Poison Ivy

Garage Rock Punk Rock Rockabilly 

Still The Queen: The Cramps’ Poison Ivy Turns 70

February 20, 2023February 21, 2023 Jim Sullivan 2 Comments Boston, Lux Interior, New York City, Poison Ivy, Punk, Rockabilly, The Cramps, The Rat

Celebrating the career of punk guitar icon

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Punk Remembrance Rockabilly 

Aloha From Hell: Lux Interior Turns 75

October 21, 2021October 21, 2021 Jim Sullivan 2 Comments 75th birthday, Alex Chilton, Flamejob, Lux Interior, Poison Ivy, RIP, Smell of Female, Songs The Lord Taught Us, Stay Sick!, The Cramps

Veteran rock critic Jim Sullivan looks back on his years in conversation with the dearly departed Cramps frontman

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Music Journalism 

Famous Quotes Vol. XXI: July 2021

July 5, 2021July 5, 2021 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments Famous Quotes, Huey Lewis, Joan Jett, Lux Interior, Mike Scott, Poison Ivy, Robyn Hitchcock, The Cramps, The Waterboys, William Butler Yeats

Veteran rock critic Jim Sullivan looks back on a career of epic interviews in the latest installment of his inquisitive column

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Punk Remembrance Rock 

Walter Lure: April 22, 1949 – August 22, 2020

August 26, 2020August 26, 2020 Tim Sommer 2 Comments Binky Phillips, Bob Dylan, Bobby Rondinelli, CBGB, Dexter Romweber, Joe Ely, Joe Strummer, Johnny Thunders, Lemmy, Lux Interior, Mark E. Smith, Max's Kansas City, New York City, Poison Ivy, Randy Pratt, The Waldos, Walter Lure

Tim Sommer salutes the Holy Ghost of New York City Punk Rock

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Punk Rockabilly Roots 

Touch Me, I’m Sick: The Cramps’ Stay Sick! at 30

February 26, 2020February 27, 2020 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments 1990, A Date With Elvis, Enigma Records, Lux Interior, Nick Knox, Poison Ivy, Stay Sick!, The Cramps

Basing themselves in L.A., 1990 saw the band usher in the last decade of the 20th century with a renewed vigor and purpose

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Punk Rock 

Sunglasses After Dark – An Appreciation of Drummer Nick Knox

June 19, 2018June 20, 2018 Jason Perri 0 Comments CBGBs, Lux Interior, Nick Knox, Poison Ivy, Punk, The Cramps

Remembering the original Cramps drummer

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