Aloha from Hell - A Lux Interior Tribute
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Following the inglorious death of Lux Interior, founder of The Cramps, Sunset Mission pays tribute to their work and the music that influenced the band. Expect derranged psychobilly twang, greasy lyrics, trashy beats and buxom basslines. |
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| 15th April 2009 In Fear of Dub Part 2 listen | |
| 8th April 2009 In Fear of Dub Part 1 listen | |
| 25th March 2009 In the Night Time listen | |
| 16th March 2009 Real Love is a Long Stone Bed listen | |
| 2nd March 2009 Spoil Factors, Big Ships, Empty Worlds listen | |
| 23rd February 2009 Putting the 'guy' in Zeitgeist listen | |
| older Sunset Mission episodes | |
Sunset Mission // 1000-1100 09.02.09
aloha from hell - a tribute to lux interior
An hour-long tribute celebrating the insane life and music of Lux Interior, frontman of infamous psychobilly punks The Cramps. B-movie camp, comic book gore, trashy burlesque and leather-clad rock and roll were all trademarks of The Cramps' sound and image. They spawned a million imitators but Lux remained one of the most uniquely derranged performers in punk. A sex-crazed satanic Elvis, Lux was also a renowned afficianado on outer limits rock and roll, amassing a huge of volume of surf, rockabilly, garage punk and far-out country records. Many of these records' riffs were 'borrowed' for Cramps songs, and a lot them were given a second life through the 'Born Bad' and 'Songs the Cramps Taught Us' compilations.
Sadly, Lux sank into the great black leather lagoon in the sky in early February.
RIP Lux.
Posted at 11:47, 19th February 2009
playlist
| Bop Pills | |
| Macy Skipper | Born Bad |
| The Most Exalted Potentate of Love | |
| The Cramps | Enigma |
| The Way I Walk | |
| The Cramps | Illegal |
| Fat Back | |
| Link Wray | Cascade |
| Sunglasses After Dark | |
| The Cramps | Lux |
| Bikini Girls with Machine Guns | |
| The Cramps | Vengeance |
| Booze Party | |
| Three Aces and a Joker | Born Bad |
| Tiger Man | |
| Elvis Presley | RCA |
| Primitive | |
| The Cramps | I.R.S |
| Call of the Wighat | |
| The Cramps | Enigma |
| Human Fly | |
| The Cramps | Illegal |
| The Natives are Restless | |
| The Cramps | I.R.S |
| Five Years of Ahead of My Time | |
| The Cramps | Not On Label |
| For the Love of Ivy | |
| The Gun Club | Munster |
| The Crusher | |
| The Cramps | I.R.S |
| Psychotic Reaction | |
| The Count 5 | Elektra |
| Shortnin Bread | |
| The Cramps | Vengeance |
| Aloha From Hell | |
| The Cramps | Lux |