page_title: Women in punk rock
section_title: Poison Ivy
hierarchical_section_title: Women in punk rock / History / 1970s / Poison Ivy
caption_attribution_description: English: "Poison Ivy", guitarist with the Cramps 1991, Tokyo
context_page_description: Women have made significant contributions to punk rock music and its subculture since its inception in the 1970s. In contrast to the rock music and heavy metal scenes of the 1970s, which were dominated by men, the anarchic, counter-cultural mindset of the punk scene in mid-and-late 1970s encouraged women to participate. This participation played a role in the historical development of punk music, especially in the US and UK at that time, and continues to influence and enable future generations. Women have participated in the punk scene as lead singers, instrumentalists, as all-female bands, zine contributors and fashion designers.
  Rock historian Helen Reddington wrote that the popular image of young punk women musicians as focused on the fashion aspects of the scene was stereotypical. She states that many, if not all women punks were more interested in the ideology and socio-political implications, rather than the fashion.
context_section_description: Poison Ivy (born 1953) is Californian who is known for her work as a guitarist and songwriter who co-founded the American punk-rockabilly band, The Cramps. Also known as Poison Ivy Rorschach she was born Kristy Marlana Wallace. She also provided vocals, as well as arranging songs and producing records. At Sacramento State College she met Lux Interior (born Erick Lee Purkhiser) in 1972, who became the singer for The Cramps, whose work gained a cult following as well a course of European commercial success.
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