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WAX TRAX! - 2449 Lincoln Ave. Landmark Status

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JT Newman
4 years ago

Really hope this passes and gets landmark status! Very important piece of Chicago history.

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cherie duge
4 years ago

Dear Chicago, For late '80s-'90s club kids & Industrial music fans there was no life without Wax Trax! The music scene swirling around the label/store was the seminal cultural hub of our lives for many years. My friends and I made devout pilgrimages from across the Lake over in Michigan to shop there and go to concerts. Wax Trax! was the cornerstone of the alternative set. Alternative kids from all over the midwest were so proud of the WT contribution to the scene because it was OURS. Others had London, LA, NYC, but we had Wax Trax! It shaped music in a powerful way, with Ministry as the beloved backbone. Please preserve this pivotal landmark so we can brong our kids there and pay homage for eternity! Rock on, Chicago. Cherie Duge

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Jonathan Gottfried
4 years ago

WAX TRAX! meant the world to me growing up in the 80's, and will forever be a part of me.

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K Harris
4 years ago

The epicenter of what I listen to from 1987 to today

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James Elliott
4 years ago

Let’s Go!!!!

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Dan McKeaney
4 years ago

Wax Trax! is an essential part of music hostory

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Alex Abajian
4 years ago

Wax Trax, was my ground zero as a teenager. Every time I walked through that tall heavy black door I was transported to Europe. Jim Nash was instrumental in turning me on the best and still timeless releases each week.

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Kevin Johaningsmeir
4 years ago

Bought my first Ministry album at Wax Trax!

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George Terry
4 years ago

Wax Trax will always rule!!!! Thank you for the memories...

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Bryan Engelbrecht
4 years ago

Enjoyed music from Wax Trax in the 90's. Building should be preserved due to its contributions to the genre of Industrial music and as a piece of Chicago's music and recording industry history.

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Charlene Kaput
4 years ago

This store is awesome, have purchased many a disc from there!

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Sarah Darling
4 years ago

Wax Trax is an important part of Chicago history, independent music history, and queer history. Long live Wax Trax!

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Bill Borski
4 years ago

it brought us joy through out the world of course it should be a landmark

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Allen Sumpter
4 years ago

-(A)-

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Brett Prezuhy
4 years ago

What came out those doors influenced me more than my family (and I turned out ok!!)

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Mark Taylor
4 years ago

I loved Wax Trax records !

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Eddie Maestas
4 years ago

Long Live WAXTRAX!!!

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Gary Johnson
4 years ago

Keep those LP’s spinning

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Gregthemayor
4 years ago

I can't say enough how much Wax Trax! Meant to me in my impressionable youth. It definitely was a life changing experience the first time I visited the shop from Indianapolis. So thank you!

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Glenna Lally
4 years ago

Wax trax is an irreplaceable part of Chicago music history We need to preserve iy