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| caption = Lux Interior live, 18 October 2004
| birth_name = Erick Lee Purkhiser
| birth_name = Erick Lee Purkhiser
| alias = Lux Interior, Raven Beauty, Vip Vop
| alias = Lux Interior, Raven Beauty, Vip Vop
| birth_date = {{birth date|1946|10|21}}
| birth_date = {{birth date|1946|10|21}}
|birth_place =[[Akron, Ohio]], U.S.
| birth_place = [[Akron, Ohio]], U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and age|2009|02|04|1946|10|21}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|2009|02|04|1946|10|21}}
|death_place =[[Glendale, California]], U.S.
| death_place = [[Glendale, California]], U.S.
| origin = [[Sacramento, California]], U.S.
| genre = {{flatlist|
* [[Psychobilly]]
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* [[gothabilly]]
| genre = [[Garage punk]], [[Psychobilly]], [[Rock & Roll]], [[Punk Blues]], [[Horror Punk]]
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| occupation =
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| years_active = 1973–2009
| instrument = Vocals, harmonica, percussion
| years_active = 1972–2009
| label = Vengeance
| label = Vengeance
| associated_acts = [[The Cramps]]
| past_member_of = [[The Cramps]]
| website = [http://www.thecramps.com/ www.thecramps.com]
| website = [https://web.archive.org/web/20000301171419/http://www.thecramps.com/ www.thecramps.com]
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'''Erick Lee Purkhiser''' (October 21, 1946 – February 4, 2009), better known as '''Lux Interior''', was an American singer and a founding member of the [[garage punk]] band [[The Cramps]] from 1976 until his sudden death in February 2009 aged 62.
'''Erick Lee Purkhiser''' (October 21, 1946 – February 4, 2009), better known by the stage name '''Lux Interior''', was an American singer and a founding member of the American rock band [[the Cramps]] from 1976<ref name="sacto"/> until his death in 2009 at age 62.


==Early life==
Born in [[Akron, Ohio]], he grew up in its nearby suburb of [[Stow, Ohio|Stow]] and graduated from [[Stow-Munroe Falls High School|Stow High School]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Appreciation: Akron-born garage rocker Lux Interior was the king of trash-culture|url=http://blog.cleveland.com/entertainment/2009/02/appreciation_akronborn_garage.html|year=2009|work=Cleveland Entertainment and Pop Culture|publisher=Cleveland.com|accessdate=16 October 2009|quote=But the Stow High School grad came up with the idea for the band while watching late-night TV in Northeast Ohio.}}</ref> He met his wife [[Poison Ivy (musician)|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.<ref name="sacto">{{cite web |url=http://www.sacbee.com/static/weblogs/ticket/archives/019288.html |title=Sacramento Bee obit}}</ref><ref name="astral">http://blogs.laweekly.com/westcoastsound/news/lux-interiors-astral-ascension/</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" />
Born in [[Akron, Ohio]], he grew up in its nearby suburb of [[Stow, Ohio|Stow]] and graduated from [[Stow-Munroe Falls High School|Stow High School]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Appreciation: Akron-born garage rocker Lux Interior was the king of trash-culture |url=http://blog.cleveland.com/entertainment/2009/02/appreciation_akronborn_garage.html |first=John |last=Petkovic |date=February 5, 2009 |newspaper=[[The Plain Dealer]] |access-date=October 16, 2009 |quote=But the Stow High School grad came up with the idea for the band while watching late-night TV in Northeast Ohio. |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090913000230/http://blog.cleveland.com/entertainment/2009/02/appreciation_akronborn_garage.html |archive-date=September 13, 2009 }}</ref>


==Career==
Lux Interior's name came "from an old car commercial", having previously flirted with the names Vip Vop and Raven Beauty,<ref>The Wild Wild World of The Cramps: Ian Johnston, Omnibus Press 1990</ref> while his wife's name change was inspired by "a vision she received in a dream".<ref name="sacto" /> 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."
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 news |url=http://www.sacbee.com/enwiki/static/weblogs/ticket/archives/019288.html |title=Cramps singer Lux Interior dies at 60 |date=February 4, 2009 |first=Rachel |last=Leibrock |newspaper=[[The Sacramento Bee]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090208152157/http://sacbee.com/enwiki/static/weblogs/ticket/archives/019288.html |archive-date=February 8, 2009}}</ref><ref name="astral">{{cite news |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 |newspaper=[[LA Weekly]] |date=March 12, 2009 |access-date=April 2, 2015}}</ref> The couple founded the band after they moved from California to Ohio in 1973, and then to New York in 1975, where they soon became part of the flourishing punk scene.<ref name="sacto" />


==Style==
Interior was known for a frenetic and provocative stage show that included high heels, near-nudity and sexually suggestive movements.<ref>{{cite web|last=Male|first=Andrew|title=Lux Interior: October 21, 1946 - February 4, 2009|url=http://www.mojo4music.com/blog/2009/02/lux_interior_october_21_1946_f.html|work=Mojo}}</ref> The Cramps gave their last show in November 2006.<ref name="latimes-obit">By August Brown, [[LA Times]] February 4, 2009
Lux Interior's name came "from an old car commercial", after he previously flirted with the names Vip Vop and Raven Beauty,<ref>{{cite book |first=Ian |last=Johnston |title=The Wild Wild World of The Cramps |publisher=Omnibus Press |year=1990}}</ref> while his wife's name change was inspired by "a vision she received in a dream".<ref name="sacto" /> The couple called their musical style [[psychobilly]], a word that appears in the lyrics of [[Johnny Cash]]'s song, "[[One Piece at a Time]]", and [[gothabilly]].<ref name=Breen>{{cite news |last = Breen|first = Meagan|title = An Introspective into Gothabilly|publisher = Auxiliary Magazine|date = 2009-03-05|url = http://auxiliarymagazine.com/fashion/2009/03/an-introspective-into-gothabilly/|access-date = 2009-04-16}}</ref><ref name=Uutela>{{cite news|last = Uutela|first = Deanna|title = Case of the Zombies|place = [[Eugene, Oregon]]|newspaper = [[Eugene Weekly]]|date = 2007-10-04|url = http://www.eugeneweekly.com/2007/10/04/music4.html|access-date = 2009-04-16|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090430170259/http://www.eugeneweekly.com/2007/10/04/music4.html|archive-date = 2009-04-30|url-status = dead}}</ref> The band later said that they were just using the phrases as "carny terms to drum up business."
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http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-lux-interior5-2009feb05,0,462309.story Retrieved 20 October 2009.</ref> When asked why he continued to play live well into his middle age, he told the LA Times:
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:"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."<ref name="latimes-obit" />


Interior was known for a frenetic and provocative stage show that included high heels, near-nudity and sexually suggestive movements.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Male |first=Andrew |title=Lux Interior: October 21, 1946 - February 4, 2009 |url=http://www.mojo4music.com/blog/2009/02/lux_interior_october_21_1946_f.html |magazine=[[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110521155253/http://www.mojo4music.com/blog/2009/02/lux_interior_october_21_1946_f.html |archive-date=May 21, 2011 }}</ref> His speciality was the microphone [[Fellatio|blow job]], where he could get the entire head of an [[Shure SM58|SM-58]] microphone into his mouth.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://gorgonetta.tumblr.com/post/26906076774/b-w-photo-of-lux-interior-on-stage-fellating-a |title=Gorgonetta: B/w photo of Lux Interior on stage, fellating a microphone |website=Gorgonetta.tumblr.com |date=July 10, 2012 |access-date=April 2, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150703184227/http://gorgonetta.tumblr.com/post/26906076774/b-w-photo-of-lux-interior-on-stage-fellating-a |archive-date=July 3, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gearslutz.com/board/attachments/so-much-gear-so-little-time/5710d1109389678-sexy-microphone-pictures-microfono.jpg |title=Sexy Microphone Pictures |website=Gearslutz.com |year=2005 |access-date=April 2, 2015}}</ref> The Cramps gave their last show in November 2006.<ref name="latimes-obit">{{cite news |first=August |last=Brown |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |title=Lux Interior dies at 60; founder, front man of punk band the Cramps |date=February 4, 2009 |url=http://www.latimes.com/local/la-me-lux-interior5-2009feb05-story.html |access-date=October 20, 2009}}</ref>
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.<ref name="nytimes-obit">Lux Interior, 62, Singer in the Punk-Rock Era, Is Dead By BEN SISARIO, [[New York Times]] February 5, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/06/arts/music/06interior.html Retrieved 20 October 2009.</ref> SpongeBob voice [[Tom Kenny]] attended his memorial ceremony.<ref name="astral" />


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When asked why he continued to play live well into middle age, he told the ''[[LA Times]]''
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Interior was also a visual artist: in particular he was a [[Stereo camera|3D camera]] collector and enthusiast with which he created artworks and collages.<ref name="guardian-obit">Adam Sweeting, [[The Guardian]], Friday 6 February 2009 http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2009/dec/13/lux-interior-cramps-obituaries-2009 Retrieved 27 November 2011</ref>
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{{cquote|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.<ref name="latimes-obit" />}}


In 2002 Lux Interior voiced a character on the ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants]]'' episode "Party Pooper Pants" – the lead singer of an all-bird rock band called the Bird Brains, performing "Underwater Sun", written and composed by [[Stephen Hillenburg]] and Peter Strauss.<ref name="nytimes-obit">{{cite news |title=Lux Interior, 62, Singer in the Punk-Rock Era, Is Dead |first=Ben |last=Sisario |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=February 5, 2009 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/06/arts/music/06interior.html |access-date=October 20, 2009}}</ref><ref name="farout">{{cite news |title=The Cramps founder Lux Interior once appeared on 'SpongeBob SquarePants' |first=Atreyi |last=Banerji |date=February 4, 2021 |url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/the-cramps-lux-interior-spongebob-squarepants/ |access-date=March 18, 2023}}</ref> [[Tom Kenny]], who voices [[SpongeBob SquarePants (character)|SpongeBob]], attended his memorial ceremony in 2009.<ref name="astral" />
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Lux Interior died at 4:30 a.m. on February 4, 2009, in [[Glendale, California]]. The cause of death was [[aortic dissection]]. He is survived by his wife Ivy and two brothers, Michael Purkhiser<ref name="cleveland">{{cite web|url=http://www.cleveland.com/music/index_story.ssf?/music/more/local/timeline/1980/1980postpunk.html|title=cleveland.com: Music<!-- Bot generated title -->}}</ref> 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, Mike, also provided insight into his relationship with Lux in a newspaper article.<ref>http://www.ohio.com/the330entertainment/malcolm-x-abram-sibling-recalls-lux-interior-punk-icon-1.103323</ref>


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Interior was also a painter (mainly in his college years) and [[visual artist]]. In particular he was a [[Stereo camera|3D camera]] collector and enthusiast who used his collection to create artworks and collages.<ref name="guardian-obit">{{cite news |url= https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2009/dec/13/lux-interior-cramps-obituaries-2009 |title=Obituaries 2009: Lux Interior |first=James |last=Sclavunos |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |date=December 13, 2009 |access-date=April 2, 2015}}</ref>
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==References==


==Death==
some to be incorporated:<ref name="indpen-obit">http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/lux-interior-singer-with-the-cramps-1547620.html Retrieved 20 October 2009.</ref>
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Lux Interior died at 4:30&nbsp;a.m. on February 4, 2009, at Glendale Memorial Hospital in [[California]]. The cause of death was [[aortic dissection]]. He was survived by his wife Ivy and two brothers, Michael Purkhiser<ref name="cleveland">{{cite web |url=http://www.cleveland.com/music/index_story.ssf?/music/more/local/timeline/1980/1980postpunk.html |title=1980s: A New Scene Takes Hold - Post-Punk |website=Cleveland.com |year=2015 |access-date=April 2, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150702065213/http://www.cleveland.com/music/index_story.ssf?%2Fmusic%2Fmore%2Flocal%2Ftimeline%2F1980%2F1980postpunk.html |archive-date=July 2, 2015 }}</ref> and Ronald "Skip" Purkhiser, as well as a son from a previous marriage named Mischa Shane Graef. 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.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.ohio.com/entertainment/malcolm-x-abram-sibling-recalls-lux-interior-punk-icon-1.103323 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150701122236/http://www.ohio.com/entertainment/malcolm-x-abram-sibling-recalls-lux-interior-punk-icon-1.103323 |url-status= dead |archive-date= 2015-07-01 |title=Sibling recalls Lux Interior, punk icon |first=Malcolm X |last=Abram |website=Ohio.com |date=February 11, 2009 |access-date=July 19, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.trebuchet-magazine.com/lux-interior-in-memoriam/ |title=Lux Interior : In Memoriam |magazine=Trebuchet |year=2013 |access-date=April 2, 2015}}</ref>
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<ref name="times-obit">Lux Interior: maniacal front man of the Cramps, [[The Times]] February 6, 2009 http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article5671073.ece Retrieved 20 October 2009.</ref>
<ref name="quietus-obit">Lux Interior Obituary And Tribute, By John Robb, The QuietUs.com, February 6th, 2009 Retrieved 20 October 2009.</ref>


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==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
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*[http://www.thecramps.com/ Official Site of The Cramps]
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* {{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/lux-interior-singer-with-the-cramps-1547620.html |first=Pierre |last=Perrone |title=Lux Interior, singer with The Cramps |newspaper=[[The Independent]] |date=February 6, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090207181317/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/lux-interior-singer-with-the-cramps-1547620.html |archive-date=February 7, 2009}}
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* {{cite news |url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article5671073.ece |title=Lux Interior: maniacal front man of the Cramps |newspaper=[[The Times]] |date=February 6, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100523053258/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article5671073.ece |archive-date=May 23, 2010}}
* {{cite magazine |url=http://www.trebuchet-magazine.com/longliveluxinterior |first=Carl Byron |last=Batson |title=Lux Lives – Long Live Lux Interior |magazine=Trebuchet |date=October 21, 2013}}


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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.
DiedFebruary 4, 2009(2009-02-04) (aged 62)
Glendale, California, U.S.
Genres
Instrument(s)Vocals, harmonica, percussion
Years active1972–2009
LabelsVengeance
Formerly ofThe Cramps
Websitewww.thecramps.com

Erick Lee Purkhiser (October 21, 1946 – February 4, 2009), better known by the stage name Lux Interior, was an American singer and a founding member of the American rock band the Cramps from 1976[1] until his death in 2009 at age 62.

Early life

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Born in Akron, Ohio, he grew up in its nearby suburb of Stow and graduated from Stow High School.[2]

Career

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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.[1][3] The couple founded the band after they moved from California to Ohio in 1973, and then to New York in 1975, where they soon became part of the flourishing punk scene.[1]

Style

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Lux Interior's name came "from an old car commercial", after he 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".[1] The couple called their musical style psychobilly, a word that appears in the lyrics of Johnny Cash's song, "One Piece at a Time", and gothabilly.[5][6] The band later said that they were just using the phrases 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.[7] His speciality was the microphone blow job, where he could get the entire head of an SM-58 microphone into his mouth.[8][9] The Cramps gave their last show in November 2006.[10]

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.[10]

In 2002 Lux Interior voiced a character on the SpongeBob SquarePants episode "Party Pooper Pants" – the lead singer of an all-bird rock band called the Bird Brains, performing "Underwater Sun", written and composed by Stephen Hillenburg and Peter Strauss.[11][12] Tom Kenny, who voices SpongeBob, attended his memorial ceremony in 2009.[3]

Interior was also a painter (mainly in his college years) and visual artist. In particular he was a 3D camera collector and enthusiast who used his collection to create artworks and collages.[13]

Death

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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 was survived by his wife Ivy and two brothers, Michael Purkhiser[14] and Ronald "Skip" Purkhiser, as well as a son from a previous marriage named Mischa Shane Graef. 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.[15][16]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Leibrock, Rachel (February 4, 2009). "Cramps singer Lux Interior dies at 60". The Sacramento Bee. Archived from the original on February 8, 2009.
  2. ^ Petkovic, John (February 5, 2009). "Appreciation: Akron-born garage rocker Lux Interior was the king of trash-culture". The Plain Dealer. Archived from the original on September 13, 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.
  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. ^ Breen, Meagan (2009-03-05). "An Introspective into Gothabilly". Auxiliary Magazine. Retrieved 2009-04-16.
  6. ^ Uutela, Deanna (2007-10-04). "Case of the Zombies". Eugene Weekly. Eugene, Oregon. Archived from the original on 2009-04-30. Retrieved 2009-04-16.
  7. ^ Male, Andrew. "Lux Interior: October 21, 1946 - February 4, 2009". Mojo. Archived from the original on May 21, 2011.
  8. ^ "Gorgonetta: B/w photo of Lux Interior on stage, fellating a microphone". Gorgonetta.tumblr.com. July 10, 2012. Archived from the original on July 3, 2015. Retrieved April 2, 2015.
  9. ^ "Sexy Microphone Pictures". Gearslutz.com. 2005. Retrieved April 2, 2015.
  10. ^ 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.
  11. ^ Sisario, Ben (February 5, 2009). "Lux Interior, 62, Singer in the Punk-Rock Era, Is Dead". The New York Times. Retrieved October 20, 2009.
  12. ^ Banerji, Atreyi (February 4, 2021). "The Cramps founder Lux Interior once appeared on 'SpongeBob SquarePants'". Retrieved March 18, 2023.
  13. ^ Sclavunos, James (December 13, 2009). "Obituaries 2009: Lux Interior". The Guardian. Retrieved April 2, 2015.
  14. ^ "1980s: A New Scene Takes Hold - Post-Punk". Cleveland.com. 2015. Archived from the original on July 2, 2015. Retrieved April 2, 2015.
  15. ^ Abram, Malcolm X (February 11, 2009). "Sibling recalls Lux Interior, punk icon". Ohio.com. Archived from the original on 2015-07-01. Retrieved July 19, 2021.
  16. ^ "Lux Interior : In Memoriam". Trebuchet. 2013. Retrieved April 2, 2015.
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