I lived in that neighborhood for almost 10 years. One of the reasons I moved to Chicago is the rich music history including both Chess Records and Wax Trax. The city should do all it can to preserve this rich musical heritage. It enriches the city in ways you can't even know.
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Dando Shaft
4 years ago
It's only common sense.
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Mary Wallman
4 years ago
Historical place. Changed music forever!
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jason lund
4 years ago
Wax Trax and I spent many years of my life together.
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Bill Gardner
4 years ago
Wax Trax is not only an iconic store for music fans in Chicago and from around the world but was pivotal in promoting styles of music and artists the world would not have heard were it not for them.
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Bryan Hepburn
4 years ago
Wax Trax was the first place I went to when I arrived in Chicago in 1992. What a great trip.
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Noreen Sobczyk
4 years ago
I cut school and went to Wax Trax and hung out at Aetna Park a lot in high school. I sent my 50s sensibility aunt n uncle there for my Christmas gifts one mid 80s yr (‘83-85) and they had the best time being shocked by the clothes and hair. Wax Trax and also the label / my early industrial years are a big part of who I am. I imagine we might get some tourists.
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Anonymous
4 years ago
WaxTrax was and still is part of my musical discovery everyday and I just want to thank to all the involved spirits that made everything possible then and now to keep the label and the shop running. It is good to recognize this.
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Kimberly Simmons
4 years ago
This place is so important to so many people.
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Sergio Bravo Jr
4 years ago
Chicagoan currently residing in TX. Wax Trax! played a huge part in developing my taste in music and should be recognized as a Chicago landmark.
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Brad Unger
4 years ago
Wax Trax! was highly influential in my musical upbringing.
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Inga Walker
4 years ago
Absolutely an important part of Chicago cultural history.
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Tiffany McLean
4 years ago
This is a No Brainer!!! It is in the fabric of our youth- once I bought a dress there with hieroglyphics on it- no idea why it was there. Boy George noticed it. Need I say more. To demolish or change this would be to erase fundamental parts of our being.
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Paula Phillips
4 years ago
I was a frequent shopper at Wax Trax throughout their time in Chicago. It was a dream store for LP enthusiasts and also for great music conversation and anything else that mattered at the time. So happy for this effort and so deserved. Rock on Julie!
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Jim Dowdall
4 years ago
Great store, once gone a big hole in my music quest for the unheard and different. Miss them and their accepting, beatiful personnas!
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Scott Nieman
4 years ago
Make it so! Huge influence for the fusion of sounds
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Ed Jozefiak
4 years ago
In 1978, I discovered Wax Trax! while in college. I didn't realize that it was a brand new record shop until now when I saw the article in the Sunday Chicago Tribune newspaper ( 2-20-2022). So I'd travel from the south side of Chicago (Back Of The Yards) multiple times a year to find the rare LPs. EPs and 45s that I couldn't find elsewhere in Chicago land area!
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Daria Bathgate
4 years ago
There are many places that are important to the, now, adult population. They deserve to be recognized.
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Peter Michalozski
4 years ago
Forever Wax Trax!
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Perry Fotopoulos
4 years ago
Thank you Mark Clifton for curating the record selection at Wax Trax during those early formative years
I lived in that neighborhood for almost 10 years. One of the reasons I moved to Chicago is the rich music history including both Chess Records and Wax Trax. The city should do all it can to preserve this rich musical heritage. It enriches the city in ways you can't even know.
It's only common sense.
Historical place. Changed music forever!
Wax Trax and I spent many years of my life together.
Wax Trax is not only an iconic store for music fans in Chicago and from around the world but was pivotal in promoting styles of music and artists the world would not have heard were it not for them.
Wax Trax was the first place I went to when I arrived in Chicago in 1992. What a great trip.
I cut school and went to Wax Trax and hung out at Aetna Park a lot in high school. I sent my 50s sensibility aunt n uncle there for my Christmas gifts one mid 80s yr (‘83-85) and they had the best time being shocked by the clothes and hair. Wax Trax and also the label / my early industrial years are a big part of who I am. I imagine we might get some tourists.
WaxTrax was and still is part of my musical discovery everyday and I just want to thank to all the involved spirits that made everything possible then and now to keep the label and the shop running. It is good to recognize this.
This place is so important to so many people.
Chicagoan currently residing in TX. Wax Trax! played a huge part in developing my taste in music and should be recognized as a Chicago landmark.
Wax Trax! was highly influential in my musical upbringing.
Absolutely an important part of Chicago cultural history.
This is a No Brainer!!! It is in the fabric of our youth- once I bought a dress there with hieroglyphics on it- no idea why it was there. Boy George noticed it. Need I say more. To demolish or change this would be to erase fundamental parts of our being.
I was a frequent shopper at Wax Trax throughout their time in Chicago. It was a dream store for LP enthusiasts and also for great music conversation and anything else that mattered at the time. So happy for this effort and so deserved. Rock on Julie!
Great store, once gone a big hole in my music quest for the unheard and different. Miss them and their accepting, beatiful personnas!
Make it so! Huge influence for the fusion of sounds
In 1978, I discovered Wax Trax! while in college. I didn't realize that it was a brand new record shop until now when I saw the article in the Sunday Chicago Tribune newspaper ( 2-20-2022). So I'd travel from the south side of Chicago (Back Of The Yards) multiple times a year to find the rare LPs. EPs and 45s that I couldn't find elsewhere in Chicago land area!
There are many places that are important to the, now, adult population. They deserve to be recognized.
Forever Wax Trax!
Thank you Mark Clifton for curating the record selection at Wax Trax during those early formative years