Wax Trax! Records

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From Wikipedia —- Wax Trax! Records was an record label in the United States. Wax Trax! began as a record shop in Denver, Colorado opened by Jim Nash and Dannie Flesher. They sold the store in 1978 and, in November of that year, opened a new one under the same name at 2449 North Lincoln Avenue in Chicago, Illinois. This store would become the center of the , and music scenes in Chicago.

Origins - The record store became a record label slowly at first, initially releasing limited edition records such as Brian Eno’s “Wimoweh/Seven Deadly Finns” seven inch. The first official Wax Trax! Release was Strike Under’s Immediate Action twelve inch EP in 1980, followed by Divine’s Born To Be Cheap seven inch. But it was the release of Cold Life by Ministry — along with the licensing of Front 242’s Endless Riddance EP — that set the stage for Wax Trax! to become America’s preeminent music and label of the 1980s and 1990s.

Artists - Among the most noteworthy artists released by Wax Trax! were Front 242 (including Jean-Luc De Meyer’s side project C-Tec), KMFDM, Pig, Underworld, Meat Beat Manifesto, Front Line Assembly, The Young Gods, Sister Machine Gun, My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult, Coil, Controlled Bleeding, The KLF, Braindead Sound Machine, Cubanate and Laibach.
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  • shankdub

    Used to intern at TVT/WAXTRAX back in the 90's I remember when KMFDM walked in the office in NYC in pink fur coats and platform boots w spikes...sleaze fest...good times.

    July 2011

  • vx_GASMAN

    If you asked me to sum up everything that's great about electronic/industrial music in two words, I would say Wax Trax! :D

    January 2011

  • Neferast

    I just added the bio from wikipedia... because I love Wax Trax! -- I also want to give a shout to Bart Pfanenstiel (a former Wax Trax! employee). I knew him back in the 90's. When TVT closed the Wax Trax! doors… Bart opened them right back up! He started out with a just a band and a tour bus. Today he is the founder and owner of WTII Records http://www.last.fm/label/WTII+Records (Take a good guess what the acronym stands for!). If you love Wax Trax! then please check out WTII. I think you'll be pleasantly surprised. http://www.wtiirecords.com/ --- My personal favorite bands on the label include Acumen Nation, Beborn Beton, cut.rate.box, In Strict Confidence, Method Cell and The Thought Criminals. I can speak with confidence when I say that Bart has great taste in music so I'm sure all WTII artists are awesome as well. ~Neferast~ :)

    January 2011

  • Nice_Santa

    Awesome.

    October 2010

  • THee-BeAtNiK

    Likewise.

    August 2010

  • madnessXD

    love

    July 2010
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