Bryan Gregory

Who was Bryan Gregory?

Bryan Gregory was an American rock musician, and founding member of and guitarist for The Cramps.

Gregory took the name Bryan after Brian Jones from The Rolling Stones whom he was a big fan of. He met Cramps member Lux Interior at a mutual job they shared at a record store in NYC. He shared his birthday with fellow member Poison Ivy. Bryan took up second guitar in April 1976 and was a distinctive sight in the early incarnation of the Cramps, along with his sister Pam Balaam on drums. He was known for his oozing guitar sound, wild stage antics, long hair with a skunk stripe over his eye, and acne scarred face. He appeared on The Cramps first two albums Gravest Hits and Songs The Lord Taught Us. He left the band in 1980 with most of the equipment and was later replaced by Kid Congo Powers from the Gun Club.

After the Cramps, Gregory went on to play in Beast from 1980-1983. Bryan collaborated with Producer Robyn Hunt an Australian whom he married in Cleveland, Ohio. March 6, 1984, it also included film volunteers to make "Frezzer", an Alien horror host, with writer Char Rao, a former Cramps associate who played in the video, it never took off after they moved to Florida. He played a Zombie in George Romero's Day of the Dead with fellow Zombie fans Mike Metoff and Char Rao in Pittsburgh. After moving to Florida he successfully managed an Adult Book Store in Sarasota Fla. where he settled for several years and joined his sister Pam Beckerleg in Osprey, Fla., after his amicable divorce.