Please join friends of WAX TRAX! Records, Saturday, March 26th for a silent auction fundraiser and special night of on-stage entertainment. In preparation for the Wax Trax Records, 33 1/3 Anniversary RETROSPECTACLE, The CENTER ON HALSTED has organized a fundraising party to help offset costs for the larger charity event in April (flying in European rock stars ain’t cheap-Ya-know) A cabaret style performance will include musician Jon Langford- from The Mekons & Waco Brothers, Wax Trax recording artist Chris Connelly, the Blue Ribbon Glee Club as well as a special onstage interview with Chicago’s very own legend Cynthia Plastercaster. In addition to the live portion of the night, a silent auction will take place and will feature special goodies from Chicagoland artists & businesses as well as a few rare Wax Trax! related items. Opening its doors on Lincoln Ave. in 1978, Wax Trax! Records was the flash point for Chicago’s underground art & music scene during the 1980’s &1990’s. Initial recordings by such groups as Ministry, Front 242, and KMFDM, secured Wax Trax! Records as principal innovators in what has come to be known as “industrial music”. Its creators, Jim Nash & Dannie Flesher, were not only pioneers within Chicago, but also a seminal music force that had international implications and respect. This fundraising event will benefit a larger Wax Trax! retrospective concert in April, as well as pay tribute to the two men that started it all. Nash & Flesher have since passed away, both succumbing to complications brought on by AIDS. All proceeds generated will go to the Charity, CENTER ON HALSTED. Tickets are $15 and available at the door. Drinks and appetizers will be on hand (free drink token w/ each ticket) For more information on this Wax Trax! fundraiser as well as the Wax Trax! RETROSPECTACLE concert in April, please visit waxtraxchicago.com
