Julia Nash Ranks her Favorite Wax Trax Releases

[https://www.google.com/amp/s/noisey.vice.com/amp/en_us/article/a3xwpk/rank-your-records-wax-trax-records-julia-nash]

Interesting list and some cool back story for some of her picks. I am going to try and toss out my top 10 as well but need to mull it over for a bit.

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I like her list. I need to check out that underworld album.

I think I’m going to fucking WAX TRAX is up this weekend, prep up for my Cash Grab Box coming Tuesday.

I think i’ll put on some pailhead and get this shit started. :metal::love_you_gesture::facepunch:

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“Dirty Epic” from Underworld’s dubnobasswithmyheadman is one of my favorite Wax Trax! Tunes of all time. Start there and see what you think.

Cool. Thanks for the link.

“Union Car Ride”?!? LOL

i grinned too. good stuff.

Also, Front 242 “Human.” I assume that’s “U-Men.”

Yeah man Dirty Epic is just such a perfect song. I don’t think Underworld ever topped it IMO, but they have done some great stuff so not complaining.

My top 10 Wax Trax releases (no particular order):

Revolting Cocks - You Goddamned Son Of A Bitch
Revolting Cocks - Big Sexy Land
Front 242 - Official Version
Front 242 - Back Catalogue
Ministry - Halloween Remix 12"
1000 Homo DJs - Apathy 12"
Front Line Assembly - Caustic Grip
Pailhead - Trait
Laibach - Opus Dei
My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult - Confessions Of A Knife

1002

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I wish I kept the catalog printout that was included with the 1000 Homo DJs - Apathy 12" vinyl or the TKK releases.

Here’s mine (no order)

Coil-Love’s Secret Domain
Thrill Kill Kult-Confessions of a Knife
Ministry-12" Singles
Front 242-Official Version
Ministry-Side Trax (not technically a WT release, but I adore that entire collective of projects)
Various-Black Box
Ministry-Cold Life EP
Revco-Big Sexy Land
Revco-BSQ
Controlled Bleeding-Trudge

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great lists guys…

My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult - Confessions of a Knife
My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult - My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult
Revolting Cocks - Big Sexy Land
Revolting Cocks - You Goddamned Son Of A Bitch
Revolting Cocks - BSQ
Front 242-Official Version
Pailhead - Trait
1000 Homo DJs - Supernaut [CD]
Acid Horse
PTP

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That’s really hard. If we’re limiting it to pre-TVT releases and not including the BIUS releases, here’s mine:

Front 242-Front By Front
Pailhead - Trait
Revolting Cocks - Beers Steers & Queers
My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult - Confessions Of A Knife
KMFDM - Naive
Lead Into Gold - Chicks & Speed
A Split Second - From The Inside
Clock DVA - Buried Dreams
Coil - Love’s Secret Domain
Chris Connelly - Phenobarb Bambalam

But that probably changes over time easily. For the TVT stuff, I’ve always counted these as essential listening as well:
Sister Machine Gun - The Torture Technique
Die Warzau - Engine
KMFDM - Nihil
Cubanate - INterference
Pig - Wrecked
C-Tec - Darker
VNV Nation - Praise The Fallen

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I remember thinking Darker and Praise The Fallen were Wax Trax finally getting back to distributing the stuff that made them famous in the first place, but then they folded about a year after those records came out.

It was tough to put this list together, but here’s mine (in no particular order) I could easily swap out some of these for other items in an artists catalog (IE Connelly Phenobarb vs Shipwreck)
Ministry - Everyday is Halloween
Revco-YGDSOAB
Chris Connelly-Phenobarb
KMFDM-Angst
Ajax-One World
Pailhead-Trait
FLA-Caustic Grip
Psykosonik-Unlearn
SMG-Burn
Die Warzau-Engine

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I’m adding one.

KMFDM - Naive

In no particular order.

Revolting Cocks - Beers, Steers & Queers
Thrill Kill Kult - I See Good Spirits And I See Bad Spirits
PIG - A Poke In The Eye With A Sharp Stick
Ministry - Twelve Inch Singles
Blackouts - Lost Souls Club EP
Cyberaktif - Nothing Stays EP
FLA - Gashed Senses & Crossfire
Lead Into Gold - Chicks & Speed EP, Low & Slow EP
The Young Gods - s/t

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