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The Cramps is a Punk rock act. Their sound grew out of Tommy James & The Shondells, The Box Tops, The Blasters, Alex Chilton and Johnny Burnette. Those roots explain a lot about how The Cramps arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Tiger Army, Minutemen and Amyl and the Sniffers, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Harley Poe, The Rezillos, Lowlife, The Cult and The Von Bondies, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 39 connections around The Cramps, reaching back through Tommy James & The Shondells and forward to Harley Poe. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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The Cramps connections
The Cramps grew out of Tommy James & The Shondells, The Box Tops, The Blasters and Alex Chilton, shares an orbit with Tiger Army, Minutemen and Amyl and the Sniffers, went on to shape Harley Poe, The Rezillos, Lowlife and The Cult. 39 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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