The Cramps

Lux Interior Dies at 62

The flamboyant lead singer of the Cramps passed away February 4, 2009 due to an existing heart condition.

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Oct 17 2009 8:00AM by Kenneth Partridge

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Spinner: Performing Friday night at Brooklyn's Music Hall of Williamsburg, their final U.S. tour stop of 2009, the Horrors embodied the sullenness and restless agitation inherent in their music. Wearing tight black clothes and long faces, they jerked across ... Read more

 
Feb 04 2009 17:30PM by Benjy Eisen

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Spinner: After spending more than 30 years freaking out the squares, Lux Interior, the flamboyant lead singer of the Cramps, passed away on Wednesday morning due to an existing heart condition. He was 62. Interior, born Erick Purkhiser outside Akron, Ohio, ... Read more

 
Feb 15 2008 12:00PM by Spinner Staff

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Spinner: The Cramps These psychobilly stalwarts announced their affinity with the lurid comic books of the 1950s when frontman Lux Interior cribbed the band's logo from EC Comics' gorefest 'Tales From the Crypt.' Previous Next Listen to the Cramps on ... Read more

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