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Feb 6, 2009, 2:21:20 AM2/6/09
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Cramps founder, singer Lux Interior dies
The Associated Press
10:26 AM EST February 5, 2009
A publicist for the pioneering horror-punk band the Cramps says
co-founder and lead singer Lux Interior has died. He was 60.
Publicist Aleix Martinez says Interior, whose real name was Erick Lee
Purkhiser, died Wednesday of a pre-existing heart condition at a
Glendale, Calif., hospital.
Interior met his future wife Kristy Wallace - who would later take the
stage name Poison Ivy - in Sacramento in 1972.
They moved to New York and started the Cramps, with Interior on lead
vocals and Ivy on guitar. The group was part of the late '70s early punk
scene centered at Manhattan clubs like CBGB alongside acts such as the
Ramones and Patti Smith.
Their unmistakable sound was a lo-fi synthesis of rockabilly and surf
guitar staged with a deviant dose of midnight-movie camp. Some called it
"psychobilly."
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The Associated Press
10:26 AM EST February 5, 2009
A publicist for the pioneering horror-punk band the Cramps says
co-founder and lead singer Lux Interior has died. He was 60.
Publicist Aleix Martinez says Interior, whose real name was Erick Lee
Purkhiser, died Wednesday of a pre-existing heart condition at a
Glendale, Calif., hospital.
Interior met his future wife Kristy Wallace - who would later take the
stage name Poison Ivy - in Sacramento in 1972.
They moved to New York and started the Cramps, with Interior on lead
vocals and Ivy on guitar. The group was part of the late '70s early punk
scene centered at Manhattan clubs like CBGB alongside acts such as the
Ramones and Patti Smith.
Their unmistakable sound was a lo-fi synthesis of rockabilly and surf
guitar staged with a deviant dose of midnight-movie camp. Some called it
"psychobilly."
© 2009 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may
not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
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