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WAX TRAX! - 2449 Lincoln Ave. Landmark Status

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Rimas Lukas
4 years ago

The musical advances which occurred in Chicago have had important local, national, and international impact. It is important that key sites be remembered.

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Darrin McCowan
4 years ago

This place got me through my teens! Show it the love that it showed so many young people in an influential time.

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Luciano duran
4 years ago

I started buying Wax Trax in the late 80s and those records are still as amazing as when they first came out! They’ve brought me so much joy & so many imaginative concepts , & continue to do so !

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Anonymous
4 years ago

Please preserve this historic treasure

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Kurt King
4 years ago

Save the iconic music label storefront

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Alex B
4 years ago

Wax Trax absolutely requires this acknowledgement.

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Adam Mikos
4 years ago

Make it so!

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Rocco Savaiano
4 years ago

Please save WaxTrax and give it the long- overdue historical designation it deserves!!!

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Sarah Neczwid
4 years ago

Music is not only vital to our city, but to our humanity. Let’s recognize the contribution iconic record stores like Wax Trax has made by acknowledging it’s heritage in our city.

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Augustine Torres
4 years ago

Sign

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Adam Evans
4 years ago

This is as iconic to industrial music as the Grand Ole Opry is to country music!

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Ed Sanders
4 years ago

I used to shop there all through the 80s & 90s. That place is dear to my heart.

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Adam Parrilli
4 years ago

Industrial rules. Def had KMFDM discs

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Robert Smiley
4 years ago

Great record store!

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Beth Van Voorst
4 years ago

Wax Trax helped to unite an eclectic group of individuals in Chicago and then worldwide with ideals innovated through industrial music that still courses in our veins today. This group still gathers with passion for the music when opportunities arise at Metro, Riveria Vic, Thalia Hall, etc, as well as venues around the world. Let's pay tribute to Chicago's own Industrial label WAX TRAX!

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Chris Kouzes
4 years ago

Certainly an institution that helped create the Chicago music scene in the 80's

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Robert Bailey
4 years ago

Wax Trax! Is as important to underground electronic music as CBGB is to New York Rock and roll and punk. It made Chicago a hub in the industry and a home, then and now, to numerous legends in the genre. Designation of the original storefront ass historical landmark would recognize this fact and help Chicago by adding a landmark to its already iconic status as a home of musical innovation.

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Dennis Kaplan
4 years ago

It was a uniquely Chicago institution.

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Christina Wagner
4 years ago

My husband recorded there. This is a staple in the Chicago music scene going back decades. We need to protect it!

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Michelle Masny
4 years ago

I spent a good majority of my teens and early 20’s at this location and enjoying industrial music. This has got to happen!!!