RIP Lux Interior

[caveman]

Not sure where to post this, but I'm shocked and sad. I loved the songs, style and sound from the moment I heard the Cramps when I was around fourteen. Glad I got to see them a few years back. Really didn't see this coming. There will never be another one like you, Lux.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jHbsI-tLfk

http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/cra ... 8315.story

 

[Walter Broes]

Fourteen huh? Me too, that's when I bought "Gravest Hits". I got that Cramps record that summer, ànd saw a Jason and the Scorchers show, and I was hooked, pompous as it may sound, changed my life forever.

Rest in Peace Lux, you'll be sorely missed.

 

[jp]

I also got the Cramps bug really early, and I'm a big fan. I still have all my vinyl too! I once read a fascinating article about their history. Supposedly Poison Ivy and Lux Interior have a notorious record collection of 78s. Many are recordings so racy, that many cannot even be played on radio stations today (well, at least American radio stations :? ). I read that a lot of these early recordings were the main inspiration to their music. I'm gonna have to grab a band biography now.

 

[caveman]

I once had a tape of a radio program that Lux made. There was some real weird and wonderfull stuff on it. I believe there was at least one cd brought out like that, and would love to find that or more from their collection. They certainly brought attention to some of the unknown masterworks of the late fifties, early sixties. The original 'Love me' is about as mad as it gets, the Cramps version was surprisingly similar. Only one of the aspects that made the Cramps so unique...

 

[Walter Broes]

That collection is not a story, it's real! There's a long interview with Lux and Ivy in a book called "incredibly strange music", it even has a few pics of their record room. Their knowledge of obscure music and other culture is nothing short of amazing.

A lot of rockabilly, obscure white label rock and roll, sixties punk, exotica, etc... was "rediscovered" by them, and it's funny how more than 70% of the Cramps' recordings are really covers or re-workings of older material - their "weekend on mars" is really the obscure (though KILLER!!) "Go Girl Go" by Jett Powers, and that's just the tip of the iceberg.

There's a bootleg CD series called "Born Bad", and another one called "songs the Cramps taught us" that's entirely made up of tracks the Cramps covered, mentioned, re-worked, etc... - great stuff!!

 

[jp]

That collection is not a story, it's real! There's a long interview with Lux and Ivy in a book called "incredibly strange music", it even has a few pics of their record room. Their knowledge of obscure music and other culture is nothing short of amazing.

A lot of rockabilly, obscure white label rock and roll, sixties punk, exotica, etc... was "rediscovered" by them, and it's funny how more than 70% of the Cramps' recordings are really covers or re-workings of older material - their "weekend on mars" is really the obscure (though KILLER!!) "Go Girl Go" by Jett Powers, and that's just the tip of the iceberg.

There's a bootleg CD series called "Born Bad", and another one called "songs the Cramps taught us" that's entirely made up of tracks the Cramps covered, mentioned, re-worked, etc... - great stuff!!

That's exactly it Walter. This publisher kind of spearheaded coverage of the late 80's and early 90s underground culture, especially the Modern Primitives edition, which documents the trend of piercing and tatooing.

Here's the book and publisher. Really fun reading caveman. The music one has great coverage about lounge music too. Great reading!

 

[Walter Broes]

Yep, that's it, very fun book indeed. Do you have the other volume too, and if so, is it worth getting?

 

[Default]

Many are recordings so racy, that many cannot even be played on radio stations today (well, at least American radio stations :? ). I read that a lot of these early recordings were the main inspiration to their music.

I have this one. You're not going to get on B101 with this for certain.

http://www.amazon.com/Copulatin-Blues-V ... B000KF344E

 

[jp]

Yep, that's it, very fun book indeed. Do you have the other volume too, and if so, is it worth getting?

I've read it as well, and it's also a hoot. It turned me onto Ken Nordine and Esquivel (music to martini by). Anything by this publisher is actually pretty interesting. I also have Angry Women, Pranks (very fun), and a few others.

I once had a tape of a radio program that Lux made. There was some real weird and wonderfull stuff on it. I believe there was at least one cd brought out like that, and would love to find that or more from their collection. They certainly brought attention to some of the unknown masterworks of the late fifties, early sixties. The original 'Love me' is about as mad as it gets, the Cramps version was surprisingly similar. Only one of the aspects that made the Cramps so unique...

I know there is a companion CD for the first volume, but I've never heard it. I don't know if it has any gems from the Cramps' collection.

Many are recordings so racy, that many cannot even be played on radio stations today (well, at least American radio stations :? ). I read that a lot of these early recordings were the main inspiration to their music.

I have this one. You're not going to get on B101 with this for certain.

http://www.amazon.com/Copulatin-Blues-V ... B000KF344E

I've seen that one before. That's the stuff of Lux and Poison Ivy's collection. I have one called The Dirty Song Book, which is mostly bawdy folk songs. Very fun! :lol: