Yesterday, Lux Interior, frontman for the Cramps, died at the age of 62 from a heart condition. I’ve only recently started listening to the Cramps, so I can’t wax poetic about how their music changed my life and Interior’s death is an icy stab to the heart. However, I know enough to emphasize the importance of the Cramps’ music. Blending rockabilly with punk and a fascination with b-movie horror and schlock, the Cramps were instrumental in creating the genre known as “psychobilly”. It sounds something like this.
It’s always tragic when musicians die, especially pioneering and influential ones like Lux Interior. May he rest in peace.
It’s always tragic when musicians die, especially pioneering and influential ones like Lux Interior. May he rest in peace.
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