Wax
Left to right: Dave Georgeff, Soda, Joe Sib, and Loomis
Background information
Origin	Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Genres	Rock, Punk rock, Pop punk, Alternative rock
Years active	1991–1995, 2009-Present
Labels	SideOneDummy Interscope Atlantic Records Shattered Records Caroline Records
Associated acts	22 Jacks Rose's Pawn Shop Scream For Me Sign Of The Fox
Members
Joe Sib Soda Dave Georgeff Loomis

Wax is a Los Angeles, California based punk rock band that emerged during the pop punk resurgence of the early 1990s, and includes 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.^[1]

Contents 1 History 1.1 Recent activity 2 Band members 3 Discography 3.1 Compilations and soundtracks 4 References

[edit] History

Wax formed in 1991 in Los Angeles, California. They released their first album, What Else Can We Do on Caroline Records in 1992, with a surf-inflected punk rock style, comparable to the Ramones and Pixies. According to the liner notes, "Hold On" was the first song that the band ever wrote together. The album was produced by Daniel Rey at Convent Studios.

In 1995 the band issued its major label debut, 13 Unlucky Numbers on Interscope/Atlantic, as well as a limited color vinyl version on the independent label Shattered Records, that also included a numbered gatefold sleeve and bonus track. Paul Q. Kolderie and Sean Slade acted as the production team for the sessions, recorded in the summer of 1993 at Fort Apache. Spike Jonze was credited for the albums photography and would also direct two music videos for the band.

13 Unlucky Numbers included the single "California," whos music video was later called "infamous" by NME^[2] and has been included on Artforum's website.^[3] 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 also graced the cover of the collection.^[4] The song was a moderate hit on American rock radio, reaching #28 on the Billboard Modern Rock charts in 1995.^[5] The album also included "Who Is Next," a song licensed to Nike for a commercial which featured Pete Sampras and Andre Agassi. The music video for the song featured Tim Armstrong and Lars Frederiksen of the band Rancid. On April 2, 1995 the band appeared on MTV's 120 Minutes to promote the release and perform live in the studio.

Wax was featured in several major motion pictures in the mid-90's. Their song "Mallrats" appeared on the soundtrack of the 1995 Kevin Smith film Mallrats. In the movie itself, it is heard over the closing credits, just after "Susanne" by Weezer. The band briefly appeared in the 1996 film Bio-Dome, starring Pauly Shore and Stephen Baldwin, where they performed "He´s a Whore", "Your Intelligence" and the Bobby Freeman song "Do You Wanna Dance?," during the party scene. The latter two songs appeared on the films soundtrack. The band also contributed a cover of "Happy, Happy, Joy, Joy" to the cartoons' greatest hits album Saturday Morning, a song originally from The Ren & Stimpy Show.

After going their separate ways in 1995, Sib started the band 22 Jacks with Steve Soto of the Adolescents and Agent Orange, while continuing to develop his record label SideOneDummy. Gardocki went on to front Soda & His Million Piece Band, a Pogues-esque rock band who specialized in punk-inflected Americana and blues, and later played with Rose's Pawn Shop. Georgeff started the Los Angeles indie rock combo, Sign Of The Fox. Loomis became a recurring cast member and writer on Jackass, appeared on Wildboyz, and was present in both Jackass: The Movie and Jackass Number Two. He also released two records as Loomis, including the album Cigarette, as well as playing drums for Chris Pontius' band, Scream For Me.

[edit] Recent activity

In July 2009 Wax reunited, announcing the release of Hangin' On, a 7" vinyl record featuring four unreleased songs that were originally intended to appear on 13 Unlucky Numbers. The idea was inspired by Record Store Day and all proceeds will be donated to UCP Wheels For Humanity and will be released on SideOneDummy. It was also announced that Wax will be playing their first show in fourteen years at Riot Fest in Chicago, with Naked Raygun and Rights of the Accused, at The Metro on October 9, 2009.

[edit] Band members

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

[edit] Discography

To date, Wax has released two studio albums, two singles, three 7" vinyl records, and has appeared on two motion picture soundtracks, and one compilation album.

Date of release	Title	Label	Format	Notes
September 18, 1992	What Else Can We Do	Caroline	CD/Cassette	—
April 1994	Who Is Next	Side One [I]	7" vinyl	green vinyl, b/w "Hush"(live)
August 1994	It Ain't Funny	Side One	7" vinyl	b/w "Too Well," w/ Burdie Cutlass sticker
January 1995	Who Is Next	Interscope/Atlantic	CD single	b/w "Hangin' On" and "I Wish For Once"
February 28, 1995	13 Unlucky Numbers	Interscope/Atlantic	LP/CD/Cassette	dark pink vinyl issued on Shattered Records
April 1995	California	Interscope/Atlantic	CD single	pro-mo only
August 4, 2009	Hangin' On	Side One Dummy	7" vinyl	yellow vinyl

• I ^  Prior to merging with friend Bill Armstrong's Dummy Records, Sib operated Side One Recordings.

[edit] Compilations and soundtracks

• Mallrats (1995) MCA
• Saturday Morning: Cartoons' Greatest Hits (1995) MCA
• Bio-Dome (1996) Priority Records

[edit] References