{"id":1379,"count":1,"description":"The Cramps was an American punk band originally from Sacramento, California; formed in 1976 and disbanded 2009. Their line-up rotated much over their existence, with the husband and wife duo of lead singer Lux Interior and lead guitarist Poison Ivy as the only permanent members.\r\nThe band was disbanded following Lux Interior's death in 2009. \r\n\r\nFinal line-up\r\n    * Lux Interior (Erick Purkhiser) \u2013 vocals, March 1973 to February 2009\r\n    * Poison Ivy (Kristy Wallace) \u2013 lead guitar, March 1973 to February 2009\r\n    * Harry Drumdini \u2013 drums, February 1993 \u2013 July 2003 and August 2006 to February 2009\r\n\r\nFormer members\r\n    * Bryan Gregory (Greg Beckerleg) \u2013 guitar, April 1976 \u2013 May 1980\r\n    * Pam Balam (Pam Beckerleg) \u2013 drums, April 1976 \u2013 September 1976\r\n    * Miriam Linna \u2013 drums, October 1976 \u2013 June 1977\r\n    * Nick Knox \u2013 drums, July 1977 - January 1991\r\n    * Julien Hechtlinger (Julien Grindsnatch) \u2013 guitar, July 1980 \u2013 September 1980\r\n    * Kid Congo Powers (Brian Tristan) \u2013 guitar, December 1980 \u2013 September 1983\r\n    * Mike Metoff (as Ike Knox) \u2013 guitar, October 1983 \u2013 November 1983; January 1984 \u2013 July 1984\r\n    * Click Mort - guitar, December 1983\r\n    * Jim Sclavunos \u2013 drums, 1991\r\n    * Touch Hazard (Tim Maag of The Mechanics) - bass, 1985\r\n    * Fur Dixon - bass, March 1986 - May 1986\r\n    * Candy del Mar \u2013 bass, July 1986 \u2013 January 1991\r\n    * Slim Chance \u2013 bass, March 1991-August 1998\r\n    * Nickey Alexander \u2013 drums, June 1991 \u2013 January 1993\r\n    * Doran Shelley \u2013 bass, 1998 - 1999\r\n    * SugarPie Jones \u2013 bass, 2000\r\n    * \"Jungle\" Jim Chandler \u2013 \"Laid down the primal beat\" for the European tour 2004\r\n    * Bill Bateman (Bill \"Buster\" Bateman) \u2013 drums, June 2004 \u2013 August 2006\r\n    * Scott Franklin (3) (Scott \"Chopper\" Franklin) \u2013 bass & guitar, January 2002 \u2013 September 2006\r\n    * Jen Hanrahan - castanets June 2000 - August 2000.\r\n    * Sean Yseult (Shauna Reynolds) \u2013 bass, October\/November 2006\r\n","link":"https:\/\/egiarecords.com\/eu\/artista\/the-cramps\/","name":"The Cramps","slug":"the-cramps","taxonomy":"artista","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/egiarecords.com\/eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artista\/1379","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/egiarecords.com\/eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artista"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/egiarecords.com\/eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/artista"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/egiarecords.com\/eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?artista=1379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}