WAX

WAX's 13 Unlucky Numbers now on iTunes!

2010-01-26T14:43:00.001-08:00

Hey, look what's on iTunes now ... our record, 13 Unlucky Numbers, featuring "California."

iTunes was only someone's silly dream when we made this CD in 1995, but now it can finally be yours in digitally remastered glory.

Download yours on iTunes today!

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WAX's New EP "Hangin' On" Now on iTunes

2009-12-02T10:04:00.001-08:00

Hangin' On is now on iTunes ... includes previously unreleased songs originally intended for our record 13 Unlucky Numbers.

Buy it on iTunes now!

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WAX & NOFX to Perform Benefit in San Francisco

2009-11-08T15:22:00.001-08:00

NOFX, WAX, Dead To Me, and Nathen Maxwell & The Original Bunny Gang are set to perform at the ROCK TO ROLL charity event at Slim's in San Francisco on Thursday, December 3, 2009.

The event will directly benefit the non-profit organization UCP WHEELS FOR HUMANITY. UCPWFH provides wheelchairs to disadvantaged children and adults free of charge. Since 1996, the organization has helped over 44,000 children and adults living in the poorest of conditions, in developing countries such as Zimbabwe, Vietnam, Ukraine, Mexico, Mongolia, and many others.

ROCK TO ROLL fund raising efforts have raised more than $87,000 for UCP WHEELS FOR HUMANITY since 2006.

Tickets for the event are available in person at Slim's (333 11th St.) & Great American Music Hall (859 O'Farrell St.) box offices, online at www.slimstickets.com, or charge by phone at (888) 233-0449 & via fax (downloadable fax form available online at www.slims-sf.com).

For more information on the bands:

www.nofxofficialwebsite.com
www.myspace.com/waxtheband
www.myspace.com/deadtomesf
www.nathenmaxwell.com

An online auction will also be set up to raise additional funds for UCP WHEELS FOR HUMANITY. Donated items include autographed memorabilia from several bands including Blink 182, Flogging Molly, Thrice, The Bouncing Souls, Chuck Ragan, The Gaslight Anthem and many more, as well as a prize pack from Innes Clothing.

To volunteer, support, and learn more about UCP Wheels, go to their website at www.ucpwfh.org

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Read the full press release for this event here.

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WAX & Weezer - LIVE in Hollywood

2009-10-19T04:42:00.001-07:00

WAX | MySpace Music Videos

WAX opens for Weezer at the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles.

Saturday, October 24, 2009

7pm

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WAX Live in LA!

2009-10-02T14:05:00.001-07:00

WAX announces a special FREE surprise show at The Darkroom in Los Angeles. It will be WAX's first live show - anywhere - in nearly 15 years! Don't miss it!

Monday, October 5 - 9pm
The Darkroom
7302 Melrose Ave. (corner of Poinsettia)
Los Angeles, CA 90046

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WAX is Back

2009-09-09T14:51:00.001-07:00

WAX is back. We play our first show in more than 14 years on October 9 in Chicago at The Metro for Riot Fest '09. Also, new tunes and our back catalog are coming to iTunes soon.

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WAX - California video - directed by Spike Jonze (Speeded Up)

2009-09-03T14:32:00.001-07:00

You know the video of our song "California" - directed by Spike Jonze ... the guy on fire runs in slow motion. The running time is 2:22. Here it is speeded up to actual time ... 12 seconds. Cool.

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Free Music from WAX

2009-08-28T12:44:00.001-07:00

FREE music from WAX and lots of other great bands.

Our record label, SideOneDummy, is offering a free sampler with a bunch of songs from SideOneDummy bands, including a couple of WAX songs.

Click the link and download: http://sideonedummy.com/s1d_sampler/index.php

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WAX performs in Bio-Dome

2009-08-23T21:10:00.001-07:00

So, WAX appeared in the Pauly Shore movie, Bio-Dome (1996). The plot is too ridiculous to try and explain, but WAX appears as the band in a party scene set in the bio-dome, and perform a few songs.

WAX performed three tunes for the film: a cover of Cheap Trick's "He's A Whore" and two other songs, "Your Intelligence" and "Do You Wanna Dance."

"He's a Whore" can only be heard in this scene, and is not on the film's official soundtrack album as the other two songs are.

The film starred Pauly Shore, Stephen Baldwin, and Joey Lauren Adams.

Check it out!

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Countdown to Chicago!

2009-08-16T17:09:00.001-07:00

WAX on the Radio

2009-08-16T13:55:00.001-07:00

WAX's new EP Hangin' On (first new songs in nearly 15 years) is picking up steam on radio across the nation.

We're now getting spins on stations in a dozen cities including Portland, Chicago, Toronto, Seattle, Denver, Charlotte, Orlando, and LA.

If you haven't listened yet, check it out:

WAX Premium Playlist

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WAX in a comic book

2009-08-13T14:23:00.001-07:00

WAX appears in the special edition comic book The Saturday Morning Comic that Marvel Comics released 1996, and featured a bunch of the most popular bands of the day - all of whom contributed cover songs to the Saturday Morning Cartoons' Greatest Hits CD.

WAX covered "Happy, Happy, Joy, Joy" from the Ren and Stimpy show. Some of the songs were made into music videos that appeared in a Cartoon Network special (later released on home video) hosted by Drew Barrymore.

Look for WAX on pages 24 -25.

Some of the other artists that appear in the comic book, video and CD:
The Ramones - "Spiderman"
Liz Phair - "Tra la la Song (One Banana, Two Banana)"
Butthole Surfers - "Underdog"
Violent Femmes - "Eep Opp Ork Ah-Ah"
Tanya Donelly & Juliana Hatfield - "Josie and the Pussycats"

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WAX in the comics

2009-08-11T15:05:00.001-07:00

Wait! It's the Guerrilla Rockers, WAX!

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WAX in the comics - Burdie Cutlass

2009-08-10T18:58:00.001-07:00

Burdie Cutlass lays down a marvelous bass line in a Marvel comic book.

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WAX in the comics - Soda

2009-08-10T17:20:00.001-07:00

Soda plays guitar - and flashes a rare smile - in colored ink.

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WAX in the comics - Loomis

2009-08-10T16:44:00.001-07:00

This is what Loomis looks like behind the drum kit ... in a comic book.

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WAX in the comics - Joe Sib

2009-08-10T14:38:00.001-07:00

Hey, look ... it's Joe Sib - lead singer of WAX ... and he's a comic book character.

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WAX on Beavis and Butt-head

2009-07-30T00:59:00.000-07:00

Beavis and Butt-head watch WAX's "California" - directed by Spike Jonze. The video features a burning man running down a street in slow motion, and it sends Beavis into a shaking and mumbling trance due to his obsession with fire. The video was banned from daytime airplay by MTV in 1995.

WAX on the BBC

2009-07-27T22:15:00.000-07:00

Check out the BBC's Worldwide radio exclusive of WAX's "Hangin' On"!

BBC 1's Punk Show with Mike Davies premieres the first WAX song on the radio since 1995.

Weezer credits WAX as source of inspiration

2009-07-24T14:14:00.000-07:00

Weezer is touring Japan and Korea, but found time to blog the following on their website:

"Back in the early days of Weezer, fellow L.A. band WAX inspired the Weez men with their super high energy shows, catchy tunes and tireless drive. The members of Weezer and WAX were buddies even before the two bands existed, and share a lot of history in the early 90's L.A. music scene meatgrinder. When WAX got a record deal and made a music video, it was truly inspiring - awesome given the tough odds of anybody getting anywhere in that scene. It was a real revelation to Weezer - maybe they too could get somewhere, they dared to hope. WAX went on to make 2 cool albums and toured relentlessly for several years, with videos played on MTV. Weezer eventually got signed too, and always pointed to WAX for their source of inspiration to work hard and not give up.

WAX sadly called it quits in 1995, with members branching out into many other cool bands (as well as membership in Jackass for Loomis), but today WAX rises from the ashes, in the form of a reunion show and a special charity 7"! Check Out the WAX MySpace page for info and music, including a special shout out from Rivers!

The "Riot Fest" will be on October 9th at The Metro in Chicago (hometown of 3/4 of the band). Dont miss this show - a rare chance to catch WAX, the true pioneers of the pop-punk sound in action!"

Click here for the original blog post on Weezer's official website.

Hangin' On Widget

2009-07-16T01:45:00.001-07:00

New WAX Songs on 7-Inch Vinyl - Proceeds for Charity

2009-07-15T18:09:00.000-07:00

Early pop-punk pioneers WAX (featuring Joe Sib, co-owner/founder of SideOneDummy Records and Loomis Fall of Jackass fame) - reuniting after 14 years for Chicago's "Riot Fest '09" in October - announce the release of the band's first new songs since 1995.

The band recently got together and decided to release a vinyl 7-Inch, Hangin' On, featuring four unreleased WAX songs that were originally intended for WAX's 1995 release, 13 Unlucky Numbers.

The idea was inspired by Record Store Day, and all proceeds will be donated to UCP Wheels For Humanity, and will be released on SideOneDummy Records on August 4, 2009.

Tracklist:
Side A:
1) Hangin' On
2) It Ain't Funny Anymore

Side B:
1) I Wish For Once (I Could Cancel You)
2) Cigarette

Price: $4.99 (plus shipping)

Limited edition clear yellow vinyl pressing limited to 500 copies.

All orders ship with a download card good for free MP3 downloads of all four songs.

Order from the SideOneDummy Online Store.

THIS IS A PREORDER AND WILL NOT SHIP UNTIL JULY 27-28
STREET DATE: AUGUST 4th, 2009

Weezer's Rivers Cuomo gives WAX a Shout-out

2009-07-07T14:28:00.001-07:00

In recognition of the WAX reunion, Rivers Cuomo of Weezer was kind enough to provide us with a statement:

"One point of real pain in Weezer’s collective psyche in 1992 was our jealousy of Wax.

Not only had these friends and former equals (at the bottom of the social ladder) actually made it (in the sense of getting a record deal) but we actually LOVED their music, we worshipped their music. It was so catchy, so ridiculously hook-laden. Every part of every Wax song was as fun and heart-stirring as the last, and each part lasted only as long as it was fresh and then was replaced by the next.

We were so jealous. Our songs seemed plodding, dull, and boring in comparison. No wonder people loved them and hated us, we thought. We beat ourselves up as we were flyering, imagining that what the random strangers walking in and out of the clubs really wanted was news about Wax. As we passed out a flyer, we would say to the people, 'Hey, come to the show ... Wax is going to be there.' We didn’t even say that Wax was going to perform. We just said that they were going to be there. Sometimes we just said 'someone from Wax is going to be there' or even 'someone from Wax might be there.

'And we were astonished, dismayed, and delighted (at our own lameness and Wax’s awesomeness) when someone would actually respond, very interested and excited, 'Wax is going to be there?'"

Rivers Cuomo

WAX Reunion Show Announced!

2009-07-07T14:12:00.000-07:00

After 14 years, we finally made up! Hugs and kisses for everyone!

The last time WAX was all in the same room was at Slims in San Francisco in 1995. Damn that was a long time ago!!! Over the years we always talked about playing together again, and finally in April we decided to make it happen. Dave had a smile on his face about four miles long from the moment we all started playing. After three hours playing together, we all had smiles to match Dave’s. It was great seeing each other again and catching up on all the times we spent together.

Over the last few weeks, we loaded this site up with WAX photos and old videos for you to check out. Most of this stuff has ever been on the net, so enjoy. Also, we have four unreleased songs from back in 1995 for you to check out. These songs were originally going to be on 13 Unlucky Numbers, but at the last second we took them off.

The songs are only available on limited vinyl 7-inch from Side One Dummy Records. All the proceeds from this 7-inch will go to UCP Wheels For Humanity. For information about UCP Wheels for Humanity, and the terrific work they do, please check out their website.

About a month ago, we talked to the good people at “Riot Fest” in Chicago about the idea of WAX coming out there to play. Loomis, Soda and Dave are all originally from Chicago, so we thought it would be cool to have our first show back be in Chicago. When they asked if we would be into playing with Naked Raygun and Rights of the Accused at The Metro, we immediately answered “fuck ya!!!!”

See you in Chicago on October 9 (Soda’s Bday) at The Metro. First round is on us!!

WAX - Who Is Next (directed by Spike Jonze)

2009-06-09T11:04:00.000-07:00

WAX

WAX's 13 Unlucky Numbers now on iTunes!

WAX's New EP "Hangin' On" Now on iTunes

WAX & NOFX to Perform Benefit in San Francisco

WAX & Weezer - LIVE in Hollywood

WAX Live in LA!

WAX announces a special FREE surprise show at The Darkroom in Los Angeles. It will be WAX's first live show - anywhere - in nearly 15 years! Don't miss it!

Monday, October 5 - 9pmThe Darkroom7302 Melrose Ave. (corner of Poinsettia)Los Angeles, CA 90046

WAX is Back

WAX - California video - directed by Spike Jonze (Speeded Up)

Free Music from WAX

WAX performs in Bio-Dome

Countdown to Chicago!

WAX on the Radio

WAX in a comic book

WAX in the comics

Wait! It's the Guerrilla Rockers, WAX!

WAX in the comics - Burdie Cutlass

Burdie Cutlass lays down a marvelous bass line in a Marvel comic book.

WAX in the comics - Soda

Soda plays guitar - and flashes a rare smile - in colored ink.

WAX in the comics - Loomis

This is what Loomis looks like behind the drum kit ... in a comic book.

WAX in the comics - Joe Sib

Hey, look ... it's Joe Sib - lead singer of WAX ... and he's a comic book character.

WAX on Beavis and Butt-head

WAX on the BBC

Weezer credits WAX as source of inspiration

Hangin' On Widget

New WAX Songs on 7-Inch Vinyl - Proceeds for Charity

Weezer's Rivers Cuomo gives WAX a Shout-out

WAX Reunion Show Announced!

WAX - Who Is Next (directed by Spike Jonze)

Monday, October 5 - 9pm
The Darkroom
7302 Melrose Ave. (corner of Poinsettia)
Los Angeles, CA 90046