Eighteen Nightmares at the Lux

Eighteen Nightmares at the Lux

Eighteen Nightmares at the Lux are a London, England-based group associated with indie rock, indie and blues rock, and they describe their sound as “fuzzabilly”. Their music combines early rock and roll and rockabilly with heavy volume, fuzz, distortion and a strong garage-rock feel, while also drawing on goth, grunge, surf-punk, psychedelia, punk and cabaret elements.

The band are compared with the Cramps, the Queens of the Stone Age, the ghost of Johnny Burnette, the Horrors and the Reverend Horton Heat, reflecting the mix of rockabilly revival, garage rock and darker rock styles in their sound. Their name includes “Lux”, and their image is described as gothic and horror-influenced, with a punk edge.

The group are presented as part of a rockabilly revival tradition, but with a more distorted and aggressive approach than a conventional revival act.