Lux Interior is no more....

[mcctatas]

LOS ANGELES — Lux Interior, co-founder and lead singer of the pioneering horror-punk band the Cramps, has died, the group's publicist said. He was 62.

Interior _ whose real name was Erick Lee Purkhiser _ died Wednesday of a pre-existing heart condition at a hospital in Glendale, publicist Aleix Martinez said in a statement.

Interior met his future wife Kristy Wallace _ who would later take the stage name Poison Ivy _ in Sacramento in 1972.

The pair moved to New York and started the Cramps with Interior on lead vocals and Ivy on guitar. The group was a part of the late '70s early punk scene centered at Manhattan clubs alongside acts like the Ramones and Patti Smith.





http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20090206/obit-lux-interior/

[bluesbassman]

1. RIP Lux.

Love his music or hate it, he was a musical pioneer to be sure.

[mcctatas]

2. The Cramps-Can Your Pussy Do The Dog?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdNesjXEL0s

[Tom Kitten]

3. Oh no!

I loved the Cramps...bought their first record when it came out-saw them live about 8 times, always great party times...

RIP, Lux...

[Barrett808]

4. "When I die, don't you bury me at all..."

...just hang my bones up on the wall."