Fiends of Dope Island is the eighth and final studio album (and 13th album overall) by the American rock band the Cramps. The Cramps resurrected their own record label Vengeance Records to release the album in 2003. It was recorded in Hollywood in August 2002. It was self-produced by Poison Ivy and Lux Interior. The album takes its title from the 1959 film, Fiend of Dope Island. "Fissure of Rolando" was dedicated to John Agar (1921-2002).
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Personnel The Cramps Lux Interior - vocals, harmonica, maracas Poison Ivy Rorschach - guitars, echo-theremin Chopper Franklin - bass guitar, rhythm guitar on "Taboo" Harry Drumdini - drums Technical Rocky Schenck - photography Jimmy Hole - "lurid" layout Lux Interior - typography "fiends lettering" Mixed and mastered at Earle Mankey's Psychedelic Shack, Thousand Oaks, California
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