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Well for the two people other than myself that even no who that is, he's dead. He was the singer for the band The Cramps.




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February 4, 2009
Cramps singer Lux Interior dies at 60

Lux Interior, front man for the groundbreaking punk band The Cramps, died today in a Glendale, Calif., hospital due to complications from a pre-existing heart condition, according to a news release issued by the band's publicist. There are conflicting reports about the singer's real age but IMDB.com lists it as 60.

Lux Interior, born Erick Lee Purkhiser, formed The Cramps in 1972 after meeting Kristy Wallace in Sacramento. The two, who lived in Midtown, shared a love for surf rock, rockabilly, B-movies and other bits of so-called "trash culture."

Interior took his name from an old car commercial, and Wallace, who changed her name to Poison Ivy, attributed her new music moniker to a vision she received in a dream. The couple dubbed its music as "pyschobilly" - taking the term from an old Johnny Cash tune.

The Cramps moved to Ohio in 1973 and, in 1976, migrated to downtown Manhattan where they joined a burgeoning punk scene populated by the likes of the Ramones, Blondie and Television.

The band's 30-plus years on the punk scene spawned 14 albums, a seemingly endless tour schedule and an indelible influence on artists such as the Black Lips, the Reverend Horton Heat and Sacramento's own (now-defunct) Groovie Ghoulies.

[uberscheisse]

one of the most important people of the last 50 years of popular music.

more crucial and important than:
eddie vedder
chuck d
don henley
tom petty
the clash
television
the police (when they didn't and did suck, both eras)
and a host of others who don't rock enough.

there wouldn't be a _________ (insert name of cut-rate alterna-newwave-cookiecutter fruity rock band or in-your-face-frontman with wacky stage antics) without lux interior.

so many people copped his style, and love or hate the cramps, he's one of the few people who have taken basic 1-2-3-4 rock and roll and turned it into something dazzling, brutal, interesting, next-level.

[MikeGrey]

If only I could incorporate Songs the Lord Taught Us into my lesson plan somehow.

[Jandar]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kC4LqiRoIE8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3HSO1F7zHM&feature


Looks like the Glam to Punk transition.

Very innovative, like two steps forward from the Tubes.

[mole]

oops

[mole]

Thanks for links, Jandar.
I was teachers' pet in high school in the '79-'83 range, so wasn't exposed to these guys early on.
But I knew in my heart disco had passed away and something more sinister was available.

Enter the Cramps, et al. Weee~! College is FUN!

R.I.P. Lux, and thanks for showing me there exists nitty gritty behind the facade I grew up with.

[mole]

Thanks for links, Jandar.
I was teachers' pet in high school in the '79-'83 range, so wasn't exposed to these guys early on.
But I knew in my heart disco had passed away and something more sinister was available.

Enter the Cramps, et al. Weee~! College is FUN!

R.I.P. Lux, and thanks for showing me there exists nitty gritty behind the facade I grew up with.

[mole]

multiple post for maingman's benefit.

[mole]

doh!

[mole]

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[Fishead soup]

Elvis meets Jello Biafro Brilliant.

The Meteors and The Guana Bats were good too.