hail The Cramps!

[@strictlynorton]

Ivy took no prisoners... the badass Queen of R&R is straight up and down the best rockabilly guitarist to ever do it. RIP Lux.

[@MKRein]

I saw the Cramps in Berlin in 1986 and it was by far the best concert of the 80s that I can remember. I came out of the hospital with my broken leg and my canes and went straight there. I will always love them. The Cramps are the alarm sound and ringtone on my mobile phone. So - if anyone ever hears the Cramps on the Berlin subway, it might be my cell phone ;-)

[@DelStrainOriginal12Legion]

Acid flashbacks at every listening to the Cramps. To be young in 80s was freedom. You poor deluded youth now, i weep for you all.

[@haileybowman6602]

I weep for myself lol

[@HPSwashere]

Lmaaaaaooooo u sound like an anime villain 😂😂😂

[@DelStrainOriginal12Legion]

​@@HPSwashere Being 53 it would be dodgy as fuck if i even knew what that is! My niece told me, apparently she likes it!Looks a bit Colombine long leather coats and emo shootings to me, but im a old Punk rocker that has had more chemicals than ICI and still here to tell the tale. You half right! I done 12 of toughest jails in UK, sold pot, smuggled tobacco, robbed designer clothes and anything from grand father clocks to gold and watches. Also robbed a few banks in my youth. So half right. I get what you mean like "Puny Earthlings" As i mock from a swing chair in a lair. Got you. Stay frosty.

[@HPSwashere]

@@DelStrainOriginal12Legion peace my brother i hope you have a rest of the year bro

[@HPSwashere]

@@DelStrainOriginal12Legion loooool man said schopl shooter your wild bro xD them vibes dere

[@nathanwhitmer7395]

Ivy's guitar work on that second song is absolutely amazing! Raw and primal just as it should be.

[@hyperventilatinggeek]

the hot pearl snatch

[@koekelkoekoek6738]

Hell yes! Sounds føcking amazing!

[@Theorbit1993]

When life was cool...

[@TheKlokan44]

so true🧞‍♂

[@davidmurray5399]

I saw the Cramps perform four times between 1985 and 2008. Demonic, dynamic energy and stomping psycho-billy music. Rest in Power, Lux!

[@hellbillybilly4770]

I've said it before and I'll say it again Nick Knox - the undisputed KING of the BIG BEAT!!!

[@DuncanMcintyre-jk3qb]

56 this year and still love the cramps-the band not the physical issues 😂

[@efegonava3929]

58

[@ronnasty9751]

When you're 16, the music you listen pretty much defines you. I first heard The Cramps in about 1981 and it stayed with me. I saw them live on a number of occasions and they never disappointed. I'm 57 now and I still love them. I just wish Ivy might do something new, but when the love of your life goes, it must be hard to carry on. I got 96 tears in 96 eyes

[@charliegrs]

Thats true because the first time I heard the misfits was when I was 16. I still listen to them all the time 35 years later.

[@donkeywhistler]

same. epic. and I was 16. I was 4 when you first heard about the Cramps and I totally still claim them as being within my generation. multi-generation spanning band that flew under so many radars

[@kawythowy867]

I got news for ya. When your 58 your music defines ya too😉

[@katherine9109]

lovely comment. I bet Ivy's doing stuff. we just may never hear about it... she's such a total guitar hero..!!! I learned to cheat a B by watching her. ha! I can (and do) say "Ivy taught me how..." rest in rock, Lux Interior.

[@Joseph-z7s3b]

Where's the love for Poison Ivy? I don't care who you are, this WOMAN rocks. Taylor Swift isn't fit to carry Ivy's guitar case. Pay attention girls, you can be beautiful and have talent at the same time.

[@tok1964]

Yasss

[@flash_flood_area]

yes honey, we know

[@sigibson3917]

Ivy is the most underrated guitarist in rock n roll history, the gal could play

[@Joseph-z7s3b]

@@sigibson3917 On this we are in total agreement. Nothing sends me into a white hot rage quicker than someone,such as Ivy,who has real talent & dedication to their instrument,is completely overlooked in favor of someone else who at best have a fraction of her talent. Truly it bothers me when much is made about somebody who's talent is limited. Lenny Kravitz comes to mind. His guitar "technique" (LoL) is this... Step 1: Create the most basic of riffs. Step 2: Proceed to play that riff & nothing else for 2 & a half, maybe 3 minutes. Step 3: Create a rough draft of his acceptance speech at the Grammys. Not only is Ivy uber talented,she in large part created the psychobilly sound. Long live Poison Ivy. Long live Rock n Roll.

[@brothersvilleknife]

She also didn’t conform to the pop music stereotype for women. She stayed true to herself and her unique style.

[@ArturoTorres-rm5xn]

Probably one of the most underrated bands ever.. R.I.P. LUX.. they kick ass..

[@brianfergus839]

I’ve always thought they were one of the most OVERrated bands ever, but each to their own.

[@wallybeery4058]

I should rewatch this to catch the name of whoever did the audio recording of this. They knew what they were doing. This is one of the best sounding live recordings I ever heard. Good 'n Loud, has that raw crunch and at the same time, its CLEAR. Great visuals too, well it's The Cramps after all (miss 'em).

[@pierlafont7842]

"a date with Elvis" the best album of the Cramps, Love them !

[@hazelthemcwitch]

My fav Live at the Peppermint Lounge but obsessed with them all tbh!

[@AssMastersonMD]

@@hazelthemcwitch You got gooood taste.

[@peterlorenzo615]

Thank you….iM a little new….Iike what’s inside and bikini girls….best so far….Hope for other good ones….the album art girl is soooooo sexy with her giant self and that open mouth….some girls know how to pose…

[@BillyBob-qh9fm]

such a unique sound done well... rockabilly, surf, and punk combined ... amazing

[@mavjimbo]

A little bit of everything

[@rafaelarredondo4195]

Paychobilly

[@paulkelliher3246]

Paychobilly ....lol😂😂😂 That's a new one .

[@hecubot]

I love how Fur Dixon always looks so psyched. Like, "Fuck! I'm playing with The Cramps! This is so awesome!"

[@NOWtheband]

Apparently she was! :-)

[@realitycheck4158]

Cocaine and bubble gum! ❤😎👍

[@caughtinatrapelvis]

If anyone wishes to introduce The Cramps to a blank canvas...this is the track..Enjoy..Christ it's so good!

[@brothersvilleknife]

I thought that exact thing when I saw this. You have to see it and not just hear it.

[@robwatt1234]

The best band ever to be on the tube...

[@caughtinatrapelvis]

Poison Ivy..soooo..talented...xx

[@nsilver61]

I remember seeing Ringo on the old Tonight Show. Johnny asked who was his favorite band. He said The Cramps.

[@TheGrandmasterMan]

I was 16 when I saw this....electrifying stuff. Probably the only time they ever got to perform live on National TV anywhere in the world I would imagine.

[@細井信彦-b3d]

😂

[@sanchopanzam8]

Perfect start to a Friday night! back then

[@hazelthemcwitch]

Saw them in Cardiff in 85 or 86, been to hundreds of gigs since and it’s still the best performance I’ve seen, RIP Lux my heart is still with you and the incomparable Ivy ❤️

[@kimmyblimmy908]

So jealous! My son loves them as do I!!!!!

[@chrismorris5608]

I saw them in 86 in Birmingham, got the train from rugby, I'm now 53 where has my life gone!!!

[@hazelthemcwitch]

@@chrismorris5608 I know the feeling lol but had a blast along the way tho 😋

[@chrismorris5608]

@@hazelthemcwitch yes lol I more bothered what for dinner now a days.

[@hazelthemcwitch]

@@chrismorris5608 I have gallstones so nowt exciting for dinner in my house 🤣

[@brothersvilleknife]

What a great video. My favorite lineup of the cramps, I just wish this was longer. They really kicked ass here.

[@gerardohernandezhernandez7481]

La mejor banda del mundo! Los amo! 🇲🇽 Los pinches Cramps! ❤

[@johnlaperuta8385]

I saw them in '86..at the Ritz or Irving Plaza..can't remember which venue..but I'll never forget that show...Poison Ivy..one of rocks most overlooked and under rated guitarists..and there was no one like the late great Lux Interior..RIP

[@PaulEvans-j7h]

You are proving your coolness when you cannot remember which venue you saw such a cool band play at. I would not be a different age, 80s were the best time to be young

[@cliveabbey8587]

I've never seen The Cramps ❤ live 😃 but I remember watching them on the Tube in 86 with some friends enjoying a Stoner Party 🥳 🎉 😄 🍸 🍹 🍾 🍾 🍺 🍻 🚬 & and I LOVE ❤️ Them Still 😅 Absolutely 🌟 💯 ❤️ 🌟 🦄 ❤️ 🌟 🤩 🥳 🎉 🪅 🎊

[@sirfinks]

Brilliance. That's all that can be said. They are to this day my all time favorite band I've seen. Thanks for posting this!!

[@sisiam3268]

You and me both..best band EVER

[@chrisgoodson9312]

33 years ago. Sadly only two of these guys left now. I was 16 when this aired and only now am I getting into the cramps' music. And damn, Lux was older than my Dad!

[@scott0111]

Lap it up bro

[@stiofan5754]

rock n roll at its best.

[@ThatsWhenItkickedin]

This music will always be too good to exist. Classic.

[@caughtinatrapelvis]

This is raw energy ..Cramps at their usual..best live band..xx

[@mavjimbo]

Saw them live, Absolutely unbelievable

[@richardharrison1910]

Saw them circa 1983 at Hammersmith Apollo. I was following King Kurt at the time.....ended up standing next to Dave Vanian.

[@rosescrase8182]

Huge Damned fan here as well! Very cool. Saw this Cramps tour at the Newport Music Hall in Colimbus, Ohio. Fabulous!

[@slimmatman7731]

Saw this on The Tube in 1986, changed my attitude to music forever, saw them twice live as well, 91 and 2005 I think. Best gigs ever.

[@mavjimbo]

Saw them live twice also,indescribable

[@fungi42o0]

youtube wasn't around then

[@nobordersnoflags9905]

@@fungi42o0 ha! the tube was a uk tv show in the 80s.

[@Philliben1991]

I saw them in 1990 at the Glasgow Barrowlands. Best gig I ever witnessed, It was so good I got the bus to London to see them, slept on a park bench in Regents Park and then got the first bus home the next morning.

[@ametrineapothecary]

Saw them on this tour in Edinburgh.....Best band live I ever saw, mesmerising & wow the energy was amazing

[@andymcnaughton7745]

Me too!!!!

[@frantisektkakafrankt634]

Sheer genius great showman RIP fantastic Poison Ivy just sensational.

[@iancopestick6757]

Real Rock and Roll !!! Inspirational !!!

[@jakeworld4023]

tell the truth. you know u love, watchin poisonivy rocking it out.only got 2 see em live once.best show ive ever seen.freaking Lux climbed up a stack of speakers, like he was king kong. hes all scrunched up, because there wasn't much room. all u can see, is his head. they did a double encore. nobody left when they were done. just couldn't leave cuz they were awesome.

[@carlaustin6692]

can we have that in English please,

[@paulrobson3575]

Was that the Ritzy, Cardiff gig perchance?

[@josephsorce8266]

bruh only you can tell that story, thank you, im 26 and i love the cramps that fucked style of they way they lay shit down is so fucking tight, no one will ever pull it off again. thank you for sharing

[@hazelthemcwitch]

Paul Robson I was there! 85 or 86 I think, it was a bloody revelation.

[@kingcat61]

thanks you very very much

[@susan8823]

Still have my pink I’m Cramped pin from the era. Loved them live👻

[@Nails4eeth]

Holy hot rock n' rolln' firey DAMN I miss this fucking band. RIP, Lux. Sacramento misses you sickly

[@albacore101]

RIP LUX. he pulled imaginary bugs outta my head while poison ivy was giving a crotch show. Great band Great upload. Thanks

[@nsilver61]

Wow. Sounds just like the record. Absolutely pounding. And Lux’s brilliant lyrix. Fuck yes!

[@bluehorizon9435]

I remember seeing this at the time, and I was completely mesmerized. Next morning went out and bought their A Date With Elvis album (vinyl, of course!). Brilliant album and brilliant band

[@tintomara6209]

Fur Dixon,one of the meanest,nastiest bass players ever to grace a stage (in the best possible sense)

[@sirkildalot8409]

Remember seeing this band as a young man with hormones raging and thinking that my life would be complete if only I could hook up with Fur. 🤣🤣

[@volatilegraphix]

I love the Cramps so much! Best live band ever. So punk punk punk punk rock

[@object764]

I saw them in Birmingham UK early 80s, incredible, just incredible. Poison Ivy x.

[@nhazeldine1800]

There isn’t a second of this film that isn’t 100% genius perfection xxx

[@diddywahdaddy]

Damn, what a band!

[@Guy-lo3ld]

Great footage! I seen them for this tour in 1986. I was fifteen years old and was never the same again😂

[@Arbscape]

Brilliant and super cool, seen a few gigs on that tour for the date with Elvis release, great memories.

[@albacore101]

Took my 3rd wife to see the Cramps. She was fuckin' horrified. Lol. Great upload. Thanks

[@cloudfactory2000]

Did she want a divorce after the gig?

[@andu1854]

I was going to say same thing,

[@FreshiYashamba]

Good comment.

[@Bblb1997]

you'd think after 2 divorces the dude would have learned to watch for red flags before getting married again

[@timacrow]

I can just keep watching this, especially the finale.

[@murfy36]

I remember watching this when I was 15. Loved them ever since

[@pjo7281]

i'd love to of partied with the cramps, still one of my faves

[@100KiloPUTO]

Ivy's tone is sublime

[@alainclement9244]

One of the most powerful , transgressive, and rock'n roll video here, despite the quality of image (or maybe BECAUSE of it.....) Can't imagine theme touring with Suicide/Alan vega.....

[@fionahairdresser]

Best band ever saw

[@mavjimbo]

Hell yes,saw them twjce

[@deanbr6ndo70]

Saw them in nottingham 1986.gold pants and everything.fan bloody tastic.

[@HighlanderUK]

Remember it well...fantastic!

[@Kirianchannel]

May i chim in...somewhere back in time and space...RODON CONCERT HALL...Athens...greatest ever concert...everybody flew around...bodies everywhere...make this seem like watching mozart...missed so much...travel faster than light i ll come across again...

[@shilohslim1893]

LOL I was 17 years old and went down to London to see the Cramps at Hammersmith Palais in 1984, spent an uncomfortable night sleeping rough on York Way next to Kings Cross before getting the train back up North. Christ knows what my parents were thinking letting me go without somewhere to stay, different times I guess.

[@adrianelittle3759]

Saw them at Larry’s Hideaway in Toronto. A small venue, hot, smoky jam packed … loved it.

[@Lestos66]

Spectacular! Off the scale!

[@TheErikrust]

Poison Ivy absolutely on fire in this one!

[@jay-jay6984]

I remember this well..Came home from school & always watched this..But was this was the best, by one of the best bands at the time...Thanks for the up load...Nice one...

[@solnyshkaya]

happy that it makes you happy....Kashalow

[@bangtwister]

Watched it with my Nan back in 1986. She liked it 😀

[@gordonspence6544]

How the hell did we go from that .. to todays pap .. remember watching this on the tube when it aired n it blew my mind .. never seen anything as raw to this day ...

[@caughtinatrapelvis]

Hats of to johnny!..what a tremendous upload..xx

[@paulhadfield7909]

great vid form a great band

[@savvycha]

Cha, Cha, Cha!!!

[@JoseGranny]

I live in San Francisco, and for a few years in the 80s and 90s the cramps or motorhead would either the Halloween show or NYE show and they alternated. Music really was cool back then.

[@senzanome4873]

Just brilliant!

[@-the-light]

So.... much..... skating.... done to The Cramps! Thank you so much!

[@fionahairdresser]

Probably my best life seeing them live

[@RuhTra-pi6vj]

What's aside a girl is a very good song

[@hazelthemcwitch]

That’d be inside lol

[@peterlorenzo615]

Random recommendation of KZbin….is how I discovered this ….what’s inside was the first and still my favorite

[@DarkForcesStudio]

I watched this when it first aired. even poised over the video recorder ready. Looong time ago. RIP Lux. x

[@cesara.borges9698]

😁😁😁 Roy Orbinson on the Drums 😆😆😆!!!... It was a New Year's Show (because the Golden and Shine clear Clothes; not the Black Shine Vinyl)???... Excellent Video👏👏👏!!!

[@andrewjefferies2962]

I bought a date with elvis in 1986 when I was 20 still playing it in 2024 at 58 😊

[@trentrez6643]

hope you got your money back, he was dead!

[@kburd67]

Saw this tour at the end - Candy DelMar was on Bass by then. Jockey Club August 3rd, 1986. I've seen hundreds of bands perform live, from living rooms to arenas - Nothing compares to seeing the Cramps live - Nothing. It was life-changing.

[@BE-lj9kk]

Track 2 is Hot Pearl Snatch, no as listed 'Hot Pants'

[@mike2462]

I came across this band about six years ago after loving rock n roll music all of my life. Blew me away. So original with a killer sound. I must still revisit this video in particular once a month at least. Love every single thing about it.

[@gabrielabasilio523]

Bandas asi ,son gloria del rock!!!!!

[@keithgrube]

Sie waren Götter!!!!!! Ich bin so froh sie soo oft live gesehen zu haben eine solche Ur- Gewalt wird es nicht mehr geben Ivy ist eine Gitarren Göttin, Nick Knox eine Rythmus Maschine und Lux der wahre King of Rock'n'Roll

[@kairus1]

What a Great Band!!!!!!!

[@alejoromn509]

One the best underrated bands

[@caughtinatrapelvis]

Thanks for the upload johnny

[@mrmeerkat6055]

One of the most enjoyable videos on KZbin

[@Goggin68]

I’m at the front of the stage black hair leather jacket next to girl with white hair was about a week before I turned 18

[@ricardolorrio8228]

btw.. this was back in the day, when British TV was good

[@Powerneck]

Still sounds great 😎 yeeehaaaaaaa

[@lennykelly9952]

Great band and fantastic live

[@caughtinatrapelvis]

Different class..xx.

[@dacoolestzzz]

Hot damn! I love them so much