Lux Interior 1948-2009

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One of the best, fun, crazy live bands. RIP Luxman.

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"It's a little bit like asking a junkie how he's been able to keep on dope all these years," Interior told The Times some years ago. "It's just so much fun. You pull in to one town and people scream, 'I love you, I love you, I love you.' And you go to a bar and have a great rock 'n' roll show and go to the next town and people scream, 'I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you.' It's hard to walk away from all that."

The band's influence can be clearly felt among lauded minimalist art-blues bands, including the Black Lips, the White Stripes, the Horrors and Primal Scream, whose front man, Bobby Gillespie, allegedly named his son Lux.

The Cramps' most recent album, a collection of rarities, "How to Make a Monster," was released in 2004, and the band continued to tour well into the later years of its career, wrapping up its most recent U.S. outing in November.

Interior was born in Stow, Ohio, on Oct. 21, 1948. A Times report in 2004 said that he and Rorschach (born Kristy Wallace) met in Sacramento, where they bonded "over their enrollment in an art and shamanism class and a shared affection for thrift-shop vinyl before hitting the road for New York City."

In 1987, there were widespread rumors of Interior's death from a heroin overdose, and half a dozen funeral wreaths were sent to Rorschach. "At first, I thought it was kind of funny," Interior told The Times. "But then it started to give me a creepy feeling."

"We sell a lot of records, but somehow just hearing that you've sold so many records doesn't hit you quite as much as when a lot of people call you up and are obviously really broken up because you've died."[YOUTUBE]TkJXPth4wFA[/YOUTUBE]
 

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This thread isn't being served justice without a clip from one of The Cramps most famous gigs.

The Cramps - Live at the Napa State Mental Hospital

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This thread isn't being served justice without a clip from one of The Cramps most famous gigs.

The Cramps - Live at the Napa State Mental Hospital

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How good is that footage. Another Target Video classic!

I will always remember a leather pantsed, bare chested Lux climb atop the PA stack at Thebarton Theatre with a smile.

RIP Mr Interior.
 

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This thread isn't being served justice without a clip from one of The Cramps most famous gigs.

The Cramps - Live at the Napa State Mental Hospital
Indeed Mario! I am feeling completely gutted by the news of Lux's passing.

My thoughts are with Poison - What was it - something like 40 odd rockin' years together?! :eek:

16 June 1995, Palace Theatre, Melbourne - BEST night of my life...and tonight, memories of that gig become much more profound.

Time to flip sides on "Off The Bone" again...
 
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Sad news indeed, though he had quite a life I'm sure. I saw them many times over the years, here and overseas, and they were always good live. I've never seen anyone sweat so much on stage before or since, it just poured out of his stilettos when he got down on his knees, though wearing rubber will do that.

I never got into any other rockabilly bands at all, and usually 50's music makes me cringe, but The Cramps were something special. RIP
 

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RIP Lux

The Cramps - Bad Music For Bad People:thumbsu:

Can't say I'm the biggest fan overall, but this is a great album. Like the above poster mentioned, they are one of the only rockabilly/psychobilly bands I can listen to. Incredibly influential as well and it's fair to say my favourite band wouldn't exist without them.

Sad to hear.
 

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Cramps that feel good
CHERRY Bar in AC/DC Lane will pay tribute to late Cramps frontman Lux Interior tonight with Intoxica and Sons of Lee Marvin playing Cramps classics and Adalita DJing.

"The Cramps were about the ultimate wild rock'n'roll act," said Meredith Music Festival's Matt High, who tried unsuccessfully for many years to get the Cramps to play Meredith.

"There were, and are, other bands in that realm, but the Cramps were the kings and queens of the scene," says High. "They completely reset my understanding of what a live band could be. I wish we'd tried even harder now (to get them for Meredith) but they just weren't up for touring internationally in recent years.

"You'd give anything to see them one more time.

"I loved Lux because in a lot of ways he mirrored the outsiders. I felt like I was outside of the mainstream and of the status quo when I was growing up, but the Cramps music made me feel good and like I belonged to something.

"Lux was kooky, the black sheep, he was wild and full of abandon and just did what he wanted to do."
 

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Great interviews surfacing, with Lux among other things, signing a fans stockings.

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