Photo: Corio/Michael Ochs Archive
News of the death of punk-rock icon Lux Interior spread today, as fans paused to remember the wild frontman of psychobilly pioneers the Cramps. Interior (born Erick Lee Purkhiser) was an onstage force, strutting and provoking as his band’s horror-surf guitars reverberated behind him, and his groovy bark influenced legions of punks to come.
So what better way to celebrate the life of a legend lost too soon than with a playlist of the Cramps’ classic tracks? Click below to start listening to everything from “What’s Inside a Girl” to “The Creature From the Black Leather Lagoon.” And browse a collection of vintage photos of the band from their start in the 1970s to 2006, when the band continued to bust out old songs and newer material from 2003’s Fiends of Dope Island live:
• The Cramps: Lux Interior and Punk’s Wild Warriors, 1979-2006
“Human Fly” [Listen]
“Garbageman” [Listen]
“TV Set” [Listen]
“Rock on the Moon” [Listen]
“I Was a Teenage Werewolf” [Listen]
“The Mad Daddy” [Listen]
“Surfin’ Bird” [Listen]
“Goo Goo Muck” [Listen]
“Drug Train” [Listen]
“The Crusher” [Listen]
“Can Your Pussy Do the Dog?” [Listen]
“What’s Inside a Girl?” [Listen]
“The Creature From the Black Leather Lagoon” [Listen]
“Natives are Restless” [Listen]
“Can’t Find My Mind” [Listen]
“New Kind of Kick” [Listen]
“She Said” [Listen]
“Big Black Witchcraft Rock” [Listen]
[Listen to the Cramps playlist]
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