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WAX TRAX! - 2449 Lincoln Ave. Landmark Status

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Denny Suber
4 years ago

Wax Trax records was a magnificent place where people could meet, listen to music, and socialize without being judged. The music that came from this record store spoke to me and so many others. Wax Trax for life!

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Fred Belot
4 years ago

Wax Trax is an institution. The cradle of so many creative bands. It deeply built my own musical landscape. They helped and discovered so many bands from the States, Canada, Europe including my home country Belgium. They created the path to a fantastic and diverse musical journey. Thank you Wax Trax. You deserve credit for all that.

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Jason Duerr
4 years ago

We must secure the existence of our music and a future for Wax Trax!

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George Aalbregtse
4 years ago

The music that this landmark has produced and sold changed my life 20+ years ago and I hope it stays around forever.

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Morgan Miller III
4 years ago

I wuv u Wax Trax!

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JT Kauffman
4 years ago

Wax Trax Records was a big part of Chicago's music scene (which subsequently spread to all corners of the globe) and this legendary location should absolutely be designated landmark status!

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Joe Sedivy
4 years ago

!!!!!!!

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Brian St Clair
4 years ago

Wax Trax! was a huge part of my life from 1984 to 1994. It shaped me as an individual and a musician. It created lifelong friendships with store and label employees as well as customers. It would be a shame not to designate 2449 N. Lincoln Ave as a landmark in Chicago. It produced a genre of music and a lifestyle of its own.

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Joe Griesinger
4 years ago

Best record store ever!

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Andrew Kohl
4 years ago

Growing up, this was the one place I could go to learn about culture and meet creative people like me. It was the gateway to Lincoln park and Guild Books, Bourgois Pig and the wonders of a great neighborhood.

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John Holda
4 years ago

Was introduced to a bunch of new music from you guys when I was a teenager in the 80's. This is one of the places I visited to purchase industrial. Thanks for being there!

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Tim Caron
4 years ago

Please preserve this cultural landmark that has meant so much to so many of us.

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Gail Donnelly
4 years ago

So important culturally to the city of Chicago!

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Joseph Gott
4 years ago

Drawn to it as a kid, grew with this label as a teen and young adult, and became the soundtrack of my adulthood, and now closing in on 50 years of life.

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Brian Terry
4 years ago

This is of subcultural interest to many, many people in the US and around the globe.

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Jason Roach
4 years ago

The coolest record store in the world.

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Anonymous
4 years ago

Vital to me and millions of other people.

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niels guldager
4 years ago

good luck I visited the shop back in the late 80's and early 90's. I recently presented and got approved a project to I am working on in Chicago.

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Matthew Diment
4 years ago

Wax Trax! was a seminal institution in the advancement of underground punk, industrial, and countless other genres of music. This legacy should be maintained for the influential musical icon it was and still is.

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Jason
4 years ago

WaxTrax Records was a vital part of my university years. I absolutely believe that the building that housed the original store is worth of being designated as a historical site. Thanks!