Lux Interior, Poison Ivy, Fred Chichin & Catherine Ringer

One thing that's interesting about Lux Interior's death is that when you skim through the various obits, no one seems to be in agreement on how old he was. Or even where he died. Since The Daily Swarm quotes The Cramps' reps Girlie Action, I tend to believe he died in California. Plus, he and Poison Ivy lived there, so that makes more sense than New York. But all the conflicting facts and figures make the man seem that much more mysterious.

Another thing that's interesting are the random similarities between his group and the French Les Rita Mitsouko. The Cramps and Les Rita Mitsouko both were both big '80s groups, although The Cramps started in the '70s, and at the core of both groups were an artistic couple. Both bands rocked almost non-stop for decades, until the lead man died. And there are more similarities: although Fred Chichin had been battling cancer, he technically died in November 2007 of heart failure. Lux Interior "passed away this morning [February 4th] due to an existing heart condition."

I won't belabor the things they had in common, except to say that I sincerely send out my condolences to Poison Ivy. And to Catherine Ringer, even though it's been over a year. To lose a lover and artistic collaborator of over thirty years is an enormous weight.