"I Was a Teenage Werewolf" - The Cramps: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrbTkNwbUz8 For Immediate Release: February 4, 2009 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. The family requests that you respect their privacy during this difficult time.
A shame. I was just reading the Wiki page on him and The Cramps a while back because I knew he was older. He just seemed like one of those people that would last forever.
jesus, this is terrible. I'm a huge Cramps fan, and have been lucky enough to see them perform. I had no idea he was ill. RIP.
I used to race home after school to catch a mid afternoon video show that played Iggy's "I'm Bored" and The Cramps "Garbage Man". Those two pieces, along with Devo and The Stranglers are what lead me into a life of punk and new wave.
Bah, man that sucks. One of the bands who helped define my music taste in my young impressionable years. What a damn shame.
This is a huge loss - the Cramps had an immeasurable influence on me. It's hard to believe there will be no more Cramps shows.
wow, this totally fucking sucks. i had some great times at their shows. i thought that bad music for bad people, was one of the best titles of an album ever.
Shit. One of the best live bands EVER; saw 'em for the first time in 1980, and the last time was about 3 years ago (as well as about 4 times inbetween), and they had lost none of their energy or showmanship. A major loss for music - RIP you crazy motherfucker.
Best frontman of any band i've seen. Let's get fucked up Let's get fuuuuuuuucked up Let's do some stuff And get fuuuuuuuuuucked up Tomorrow we'll feel like we was hit by a truck but ... Let's get fucked up
Damn. I only saw them live once, and Lux was all over the stage like a spider monkey, hanging off of rafters, jumping about, and generally entertaining the hell out of everyone. The Cramps wrote some "theme" songs for a certain time in my life and will always kick my ass. RIP Lux Interior.
bummer. I got to work on the video shoot for "Bikini Girls with Machine Guns" on the set and at the director's house during filming. I got to cart around the band, party with the band, and wait on their every request. Good times and fond memories.
Cramps- Smell of Female (live at the Peppermint lounge) was one of the first cassette tapes I purchased as a youth. Love the Cramps. Listening to that live lp now.... Thee Most Exalted Potentate of Love!
Funny - I brought Smell of Female to work and have been listening to it all day. I probably haven't played it in 10 years, at least. I saw the Cramps in Boston on that tour (although Ike Knox had replaced Kid Congo by then) and it was my very first concert. I stood right up front and Lux let me sing into the mic during Goo Goo Muck. Man, where did the years go? I would try to catch them every time they came to Boston (and then Colorado when I moved there). But nothing will replace the experience of listening to those records and then as an impressionable kid seeing them hit the stage for the first time. Yowza.
my sister had gravest hits when it came out....I never got to see them live. he was from the area, I wonder if the funeral will be here...
