With her band The Cramps’ influence spanning over three decades, she led the alt-scene in New York at CBGB’s, the hallowed hall of punk which opened in 1973 by Hilly Kristal in Manhattan’s East Village. “ What’s Behind the Mask” is a familiar title-I remember Lux introducing it at the Hartford show as, “Here’s one for Halloween!” But the best is “ Garbageman” with its simple, sinister riff, its nasty garbage truck and flushing toilet sounds, and of course Mr. Born Kirsty Marlana Wallace and also known as Poison Ivy Rorschach, she was armed with a guitar and a strong desire for change.
We have an action packed romp for your entertainment, a Killer Punch that Involves The Cramps, celluloid, Napa and beautiful girls driving fast sports cars and breakIng jocular Tory-type he-men men’s spines.
Poison Ivy Rorschach keeps all the songs going with her oozing-in-reverb rock ’n’ blues grooves, while Nick Knox clicks and thumps away on the drums, and singer Lux Interior (a take on “luxury interior” as in a pricey car) howls on about teenage werewolves, dancing zombies, and wearing “ Sunglasses After Dark.” That particular number is one long drone of guitar fuzz/buzz over a big psychobilly beat, with a nice piercing lead by Ivy, and Lux’s over-the-top bellowing. Come and join us as we celebrate Poison Ivy’s birthday in The Voodoo Cinema Lounge in Moston. That guitarist is Bryan Gregory, the guy with the curious features and hairdo-and he’s letting rip some of the noisiest, craziest sounds ever. Set,” is classic, creepy Cramps with two lead guitar breaks that sound like…just that…like the guitarist is trying to break the instrument (or at least the strings). The Cramps Songs The Lord Taught Us Label : Drastic Plastic Records DPRLP70, I.R.S. Songs the Lord Taught Us! An actual Cramps album! Come home, welcome to my turntable. Conjuring a fiendish witches brew of primal rockabilly, grease-stained 60s garage rock, vintage monster movies, perverse and glistening sex, and the detritus and effluvia of 50 years of American pop culture, The Cramps are a truly American creation much in the manner of the Cadillac, the White Castle hamburger, the Fender Stratocaster, and Jayne Mansfield.