![]() It’s two decades since Wax Trax! ceased operations, but a fascinating documentary about the label is heading to a screen near you shortly. From the off, it was transgressive, erratic and drug-fuelled, and when it became a label as well as a record shop in the early 1980s, it employed the insane business model favoured by many other independent imprints of the day, with no written contracts (not even verbal agreements) and very little budget control. The label was ‘Brokeback Mountain’ gay, drunk cowboy, fetish-hetero gay. When Trent Reznor was making his name with Nine Inch Nails and delivering his own bon mots for the British music press, he described NIN as synth faggots, which makes for a pretty good description of much of Wax Trax!’s output – outside the mainstream, sexually ambiguous, electronic at heart, and avowedly confrontational. In doing so, it built the pockmarked runway for the likes of Nine Inch Nails, as well as Gary Numan’s industrial synth reinvention. Founded by Jim Nash and Dannie Flesher, and starting out as a record shop in Denver, Colorado, in 1975, Wax Trax! gave the world Ministry, Revolting Cocks, Pailhead, My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult, and a slew of other sample heavy electronic punk outfits that defined the underground of the era. If ever there was a record label that deserved its story telling, it’s Wax Trax!, the Chicago home of industrial music of the 1980s. It’s the story of one of the most exciting labels ever, an imprint that lodged its idiosyncratic brand of dark ‘n’ dirty electronic music deep into the American heartland Complete rules for entry available on .‘Industrial accident: the story of Wax Trax! Records’ is a forthcoming documentary about… wait for it… Wax Trax! Records. Winners will receive one of three limited edition grand prizes including Coil’s Deluxe 30th Anniversary 4 LP of Love’s Secret Domain, Front 242’s special limited 7” box that commemorated the 1984-2014 30th anniversary of band & label and the Cash Grab Edition of the “Industrial Accident: The Story Of Wax Trax! Records” Soundtrack. To celebrate the upcoming release, The Coda Collection is asking fans everywhere to join in on the walk down memory lane by sharing their Wax Trax! stories & anecdotes on socials while using #WaxTraxStories in their captions for a chance to win a Wax Trax! prize pack. The entire film and commentary will be streamed live online during the WAX TRAX! Channel 66 show. During the one-time-only screening, artists Groovie Mann and Chris Connelly along with label staff Andy Wombwell and director Julia Nash will give live commentary about the film and their time with Wax Trax!, followed by an audience Q&A. On December 16, 2021, The Coda Collection will be partnering with House of Vans to present an intimate screening of the original film with live artist commentary at the House of Vans in Chicago, IL. We just had to cherry pick some of our favorites that we felt were important to tell." I think that there are so many more movies to be made from this one film, and that's how the bonus material came to be. You pop it into the machine and it feels free like you have a seat in the editing room to see these little stories unfold. The aesthetic we were going for with the bonus footage is that of an old VHS tape with no label on it. We realized that we had so much other great material that we were able to make a whole second movie. ![]() ![]() "This is a story about my dad and his partner, their record store and label,'' says director Julia Nash.” "There were so many interviews that went into making 'Industrial Accident' and not all of them would fit into the original documentary. ![]() Now home to both Industrial Accident: The Story of Wax Trax! Records and this bonus film, as well as exclusive editorial content providing additional context for the era and movement, The Coda Collection is the destination for all things “Wax Trax!” The companion film will be available to stream exclusively via The Coda Collection beginning December 10th, 2021, and an official trailer can be seen at. Featuring bonus footage, anecdotes and interviews with Trent Reznor, Al Jourgensen, Groovie Mann and more, this sequel film digs deeper into the label’s history and sheds extra light on the Wax Trax! scene and how it became a global movement. The Coda Collection has announced the forthcoming streaming release of Accidents and Outtakes the rarely seen bonus film to the acclaimed documentary Industrial Accident: The Story of Wax Trax! Records, which tells the story of Jim Nash and Dannie Flesher who in 1978 opened a Chicago record store called Wax Trax!, catering to a community of misfits and turned it into the launching pad for the rise of industrial music.
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