Cramps at Napa Mental Hospital

[steffanya1511]

 shit

[deadboydansmith089]

RIP lux

[musiqueconcrete]

Lux Interior: one of the greatest performers of all time!

[emeteriozacarias]

I saw them in Mexico city in 1989,we were shocked! the reaction of the people were the same of the patients of this mental institute,thanks for posting this video.

[blackleader77]

and on the seventh day he rested... that's how satan snuck the cramps thru. thank you satan

[Mronesummer]

my favourite dress

[AmazingNubbz]

hahah thats crazy

[theneedledrop]

so awesome!

[k90751]

Long live the Cramps.  Wish I was old enough to see their shows. Don't know if their still playin.

[Aeoen]

@k90751 No. Lux Interior is dead.

[veramente62]

This is great!!! I saw them in Milan (Italy) in 1980 while they were the support band for the Police, a fucked up show where they played only 3 or 4 songs before storming out of the stage submerged by millions of cans of beer and coke ...

[AlburyAustralia]

I wouldn't take the mental hospital to surface level-t

The guys in this would be the types that avoid the post midnight restrainments without any direction why- because associations on the wrong side of capable often gets the most shocking treatment. SO YOU JUST DON'T ACT

If I was INSIDE, I would be having a secret shower room lights off wank over ivy & I wouldn't want any authority concerned I could kill myself in there - I don't want to be locked up in heavy detention for my own good,.

[Frehleyacedude]

Long Live The Cramps! And Luxx!!!! 

[mekissingyou]

cool :)

[entropyness]

wtf? this is great.

[89fenderp]

I can't believe those guys played a Tea Party rally.

[SiD1194]

amazing

[kouloglouDemetrios]

The Cramps were an American punk rock band, formed in 1976 and active until 2009. The band split after the death of lead singer Lux Interior.[1] Their line-up rotated much over their existence, with the husband and wife duo of Interior and lead guitarist Poison Ivy the only permanent members. Guitarist Bryan Gregory and drummer Pam Ballam completed the first complete lineup in April 1976.

[bball94133]

Looks like a typical night at Mabuhay Gardens.

[JoshuaTheBeezKneez]

I LOVE YOU POISIN IVY.... your cool 2 guys.......

[vargaso]

This audience really isn't much different than the usual Cramps audiences, if memory serves.

[davidsosebee]

list of celebs in the video 1:15 Bill Gates, 2:10 Sir Elton John, 2:25 - 2:32 John C. Riley, 3:01 Fat Jim Morrison..

[Randall1971]

@davidsosebee 2:26 Jack Black

[Kingofmean]

@davidsosebee John C Riley LMFAO

[k90751]

@davidsosebee Boy was Morrison a bloated blob...lol

[echoo08]

@davidsosebee hahaha best comment ever! LMFAO @ Fat Jim Morrison!!!!

[AutumnDisorder]

@davidsosebee You forget Marc Bolan at 1:32 hahaha

[krissy82]

I own this vhs, it's so good.

[Jimboou333]

Obviously where the cramps belong with that chick at 1 28 coming on to him. man, misses interior or what...

[Smackiiii]

I thought this video was about a mentally insane person who had cramps

[Nash84]

Is that John C Reilly dancing on stage? lol

[TheGorehound101]

Brilliant !!! Love it !! Long live Lux !!!!

[davidsosebee]

@TheGorehound101 It Tottally is

[qcp]

IS that Roky Ericson in the dress?

[jublywubly]

Gee there were some weirdos there. Especially the dude wearing a Mu Mu. lol

[sitemountain]

I guess you shouldn't laugh but this IS genius!

[sitemountain]

I guess you shouldn't laugh but this IS genius!

[ginaven1]

Anyone that would listen to that is mental

[Nisp4]

@ginaven1 This is a really raw recording but the Cramps are fuckin awesome.

[ginaven1]

@Nisp4 watch your language

[Nisp4]

@ginaven1 No fuckin thanks.

[ginaven1]

@Nisp4 you are in the vid,,,man with the dress..lol

[Nisp4]

@ginaven1 So saying fuck is worse than insulting a handicapped and/or insane woman? And no thats not me but I make a brief cameo on the air mic at 2:25.

[ginaven1]

@Nisp4 oh so that was you,the dress is to short

[Nisp4]

@ginaven1 Lol? Bottom line is the Cramps kick ass and you suck.

[ginaven1]

@Nisp4 I might u never know....I bet you suck more..lol

[Nisp4]

@ginaven1 Only if the price is right.

[JoshuaTheBeezKneez]

@ginaven1 .....thanks we know.....whats your excuse.....?

[SmokinMo11]

I've always heard stories about this,but never go to see it.This is awesome!! Awesome post! This is like watching 1 flew over the coo coo's nest with the cramps...lol.Awesome post.This was a real nice thing for them to do.

[itsstillfriday]

I really think with all of the GREAT Lux-Interior stories that I've heard....

There was probably a sincere motivation The Cramps performing there!!

That they knew that this population is overlooked, as far as performance goes..

And too. that here's a population that may really appreciate the vibes and the sounds that the band cranked out!! :-)

[wolfey7]

Apparantly, those folks had no problem with confidentiality!

[kd4adv]

now this is rare footage. I wonder if this was ever mentioned/shown on "Behind the music:The Cramps"?

[TheUpsetter77]

I would have been scared shitless playing a concert at a loony bin!

[jrmetmoi]

WOW I really thought that was a long haired dud in a really loud shirt 0:33 but then the camera scrolls down and it's a dress!

[Greenockianx]

Now why is it that I keep coming back to this video? R'n'R at its maddest and best. Course - none of the patients probably got to see the show - this is just the staff!

[Greenockianx]

Now why is it that I keep coming back to this video? R'n'R at its maddest and best.

[cementitiousman]

hey alligatordevil do you have the rest of the show?

[howlin32]

fucking ace



[TheAtomicLad1996]

Prolly the coolest dancing ever in this video

[kevtarzan]

U can google map it it's looks like a a white side ways u

[GuruBabadesh]

@kevtarzan COOL STORY, BRO

[kevtarzan]

The crazy part is there's really a haunted napa insane asylum cuz there's a new one now but the old is still there like peopel tried to shut it down but construction workers got scared off and stuff but if u wana find out u Gota go all the way back at the new one on the road hit liberty high school go to the back go left by the fence follow the road them da little trail and it's der hella creepy

[JoeStunner]

This is brilliant! Why can't more bands do this sort of thing? Maybe they think they're too "cool" - that it's beneath them. Talk about missing the point...

[nicademus666]

@JoeStunner This was just one of many things the SF punk scene did then, the Mutants were also playing this show. Then there was CRIME playing San Quentin.

[JoeStunner]

@nicademus666

Cool! I wish more modern bands would do the same.

[nicademus666]

@JoeStunner There was no internet back then... now they just do it all online...

[tuesday988]

6 dislikes?! Who could dislike this ?!

[mrmaxtookey1]

You couldn't make this up!

[thedudeabides2010]

Could there be any better venue for the Cramps..?!!? Fuckin brilliant...amazing ! RIP Lux !!

[DerClunk]

Lux really knew how to control a crowd. See how gracefully he deflects the people who want to get in his face here. He isn't intimidated, but he doesn't bully them, either. Very few performers could do something like that. Lux was a master showman.

[utoobasaurus]

now that's a party!

[haller1929]

talk about music therapy...good god...to send a madmen amongst madmen...HEH

[ghostdog7575]

the Cramps were angels!

[fortbethel]

After Lux say, 'We drove...u people' does the woman say thank u or f*** u?

I love this. Lux was a classic.

[dylanfan1969]

@fortbethel I think she says "Fuck Yeah!" Haha.

[sawboss17]

It's an American thing....

[duececaboose]

it really shows what kind of person lux was. pure class man. that was so sweet to do that for those people.

[ELTizona]

3:00 Mr Mojo Risin caught

[fallendirtyface]

I wouln't mind having some of what they're on .I love this video ,you can't tell who's who ,brilliant!

[OrganicThumb420]

this was their Kpax

[fROMIOWA]

1968: Cash plays at Folsom. 1978: Cramps play at Napa State. So I guess one key to a iconic gig is to play at a place of confinement in year ending in 8. My heads full of random observation such as this.

[ikqz]

Good therapy.

[jeanmarie40]

c'est culte et unique en son genre !

[mixtape145]

amazing.

[TheLexyboy]

Lunatics saying "who the fuck are these mental cases?"................. Yep, gotta love The Cramps.......

[betomas]

Who allowed this to happen????? I don't know who, but this is AWESOME!!

[zolluuu]

The blondish dude on the left at 1:47...is that the guy who used to front the SNL band? What was his name? G.E. Smith or something like that?

[Kingofmean]

fuckin frightening

[kutasovas]

легендарный концерт THE CRAMPS в психиатрической клинике Napa State Mental Hospital 13 июня 1978 года. Единственная аудитория концерта пациенты клиники, люди, обращаясь к которым в самом начале концерта вокалист THE CRAMPS Lux Interior говорит: Somebody told me you people are crazy!

[DigitalDiva3]

Love it... Never saw the Elvis element till this time.

[MmeLEnfer]

Lux was always Elvis from Hell. And he could do a mean imitation, albeit screwy. Like on "Psychedelic Jungle" or "Fever" or "A Date With Elvis"...

[igvu92]

playing a show in a mental hospital is such a nice thing to do. mentally challanged people like music too

[FlamingCannibal]

The Cramps = real rock n' roll

[MmeLEnfer]

It warms my heart to see the interaction between the band and the audience. Lux is never condescending to the patients, he treats them not only with the same decency all people have a right to be treated with, but with a surprising degree of relaxed attitude. But then, I know people who would argue the Cramps themselves should have been in an institute. Long Life to Insanity!

[valentinecochran]

and I thought folsom prison couldn't be beat

[Mrsjessywessybessy]

hehehe quality

[mordechaifrog]

fudido demais.....nunca vou esquecer!

[mikeinthefade]

one of the best music clips ive ever seen!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[coolhellcat18]

The opiates were flowing that night. That was fucking awesome!

[1414Pingvin]

Well put

[Toxiejunkie]

FUCK MJ!!!!

R.I.P.

lUX!!!!!!

[kerry5101971]

Right fuckin' on! Did that paedo ever do a free show in the bin? I think not.

This video is gold! It made me smile & apparently it made the "audience" smile too.

[yowhatitlooklike]

this cheered me up some

[paf1967]

I love you LUX. Poison I you are my baby 4 ev-A!

[boxyboy122]

nutters like the cramps LOL!

[monsieurbotibol]

This is  what I'd call real art-therapy!

[julioppk]

incradible and insane!!!!!

[toddprid]

the absolute best .that jack nicholson from the shining dude is a star

[megablaster82]

Someone says, you people are crasy, but i am not so sure about that ! =)

[lowlockunknown]

Fantabulous

[regios4ever]

And this is why The Cramps are one of the best rock and roll bands of all time.

[STUARTC626]

yea baby , im dancin . LOL

[clownshooz]

so fuckin great. awesome

[audiotrax2000]

Priceless.

[tsekouristousvazelou]

awesome

[tony0000]

Now this is rock 'n' roll!

[Dingalingring]

Wow, this was like an early alternative pioneering of music therapy for those suffering from mental health issues. Well done to The Cramps.

More bands/singers should play free shows in psychiatric hospitals. Johnny Cash played in prisons, The Cramps played here in a mental hospital... It cheers people up...

[ckh66]

Looks like GE Smith on guitar??

[TheLmchandler]

Funny, that's what I thought, too.

[gorblimey61]

No, that's Bryan Gregory. Maybe him & G.E. both fell off the ugly tree?

[p97154]

There's not much fun going on in these places at the best of times, so good on them. Cuckoo's Nest ain't far from the the truth folks!

[Furfur616]

"Someone told me you guys are crazy." The coolest line eva!

[skyehoyt1971]

@Furfur616 Like Cash at Quentin except their doing the zombie YEAH the Cramps RULE!!!

[cookmoore]

@Furfur616 "..,but I'm not so sure about that. You seem to be all right with me."

[bobwheeler18]

This is so fu88kin cool!!!

[maximon72]

are they all sane now?

[SPEEDCORE79]

Were they insane in the first place is the question you should be asking....

[cebuanoguy]

0:57 looks liek the joker

[gmcg923]

RIP Lux

[deadcitygirl]

Rest In Peace Lux.

You rocked. Total respect.

This vid is amazing.

xxx

[danieljohnfleet]

fan-freaken-tazmatic.roll the rock,bash my head in,smear me with blood.

[FISHMUSIC4U]

Unbelievable show

what a mixer!

cramps and crazies

under the Big Top

rock IT crazyyyyy

[cyrus138]

wish i was there.

[YouAre256ColoursToo]

lol @ 2:22!

[jeremygermon]

Lux is the baddest badass of all time. Thais ain't no Folsom Prison....He SO could've gotten shivved at this show.

[milomovies]

thanks for all the good times...

[Juliebean85]

R.I.P. Lux. You will be missed.

[jonanjello]

Bye Lux. You were one of a kind.

[jtnunes]

The Gravest Hit of them all!

[sean808080]

They dont make them like this any more. RIP LuxInterior

[chrisdevis68]

"Ashes to ashes n dust to dust, easy come easy go aint no big fuss"

RIP Lux

[Goreygalx]

This warms my heart. RIP Lux.

[kirnvilla1]

Absolutely marvellous...

[NBM3]

Some real honest dancin' goin' on that night !

[DoubleNegativexyz]

RIP LUX

[thebigm]

i really wish the cramps had played while i was committed to the mental hospital.

would have made the stay well worth it.

[WashingtonBeUpInThis]

Damn, this video makes me really happy and sad at the same time.

[Khrystene]

Love it. What a band. What a guy - Lux. Love to Poison Ivy too! Forever.

[fieldsofcorn]

RIP Lux- my pussy did the dog thanks to you

[redmarkus]

Bad picture, bad sound, way too short....yup, it's fucking brilliant!....R.I.P. to one of music greats.

[kaky2007]

this is brilliant shit. rest in peace lux you will forever be in our hearts

[burnhipsterburn]

RIP LUX!!!!

[deweypug]

This is just one example of the many reasons why I love life. Farking incredible...

[theonlytruepunk]

This shit was fucking crazy!!

[Sgurd]

I love the cramps so much. For reasons like this.

[samsevern]

Pretty freaking INSANE! I LOVE IT!!

Thank you for posting this ultra-cool video!

YOU RULE!!! :)

[mellowmark1]

Looks like alot of fun.

[Amabrity]

We need more fun concerts like this.... God Bless The Cramps and how brave they were for doing this... Very raw and real, not like the plastic we see now days...