CRAMPS STAR LUX INTERIOR DEAD AT 52

Last updated: Thursday, February 5, 2009

CRAMPS STAR LUX INTERIOR DEAD AT 52

The CRAMPS frontman LUX INTERIOR has died at the age of 52.

The Can Your Pussy Do The Dog singer passed away on Wednesday (04Feb09) at a hospital in Glendale, California.

Details of his death were not clear as WENN went to press, but the goth-rock icon had a longstanding heart condition.

Lux Interior, real name Erick Purkhiser, formed The Cramps with his wife Poison Ivy in 1976. The group became a cult New York punk act and were regulars at city music meccas CBGB's and Max's Kansas City, before they were signed to a record deal by music mogul Miles Copeland.

Interior and his act hit the headlines In June 1978 when they performed a free concert for patients at the California State Mental Hospital in Napa - the show was later released as a live album, Live at Napa State Mental Hospital.

The Cramps went on to release 14 albums, including Smell of Female, A Date With Elvis, Bad Music For Bad People and Stay Sick.

The band's line-up changed several times - but always featured Lux and his wife.

They appeared on a Beverly Hills, 90210 Halloween episode in 1995, and one of their shattered drum kits is on display at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio.

Source: WENN

| Thursday, February 5, 2009

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