RIP Lux Interior

[WhistlePig]

Cramps singer dead at age 62. Rats, one of my favorite bands.

http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1604336/20090204/story.jhtml

[IMSlacker]

Nooooo! That sucks! I had no idea he was that old.

[paulisded]

Holy Fuck!!!

[Chigworthy]

Damn. I was just driving by what used to be the Napa State hospital, telling my wife how the Cramps somehow played a show there years ago which was attended by the patients. Supposedly the movie of it is a hoot.

[paulisded]

Damn. I was just driving by what used to be the Napa State hospital, telling my wife how the Cramps somehow played a show there years ago which was attended by the patients. Supposedly the movie of it is a hoot.

I'm watching it right now.

[WhistlePig]

I didn't know he was that old, either but it makes sense. I saw them play back in 1980 when I was 14 and just realized that was 29 years ago!!!

[paulisded]

I was running a record store when A Date When Elvis was released. One Saturday afternoon, I had the album cranked when an elderly couple walked in the store. They had to be in their late 70's/early 80's, and they spent a time going through the used country vinyl section. After typical songs like "Can Your Pussy Do the Dog", the album concludes with "It's Just That Song", a ballad where Lux croons like on an old Elvis song. The couple come up to the counter and ask what was being played. I showed them the album, and as they looked it over I warned them that the band was pretty wild. I played that track again, and they both raved about his voice, and they eventually bought it! I would have loved to be at their home when their children and/or grandchildren discovered the album sitting in between their Ray Conniff and Porter Waggoner records.

[Caseyelan]

Jesus H Christ.

[realmenhatelife]

Jesus, 62?

[Dirtybird12]

Cramps frontman Lux Interior died Wednesday at a Glendale, Calif., hospital as the result of a pre-existing heart condition, the band's publicist confirmed to Billboard. He was 52.

story (http://www.reuters.com/article/entertainmentNews/idUSTRE5140P920090205)

http://www.justincurtis.com/photos/cramps.jpg
http://991.com/newGallery/The-Cramps-Bad-Music-For-Bad-429677.jpg

[PapaBear]

You should have known Whistlepig would beat you to this! (http://ronfez.net/forums/showthread.php?t=77270)

[Dirtybird12]

my bad..sorry for the repost

[bobrobot]

The Cramps played Baltimore like 6 times the month their 1st (or was it their 2nd?) 45 came out. I remember coming home after one of their shows, I was tripping and as I laid there in the total darkness, trying to go to sleep, I turned my head and saw the glowing litebulb & logo on the "Human Fly" picture sleeve 45... I debated tearing my eyes out cuz the image was burning straight into my brain... then I fell asleep.
I will always LOVE The Cramps!!!

R.I.P. Lux!!!


http://www.songsthelordtaughtus.com/Cramps/Singles/images/221f.jpg

[PapaBear]

I was running a record store when A Date When Elvis was released. One Saturday afternoon, I had the album cranked when an elderly couple walked in the store. They had to be in their late 70's/early 80's, and they spent a time going through the used country vinyl section. After typical songs like "Can Your Pussy Do the Dog", the album concludes with "It's Just That Song", a ballad where Lux croons like on an old Elvis song. The couple come up to the counter and ask what was being played. I showed them the album, and as they looked it over I warned them that the band was pretty wild. I played that track again, and they both raved about his voice, and they eventually bought it! I would have loved to be at their home when their children and/or grandchildren discovered the album sitting in between their Ray Conniff and Porter Waggoner records.
That's a really great story! You should send it to the family and/or band members.

[drucifer]

"Lux Interior, the singer, songwriter and founding member of the pioneering New York City horror-punk band the Cramps, died Tuesday. He was 60.

Interior, whose real name was Erick Lee Purkhiser, died at Glendale Memorial Hospital of a heart condition, according to a statement from his publicist."

LA Times (http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-lux-interior5-2009feb05,0,5010776.story)

Rock In Peace

[PapaBear]

Take (http://ronfez.net/forums/showthread.php?t=77270) your pick (http://ronfez.net/forums/showthread.php?t=77277).

[Aqualad]

Damn. I always wanted to see them play and now I won't get the chance. What a cool band.

[Stankfoot]

Damn. I was just driving by what used to be the Napa State hospital, telling my wife how the Cramps somehow played a show there years ago which was attended by the patients. Supposedly the movie of it is a hoot.

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