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==Career==
==Career==
He met his wife [[Poison Ivy (musician)|Kristy Wallace]], better known as Poison Ivy, a.k.a. Ivy Rorschach, in [[Sacramento, California|Sacramento]] in 1972, when he and a friend picked her up when she was hitchhiking.<ref name="sacto">{{cite web |url=http://www.sacbee.com/static/weblogs/ticket/archives/019288.html |title=Sacramento Bee obit}} {{dead link|date=April 2015}}</ref><ref name="astral">{{cite web |url= http://www.laweekly.com/music/lux-interiors-astral-ascension-jonny-whitesides-report-from-the-ceremony-2411543 |title=Lux Interior's Astral Ascension |first=Jonny |last=Whiteside |work=[[LA Weekly]] |date=March 12, 2009 |accessdate=April 2, 2015}}</ref> The couple founded the band and moved from California to Ohio in 1973 and then to New York in 1975 where they became part of the flourishing punk scene.<ref name="sacto" />
He met his wife [[Poison Ivy (musician)|Kristy Wallace]], better known as Poison Ivy, a.k.a. Ivy Rorschach, in [[Sacramento, California|Sacramento]] in 1972, when he and a friend picked her up when she was hitchhiking.<ref name="sacto">{{cite web|url=http://www.sacbee.com/static/weblogs/ticket/archives/019288.html |title=Sacramento Bee obit |= }}</ref><ref name="astral">{{cite web |url= http://www.laweekly.com/music/lux-interiors-astral-ascension-jonny-whitesides-report-from-the-ceremony-2411543 |title=Lux Interior's Astral Ascension |first=Jonny |last=Whiteside |work=[[LA Weekly]] |date=March 12, 2009 |accessdate=April 2, 2015}}</ref> The couple founded the band and moved from California to Ohio in 1973 and then to New York in 1975 where they became part of the flourishing punk scene.<ref name="sacto" />


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Lux Interior
Lux Interior live, 18 October 2004
Lux Interior live, 18 October 2004
Background information
Birth nameErick Lee Purkhiser
Also known asLux Interior, Raven Beauty, Vip Vop
Born(1946-10-21)October 21, 1946
Akron, Ohio, U.S.
OriginSacramento, California, U.S.
DiedFebruary 4, 2009(2009-02-04) (aged 62)
Glendale, California, U.S.
GenresPunk rock, rock n' roll
Years active1973–2009
LabelsVengeance
Websitewww.thecramps.com

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 1976 until his death in 2009 at age 62.

Early life

Born in Akron, Ohio, he grew up in its nearby suburb of Stow and graduated from Stow High School.[1]

Career

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.[2][3] The couple founded the band and moved from California to Ohio in 1973 and then to New York in 1975 where they became part of the flourishing punk scene.[2]

Style

Lux Interior's name came "from an old car commercial", having previously flirted with the names Vip Vop and Raven Beauty,[4] while his wife's name change was inspired by "a vision she received in a dream".[2] 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."

Interior was known for a frenetic and provocative stage show that included high heels, near-nudity and sexually suggestive movements.[5] His speciality was the microphone blow job, where he could get the entire head of an SM-58 microphone into his mouth.[6][7] The Cramps gave their last show in November 2006.[8]

When asked why he continued to play live well into middle age, he told the LA Times

It's a little bit like asking a junkie how he's been able to keep on dope all these years, It's just so much fun. You pull into one town and people scream, 'I love you, I love you, I love you.' And you go to a bar and have a great rock 'n' roll show and go to the next town and people scream, 'I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you.' It's hard to walk away from all that.[8]

In 2002 Lux Interior performed the voice of a character on SpongeBob SquarePants - the lead singer of an all-bird rock band called the Bird Brains.[9] SpongeBob voice Tom Kenny attended his memorial ceremony.[3]

Interior was also a visual artist. In particular he was a 3D camera collector and enthusiast with which he created artworks and collages.[10]

Death

Lux Interior died at 4:30 a.m. on February 4, 2009, at Glendale Memorial Hospital in California. The cause of death was aortic dissection. He is survived by his wife Ivy and two brothers, Michael Purkhiser[11] and Ronald "Skip" Purkhiser. The memorial service for Lux was held on February 21 at the Windmill Chapel of the Self-Realization Fellowship Lake Shrine. Lux's brother Michael also provided insight into his relationship with Lux in a newspaper article.[12][13]

References

  1. ^ "Appreciation: Akron-born garage rocker Lux Interior was the king of trash-culture". Cleveland Entertainment and Pop Culture. Cleveland.com. 2009. Retrieved October 16, 2009. But the Stow High School grad came up with the idea for the band while watching late-night TV in Northeast Ohio.
  2. ^ a b c "Sacramento Bee obit". Archived from the original on February 8, 2009. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  3. ^ a b Whiteside, Jonny (March 12, 2009). "Lux Interior's Astral Ascension". LA Weekly. Retrieved April 2, 2015.
  4. ^ Johnston, Ian (1990). The Wild Wild World of The Cramps. Omnibus Press.
  5. ^ Male, Andrew. "Lux Interior: October 21, 1946 - February 4, 2009". Mojo.
  6. ^ "Gorgonetta: B/w photo of Lux Interior on stage, fellating a microphone". Gorgonetta.tumblr.com. July 10, 2012. Retrieved April 2, 2015.
  7. ^ "Sexy Microphone Pictures". gearslutz.com. 2005. Retrieved April 2, 2015.
  8. ^ a b Brown, August (February 4, 2009). "Lux Interior dies at 60; founder, front man of punk band the Cramps". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved October 20, 2009.
  9. ^ Sisario, Ben (February 5, 2009). "Lux Interior, 62, Singer in the Punk-Rock Era, Is Dead". New York Times. Retrieved October 20, 2009.
  10. ^ Sclavunos, James (December 13, 2009). "Obituaries 2009: Lux Interior". The Guardian. Retrieved April 2, 2015.
  11. ^ "1980s: A New Scene Takes Hold - Post-Punk". cleveland.com. 2015. Retrieved April 2, 2015.
  12. ^ Abram, Malcolm X (February 11, 2009). "Sibling recalls Lux Interior, punk icon". ohio.com. Retrieved April 2, 2015.
  13. ^ "Lux Interior : In Memoriam". Trebuchet magazine. 2013. Retrieved April 2, 2015.
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