A moment of silence for Lux Interior of the Cramps

He died February 4, 2009. They were one of my all-time fav. bands and I was supposed to see them play in Rochester but something happened and the show was cancelled. What's your favorite Cramps song? Mine is Faster Pussycat, this week.


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

With his wife, guitarist "Poison" Ivy Rorschach, Interior formed the Cramps in 1976, pairing lyrics that expressed their love of B-movie camp with ferocious rockabilly and surf-inspired instrumentation.

The band became a staple of the late '70s Manhattan punk scene emerging from clubs such as Max's Kansas City and CBGB, and was one of the first acts to realize the potential of punk rock as theater and spectacle.