Erick Lee Purkhiser (October 21, 1946 – February 4, 2009), better known as Lux Interior, was an American singer and a founding member of the punk band The Cramps from 1972 until his death in 2009 at age 62.
He met his wife Kristy Wallace, better known as Poison Ivy, a.k.a. Ivy Rorschach, in Sacramento in 1972, when he and a friend picked her up when she was hitchhiking. The couple founded the band after they moved from California to Ohio in 1973, and then to New York in 1975, where they soon became part of the flourishing punk scene.
Style
Lux Interior's name came "from an old car commercial", having previously flirted with the names Vip Vop and Raven Beauty, while his wife's name change was inspired by "a vision she received in a dream". The couple called their musical style psychobilly, originally claiming it to have been inspired by a Johnny Cash song, "One Piece at a Time", and later saying that they were just using the phrase as "carny terms to drum up business."
"Negative Creep" is a song by American rock band Nirvana from its 1989 debut album Bleach. The song was written by Kurt Cobain about himself, and how he claimed that he always saw himself as a negative person. It was named as one of the "Sub Popiest" grunge songs the band ever recorded.IGN called it "a text book example of Seattle's true grunge sound". The song has also been described as "creepy" which works quite well with the title. "Negative Creep" is the only song on Bleach (including the reissued tracks), that does not end abruptly. Instead it fades out with the vocals, giving it a 60s pop aesthetic.
The line "Daddy's little girl ain't a girl no more" shares similarities to the early Mudhoney single B-side "Sweet Young Thing Ain't Sweet No More", later re-released on Superfuzz Bigmuff Plus Early Singles. Nirvana does not credit the song and the line was under the speculation of plagiarism. Some reviewers instead see the songs as an ode, not a ripoff, such as "Smells Like Teen Spirit" being an ode to the Pixies' "Debaser".
The cramps interviewed on MTV UK edition of week in rock, broadcast March 1990, recorded by me from Amstrad Satellite receiver, connected to VHS video via ISXO Scart cable.
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published: 05 Jan 2018
THE CRAMPS TEAR IT UP
THE CRAMPS LIVE VIDEO
published: 29 Nov 2005
Lux Interior: inter-dimensional, pan-sexual, time-traveling rock & roll alien: The Purple Knif Show
Lux Interior: inter-dimensional, pan-sexual, time-traveling rock & roll alien. And radio host. As Halloween draws nigh we’re revving up for our annual airing of The Purple Knif Show, the one-off radio program hosted by Lux in 1984 deep in the bowels of Hollywood. As master of ceremonies, Lux runs through his personal archives spinning the weird ranging from rockabilly and garage to early punk, campy novelty and exotica. His bag of tricks was the best. So go ahead, “get out your magic decoder rings, boys and girls…” Trick or treat.
published: 26 Oct 2016
Spongebob Squarepants - Underwater Sun(Down Down Down)
Spongebob Squarepants - Underwater Sun from the Bird Brains
Featuring Lux Interior
published: 22 Nov 2009
The Cramps Meaning of Life 1990 Interview
Interview with The Cramps in 1990 in which Lux Interior (singer) discusses what it's all about. His wife, Poison Ivy (guitar player), is by his side.
published: 21 Feb 2012
Lux Interior
Provided to YouTube by K7 Records GmbH
Lux Interior · Whitesquare
Discreet Moment Thing Pt. 1
℗ 2021 Life And Death
Released on: 2021-05-14
Composer: Maurice Uzzan
Lyricist: Maurice Uzzan
Music Publisher: Black Rock / Sentric Music
Auto-generated by YouTube.
published: 13 May 2021
Lux Interior & Dee Dee Ramone - Bad Horoscope
Dee Dee Ramone I Am Seeing UFO's 7" Bad Horoscope (Lead Vocals - LUX INTERIOR)
The cramps interviewed on MTV UK edition of week in rock, broadcast March 1990, recorded by me from Amstrad Satellite receiver, connected to VHS video via ISXO ...
The cramps interviewed on MTV UK edition of week in rock, broadcast March 1990, recorded by me from Amstrad Satellite receiver, connected to VHS video via ISXO Scart cable.
#thecramps #cramps #rocknroll
The cramps interviewed on MTV UK edition of week in rock, broadcast March 1990, recorded by me from Amstrad Satellite receiver, connected to VHS video via ISXO Scart cable.
#thecramps #cramps #rocknroll
Lux Interior: inter-dimensional, pan-sexual, time-traveling rock & roll alien. And radio host. As Halloween draws nigh we’re revving up for our annual airing of...
Lux Interior: inter-dimensional, pan-sexual, time-traveling rock & roll alien. And radio host. As Halloween draws nigh we’re revving up for our annual airing of The Purple Knif Show, the one-off radio program hosted by Lux in 1984 deep in the bowels of Hollywood. As master of ceremonies, Lux runs through his personal archives spinning the weird ranging from rockabilly and garage to early punk, campy novelty and exotica. His bag of tricks was the best. So go ahead, “get out your magic decoder rings, boys and girls…” Trick or treat.
Lux Interior: inter-dimensional, pan-sexual, time-traveling rock & roll alien. And radio host. As Halloween draws nigh we’re revving up for our annual airing of The Purple Knif Show, the one-off radio program hosted by Lux in 1984 deep in the bowels of Hollywood. As master of ceremonies, Lux runs through his personal archives spinning the weird ranging from rockabilly and garage to early punk, campy novelty and exotica. His bag of tricks was the best. So go ahead, “get out your magic decoder rings, boys and girls…” Trick or treat.
Provided to YouTube by K7 Records GmbH
Lux Interior · Whitesquare
Discreet Moment Thing Pt. 1
℗ 2021 Life And Death
Released on: 2021-05-14
Composer: Mauri...
Provided to YouTube by K7 Records GmbH
Lux Interior · Whitesquare
Discreet Moment Thing Pt. 1
℗ 2021 Life And Death
Released on: 2021-05-14
Composer: Maurice Uzzan
Lyricist: Maurice Uzzan
Music Publisher: Black Rock / Sentric Music
Auto-generated by YouTube.
Provided to YouTube by K7 Records GmbH
Lux Interior · Whitesquare
Discreet Moment Thing Pt. 1
℗ 2021 Life And Death
Released on: 2021-05-14
Composer: Maurice Uzzan
Lyricist: Maurice Uzzan
Music Publisher: Black Rock / Sentric Music
Auto-generated by YouTube.
The cramps interviewed on MTV UK edition of week in rock, broadcast March 1990, recorded by me from Amstrad Satellite receiver, connected to VHS video via ISXO Scart cable.
#thecramps #cramps #rocknroll
Lux Interior: inter-dimensional, pan-sexual, time-traveling rock & roll alien. And radio host. As Halloween draws nigh we’re revving up for our annual airing of The Purple Knif Show, the one-off radio program hosted by Lux in 1984 deep in the bowels of Hollywood. As master of ceremonies, Lux runs through his personal archives spinning the weird ranging from rockabilly and garage to early punk, campy novelty and exotica. His bag of tricks was the best. So go ahead, “get out your magic decoder rings, boys and girls…” Trick or treat.
Provided to YouTube by K7 Records GmbH
Lux Interior · Whitesquare
Discreet Moment Thing Pt. 1
℗ 2021 Life And Death
Released on: 2021-05-14
Composer: Maurice Uzzan
Lyricist: Maurice Uzzan
Music Publisher: Black Rock / Sentric Music
Auto-generated by YouTube.
Erick Lee Purkhiser (October 21, 1946 – February 4, 2009), better known as Lux Interior, was an American singer and a founding member of the punk band The Cramps from 1972 until his death in 2009 at age 62.
He met his wife Kristy Wallace, better known as Poison Ivy, a.k.a. Ivy Rorschach, in Sacramento in 1972, when he and a friend picked her up when she was hitchhiking. The couple founded the band after they moved from California to Ohio in 1973, and then to New York in 1975, where they soon became part of the flourishing punk scene.
Style
Lux Interior's name came "from an old car commercial", having previously flirted with the names Vip Vop and Raven Beauty, while his wife's name change was inspired by "a vision she received in a dream". The couple called their musical style psychobilly, originally claiming it to have been inspired by a Johnny Cash song, "One Piece at a Time", and later saying that they were just using the phrase as "carny terms to drum up business."
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