Vintage Guitar: Who were your original influences as a player? I also like Hawaiian music because it calms us down and it keeps me away from medications and drugs and stuff. With the release of 1986's A Date With Elvis, the Cramps permanently added a bass guitar to the mix, but had trouble finding a suitable player, so Ivy temporarily filled in as the band's bassist. 390. L’histoire des Cramps est l’histoire du couple que forment Lux Interior et Poison Ivy : le groupe trouve son origine dans leur rencontre en 1972 , à Los Angeles , lorsqu'Erik Lee Purkhisher prend en auto-stop Kristy Wallace. She confessed her undying love for the ’58 Gretsch 6120 she acquired in 1985 and detailed her stage and studio rigs. They either know it or they don’t, or they’re into it or they’re not. Hun muziekstijl wordt ook weleens onder het genre psychobilly gerekend. Do you play other guitars onstage? Post was not sent - check your email addresses! He’s the guitarist on the Slim Rhodes and Dick Penner records, but they don’t even say his name. He shut the door and came out 15 minutes later with lyrics. The band was disbanded following Lux Interior's death in 2009. See more ideas about the cramps, cramp, poison ivy. I play hard, so it would totally fret out if the action was too low. 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Lux took his stage name from a car ad, and Ivy claimed to have received hers in a dream (she was first Poison Ivy Rorschach, taking her last name from that of the inventor of the Rorschach test). So sometimes I’ll add a layer in back of the main guitar. I think you’ll be more original if you don’t take lessons. I have some other amps, too – I just got some new Allen amps right after we finished recording, so I didn’t get to use them. I think the impression is that it’s tape echo. “If something bad was happening, Ivy would snap her fingers and point and we’d have to beat someone up. There are some modern delays that sound like a tape echo by degrading the decayed sound in the way that real tape would sound. She was an impressively accomplished lead and rhythm guitarist, always staying true to her artistic vision. I had this kind of rare Canadian guitar called “Lewis.” Actually, I had two of them. In 2001, Lux Interior and Poison Ivy Rorschach celebrated the 25th anniversary of the Cramps by taking the matters of record-making into their own hands; they revived the long-dormant Vengeance label and reissued their entire post-I.R.S. How do the songs generally come together? It’s just a license to scream and you can be as loud as you want. See more ideas about Poison ivy, The cramps, Cramp. The band was disbanded following Lux Interior's death in 2009. We can even see each other when we’re recording. It’s a call-and-response thing, responding to what the other guy is doing. Other times he just has lyrics with no music. What’s different is that there’s so much distraction when we’re playing live. The Cramps were a wonderfully wild 'n' wacky punk alternative psychobilly rock 'n' roll band. I was afraid they’d get trashed, so I’ll keep them for recording. Poison Ivy had complete control of the Cramps. Their line-up rotated much over their existence, with the husband and wife duo of lead singer Lux Interior and lead guitarist Poison Ivy as the only permanent members. Although the Cramps have undergone a series of lineup changes through the years, the band’s inherent sound and style remained unchanged. On the Cramps’ status as a cult band: “I’m not sure exactly what defines a cult band, but we have a lot of loyal fans that followed us for a long time. I use different amps to record. The Cramps were the featured act, with opening set by Nozon and the Smiths in 1983. But we had a hard time in the first studio we used. The Cramps first made their mark in the mid-1970s, when Interior, Poison Ivy and a revolving door rhythm section frequented the stages at famed New … Records are so magical because it’s this little mechanical thing. I have two of them onstage – one is a backup. Der Vergleichssieger ließ anderen Produkte hinter sich. It can take someone who’s been dead for 30 years and then make them alive again. Just start picking up stuff by ear. I think that’s definitely how you get your own style. [10] In light of their common artistic interests and shared devotion to record collecting, they decided to form the Cramps. Their line-up rotated much over their existence, with the husband and wife duo of lead singer Lux Interior and lead guitarist Poison Ivy as the only permanent members. 178). [5] Their line-up rotated frequently during their existence, with the husband-and-wife duo of Interior and lead guitarist and occasional bass guitarist Poison Ivy comprising the only ever-present members. Does the band usually record together? It’s ideal. Cramps guitarist Poison Ivy and singer Lux Interior take a similar approach on many of their tunes, but you can't really blame 'em. We listen to our record collections, which is mainly just old stuff – early rockabilly and wicked instrumentals. This article originally appeared in VG‘s Nov. ’03 issue. 19 juil. Poison ivy is growing faster and is more potent than ever thanks to heightened CO2 concentrations in the air. I can talk to him and he knows what I’m talking about, whereas someone who’s just a fan and a good player wouldn’t know what that means. Poison Ivy. Poison Ivy Dress Poison Ivy Costumes Adult … The ensuing court case prevented them from releasing anything until 1983, when they recorded Smell of Female live at New York's Peppermint Lounge; Kid Congo Powers subsequently departed. In the past, other members were good players, but they just didn’t have the same foundation for communication, and maybe they weren’t as dangerous or as hoodlum as the rest of us. "[11][14], It was not until 1986 that the Cramps found a suitable permanent bass player: Candy del Mar (of Satan's Cheerleaders), who made her recorded debut on the raw live album RockinnReelininAucklandNewZealandxxx, which was followed by the studio album Stay Sick in 1990. The band split after the death of lead singer Lux Interior. He plays in another band called Mr. Badwrench, and they’d play at car shows. My most identifiable influences would be Link Wray and Duane Eddy. How do you typically set the controls on your amp? So just the simplicity of it, the starkness – the stark chord of Link Wray and the stark single-note thing of Duane Eddy. One unusual characteristic about both of them is that the necks are flat and wide, like a classical guitar. The Cramps is one of my all time favorite bands, and I thought I could show my respects by dedicating a painting to Poison Ivy's image. Chopper’s been with us for a year and a half, and Harry [Drumdini], our drummer, has been with us for 10 years, and he’s great. Poison Ivy's gear and equipment including the Univox U-1095 Super-Fuzz and Gretsch 6120. I usually play through the 1×15. I want to be spooky and hard-hitting, but it’s hard to be both. Allen is one of those Fender-inspired boutique companies. I have seen her many times performing live, in my view, she is one of the best guitar payers of all time. I have a 6120 reissue as a backup, for when I break a string. In 1972, while attending Sacramento State College, Wallace met future Cramps singer Lux Interior. All tracks have been digitally remast … What was different in the studio was when we did “Taboo,” Chopper played guitar, I told him to play it in the same type of mood as on “Harlem Nocturne” by the Viscounts. Those Fenders are roadworthy, but they’re too loud to record with. What type of strings and picks do you use? Under The Wire Big Curly Hair The Cramps Rock Of Ages Music Photo Music Icon Poison Ivy Cool Bands Good Music. In the studio, it depends on which amp I use and the song I’m playing. Wraz z dołączeniem gitarzysty Bryana Gregoriego oraz perkusisty Pam’a Balama uformowany został pierwszy oficjalny skład The Cramps w kwietniu 1976. Oh man, what a show that was. Which amps and effects are you using in your live setup? I hesitate to take it out because it’s worth more than the reissues, but I just can’t get that sound with anything else. It was also released by New Rose as a quadruple-7" box set, with an additional track, "Weekend on Mars". Did those players influence your choices in gear? The Cramps were an American punk rock band formed in 1976 and active until 2009. Knox left the band in 1991. Once back to the east coast, they played the revamped 1940s swing club "The Meadowbrook" in New Jersey, which had a huge stage and dance floor. How many guitar parts do you typically record for each song? Yes. See more ideas about the cramps, cramp, poison ivy. BUT it was a awsome day ! On April 12, 1990–the Cramps played the Commodore Ballroom in Vancouver. One thing about playing live is that you can never be that loud in any other situation. Poison Ivy “Rorschach” and Lux Interior, R.I.P. The Cramps went on to record more albums and singles through the 1990s and 2000s, for various labels. Na przestrzeni lat ich skład przechodził przez wiele zmian. He was 49.[16]. Holeyboard Pedalboards Unveils New Holeyboard 123 Expandable Pedalboard, Have Guitar Will Travel – 041 Featuring Daniel Donato. Feb 13, 2020 - Explore Richard Trigg's board "Poison Ivy" on Pinterest. They were part of the early CBGB punk rock movement that had emerged in New York. Being a hollowbody, I need it to really ring out. Fur (Jennifer Dixon) joined them on the world tour to promote the album. The Cramps Space Ghost Rock N Roll Music Rock And Roll Photo Rock Rock Y Metal Women Of Rock Guitar Girl New Wave. Ingrid Jensen reflects on what made the former Erick Lee Purkhiser, a suburban boy from Ohio steeped in both B-movie subculture and avant-garde art, the rock ‘n’ roll giant he was. It depends on the dynamics of the song and whether the guitar is to be banging or eerie. Well, PKM has decided the time is right for her coronation, in the week before Halloween. I have a Telecaster that I love. The plants are growing, on average, … It’s intimidating at first, but the more you do it, the better you’ll be at it. The Cramps: Lux Interior (vocals), Poison Ivy, Congo Powers (guitar), Nick Knox (drums). Poison Ivy en 1991, à Tokyo. Poison Ivy Rorschach, Soundtrack: The Social Network. How was the experience different from making previous records? It’s great, but it’s just not my style. I thought it had gone for good, but it has come back. It sounds like there’s just one guitar on most of the tracks. The group was first formed by lead singer Lux Interior and guitarist Poison Ivy Rorschach in 1976 in New York City (Interior and Ivy initially crossed paths in Sacramento, California in 1972). It’s always different. I had an instrumental idea with this fuzz guitar part, so I asked Lux to write some words while I showed the band what to do. The Gretsch is my ultimate style. I had this idea… I wanted to do a hoodlum version of “Taboo,” which was supposed to be a B-side. On February 4, 2009, Lux Interior died at the Glendale Memorial Hospital after suffering an aortic dissection which, contrary to initial reports about a pre-existing condition, was "sudden, shocking and unexpected". It happens in different ways. It's an interview I did with Poison Ivy Rorshach of The Cramps back on February 23rd, 1992; she was in Providence, RI, on tour at the time, and I was in Ottawa, writing for Trans FM (which was the magazine of CKCU 93.1, Carleton's University radio station). The addition of guitarist Bryan Gregory and drummer Pam Balam resulted in the first complete lineup in April 1976. ! They’re both solidbodies with a Bigsby-like vibrato bars and they both weigh a ton. The band split after the death of lead singer Lux Interior. For over three decades, founding members and married couple Lux Interior and Poison Ivy Rorschach influenced the sound (and look) of numerous musical offshoots—garage-punk, psychobilly, horror punk and modern surf rock, to name a few. The other original band members were drummer Miriam Linna and guitarist Bryan Gregory. Their line-up rotated frequently during their existence, with the husband-and-wife duo of Interior and lead guitarist and occasional bass guitarist Poison Ivy comprising the only ever-present members. Gentlemen, get on your marks and start your engines, please…. And trust your ears. Saved by Anatoliy Kotlinsky. Doo-wop, rockabilly, New York Dolls. We all have kind of the same passion for rock and roll, and we can all relate to the same things. Their first tour of Great Britain was as supporting act to the Police on that band's first UK tour promoting Outlandos d'Amour. But when we record, we remind each other to play things like it was the first time you’ve ever played it because the worst thing that can happen would be that you get on auto pilot and you aren’t putting all your thought and emotion into it, or really feeling it. The band was disbanded following Lux Interior's death in 2009. So we recorded it and did a rockabilly version of “Butcher Pete,” which is a Roy Brown traditional blues song. The other original band members were drummer Miriam Linna and guitarist Bryan Gregory. Well, the headstock on my main Lewis got snapped off at a concert in Paris. The Cramps joue son premier concert en 1976. You just can’t. The Cramps waren eine US-amerikanische Musikgruppe, die 1976 gegründet wurde und bis zum Tod von Sänger Erick Purkhiser, alias Lux Interior, im Jahr 2009, bestand. Lux was married to the band’s other founding member, Poison Ivy, who played guitar and wrote growly bops and looked great. A Date with Elvis is the third full-length studio album by the American garage punk band the Cramps, released in the UK on Big Beat Records in 1986. Did you use an old tape echo in the studio? While recording their second LP, Psychedelic Jungle, the band and Miles Copeland began to dispute royalties and creative rights. Don’t take lessons. But I did start out with a solidbody, and I actually stumbled into a Gretsch hollowbody when the guitar I had was broken. There were a lot of obscure guitarists that I loved, like a guy named Don Gilliland, who worked with some artists on Sun Records. 74 in the UK Albums Chart. In honor of the success of the Cramps, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has on display a shattered bass drum head that Lux's head went through during a live show. Oct 23, 2019 - Explore Billy Pidgeon's board "The Cramps", followed by 190 people on Pinterest. The Maxon is pretty effective in creating that sound. Their line-up rotated much over their existence, with the husband and wife duo of lead singer Lux Interior and lead guitarist Poison Ivy as the only permanent members. I like the tremolo on my amp, but it doesn’t stay working for too long on the road, so I usually end up using the pedal. Jun 5, 2020 - Explore Alice Edgeley's board "Poison Ivy", followed by 220 people on Pinterest. See more ideas about poison ivy, the cramps, cramp. If Lux is going for a scratch vocal, he always shoots for it being a main vocal and then, of course, it ends up being a main vocal. When other people pick up my guitar, they’re surprised by the heavy-gauge strings. The Cramps were a wonderfully wild 'n' wacky punk alternative psychobilly rock 'n' roll band. The lineup in 1976 was Poison Ivy Rorschach, Lux Interior, Bryan Gregory (guitar), and his sister Pam "Balam" Gregory (drums). The band brought the emerging genre of psychobilly to the forefront of people’s attention. I’ll look at them and try to think of what mood would be appropriate for those lyrics. I guess I want to have my cake and eat it, too. See more ideas about poison ivy, the cramps, ivy. So, after wanting to murder him, we calmed down and had to just re-take that. Taking a cue from their musical influences, the group cut its first record, Lucky 13 (released in 1978), at Sam Phillips’ legendary Sun Studios. By Steve Newton. She … So there’s just that common ground and it cuts through a lot. The album featured what was to become a predominating theme of their work from here on: a move away from the B-movie horror focus to an increased emphasis on sexual double entendre. I don’t use the bright switch anymore. Kristy Marlana Wallace (born February 20, 1953), known as Poison Ivy or Poison Ivy Rorschach, is a guitarist, songwriter, arranger, producer, and occasional vocalist who co-founded the American punk-rock band The Cramps. I got a 1958 Gretsch 6120 and there’s just no going back. The Cramps were an American punk rock band formed in 1976 and active until 2009. That song is such a freeform thing, and it isn’t structured in a way that we could have just punched in to fix it. I think I keep the bass at around six o’clock. The Cramps’ frontman Lux Interior was impossible to miss, on or off stage, the perfect foil to his equally striking partner in life and music, Poison Ivy Rorschach. An integral part of the early Cramps sound was dual guitars, without a bassist. He played my spare guitar on “Taboo.” So those two came together very quickly at the last minute. Jan 16, 2020 - Explore Bill Samaras's board "The cramps" on Pinterest. Next they recorded two singles in New York City, which were later re-released on their 1979 Gravest Hits EP, before Chilton brought them back that year to Memphis to record their first full-length album, Songs the Lord Taught Us, at Phillips Recording, operated by former Sun Records label owner Sam Phillips. The Cramps - Poison Ivy and Lux Interior on stage in London in 1998 Poster 2 61x91.5cm American rock singer Lux Interior of the group the Cramps crouches and sings into a microphone on stage during a performance. See more ideas about the cramps, cramp, poison ivy. R.I.P. Each night of the tour opened with the band coming on one at a time each: Knox, Fur, Ivy and then Lux before launching into their take on Elvis' "Heartbreak Hotel". Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. The Cramps hit the Top 40 in the UK for the first and only time with "Bikini Girls with Machine Guns";[11] Ivy posed as such both on the cover of the single and in the promotional video for the song. All copyrights are by the author and Vintage Guitar magazine. In 2002, the Cramps released their final album, Fiends of Dope Island, on their own label, Vengeance Records. Poison Ivy: I learned a little when I was young, but not a whole lot. I also loved Al Casey. The Cramps are the greatest rock n’ roll band of all time (maybe you’ve heard me say that before, though!). Poison Ivy - The Cramps playing a 1958 Gretsch 6120 Guitar with the pre-patent Filter’Tron pickups. But I’m sure there’s somebody that can tell the difference – if they’re discerning to the point of neurosis. Get the gear to sound like Poison Ivy and get their tone. The Cramps. The band split after the death of lead singer Lux Interior. Lately, there’s been a very small handful of party poopers at every gig. That song is especially hard on our drummer because there’s real athletic kind of drumming. I bought the first on 48th Street in New York City in 1976, then the second in Vancouver in 1983. 62 in the UK Albums Chart in February 1990.[11]. Saved by Anatoliy Kotlinsky. They also recorded performances of "Thee Most Exalted Potentate of Love" and "You Got Good Taste" which were broadcast on 'The Midsummer Night's Tube 1984.' My brother played some guitar and he taught me how to do “Pipeline” riffs and some chords, but other than that I’ve never had any lessons. They’re amazing amps. Unless you’re the Cramps. There are a lot of things you can’t explain to people. Rock instrumental (Link Wray, Duane Eddy, Dick Dale), avant d’être sensibilisée à Eddie Cochran, Chuck Berry et consorts par Lux Interior. But i did start out with a solidbody, and then he ’ s just treble and bass, opening... 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