I was there usually on Fridays after high school classes in 1986-87 Good Times.
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Greg Moore
4 years ago
Please save the store front!!
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Curtis McCrary
4 years ago
Incomparably influential place.
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BP Murphy
4 years ago
For many music fans, Wax Trax is one of the most iconic things about Chicago. Making the original store location historical landmark would mean a lot to the countless people in Chicago, and around the world that have felt the enduring positive impact of Wax Trax as a record store, a label that ushered in a new music genre... that became a family and haven for many!
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Michael Fraser
4 years ago
Buildings are listed/preserved for many reasons beyond the purely aesthetic such as their importance to social, economic and/or local and community significance. I worked for some time in the Conservation Team at Glasgow City Council in Scotland and such matters often came across our desk. I would have thought that with the clear social, and community significance of this building (it looks like a heritage/historic building from the photograph), that it is deserving of listed building status
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dave sieb
4 years ago
hellz yes
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Eric Stephenson
4 years ago
Such a critical aspect of Chicago's music history. A no-brainer. Let's make it happen!
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Gene Barron
4 years ago
Viva LE rock
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Jaime Bernal
4 years ago
Yes please!
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Will Dodson
4 years ago
Wax Trax! Records is one of the most important independent record stores and record labels in modern music history. Its headquarters deserve to be preserved for future generations!
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Doug McBride
4 years ago
Legendary spot
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Michael Nejman
4 years ago
Wax Trax! was the center of my music world for more than a decade. When you think of the Chicago Music Scene, it's a very influential factor!
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Rich Scarle
4 years ago
There are few, if any, places from this era that had such a large and long lasting impact on American and International popular culture. A true American original that should not go unacknowledged.
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Wayne
4 years ago
Oh, the memories... Used to drive HOURS just to shop here. I hope this happens.
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Brian Johnson
4 years ago
Wax Trax helped define my musical influnces for decades!
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Chris Connelly
4 years ago
Walking into the WAXTRAX! store on North Lincoln was PARADISE for any music fan, music collector, record nerd, fashion fanatic, manic panic manipulator, a haven for the shaven, a shelter for the shaggy, LGBTQ… it was all there for you, from the eccentric staff (myself included) to the latest TUXEDOMOON import, or maybe a MARTHA & THE VANDELLAS greatest hits album. On any given day, the often belligerent (but loveable) staff might play the most awkwardly terrifying NURSE WITH WOUND album whilst smoking and downing a six pack of St. Pauli Girl lager behind the counter, studiously ignoring the customers.
Posters from DEPECHE MODE to SID VICIOUS hung around, and upstairs you could maybe try on an asymmetrical dress while Robert Plant sat in a chair studying the latest British Rock magazine…
Those were loud, rhythmic, creative and hedonistic times, in a beautifully inclusive setting…
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Philip Swanson
4 years ago
A must.
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Mark Buettner
4 years ago
Use to buy House wax there
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DJ Joyce
4 years ago
Wax Trax customer from your Denver days, 1978. Even before Sean, my nephew, stated working there. Good luck with this.
I was there usually on Fridays after high school classes in 1986-87 Good Times.
Please save the store front!!
Incomparably influential place.
For many music fans, Wax Trax is one of the most iconic things about Chicago. Making the original store location historical landmark would mean a lot to the countless people in Chicago, and around the world that have felt the enduring positive impact of Wax Trax as a record store, a label that ushered in a new music genre... that became a family and haven for many!
Buildings are listed/preserved for many reasons beyond the purely aesthetic such as their importance to social, economic and/or local and community significance. I worked for some time in the Conservation Team at Glasgow City Council in Scotland and such matters often came across our desk. I would have thought that with the clear social, and community significance of this building (it looks like a heritage/historic building from the photograph), that it is deserving of listed building status
hellz yes
Such a critical aspect of Chicago's music history. A no-brainer. Let's make it happen!
Viva LE rock
Yes please!
Wax Trax! Records is one of the most important independent record stores and record labels in modern music history. Its headquarters deserve to be preserved for future generations!
Legendary spot
Wax Trax! was the center of my music world for more than a decade. When you think of the Chicago Music Scene, it's a very influential factor!
There are few, if any, places from this era that had such a large and long lasting impact on American and International popular culture. A true American original that should not go unacknowledged.
Oh, the memories... Used to drive HOURS just to shop here. I hope this happens.
Wax Trax helped define my musical influnces for decades!
Walking into the WAXTRAX! store on North Lincoln was PARADISE for any music fan, music collector, record nerd, fashion fanatic, manic panic manipulator, a haven for the shaven, a shelter for the shaggy, LGBTQ… it was all there for you, from the eccentric staff (myself included) to the latest TUXEDOMOON import, or maybe a MARTHA & THE VANDELLAS greatest hits album. On any given day, the often belligerent (but loveable) staff might play the most awkwardly terrifying NURSE WITH WOUND album whilst smoking and downing a six pack of St. Pauli Girl lager behind the counter, studiously ignoring the customers. Posters from DEPECHE MODE to SID VICIOUS hung around, and upstairs you could maybe try on an asymmetrical dress while Robert Plant sat in a chair studying the latest British Rock magazine… Those were loud, rhythmic, creative and hedonistic times, in a beautifully inclusive setting…
A must.
Use to buy House wax there
Wax Trax customer from your Denver days, 1978. Even before Sean, my nephew, stated working there. Good luck with this.
Legendary!