Did you get Psychedelic Jungle?
Outside of the Cramps themselves there's Gun Club's 1st couple of lps.
All of their material's good but not neccessarily Crampsy. Fire of Love is their postpunk meets blues lp which is the closest comparison, Miami is more psychedelic as is Las Vegas Story. Later stuff is more overtly showing later influences (psych, early 70s garagey rock) while still being in love with the blues and other roots music.
Panther Burns were a Memphis based band whose early material featured alex Chilton, not sure how much studio stuff has him on. tav Falco then took over the band completely and went through several players who'd been on New York's No Wave scene.
I think the best & definitely the most Crampsy lp is Behind The Magnolia Curtain the 1st one. some of the cd versions also feature the earlier Blow Your Top e.p.. The lp consists of a bunch of covers of classic r'n'r,blues & soul material including a fantastic drone version of Leadbelly's Bourgeois Blues.
I love them around the end of the 80s when they had George Reineke on guitar. this guy had a thalidomide or similarly damaged hand but could still play amazingly. A couple of live sets from this era appeared on Dime over the last year, but may be gone. I got them if you need.
Blasters were a straighter roots post punk combo. Plenty of fire in the sound but none of the Gun Club etc's mixing up of other influences.
8-Eyed Spy
Lydia Lunch's band who she said tried to mix the influence of Creedence Clearwater Revival & Al Green (I think this is the '69/70 version oh him when he was at his rockest) but still retaining No Wave's serrated edge.
Birthday Party
Nick Cave, RS Howard etc's early band and one of the greatest ever got a lot of Cramps comparisons but you should know them already.
Stevo
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