What all middle class americans around that time aspired to do filling thier suburban homes with funky libraries of records or cds, coffee table books, antiques, eclectica from the mall... That times over, most people cant afford the space anyway, nows the time to just binge watch on your phone instead... and escape into "your own world" of curated digital junk.. (nostalgic 20th century media on youtube, instagram or whatever you like) Ha sometimes I feel compelled to comment on youtube like maybe someone will read this and think seriously about consumerism... time to log off..
Billy Zoom from X says that they were totally normal straight people and the stage persona was all an act. He said they were nice people and he used to repair Ivy’s amps at his house
They had a massive vinyl collection. They started collecting together for years before they even formed the band. They were scholars who absorbed so much.
I have so much respect and love for them. I still have Lux's harmonica from his last show at the Showbox in Seattle. I keep it in a doctor's biohazard plastic bag. 💋💋💋
I remember in a video that Lux was “playing” the harmonica, really just sucking and blowing it, and Ivy was laughing about it... Rare to see he break character on stage.
Same! I often think about her and wonder how she is doing. I hope she is behind all those live recordings that keep appearing and that she is making money out of them!
I remember playing a Cramps record one time, I think it was She Said. My dad (he was about 60 then) came into the room and just started laughing. He would have been around 30 when Elvis hit, so Rock and Roll wasn't really his thing, but he recognized a goofy good time when he heard one. One of my favorite memories of him. That, and his jaw about hitting the ground when I was playing the Knitters' first album.
The Cramps ruled. I was lucky to see them early in their musical careers when they had Bryan Gregory in the band. I saw them when I first started going to CBGB’s around 78 also saw them play at the MUD club around that time and when they opened up for the Clash when they first came to NYC and those shows were stuff of legend. I always made a point of seeing them when they played. Love you always Lux and Ivy ❤
I got to see them twice in the early 80s with Bryan Gregory at The Channel in Boston - holy. fucking. shit!!! Caught them again at the Palladium in Hollywood, the police shut the show down cause Lux went full naked and had the crowd in an absolute frenzy. THE BEST EVER, NO QUESTION!
It wasn't until i was in my 30s that i came across The Cramps, but I've loved them since the first day i saw them. It was a clip of them playing on The Tube (UK TV Programme) and that sound they put out along with the energy embodied the true spirit of Rock n Roll. So real and unpolished. That garage sound mixed with the punk attitude and killer rockabilly/ surf rock guitar thrown into the mix really worked. They killed it and always did it their own way.
Hey mike, that was the moment I fell in love with them too. If you look through my other videos you'll find a high quality recording of that Tube appearance...... with some extra footage at the end you might not have seen.
One of the greatest bands I ever saw live. I remember at a gig in Hammersmith, London in the 80s, when Lux climbed up onto the stack of speakers and started tearing the ceiling down.
I was very interested to see this pop up in my feed. I never met Erick but in the late 1990s and early 2000s I had many dealings with him on an internet auction site, in a collecting area unrelated to music. We’d email back and forth about casual things and he always came across as a regular, personable Midwest guy. For example he knew I was in Wisconsin so he’d often bring up the Packers and Bret Favre, that kind of thing. An interesting thing he once said to me was that if he had not gone into music he would have become a museum curator. Quite a contrast from ending up as frontman for the Cramps!
I always loved The Cramps and, like most here, miss them a lot. This was the first time I heard or seen Ivy as 'herself' and she seems surprisingly nice here which I was glad to see. I guess her stage persona (or whatever ya wanna call it) gave me the impression she was always, uh, kinda unfriendly. I'm happy to have been wrong bout that.
Yeah, I used to think they were both pretty terrifying. 😆 I was lucky enough to meet them once (briefly) and they were the nicest sweetest people you could ever imagine, really friendly, funny and in good spirits. I think they were very different people on stage because they just let go of their inhibitions up there. Lux could go completely out of control and Ivy was almost the opposite, maybe it was the one place where she did feel powerful and in control and was 'allowed' to be like that. I dunno it's interesting but they were 100% for real up there, they just let that other side of their personality out is how it felt to me anyway.
I got a 9 hour overnight bus from Scotland to London and slept on a park bench to see The Cramps. Then went back home at 6am the next day. What other band would you do that for? That's how good they were.
I love rockabilly, but the psychobilly scene opened up a bit more. I bought 'Off The Bone' 3D cover when it came here as a 16-year-old. The Cramps opened the door for me to explore more music Bo Diddly, Blues, Surf & beyond & not to be so rigid in my musical mindset.
This is one of the closests couples that I have seen that sort of resembled real life Gomez and Morticia! And I'm not only saying that because the Wednesday show used a song by The Cramps, as I have liked The Cramps long before that show ever existed and I've never even watched the show. When I say that Lux and Ivy were like Gomez and Morticia I mean that just like the fictional couple... they always seemed to support each other and they were both being their weird selves and they seemed to love each other for being themselves! They just seemed like such a weird but wholesome couple! I hope I am right in my statement. Only Ivy knows for sure now. May you forever Rest In Weirdness, Lux!
It probably will not happen, but I hope she writes an honest book that may shed some light into their lives. Not for an expose, but because they were so interesting in a sorry conformist society.
We all need love and encouragement. I have their smello yellow vinyl. …I hold it close, and played it in appropriate scenes. (..like Wastelands Australia)
If I'm correct, this is the record store that was across the street from where Muchmusic once was at the corner of Queen and John, but on the north west cornee and 1 store back. Wonder if its still there. And why that one? If they wanted 45s then they should have went to a better store in the area.
Who needs Sid & Nancy when there's Ivy & Lux. They imbue a genuine affection for each other. Someone write a screenplay about their relationship and film it. I just don't have the time and I'm sure it would be interesting.
Not sure that's true. CDs didn't really replace vinyl until maybe the mid 90's so I'd say at least the first half of the 90s vinyl was still prominent.
The Cramps/Peppermint Lounge/NYC/1984...............................................................................................&me@21yo!!! *Criminal!
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They created the world they wanted and lived in it to the fullest.
Absolutely ... something we should all aspire too.
Nothing to add ... the Bonnie and Clyde of Rock'n'Roll
What all middle class americans around that time aspired to do filling thier suburban homes with funky libraries of records or cds, coffee table books, antiques, eclectica from the mall... That times over, most people cant afford the space anyway, nows the time to just binge watch on your phone instead... and escape into "your own world" of curated digital junk.. (nostalgic 20th century media on youtube, instagram or whatever you like)
Ha sometimes I feel compelled to comment on youtube like maybe someone will read this and think seriously about consumerism... time to log off..
@@pristinerecords
LIAR!!!!!!!! U GODDAMN LIAR....!!!!!!!!!!!!! ❤❤❤❤❤
Seen them three times so grateful for them
This world is worse without them, I miss them😢
Absolutely my friend. The world became a much more boring and less fun place when Lux died. We could really do with them in today's world.
His wife is still alive no? Poison Ivy?
@@christopherwelch136ya she lives in ca
Agreed!!
Oh they're so normal and nice. I wish they were my parents.
lol
They are so genuine and gentle souls
Billy Zoom from X says that they were totally normal straight people and the stage persona was all an act. He said they were nice people and he used to repair Ivy’s amps at his house
Ivy should be ranked in the Top 50 guitarist of all time ... she never gets the recognition she deserves...
They had a massive vinyl collection. They started collecting together for years before they even formed the band. They were scholars who absorbed so much.
Im soory, but I am an late born. And not that it matters in any form o annything, but what was theyr relationchip blurb?
@@felix9100married in life and in music
Many vinyl outfits ;)
"I guess we're supposed to represent something, but I'm not sure what it is."
LOL
hahaha, they were so funny, whether they intended to be or not.
Truly a magical band that needs to be heard, loudly
Lux is immortal 🖤
So nice to see Poison Ivy smiling! They are true legends.
I have so much respect and love for them. I still have Lux's harmonica from his last show at the Showbox in Seattle. I keep it in a doctor's biohazard plastic bag. 💋💋💋
I remember in a video that Lux was “playing” the harmonica, really just sucking and blowing it, and Ivy was laughing about it... Rare to see he break character on stage.
Two romantic and musical soulmates ❤
This is what happens when two people love eachother and are both real af. They drive the world
My daddy drives a UFO.
@@andrews527 UAP
The perfect couple living the perfect life. Doing it their way and being cooler than cool. The world is a bleak place without The Cramps.
Such a sweet and loving couple. True role models.
Couldn't agree more!
Ive been in love with Ivy for years "we never say no to each other about anything" what a wonderful team
Still miss Lux. Passed away on my birthday, Feb 4th. I hope Poison Ivy is doing OK. She seems to have vanished.
I loved these 2 wonderful people and wonder often how is Kristi now .I know she quit music when Lux died and just hope she is not sad and or lonely.
Same! I often think about her and wonder how she is doing. I hope she is behind all those live recordings that keep appearing and that she is making money out of them!
Watching Cramps interviews is my escape from the modern world 😊
I remember playing a Cramps record one time, I think it was She Said. My dad (he was about 60 then) came into the room and just started laughing. He would have been around 30 when Elvis hit, so Rock and Roll wasn't really his thing, but he recognized a goofy good time when he heard one. One of my favorite memories of him. That, and his jaw about hitting the ground when I was playing the Knitters' first album.
The sweeteest, most beautiful people.
R.I.P Lux. Still The Creature from The Black Leather Lagoon.
Long life to Ivy.
The Cramps eternal!
Ivy is just interesting in her own right
Always the two coolest people in the room ❤️ RIP ❤️
The Cramps ruled. I was lucky to see them early in their musical careers when they had Bryan Gregory in the band. I saw them when I first started going to CBGB’s around 78 also saw them play at the MUD club around that time and when they opened up for the Clash when they first came to NYC and those shows were stuff of legend. I always made a point of seeing them when they played. Love you always Lux and Ivy ❤
That's amazing, great memories. 👍
I got to see them twice in the early 80s with Bryan Gregory at The Channel in Boston - holy. fucking. shit!!! Caught them again at the Palladium in Hollywood, the police shut the show down cause Lux went full naked and had the crowd in an absolute frenzy. THE BEST EVER, NO QUESTION!
Aww...two peas in a pod. ❤ I've never heard them speak before! 😳😻 RIP Lux
It wasn't until i was in my 30s that i came across The Cramps, but I've loved them since the first day i saw them. It was a clip of them playing on The Tube (UK TV Programme) and that sound they put out along with the energy embodied the true spirit of Rock n Roll. So real and unpolished. That garage sound mixed with the punk attitude and killer rockabilly/ surf rock guitar thrown into the mix really worked. They killed it and always did it their own way.
Hey mike, that was the moment I fell in love with them too. If you look through my other videos you'll find a high quality recording of that Tube appearance...... with some extra footage at the end you might not have seen.
@SimonGTheCrampsFans Oh brilliant! Thankyou for the message. I'll have a browse through your videos. I appreciate that Simon 👍
Miss you Lux...
Lux and Ivy are so adorable in this video
A Harmonious Match. For every Lid there's the perfect Pot'.
Sadly only saw them once, Birmingham Odeon, 1984 I think, but needless to say they were life affirming.
One of the great rocknroll love stories.
One of the greatest bands I ever saw live. I remember at a gig in Hammersmith, London in the 80s, when Lux climbed up onto the stack of speakers and started tearing the ceiling down.
I was there! He was tottering around in heels that looked to be about 12" high, and gold lame skintight trousers! Love at first sight! ;-))))
I loved the Cramps. An entertaining and clever band. RIP Lux. Ivy, if you're out there, I hope you're doing well.
I love the Cramps, they are not my favorite musicians; but they are who i wanted to be and still do. XOXOX
Got to meet Lux at Eides Entertainment in Pittsburgh back in 1992
A very good band to say the least. Two of the nicest people I've ever met.
I was very interested to see this pop up in my feed. I never met Erick but in the late 1990s and early 2000s I had many dealings with him on an internet auction site, in a collecting area unrelated to music. We’d email back and forth about casual things and he always came across as a regular, personable Midwest guy. For example he knew I was in Wisconsin so he’d often bring up the Packers and Bret Favre, that kind of thing. An interesting thing he once said to me was that if he had not gone into music he would have become a museum curator. Quite a contrast from ending up as frontman for the Cramps!
a unique band... a great band... luv the cramps
They seem happy
Sad Lux is gone. They were a great original band. And they loved each other.
I always loved The Cramps and, like most here, miss them a lot. This was the first time I heard or seen Ivy as 'herself' and she seems surprisingly nice here which I was glad to see. I guess her stage persona (or whatever ya wanna call it) gave me the impression she was always, uh, kinda unfriendly. I'm happy to have been wrong bout that.
Yeah, I used to think they were both pretty terrifying. 😆 I was lucky enough to meet them once (briefly) and they were the nicest sweetest people you could ever imagine, really friendly, funny and in good spirits. I think they were very different people on stage because they just let go of their inhibitions up there. Lux could go completely out of control and Ivy was almost the opposite, maybe it was the one place where she did feel powerful and in control and was 'allowed' to be like that. I dunno it's interesting but they were 100% for real up there, they just let that other side of their personality out is how it felt to me anyway.
Thee most beautiful and brilliant couple that ever existed 😍🖤❤
Every interview I have ever seen shows what sweet people they were together, I wish I had met them so much.
Their music is so good that it makes me want to tattoo my anus black then stand on my head and say "zee buzz do chock do kamma wahnchee thargoid".
Bad music for bad people is one of the greatest albums of ALL TIME
It’s a compilation tho
@@Pluralofvinylisvinylsso
@@DrDemetrio …so these are songs *from* albums and singles
@@Pluralofvinylisvinyls so
Love Lux & Ivy, so much.
Such a cute couple
Still missed. God (Devil?) bless you, Lux.
Love these guys and love The Cramps
WOW!!! So much great content on the best band that ever was& ever will be!! Subbed!! Thank u! 💚
Thank you for watching. :)
Ivy et Lux au naturel : dans un magasin de disques. Classes et beaux ❤
They are and will always be SO COOL .
I think I recognize that record shop. Queen St., Toronto. Long gone.
Yes, I think you are right.. someone mentioned it before.
Lux was a legend
Dream couple. Adorable af!
I got a 9 hour overnight bus from Scotland to London and slept on a park bench to see The Cramps. Then went back home at 6am the next day. What other band would you do that for? That's how good they were.
this is great! i never seen this before.
It's really nice to see them both smiling and happy.
Great live band and a beautiful couple
Ivy never got the credit she deserved. Her guitar playing is next level.
I love rockabilly, but the psychobilly scene opened up a bit more. I bought 'Off The Bone' 3D cover when it came here as a 16-year-old. The Cramps opened the door for me to explore more music Bo Diddly, Blues, Surf & beyond & not to be so rigid in my musical mindset.
Love these 2 and poison ivy if you are reading this god bless you
Howdy : I got that : "bo diddley's a twister" & that wasn't an ashtray...you guys coulda had it 🎧 God bless
That Ivy was a real gone gal.
Where did woman like this go ?
Bring them back aliens !
They feel like my friend's cool hippie parents that I would rather hang out with than my actual parents
Awesome interview - what a find! 😎
This is one of the closests couples that I have seen that sort of resembled real life Gomez and Morticia! And I'm not only saying that because the Wednesday show used a song by The Cramps, as I have liked The Cramps long before that show ever existed and I've never even watched the show. When I say that Lux and Ivy were like Gomez and Morticia I mean that just like the fictional couple... they always seemed to support each other and they were both being their weird selves and they seemed to love each other for being themselves! They just seemed like such a weird but wholesome couple! I hope I am right in my statement. Only Ivy knows for sure now. May you forever Rest In Weirdness, Lux!
Eat that wreckerd, Lux!😻looks like @90.
I would try to convince Poison Ivy to present their record collection in a radio show on Sirius.
Diddley ruled!
The coolest .
Always will be!
What a sweet couple they were.
We throw 2-3 Cramps tributes annualy, every year...
RIP Lux my friend.
It probably will not happen, but I hope she writes an honest book that may shed some light into their lives. Not for an expose, but because they were so interesting in a sorry conformist society.
That would be great!
We all need love and encouragement.
I have their smello yellow vinyl.
…I hold it close, and played it in appropriate scenes.
(..like Wastelands Australia)
2 legends right there🎤🎸👍
IVY underrated guitarist, RIP Lux
If I'm correct, this is the record store that was across the street from where Muchmusic once was at the corner of Queen and John, but on the north west cornee and 1 store back. Wonder if its still there. And why that one? If they wanted 45s then they should have went to a better store in the area.
I can't believe he's gone. :(
power couple
awesome
R.I.P. Lux🕊
Vinyl always beats cds,loved the cramps and still do rip lux.
I feel like this is the Amoeba's in Berkeley before they remodeled it
I don't remember it too well to be sure though
you are a beautiful couple! RIP lux
The only ones for me are the mad ones....
02:40 LOVE 💓🌟✨🌠
Who needs Sid & Nancy when there's Ivy & Lux. They imbue a genuine affection for each other. Someone write a screenplay about their relationship and film it. I just don't have the time and I'm sure it would be interesting.
"we represent irresponsibility"
Interviewer is Avi Lewis, Naomi Klein's husband. Must be from The New Music I guess, a Toronto TV show, but I don't recognize the shop they are in.
Thanks for the info!
It's sad that the 90s had only a few vinyl productions and more CD productions.
Not sure that's true. CDs didn't really replace vinyl until maybe the mid 90's so I'd say at least the first half of the 90s vinyl was still prominent.
When I am old I wanna be luxe interior
Damn that crazy
Common everybody lets ....
The Cramps/Peppermint Lounge/NYC/1984...............................................................................................&me@21yo!!! *Criminal!
No more bellbottom bummersl
This must’ve been filmed in the 90’s? Cos the only vinyl in the shop is on the wall!!
In your hand??
??
@@twitchygiraffe4636 Sorry mate, that reply was supposed to be to another comment!! But yeah, I think it was 1990.
Killer
What year is this? Early 90s?
I think it must have been 1994, because of the ultra twist clips.
Bit late to the party I know, but does anyone know what song/video is playing from 2:06 onwards?
Yeah It's 'Bikini Girls with Machine Guns' from the 'Stay Sick' album
Where are they?
Someone commented before that it was 'at the Yonge street Sam the Record Man in Toronto'
@@rocket69218 ok thanks