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Remembering The Cramps’ Lux Interior: Vintage Photos and Classic Songs

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] Related Stories: • The Cramps’ Frontman Lux Interior Dead at 62 • The Cramps Goo Goo Muck All Over New York City • Rolling Stone’s Top 25 Underappreciated Artists

Published: 2009-02-05 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News

Pearl Jam, Amy Winehouse, Ben Harper: Behind the Scenes at Lollapalooza With the Smoking Section

The Smoking Section has to give it up for Eddie Vedder, who swept through Chicago and made our Lollapalooza worth living. We arrived on Thursday, and instead of selling our Pearl Jam ticket to one of the desperate fans outside of the Vic Theater (one offer: $5,000 in cash), we caught a bizarrely original gig by the band — no big hits. The gig started with Eddie and his acoustic guitar and a dope song about the Chicago Cubs. “Someday we’ll go all the way!” he screamed, and so did the crowd. The next afternoon, about a half-hour before the start of the Mets v. Cubs game at Wrigley, Eddie threw about fifteen solid pitches in the Cubbies bullpen, before delivering a fastball strike for the game’s first pitch. Lollapalooza was insanely hot. In the middle of Grant Park, where Lolla went down for the third straight year, is the massive fountain in the opening credits of “Married… With Children” — but you can’t jump in. And there was a bit of a weird vibe along with the sweat. Though Black Keys drummer Patrick Carney told us that Lolla “is one of the few festivals where you can hop in a cab and be on your way to a neighborhood bar”, there was very little communal spirit. It was no Bonnaroo, where people are forced to suffer the trials and tribulations of living in the shit with one another for three days straight. Corporate sponsorship was everywhere, with scary old people dotting the air-conditioned tents (fetching up to $75,000 a piece) that perched about a hundred yards away from the two main stages (which are a twenty minute walk away from each other). Still, there was a lot to love. On Friday, while Pete and Ashlee Wentz (née Simpson) held hands in the backstage bar, we caught dope sets from Blonde Redhead, LCD Soundsystem and afrobeat heir Femi Kuti and his sick band, Positive Force. The Daft Punk set was killer, but more fans were drawn to Ben Harper & the Innocent Criminals show on the oth

Published: 2007-08-07 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News, Live Shows, Festivals, Lollapalooza, Smoking Section

Good Charlotte: The Six-Pack Q&A

Rolling Stone posed six questions to Good Charlotte twins Joel and Benji Madden. They recalled the times they smoked on airplanes and bummed cigarettes off 30 Rock stars, and praised Interpol for their honesty. What’s the most rock star thing you’ve ever done? Benji Madden: I smoked a cigarette on a plane one time in my seat, how about that? I got a little tattoo on my face, I’ll never be able to work another real job so I consider that to be kinda forcing myself to stick to music. Who’s the coolest person you ever met? Joel Madden: I think Billie Joe Armstrong is probably one of the coolest musicians I’ve ever met because he’s so down to earth for being in such a big band. Benji Madden: I bummed a cigarette off of Alec Baldwin, that was pretty cool. Joel Madden: I met Eric Clapton one time, he was really cool. What’s on your current playlist? Joel Madden: My favorite band right now is the Kooks. Benji Madden: Oh, that Silverchair album would have to be one of them. And I just got a Chimera record, It’s pretty dope, really good riffs. What was your favorite album when you were fourteen years old? Joel Madden: Probably Dookie, Green Day. Benji Madden: Nevermind by Nirvana. That was a big one for me. What’s the essence of Good Charlotte? Benji Madden: I think the soul of Good Charlotte is just feeling good. A lot of bands don’t really like each other. I read an Interpol interview the other day, it was a really good interview because it was showing a different aspect of a band. They don’t really like each other — they work together and they kinda exist together and that’s how they like it. They’re like, “we didn’t get into this band looking for friends.” The three of us actually started this band when we were in tenth grade and I think we still have that attitude. I think what defines our band is really that you know we’re just living our dream and making records that we love and having a good time. What happens when the band gets drun

Published: 2007-09-20 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News

SXSW 2008: Akron/Family Is Dope

Band on fire for short set at convention center.

Published: 2008-03-14 Provider: IGN

To Do: Nellie, Graffiti, Mekong

· Music round-up: Delta Spirit at the Echo; Nellie McKay at Largo; Patrick Park at Spaceland; The Pity Party at the Hammer Museum. · Graffiti artist (graffitist?) Joe Joe Webb shows off his "just old real fuckin shit this time" work at his Dope on a Rope show at Kingsbury. [via flavorpill] · The Egyptian Theatre screens the documentary Sleepwalking Through the Mekong, which follows L.A.'s own band Dengue Fever as they tour through Cambodia. Q & A to follow with the director and band members.

Published: 2007-07-12 Provider: Defamer Keywords: To Do

Cisco Adler Has A Gift

(Flynet) Cisco Adler is the "musician" with the pendulous balls (there's pictures) who used to go out with Mischa Barton. He's in some footage on the Intranets wherein he talks about his gift for seducing the ladies. He probably teabags them into unconsciousness with those grotesque, dangly balls of his and spirits them away in his weedmobile. Rich-kid rocker Cisco Adler - who's been linked to Paris Hilton, Mischa Barton and Kim berly Stewart - brags on a video: "I have some sort of gift with women . . . I tend to find myself dating famous women sometimes. I just write dope songs and [bleep] hot bitches." This piece of art is featured on Contagorerecords.com. The video is a promo, because someone gave this dolt a show. It's called "Rock Life" and it premieres on VH-1 on Aug. 6. Please keep in mind that his "band", Whitestarr, has never actually sold a record despite all those "dope" songs.

Published: 2007-07-19 Provider: A Socialite's Life

Paris Hilton Getting New Show, Dating Less Famous Twin

The spy hooker pictured above is Paris Hilton. The dope is Good Charlotte band member Benji Madden. The story? Allegedly they're dating. Intern Traci interviewed Paris in St. Louis and allegedly she was up in the VIP area with his less famous ass afterwards. Supposedly the two created sparks or joined bacterias as they were visiting Benji's brother Joel's baby with Nicole Richie. Paris and Benji have supposedly been dating for about three weeks. Nicole Richie is one of Paris' best friends, at least when the cameras are rolling or there's a check involved. They starred on a couple of seasons of "The Simple Life" together. And get this. Paris is getting her own reality show, in which she will search for "a new best friend". I can't think of a more fascinating premise. What is wrong this ho? The scoop: The show is going to be about her searching for a new best friend. Paris is tired of the haters and she's looking for someone new. She's looking for someone new and cool who she can trust." Oh, is Paris tired of "the haters"? Is her publicist a thirteen year old? Nicole Richie must be crushed that Paris is taking her search for a new best friend to the airwaves. Nicole probably requested she stay away from the baby and it sparked this mess. Photos: Splash More photos of Paris and Benji are after the jump.

Published: 2008-02-26 Provider: A Socialite's Life