RIP Lux Interior

[zippyjuan]

Who? He was the leader of the 80's punk- rockabilly style band The Cramps. They did the Rockabily thing before Brian Setzer did. He was certainly not boring. Who else would go and play a show at a mental hospital?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2i-g8ZycNU&feature=related
Yeah, he was a little crazy too. But his shows were a wild time.
His girlfriend Poison Ivy played guitar in the band which was also something different.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7RVymaTMkc&feature=related
He is an aquired taste. I thought he was pretty odd the first time I saw him in a video but the music is quite good.

[zenbooty]

The Cramps rock, man. Once you get past the androgenous looks and all the camp, its all hard dance-your-ass-off punk-rockabilly with Lux channeling the spirit of Screamin' Jay Hawkins, both in his singing and his songwriting. He will be missed my many. He should be missed by all.

(I've got the whole recording of that gig they played at Napa State Mental Hospital on DVD, btw. It may be the greatest show ever filmed in the history of mankind)


Some of my own Favorites:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXuk5QElptA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SV2jxch2czg&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BAWW4l8oaM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngSsn8swlng