The Cramps Live @ N.Y. Mudd Club 1981 Human Fly - Teenage Werewolf

[jennieramone]

just so damn good

[yrmop]

Lux is alive!I saw him dancing inside justin Bieber on stage!

[walterblacksmusic]

i remember going to mudd club with joey i. from the misfits it was a dump but in the old days it was like that. waltervolume

[bremen93]

A pause for him to fix his pants??? haha

[24031965GAV]

saw cramps at birmingham odeon lostmy keys smoke and money burnt my chest on the footlights.

[Vyskochkova1]

I have an original ticket to Mudd Club from early 1980's, when the ticket got you in and also got you two drinks. It's in perfect condition. I bet it's the only one in existance.

[TheMegnisthebest]

aawww yeah

[killuminati63]

WOW id love to hear the studio version of this .. the cramps ROCK

[justaman6972]

@killuminati63 go get the LP "Bad Music for Bad People" its on there. Peace.

[momosifco]

les rois

[mondocaneman]

I remember seeing The Cramps opening up for Siouxie and the Banshees back in 1982 at the Hollywood Palladium and Lux stole the show!!!

A lot of people (that includes me!) came only just to see the Cramps and many have left before Siouxie came on. It just shows that people know who has raw talent and guts!

RIP Lux Interior!

[auxemoron87]

Sweet video! Love hearing those opening chords...

[52leemonade]

Human fly always makes me feel wasted. and when i'm actually wasted it makes me feel trashed. i love the cramps.

[BadVizion]

all hail the mighty cramps!!!

[mrnickckkper]

I was at this show. def. Mudd club.  Note the columns.

[slatemachine]

Lux R.I.P.

[MegaMegalomaniac]

I got a garbage brain, it's drivin' me insane bzzzzzzzzzzzz~!!



[theefishlippedone]

so good.rip lux.

[lionstanding]

The Great Kid Congo Powers.......GAWDDAMMIT!!!!!

[hebneh]

I went to the Mudd Club once in my life, which happened to be in 1981. Which is when this was shot. But the Cramps weren't performing there that night.

[GoodNoteDJ]

Gotta love any song that references "96 Tears" coming from 96 eyes!

[alexdababar]

increíble!!!!!

[TheStrainers]

great footage

[AniTabOngtOke]

Takes a shot* N ShaKes* sAys "BuZZZZZ!" I jus' dun know why?"!

[roamnet]

i WAS AT THIS GIG.. MUDD CLUB AND TR3 DOWN WHITE STREET ON W. BROADWAY

J KONTRA

[bobgure]

@roamnet Glad someone remembers Tier 3!! Cheers.

[roamnet]

@bobgure it's was called TR 3 and 10 year old Harley Flannagan's(Stimulators,Cro-ma­gs) Mom worked there as a bartender..best show there that I was at , was The Stimulators opening for Bad Brains in February of 1980 or 1979 I don't remember for sure LOL

[bobgure]

@roamnet I'm so glad you were there to remember it all. It was a memorable time in my life. Along with Hilary and the rest of the gang we rescued Katleen and Maureen's (RIP blessed souls) failing bar/rest "Tier 3" (it's three tiered architectural design, remember the upstairs madness, LOL?) - and started the dollar beer dance parties and eventually Hilary started booking the bands......new order, lounge lizards, 8 eyedspy etc. Stimulators were regulars (RIP Patrick as was Rosebud, Har's mom.

[roamnet]

@bobgure yep Bob, I have to say,only an eyewitness would know this stuff you know,chain of events, and bands/people you mentioned..remember "Jack Rabid" who also DJ there on punk nights? I am glad to have survived those years and all the drugs and insanity to reminisce about them with you on you tube lol..from what you said you def. were more on the inside of the club then anyone still around.

[roamnet]

@bobgure .I was just a 16 year old russian kid who took the train to NYC to hang out and go to hardcore punk gigs from brighton beach and fought all the "normal people" back in brooklyn every day just for the way I looked and dressed

[bobgure]

@roamnet Google "perfect sound forever tier 3" and you'll get a full interview with Hilary by Andy Schwarz that explains the Tier 3 name and all the rest of the chaos! LOL.

I DJ'd there and boy was it FUN. I'm in splinters still! Glad you're around!

[bobgure]

@roamnet yes BB's played there , I think 2x , the 1st being like a Tuesday night to an empty club when they first played NY. UN believeable!! Nothing like it had been heard before!

[roamnet]

@bobgure yep that's correct..first BB gig at TR 3 was to almost empty room..that's why next show was with the Stimulators who had a 40 to 50 kids hardcore following...we aRE lucky to be young in that era..I was around 15 in 1977 when I first ran away from home to live on L.E.S. and live the life of a total society's dropout..as you know ..."No Future" and all that... LMAO...ANYWAY... AT LEAST WE WERE THERE FOR THE REVOLUTION!!!

[bobgure]

@roamnet I'm always overjoyed to talk with a fellow traveler who survived all the chemical madness, confusion etc.

It was truly an amazing time. MTV came in pretty quickly and the corporate goons. RIP Lower East Side and NYC. "No time to be tweenny one!" LOL>

[roamnet]

@bobgure they sure did..like crass words in "punk is dead" CBS promotes the Clash-its not for revolution its just for cash..and now crass sells their movies on you tube...yep the establishment did not miss a beat nor did the real estate developers they make lot's of money off retards on NYHC bullshit as well as all the suckers that bought into "east village" bullshit studio apt boxes in an old walk up building on ave C renting for $2500 a month lol...we ARE lucky to be there when it was real...

[watchinshadows]

Just one word....awesome.

[Ezdduf4kuZ]

There have been times I'd say, 'I wish I were a fly on the wall", bur a teenage werewolf...never. It usually had to do with a friend or someone that was talking about making out(sex). The lead singer is too much, he's not only sweaty and sexy but he's ahead of the pack, I didn't hear or no of The Cramps here in Vancouver cause Punk bands don't get the exposure that they should...just like rockabilly rock back in the doowop era wasn't either and now I've found that out, on my own on youtube.lol

[spookmonster52]

The leading cause of leather pants, rock n' roll!

[IcicleWorker]

Please note that the Cramps footage was shot by Paul Tschinkel at the Mudd Clubb in 1981 for Paul Tschinkel's cable show "Paul Tschinkel's InnerTube"

[palehorizon1]

This is amazing. I was at this show. It was pure Voodoo. I remember a previous show with Bryan Gregory around 1980. Anyone knows who shot this? I also caught Bow Wow Wow, Suicide here. Both insane shows.

[4micacid]

If you were not in love with Poison Ivy in the 89's You wern't Me!

[4micacid]

Otis Loves Ivy, 30 years later.

[jimbobklyn1963]

@wzaxx ha! i think i was there as well... i know i saw the gun club and bow wow wow there as well. i grew up in brooklyn and the mudd club was the easiest place to get to...ah those where the daze!!!

[admanphoto]

Astonishing video and audio quality. There'll never be another Lux. Bless him.

[TheLexyboy]

great footage, Kid looks like a.... well, a kid!!

[mnash1015]

Ive got 96 tears and 96 eyes.

[TheNeroneko]

(@0@). Oh.  Great!!!!!

[DailyBrusher]

Poison Ivy!!!!!!!

[hotmess562]

damn great footage!!!!

wish i had been therre!

[nyomuri]

R.I.P. Lux

[SlickNick840]

Saw the Cramps at the Hacienda in Manchester in 1983. Lux Interior wore a bin liner and half way threw fell into the crowd and had it removed. He just stood there singin bollocko as if nothing had happened - priceless

[snubbs741]

oh yeah and I think it's baddass when Lux turns into a werewolf right before they start I Was A Teenage Werewolf

[Syntarro]

ya just dont get stuff like this anymore

those were the days.

[flakbac]

lets be friends

[MsLipsticklover]

one of a kind.. <3

[DiamondSoul]

"NO ONE CAN MAKE ME STOP" from remembering the man himself on the day of his death. We all miss you Lux. See you in the ever after.

[madmexart]

the anniversary of his death is tomorrow, RIP Lux.

[MmeLEnfer]

Over here, it's today.

We love you Lux <3

[ERICWENDYBRIAN]

Whoever shot this needs to put the entire show on a DVD and sell it to us!!

[MmeLEnfer]

I know where you can buy the DVD, though I haven't been able to get it yet. I will though, make no mistake. I'll send it in a link. It's cheap too! Get it while you can!

[snubbs741]

@Mme:Lenfer

where can you get the dvd?

[sunshinestyle]

i smell sex

x)

[SIRKELAVSVART]

I wish I was born so much earlier.

[karikolada]

me too!! ahh.

[lagosta81]

@SIRKELAVSVART me too :)

[Boogieboy138]

ive got 96 tears, in 96 eyes, i love that. R.I.P Lux

[Germ0o]

o man i just fell in love with lux

[MmeLEnfer]

How can you help it?

[robertmsk]

great video! the cramps forever!

[MrDiego881]

buzz buzz buzz and i just becauzzz

buzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

[JakeJBlues]

GREAT video, and finally an outstanding audio quality, for a youtube video ;))

[gloogun08]

lux, put your penis back.

[Nomanisrdy]

Under

Under

Ground

[admanphoto]

Best live Cramps vid I've ever seen (and I've seen a few!) Still hurts to think Lux is not with us anymore. Best wishes'n luv to Poison Ivy

[stizodd]

@73mandala Bryan died in 2001 or so. He left the band right around the time of this vid. I do not know the whole story, but supposedly, Bryan took all the band's gear when he split.

[stizodd]

@stizodd And FYI: that's Congo playing, not Bryan.

[newhambottom]

Saw them @ 19 saw them again @ 21, saw them again @ 26 - have stayed with me forever. The LUX version of Route 66 is subliminal. Very sad when he left... Hope PI is OK...

[denbria54]

Never be another Lux. Miss you Mad Daddy.

[dienekis13]

respect for the KING! R.I.P. LUX..

[drmorbid666]

fuck yeah!!!!!!!

[nooroloyia]

one of the most amazing bandz of my lifetime ...

performing one of their best songs ...

i still remember where i was, the first time I heard "human fly"

1st 2 albums... my favorite ...

the stage at the mudd cludd, used to remind me of a garage ...

I can't remember why??? ...

[GrimJack]

incredible...absolutely breathtaking.

R.I.P. Lux, the one and only.

[NecroWhore]

nice pubes Lux

[4356745]

wow!!!! treasure!! icicle,you re the best!

[crablouse1]

this is great...

so much better than some of

the 'tribute' songs i heard recently.

[rocknrollporn]

i'm gunna go have sex with my guitar right now.

[hpyro]

mudd club was in new york

[ClashCityRockers0]

And we just missed them- Lux passed away last month, breaking up the band forever RIP

[robertfyke]

This footage is awesome! Thanks for posting it.

[HollisQueens]

wow thanks for posting this!!! Look how young Kid Congo is, R.I.P. Lux you were the best.

[sonicavenga]

Great period piece, and v. nice quality. If it was '78 Bryan Gregory would've been on guitar instead of Kid Congo.

[moondevil41]

Thanks for posting this!

[Nostalgico80]

R.I.P. Lux

[Ghoulu]

Fantastic footage but yeah, it's from the early 80's. Kid would've been front row, centre in '78!

Great quality though, perhaps if you've got the whole gig you could post it to Dimeadozen or somewhere?

Thanks a ton for this anyways. The legend of Lux will remain!!!

[jimdevo]

Saw them in dallas around 2005 or 2006. One of the best shows I ever saw. Been waiting for them to come back. Can't believe he's gone. This is truly depressing. Thoughts and prayers are with Ivy who must be devastated. Died of heart disease. He must have been real sick for awhile. This is just awful ya'll. He was a true original.

[InstinctiveGaming]

yeah i would say that this is the mudd club too about 1981

[hpyro]

this is at the Mudd Club...

[felixcostello]

this shit is so hot. i'm so distraught that i'm never going to get to see them live. :(

[ClashCityRockers0]

I'm feeling very blue about never being able to experience the Cramps live...

But what is worse-- LUX is gone. There can never be a replacing of him. Soak up the import of that for a minute-- "Lux is gone" means "Lux is NOT THERE"... and that is a very terrible thing.

[viewebut]

2 windows, brick wall and that damn pole. Definitely 9:30 club in DC. If it was 1980 I may have been at that show. My first and life changing experience. Mudd club had bigger stages.

[mikebelgrave]

Brilliant stuff. RIP Lux. You were a living legend. I'll miss you dearly.

[denisio61]

R.I.P.

[IcicleWorker]

I just found out about this, totally gutted

[viewebut]

This is the 9:30 club not cbgb

[noah10bla]

If Kid Congo's in the Band, then I don't know how this can be '78. I think he joined in late 1980. But who cares? RIP Lux; you changed my life.

[IcicleWorker]

I think you and viewebut are right, its not CBGB'S and its not 78, after much research i'm confident its the Mudd Club circa 1981. Its from the japanese punk documentary "Under Underground"

[pataphysician66]

Good shot of Kid!

[candydeluxivy]

Ivy looked wonderful-too bad that post kept getting in the way!