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.[ Billboard], AllMusic
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". Jackass co-creators Jeff Tremaine and Johnny Knoxville have met the first time on the music video shoot of the band's song "California", directed by Jonze; drummer Fall would be a regular on the show.
Discography
Studio albums Year Album details 1992 What Else Can We Do Released: September 18, 1992 Label: Caroline Records Formats: CD, cassette (CS) 1995 13 Unlucky Numbers Released: February 28, 1995 Labels: Interscope Records, Atlantic Records Formats: CD, CS, LP 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 Mallrats (1995) MCA Saturday Morning: Cartoons' Greatest Hits (1995) MCA Bio-Dome (1996) Priority Records
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