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Kristy Marlana Wallace (born February 20, 1953), known as Poison Ivy or Poison Ivy Rorschach, is an American guitarist, songwriter, arranger, producer, and occasional vocalist who co-founded the rock band The Cramps.
The lineup in 1976 was Poison Ivy Rorschach, Lux Interior, Bryan Gregory (guitar), and his sister Pam "Balam" (drums). In a short period of time, the Cramps changed drummers twice; Miriam Linna (later of Nervus Rex , the Zantees, and the A-Bones and co-owner of Norton Records ) replaced Pam Balam, and Nick Knox (formerly with the Electric Eels ...
The Cramps performing in 2006. The Cramps was an American punk rock band from New York City.Formed in April 1976, the group originally consisted of vocalist Lux Interior (Erick Purkhiser), guitarists Poison Ivy (Kristy Wallace) and Bryan Gregory (Gregory Beckerleg), and drummer Pam Balam (Pam Beckerleg).
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The Indiana Fever will have an Olympian in Paris after all as Kristy Wallace was one of 12 players to get call for Australia's national team.
He met his partner Kristy Wallace, better known as Poison Ivy, in Sacramento in 1972, when he and a friend picked her up while she was hitchhiking. [1] [3] The couple founded the band after they moved from California to Ohio in 1973, and then to New York in 1975, where they soon became part of the flourishing punk scene.
The Paramounts' first single, "Poison Ivy", produced by Ron Richards, was a cover of the Leiber and Stoller song, which had been a hit for The Coasters in 1959. It became a minor hit for the Paramounts, reaching No. 35 on the UK Singles Chart , and led to them appearing on TV shows such as Ready Steady Go!
Drew Barrymore and Sara Gilbert in Katt Shea's 1992 cult hit, Poison Ivy. (Photo: Kimberly Wright / ©New Line / Courtesy Everett Collection) (©New Line Cinema/Courtesy Everett Collection)