Lux Interior spoke the truth. If you had a problem with two guitars, three chords, and a primal beat you were already dead.
The Cramps were the first and only of their kind. They created their own sick, haunted, nighttime world and we moved right in. They spoke directly to the brain stem and were unparalleled interpreters of unpopular song. They made good music for good people.
And above it all, it was a love story. Erick Perkhiser and Kristy Wallace fell in love and were married 37 years ago (I don’t have the rights to show this beautiful picture of them from 1990, but you really should see it). Lux Interior, Poison Ivy Rorschach, and The Cramps were born of this love.
We’ll miss you, Lux. Say hi to Jesus for us.
The Cramps – Garbageman from Songs The Lord Taught Us
I’m Not Letting You Go Yet
You owe it to Lux’s memory to wallow in this performance of “I Was A Teenage Werewolf” from URGH! A Music War
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will be sorely missed, great post honoring Lux!