February 5, 2009 5:06 AM CST
OHHH! Come on! What times are these?!? First the Bo and now Lux... that's terrible news! We where just alking about the CRAMPS lately and how big they are to us in our little cave. How great they are, their style, the music, the humor... man this is all hard to get. ...Thinking of Ivy. "Come on little momma let's tear this damn place up!"
February 5, 2009 4:57 AM CST
i loved the cramps, saw them play three times they were the greatest.
i bought a guitar because of the cramps,and learned how to play like that, never bothered to learn anything else, no need really.
February 5, 2009 4:19 AM CST
Gah! This is shit. He was one cool ghoul.
February 5, 2009 1:53 AM CST
Will be sadly missed. The shows I saw in Melbourne in the late 80s I will forever remember!
February 5, 2009 1:52 AM CST
R.I.P! Sad.
February 4, 2009 11:13 PM CST
so sad!Goo Goo Muck is one of the coolest songs ever!
February 4, 2009 11:12 PM CST
I would hazard to say that The Cramps were Garage Punk ground zero, and Lux will be missed.
February 4, 2009 9:39 PM CST
Just got home and read the MTV article after a friend of mine called me to tell me about it. Sad day for Garage rock, his wild antics will live on in infamy.
February 4, 2009 9:27 PM CST
Great article posted on MTV.com: http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1604336/20090204/index.jhtml
February 4, 2009 8:38 PM CST
Sad day indeed.
February 4, 2009 8:36 PM CST
What more can be said. Dammit. Thanks for everything you gave us, Lux!!!
My heart goes out to Ivy....so many years together.
February 4, 2009 8:35 PM CST
"Biggest loss since Link Wray and Bo Diddley, IMHO."
Goddamn right. The Cramps' influence cannot be overstated.
February 4, 2009 8:35 PM CST
kopper said:
Biggest loss since Link Wray and Bo Diddley, IMHO.Agreed 110%!!
February 4, 2009 8:28 PM CST
Listen to Lux host the Purple Knif Show on the GaragePunk.com Podcast: http://www.garagepunk.com/2005/08/25/the-purple-knif-show/ Watch the Cramps Live at Napa State Mental Hospital video right here on the Hideout: http://garagepunk.ning.com/video/the-cramps-live-at-napa-state Biggest loss since Link Wray and Bo Diddley, IMHO.
February 4, 2009 7:03 PM CST
Alternative Press is reporting. I've heard that Billboard is also reporting.
One of my top all-timers...
R.I.P. Lux
February 4, 2009 6:17 PM CST
I'm sorry guys... here's confirmation. from a press release received by PJ at Dirty Water...
Aleix Martinez, the Cramps' publicist, tells me it's true. "Lux passed away this morning due to an existing heart condition at Glendale Memorial Hospital in Glendale, California at 4:30 AM PST today. The family requests that you respect their privacy during this difficult time. "
all I can say is fuck.
February 4, 2009 6:13 PM CST
nooooooooooooo! This really hurts...my stomach just dropped about 12 flights. The Cramps were such a big influence on my music and a great doorway to the whole garage scene. I guess I feel pretty dam lucky to see them a couple a years ago. Fuck! Ron Asheton now Lux. Rest in Peace.
February 4, 2009 5:43 PM CST
Has this been confirmed?
If its true its indeed very sad news!
February 4, 2009 5:12 PM CST
"Poor Poison Ivy...fuckin' sad."
That's just what I was thinking. They had the right kind of love.
February 4, 2009 5:12 PM CST
Now I'll wait for confirmation...
February 4, 2009 5:08 PM CST
Holy fuck...
It goes without sayin' that the Cramps are one o' the most trashy bands (and one o' my top favs of all time!) and without them turnin' me on this sleaze...well, shit I don't wanna think about that...fuckin' sad.
Does anyone have any other sources other than the Daily Swarm (which ain't the most journalistic)
Glad I got to see 'em live a few years back...sad I only got to see 'em once...
Poor Poison Ivy...fuckin' sad.
February 4, 2009 5:02 PM CST
This SUCKS with a capital S!!
February 4, 2009 4:58 PM CST
Horrible, horrible news.
Their music, along with the interview w/ Lux and Poison Ivy in Incredibly Strange Music, Vol. 1had a profound effect on my life.
Lux dies, but Bono lives. There is no god, and if there is, he has pathetic taste in music.
"I dig that goddamn rock n roll!"
February 4, 2009 4:53 PM CST
I was close to the band around 1985-88. Candy Del Mar was a pal of mine when I was a teenager so I met the band a couple of times. There was a time when they were my absolute favorite band! This is sad news indeed. Trying to get some info but it is difficult at the moment. Keep us posted.
Stay sick
Turn blue...
February 4, 2009 4:36 PM CST
OMG! WHAT? Is that true?