Wax Trax! Records
Background information

Wax Trax! Records was a 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 New Wave, punk rock and industrial music scenes in Chicago. Image File history File linksMetadata Waxtrax_logo_intro. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Nickname: The Mile-High City Location of Denver in Colorado, USA Coordinates: Country United States State Colorado City-County Denver (coextensive) Founded November 22, 1858 Incorporated November 7, 1861 Mayor John Hickenlooper (D) Area    - City 401. ... 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday. ... Flag Seal Nickname: The Windy City Motto: Urbs In Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Location Location in Chicagoland and northern Illinois Coordinates , Government Country State Counties United States Illinois Cook, DuPage Mayor Richard M. Daley (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 606. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement beginning around 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified and popularised by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ... Industrial music is a loose term for a number of different styles of electronic and experimental music. ...

The record store became a record label slowly at first, initially releasing limited edition records such as Brian Eno's "Wimoweh/Deadly Seven Finns" seven inch [1]. The first official Wax Trax! release [2][3] was Strike Under's Immediate Action twelve inch EP in 1980 [4], 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 industrial music and dance label of the 1980s and 1990s. Brian Peter George St. ... Strike Under was an influential Chicago punk rock band of the early 1980s. ... 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... Divine with dogs Harris Glenn Milstead (born October 19, 1945 in Towson, Maryland; died March 7, 1988 in Los Angeles, California) was better known by his drag persona Divine. ... Ministry is an American industrial metal band of the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s. ... Front 242 is a pioneering Belgian electronic music group that came into prominence during the 1980s. ... Industrial music is a loose term for a number of different styles of electronic and experimental music. ... Dance music is a style of popular music commonly played in dance music nightclubs, radio stations and shows and raves. ... The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view. ... See also 1990s, the band Germans dancing on the Berlin Wall in late 1989, the symbol of the cold war divide falls down as the world unites in the 1990s. ...

Nash and Flesher licensed a number of recordings from Play It Again Sam of Belgium, and eventually opened a North American office for the label (dubbed Play It Again Sam Records U.S.A.) as a division of Wax Trax!. PIAS, in turn, oversaw the operation of Wax Trax! Europe, although it closed abruptly when the relationship between the labels ended acrimoniously in late 1990. Play It Again Sam U.S.A. was subsequently absorbed by Caroline Records. Play It Again Sam (also known by its acronym, PIAS) is an international record label. ... Play It Again Sam (also known by its acronym, PIAS) is an international record label. ... This article is about the year. ... Caroline Records is the New York-based independent music releasing division of EMI. Notable releases Hole - Pretty on the Inside Smashing Pumpkins - Gish Ben Folds Five - Ben Folds Five Monster Magnet - 25. ...

Following a bankruptcy filing, Wax Trax! was bought by New York-based TVT Records in 1992, with Nash and Flesher retaining creative control of the label. TVT continued to use the Wax Trax! imprint for years, even after Nash's death from AIDS-related symptoms on October 10, 1995. Official language(s) English de facto Capital Albany Largest city New York City Area  Ranked 27th  - Total 54,520 sq mi (141,205 km²)  - Width 285 miles (455 km)  - Length 330 miles (530 km)  - % water 13. ... TvT Records is an independent record label in the United States. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS or Aids) is a collection of symptoms and infections in humans resulting from the specific damage to the immune system caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Bart Pfanenstiel, a former Wax Trax! employee, founded WTII Records in 2000 in an effort to rekindle the spirit of Wax Trax!'s early music. WTII Records is a record label set up in 2000 by a former Wax Trax! employee to relive the spirit of Wax Trax!s early music. ... This article is about the year 2000. ...

Among the most noteworthy artists released by Wax Trax! were Front 242, KMFDM, Meat Beat Manifesto, Front Line Assembly, Young Gods, Sister Machine Gun, My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult, Coil, Psykosonik, and Laibach. The label also released a bevy of side projects by Al Jourgensen and Paul Barker of Ministry, including Revolting Cocks, Acid Horse (a collaboration with Cabaret Voltaire), Pailhead (a collaboration with Ian Mackaye of Fugazi), PTP (short for "Programming The Psychodrill"), Lead Into Gold (a solo vehicle for Barker) and 1000 Homo DJs. Front 242 is a pioneering Belgian electronic music group that came into prominence during the 1980s. ... KMFDM is an industrial rock band and the brainchild of founding member Sascha Konietzko. ... Meat Beat Manifesto, often shortened to Meat Beat or MBM, is an electronic music outfit originally consisting of Jack Dangers and Jonny Stephens formed in 1987 in Swindon, UK. This was also the hometown of the band XTC, who helped Meat Beat get started. ... Front Line Assembly (also known by the acronym FLA) is a Canadian Elektro/Electro-Industrial band formed in 1986 by Bill Leeb and Michael Balch after Leeb left Skinny Puppy. ... The Young Gods is a Swiss band of Industrial music. ... Sister Machine Gun began life in 1990 as an industrial duo formed by Chris Randall and Chris Kelly in Chicago. ... My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult (TKK) is an electronic industrial band originally based out of Chicago, Illinois. ... A coil is a series of loops. ... Psykosonik was an American techno music group. ... Laibach is a Slovenian industrial, martial, Neo-classical and experimental music group. ... Al Jourgensen (born October 8, 1958 in Havana, Cuba), is an American musician best known as the hard drinking, chain-smoking founder and frontman of the industrial band Ministry. ... Paul Barker (born February 8, 1958 in Palo Alto, California), was bassist, producer and engineer with the industrial rock band Ministry. ... Ministry is an American industrial metal band of the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s. ... Revolting Cocks (often abbreviated Revco) were a musical side-project for Alain Jourgensen (Ministry) and Luc Van Acker. ... Acid Horse was a one-off collaborative side project between two industrial music pioneers, Ministry and Cabaret Voltaire. ... Cabaret Voltaire first worked on experimental electronic music, and sound in the early 1970s. ... Pailhead was a short-lived side-project of the industrial music metal band Ministry, which featured the vocals of Ian MacKaye, formerly of The Teen Idles and Minor Threat, and currently of Fugazi and The Evens. ... Ian MacKaye (b. ... Fugazi may refer to: an Italian slang term for something that is fake/not authentic. ... The industrial band PTP was a short-lived side project of Ministrys Alain Jourgensen. ... 1000 Homo DJs is a side-project band of industrial musician Al Jourgensen. ...

See also

• List of record labels
• Chicago Record Labels
• Black Box - Wax Trax! Records: The First 13 Years - a retrospective box set of Wax Trax!' output as an indie label

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External links

• Wax Trax Records, the original Denver record store
• "Wax Trax! article at discogs.com
• Wax Trax! Revisted - Part One (Denver) and Part Two (Chicago)
• Wax Trax! Not Sub Pop, a fan site run by a collector
• Black Box, a highly-detailed discography of the label