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Wax
Left to right: Dave Georgeff, Soda, Joe Sib and LoomisLeft to right: Dave Georgeff, Soda, Joe Sib and Loomis
Background information
OriginLos Angeles, California, U.S.
Genres
Years active1991–1995, 2009
Labels
Past membersJoe Sib
Tom "Soda" Gardocki
Dave Georgeff
Loomis Fall

Wax was an American punk rock band from Los Angeles, California. Wax emerged during the pop punk resurgence of the early 1990s, and included Joe Sib, Tom "Soda" Gardocki, Dave Georgeff, and Loomis Fall. The band is best known for their MTV buzz clip video "California", directed by Spike Jonze.

History

13 Unlucky Numbers included the single "California", whose music video was later called "infamous" by NME and has been included on Artforum's website. The video depicted a man on fire running in slow motion, and was quickly banned from daytime airplay on MTV. It was included on a retrospective DVD of the director, Spike Jonze, where a still from the video was also shown on the cover of the collection. The video was also included in an episode of MTV's Beavis and Butt-head. The song became a moderate hit on American rock radio, reaching No. 28 on the Billboard Modern Rock charts in 1995.

Band members

  • Joe Sib – lead vocals
  • Tom "Soda" Gardocki – guitars, vocals
  • Dave Georgeff – bass, vocals
  • Loomis Fall – drums, vocals

Legacy

"Hush" from the album What Else Can We Do was cited as an influence by Rivers Cuomo for the Weezer song "Say It Ain't So".

Discography

Studio albums

Year Album details
1992 What Else Can We Do
1995 13 Unlucky Numbers
  • I The LP version was issued on Shattered Records.

Extended plays and singles

  • "Who Is Next" (1994) Side One
  • "It Ain't Funny" (1994) Side One
  • "Who Is Next" (1995) Interscope/Atlantic
  • "California" (1995) Interscope/Atlantic
  • "Hangin' On" (2009) Side One Dummy

Compilations and soundtracks

References

  1. "Wax – Southern California (A film by Spike Jonze)". New Musical Express.
  2. "wax, "california" music video". Artforum.com.
  3. "The Work of Director Spike Jonze". IMDb. October 20, 2003.
  4. Billboard, AllMusic
  5. Spotify (June 24, 2024). Weezer - The Blue Album LIVE | Spotify THIRTY - The 30th Anniversary. Retrieved October 13, 2024 – via YouTube.
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