''...Off the Bone'' is the first

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of previously released material by the American

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band

the Cramps The Cramps were an American rock band formed in 1976 and active until 2006. Their lineup rotated frequently during their existence, with the husband-and-wife duo of singer Lux Interior and guitarist Poison Ivy the only ever-present members. T ...

. It was released in 1983 in the United Kingdom on

Illegal Records Illegal Records was an independent record label, founded in 1977 by Miles Copeland III with his younger brother Stewart Copeland and the manager of The Police, Paul Mulligan. The label released The Police's debut single, " Fall Out". Copeland ...

. The original release had an anaglyph on the cover and a pair of paper red and blue "3D glasses" inside the sleeve for viewing it.

Reception

The British weekly ''

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'' gave the album a 5-star review, calling it "...a hell-fire cocktail of gutter riffing and chattering Rockabilly voodoo strum into which is dropped an electric sugar cube of psychedelic power". Edwin Pouncey, ''

'', June 18, 1983

Track listing

Personnel

* Lux Interior – vocals *

Bryan Gregory Bryan Gregory (Gregory Beckerleg, February 20, 1951 – January 10, 2001) was an American rock musician, and founding member of and guitarist for The Cramps. Biography Gregory took the name Bryan after Brian Jones from The Rolling Stones, of ...

– guitar *

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– guitar * Poison Ivy Rorschach – guitar *

Nick Knox Nick Knox (born Nicholas George Stephanoff; March 26, 1953 – June 14, 2018) was an American drummer for the psychobilly band The Cramps. He replaced Miriam Linna in 1977 and left in 1991. Knox was with The Cramps during the peak of their world ...

– drums

Charts

Notes

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