I'm not buying this fully quite just yet...

Partly 'cause I've been a Cramps fan for years and years--with a side interest in Morrissey for even longer--and I think if this were true, I would've heard about it by now.

It's also been stated that Morrissey was the prezz of the NEW YORK DOLLS fan club; the only reference I've found (outside of 1 Cramps fansite) to Morrissey being involved with TLOTC is an excerpt from a Brazilian magazine that was quoted on morrissey-solo.com a few years ago (and this assertion was disputed as a mix-up).

Maybe this is just a case of people assuming that just because they read it on the net, it must be true...on the other hand, a little digging around on Google reveals (letters from Morrissey):

?? June 1979 - RECORD MIRROR (UK)
Morrissey: "Who are the Cramps? They are the most beautiful, yes beautiful group I've ever seen. The fact that they exist is enough. Meanwhile Manchester will
never be the same again (Thank God)."

30 June 1979 - SOUNDS (UK)
Short letter from Steven Morrissey about The Cramps: "The Cramps are worth their weight in gold for making the Police seem like a great big sloppy bowl of
mush. The Police, hardly dabbling in degrees of the unexpected, presented a farcical imitation of their Rock Goes To College thing - several people clapped, but
then, I suppose someone has to. The Cramps were enough to restore faith in the most spiritless. They have it all, and their drummer is the most compelling in
rock history. Back to the Cramps or perish. It is written."

7 July 1979 - NME (UK)
Again another letter from Steven Morrissey praising the Cramps against The Police: "I've just seen the Cramps and they're at that funny stage. This is the kind of
group that start revolutionary outrages and all that. Steven Morrissey, Kings Road, Manchester."