Lux Interior, RIP (1946-2009)

[kopper]

Damn, this sucks:

http://www.thedailyswarm.com/headlines/cramps-lux-interior-rip/

RIP, Lux!

[Michael Kaiser]

I've got to be honest here...

The only other passing at this point that could rattle my cage as much would be Billy B. Childish - forbid it!

Rock & Roll died yesterday.

[Brian Marshall]

Very, very sad news!

I once drove from Lawrence, KS to Omaha, NE to see them. Then a year later, they played in Lawrence on the night of my birthday. Both times they put on an amazing show.

The Cramps have also turned all of us on to some of the most rockin' music ever, things we may not have even heard of if it weren't for them.

What else can be said? RIP Lux, thinking of Ivy.

[Colin]

Very sad news indeed, thankfully the music lives on.....

[Feathered Apple Records]

The Cramps were definitely the best, and most important "modern" garage band of them all!! They got more people into cool music than anybody else!

[Victor Lopez]

This is really sad. Not only the Cramps have been one of the coolest bands ever, we have a lot to thank them for. If there was no Cramps, there would have been no Back From The Grave, no Crypt records, no Desperate Rock and Roll, no Garage revival in the 80's. They were some of the first people to re-discover so much coolness in music and culture from past eras. Obscure stuff form the 50's and 60's would probably still be in the hands of grey bearded collectors. Mike says some posts above "they owned any song they covered". I couldn't agree more with him. My pal Tutti from La Secta Violeta turned me on them back in 1983. I'll be always grateful for that.

[whatwave dave]

The Cramps were without a doubt, the biggest musical influence in my life...i hate to think where i'd be today without the music of The Cramps. They influenced my record collection, my musical direction, even my clothing selection back in the day. In fact, we even named our youngest daughter after Ivy...

This friday, at 5PM EST, i'm gonna play an hour's worth of The Cramps music on CHRW 94.9 FM in London Ontario as my little tribute to my hero, Lux Interior! You can listen live on the web at:

http://chrwradio.com/listen/

The show will be archived for 1 week at:

http://chrwradio.com/listen/

There's a facebook event set up at:

http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/event.php?eid=75399253272&re...


Hey Man!......Fourth floor!!!.......Caveman.......Last Door!!!!!



http://chrwradio.com/

[Ted]

i think im going to listen to all of my cramps records in his honor. Lux was a true rock 'n' roll legend.

[Michael Kaiser]

My little memorial on Michael Kaiser's Haus.

[Psychotonic]

Tonight, if you're in Los Angeles, Psychotonic at The Bigfoot Lodge will have a whole night dedicated to Lux Interior & the Cramps...

For more information, check out the events page (http://garagepunk.ning.com/events) for Thursday, February 5th.

[zacharythax]

Wipeout! said:

Holy fuck...
It goes without sayin' that the Cramps are one o' the most trashy bands (and one o' my top favs of all time!) and without them turnin' me on this sleaze...well, shit I don't wanna think about that...fuckin' sad.

Does anyone have any other sources other than the Daily Swarm (which ain't the most journalistic)

Glad I got to see 'em live a few years back...sad I only got to see 'em once...

http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-lux-interior5-2009feb0...

Poor Poison Ivy...fuckin' sad.

[kopper]

Great poster, but he was born in 1946, though (according to Wikipedia and the Cramps' website).

Psychotonic said:

Tonight, if you're in Los Angeles, Psychotonic at The Bigfoot Lodge will have a whole night dedicated to Lux Interior & the Cramps...
For more information, check out the events page (http://garagepunk.ning.com/events) for Thursday, February 5th.

[Mike]

I think one of the best compliments I ever heard paid to Lux (& Ivy) was from Andre Williams at the Viper Room in LA about 10 years ago. Acknowledging Lux & Ivy from the stage he said "We may not be the same color, but we all came from the same pussy".