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On June 13th, 1978, The Cramps travelled 3,000 miles from New York City to the Californian city of Napa to perform a notorious gig at a mental hospital in front of just a handful of hardcore fans, around 100 patients as well as a few members of hospital staff who were the only witnesses of one of the most legendary punk shows of all time.
The Lux Interior fronted outfit were invited down to Napa by Bart Swain, a member of staff at Napa State Hospital who had tried to recruit a number of bands to perform at the institute over the years. On this occasion, however, it was one of the rare occasions which that a camera crew filmed their unique performances.
Not only was the show captured on film, but it was also attended by San Franciso based writer Howie Klein who documented it in the July 1978 issue of The New York Rocker and, in his review of the evening, decided to use a string of bizarrely distasteful language. Klein wrote:
Source: faroutmagazine.co.uk
