Los Angeles, CA -- The Cramps have been around for 25 years but they don't feel their style is cramped at all.

Lead singer Lux Interior says he's "proud of everything the band has done" even though the group "couldn't play at all" when it first started out.

But the Cramps didn't let that slow them down and now fans get to hear the dirty truth.

The group has just released "How To Make A Monster," a two-CD set that features some of the Cramps' earliest concerts, including their third concert, complete with members of the crowd heckling them with comments like "The drummer is dynamite. If only she knew how to play."

Interior compares the experience to looking at a bad high school yearbook but says the retrospective is essential because "a lot of people have no idea how long we've been around."

The Cramps begin a 32-city tour on September 22 and Interior figures it will peak around October 31 because, as he puts its, "We're like the Dick Clarks of Halloween because our friends like to dress up."

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