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Nobody captured that world better than\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYouri Lenquette\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom April 1980\u003c\/strong\u003e, when\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLux Interior\u003c\/strong\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePoison Ivy\u003c\/strong\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBryan Gregory\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNick Knox\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003elaunched their\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eunderground rock’n’roll assault\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eon Montpellier, France,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eto 1991\u003c\/strong\u003e, when bassist\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSlim Chance\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand drummer\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNickey Alexander\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ejoined Lux and Ivy in their vault of horror, Lenquette was on call to\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ebring out the madness\u003c\/strong\u003e. From Bryan Gregory posing with\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ea paperback of occult classic\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eThe Necromonicon to\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePsychedelic Jungle\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e– era guitarist\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKid Congo Powers\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003elooking cool in his\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ebone necklace\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eleather trousers\u003c\/strong\u003e, from Lux Interior exposing his bare bottom at a\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003elegendary June 1984 concert at the Eldorado in Paris\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eto the band adopting\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003efull S\u0026amp;M drag\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003efor a 1987 photoshoot, this is the Cramps in all their\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003esick\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003etwisted glory\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStraight Strychnine\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e, is the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003efirst dedicated book\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eof\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ephotography\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eever, on the most\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eimportant\u003c\/strong\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003einfluential\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003emysterious cult band\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eof\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eall time\u003c\/strong\u003e. Just as\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003enobody else\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003emanaged to\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003esound like the Cramps\u003c\/strong\u003e, however simple their formula of taking\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eobscure\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003erock’n’roll records from the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e50s and 60s\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand adding\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003elashes of sex and horror\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003emight have seemed,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003enobody looked like them either\u003c\/strong\u003e. Whether it was Lux Interior\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eclimbing a speaker stack in a tiny g-string\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eor Poison Ivy\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003estaring impassively\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003efrom a wild mass of ginger curls, the Cramps exuded a totally\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ecaptivating blend of sleaze and glamour\u003c\/strong\u003e; unknowable and alluring.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ebegan life over 4 years ago\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eby pure chance after a meeting between\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYouri Lenquette\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eat his studio in Paris and Fabrice Couillerot\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e(designer\/publisher)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand the discovery of their\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003emutual passion \u0026amp; love\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003efor\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ethe Cramps\u003c\/strong\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e60’s garage punk music\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand a\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003efascination for cats\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStraight Strychnine\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e is arriving at a time when interest in the band has never been higher. In 1981, the Cramps took\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ean obscure 1962 rock’n’roll\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003esingle called\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e‘Goo Goo Muck’\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eby\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRonnie Cook and the Gaylads\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand recorded it in the hope of inspiring\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ea teenage dance craze\u003c\/strong\u003e. That\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003etook until 2022\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eto actually happen, when Jenna Ortega’s Wednesday Addams did some poker-faced moves to ‘Goo Goo Muck’ on\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTim Burton’s\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eWednesday\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand spawned\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ea viral hit\u003c\/strong\u003e. 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