# The fateful first meeting of Lux Interior and Poison Ivy: “I was sending out psychic brainwaves”

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/the-fateful-first-meeting-of-lux-interior-and-poison-ivy-i-was-sending-out-psychic-brainwaves/
- Published: 2026-10-27T23:00:00+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-27T23:19:48+00:00
- Original publisher: Far Out
- Original article: https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/fateful-first-meeting-lux-interior-poison-ivy/
- Topics: Music

## Key points

- Ghoulardi shaped Lux Interior’s taste for horror and rebellion.
- A lift and an unusual art course brought Interior and Poison Ivy together.
- The Cramps later recorded “Goo Goo Muck” in 1981.

## Summary

Lux Interior and Poison Ivy first met in the early 1970s at Sacramento State College, where a chance lift led to a conversation that brought them together. Their partnership later became the foundation of The Cramps, whose mix of rockabilly, horror and subversive humour reflected Interior’s formative influences.

As a teenager in Ohio, Interior was inspired by Ernie Anderson’s rebellious TV persona, Ghoulardi, and the strange records played on Shock Theater, including “Goo Goo Muck”, which The Cramps recorded in 1981. After moving to California to study art, Interior, then known as Vip Vop, met fellow student Kristy Wallace when she asked him for a ride; her interest in an “Art and Shamanism” course prompted him to enrol too.

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