Bad Music for Bad People is the second compilation of previously released material by the American garage punk

Garage punk

Garage punk is a fusion of garage rock and punk rock. It is fast-paced lo-fi music characterized by a dirty, choppy guitar sound—usually played by bands who are on independent record labels or who are unsigned...

 band The Cramps

The Cramps

The Cramps were an American rock band, formed in 1976 and active until 2009. The band split after the death of lead singer Lux Interior. Their line-up rotated much over their existence, with the husband and wife duo of Interior and lead guitarist Poison Ivy the only permanent members...

. It was released on I.R.S. Records

I.R.S. Records

I.R.S. Records was a record label, started in the United States in 1979 by Miles Copeland III along with Jay Boberg and Carl Grasso. Miles was also the manager of Wishbone Ash, The Police, and later, Sting, as well as other bands. I.R.S. was the sister label of Copeland's Illegal Records .I.R.S...

 and was seen by most fans as a cynical cash-in by the record label following the departure of the band. Sounds magazine, the now defunct UK music paper, whilst giving the album a five star review said "Miles Copeland's IRS label pick the carrion of their former label mates even cleaner by releasing a watered down version of the Off the Bone singles collection that was released in the UK...The music's still great even if the scheming behind Bad Music for Bad People stinks of decay and corruption"

Track listing

All tracks composed by Lux Interior and Poison Ivy Rorschach; except where indicated

1. "Garbage Man" 3:33
2. "New Kind of Kick" 3:27
3. "Love Me" (Marty Lott
   Jerry Lott
   Jerry Lott aka Marty Lott aka The Phantom was an American rockabilly singer with the frantic Dot single, "Love Me" backed with the ballad "Whisper My Love" . Both sides were recorded in 1958 but not issued until January 1960. Songwriting credit for both is M...
   
   ) 1:59
4. "I Can't Hardly Stand It" (Jody Chastain, Charlie Feathers
   Charlie Feathers
   Charles Arthur "Charlie" Feathers was an influential American rockabilly and country music performer.-Biography:...
   
   , Jerry Huffman) 2:40
5. "She Said" (Hasil Adkins
   Hasil Adkins
   Hasil Adkins was an Appalachian country, rock and roll, and blues musician, though he was frequently considered rockabilly and sometimes primitive jazz...
   
   ) 3:13
6. "Goo Goo Muck" (Ronnie Cook) 3:01
7. "Save It" (Mary Biggs, Hargus Robbins) 2:55
8. "Human Fly" 2:13
9. "Drug Train" 2:35
10. "TV Set" 3:12
11. "Uranium Rock" (Warren Smith
    Warren Smith (singer)
    Warren Smith was an American rockabilly and country music singer and guitarist.-Biography:Smith was born in Humphreys County, Mississippi to Iola and Willie Warren Smith, who divorced when he was young...
    
    ) 2:26

Personnel

• Lux Interior - vocals
• Bryan Gregory
  Bryan Gregory
  Bryan Gregory was an American rock musician, and founding member of and guitarist for The Cramps....
  
   - guitar
• Kid Congo Powers
  Kid Congo Powers
  Kid Congo Powers is the stage name of Brian Tristan , an American rock guitarist and singer, best known as a member of The Gun Club, The Cramps and Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds.-Biography:...
  
   - guitar
• Poison Ivy Rorschach - guitar
• Nick Knox
  Nick Knox
  Nick Knox was the drummer with 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 worldwide popularity when they toured Europe extensively in 1986 with the "A Date with Elvis" tour...
  
  - drums