Goddamn rock 'n' roll.
Lux Interior, lead singer of The Cramps, passed away this morning due to an existing heart condition at Glendale Memorial Hospital in Glendale, California at 4:30 AM PST today. Lux has been an inspiration and influence to millions of artists and fans around the world. He and wife Poison Ivy’s contributions with The Cramps have had an immeasurable impact on modern music.
The Cramps emerged from the original New York punk scene of CBGB and Max’s Kansas City, with a singular sound and iconography. Their distinct take on rockabilly and surf along with their midnight movie imagery reminded us all just how exciting, dangerous, vital and sexy rock and roll should be and has spawned entire subcultures. Lux was a fearless frontman who transformed every stage he stepped on into a place of passion, abandon, and true freedom. He is a rare icon who will be missed dearly.
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Well no holes barred, watch your toes, look out baby, everything goes...
2 comments:
Got to see the Cramps a couple years back here in MPLS at the legendary First Avenue and Lux was the show. What a great front man!!! So much energy, so fearless, and so much weirdness. A few songs into the set a girl threw her panties at Lux. He promptly fitted the panties across his face like a surgical mask wore 'em the entire show. Live the Cramps were like a swaggering electric fuzzed out thump-a-sorsus with a maniac out front. Love 'em still. Love 'em always.
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When I hear the Cramps, I visualize Eerie & Creepy comics and think of Tucson & the Tumors--something about that era...
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