Johnny Coli Posted February 5, 2009 Posted February 5, 2009 Bummer. Another icon down. Lux Interior, lead singer of the Cramps, died yesterday of a heart condition. Punk singer Interior dies at 62 Interior, who was born Erick Lee Purkhiser, formed the influential band in 1973 with his wife Poison Ivy. Part of the legendary downtown New York punk scene, The Cramps went on to release 14 albums, the latest being the compilation, How To Make a Monster. They were the first known band to blend punk with rockabilly, and are widely recognised as innovators of psychobilly music. This link has some of the Target Video footage of the show they did at the Napa State Mental Hospital (in 1978). The LPs Gravest Hits, Songs the Lord Taught Us, and Psychadelic Jungle are essential records, IMO. Primal, trashy, lo-fi rockabilly played with a subterranean attitude. It doesn't get more real than the Cramps, man. RIP Lux
The Senator Posted February 5, 2009 Posted February 5, 2009 I got cramps just watching that. Were they also patients at that hospital?
PastaJoe Posted February 5, 2009 Posted February 5, 2009 I thought this was a thread about another furniture store closing in Buffalo.
KD in CA Posted February 5, 2009 Posted February 5, 2009 I thought this was a thread about another furniture store closing in Buffalo. So did I!
GG Posted February 5, 2009 Posted February 5, 2009 Oh man, now he's Goo goo muck onto his date with Elvis. great distinctive sound.
DPR4444 Posted February 6, 2009 Posted February 6, 2009 Saw them many times. Great shows, great albums. RIP Lux
Fan in San Diego Posted February 7, 2009 Posted February 7, 2009 Who ripped off who? Rocky Horror or Lux?
ExiledInIllinois Posted February 8, 2009 Posted February 8, 2009 I thought this was a thread about another furniture store closing in Buffalo. I thought it was the sporting goods store! My first thought was WTF happened to the interior of one of their stores?... Then I noticed there was no "a" in Lux!
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