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WAX TRAX! - 2449 Lincoln Ave. Landmark Status

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Mark Parlanti
4 years ago

Wax Trax! Was not only a great store but they were also innovative in the underground music scene. The music they provided to all through their store, mail order, subscriptions has changed countless lives and has helped build a community.

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Dimo Getsov
4 years ago

"Artists such as Ministry, Front 242, My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult, Revolting Cocks, KMFDM, Front Line Assembly, The KLF, Underworld, Coil, Psychic TV, Laibach, and more all got their footing on WAX TRAX! RECORDS." (WAX TRAX! - 2449 Lincoln Ave. Landmark Status 260 people have signed this petition. Add your name now! Julia Nash 84Comments)

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Judy Pokonosky
4 years ago

A part of Chicago Music History!

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Kathleen Sitkiewicz
4 years ago

Wax tracks deserves this status !

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david K Thompson
4 years ago

When I was 17 I pestered my parents to take me to WAX TRAX all the way from New Mexico, sometime around 1987. Nothing was ever the same since

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Kevin Wilhelm
4 years ago

Definitely a Chicago Landmark!

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Joshua Edward Huskisson
4 years ago

I love Wax Trax!

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Kevin Goldstein
4 years ago

Hell yes.

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Jeff Burke
4 years ago

I’m all for this!

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christa moeller
4 years ago

Please make this building a landmark!

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Brad Schroeder
4 years ago

SAVE WAX TRAX!!!!!

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Daniel Rubeck
4 years ago

For the impact it had on music, not just industrial but music in general, it should definitely be a preserved landmark.

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Jeff Oakley
4 years ago

The WAX TRAX! record label created a community that I felt a part of throughout the 1990s even though I lived nowhere near Chicago. The reach and influence of WAX TRAX! was special and profound.

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Michael Snayd
4 years ago

Make it a landmark!

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Guy Bogard
4 years ago

Wax Trax rules!

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DollBabyTina
4 years ago

So many fond memories of shopping and hanging out here. Thank You Nash fam

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Tony Bonyata
4 years ago

I love, love, loved this record shop in the '80s and early '90s! Bought so many records and CDs here (both Wax Trax! artists and others) and dug the funky, punky boutique upstairs. Once they moved from this Lincoln Ave. location the vibe was no longer there. This building, the beautiful loonies inside and all of the music within was true magic. For me, at least, Chicago was never really the same after Wax Trax! moved from here. To this day I still wax nostalgically at this building whenever I stop in for a pint or two at the Red Lion Pub across the street.

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James Raith III
4 years ago

There's no doubt in my mind of the importance of this location. Please protect it!

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Miche Marcisz
4 years ago

Make it happen!

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Rich Chen
4 years ago

Please make waxtrax a landmark