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Ministry, Cold Cave to tour behind Wax Trax! documentary

After earning accolades on the film festival circuit, activity surrounding Industrial Accident: The Story Of Wax Trax! Records kicks into high gear. Starting with a special event on Record Store Day (April 13) at the House Of Vans in the label’s hometown of Chicago, this first of six dates combines a viewing of the documentary […]

Cold Waves' industrial rock festival lineup crashes across three cities this year

Cold Waves, the industrial-rock/electronic-rock festival is looking to spread its once-dormant virus across three cities next month. The lineups feature old-school progenitors such as ohGr (featuring Skinny Puppy frontman Ogre), Front Line Assembly and former Ministry member Paul Barker’s Lead Into Gold, Meat Beat Manifesto and next-gen sonic apparatchiks HIDE and the Black Queen (featuring […]

Cold Waves Festival jumpstarts the fury of industrial-rock

[Pictured: Chris Connelly of Revolting Cocks: Big Sexy Land; Photo by: Bobby Talamine]  It started out as a tribute to a friend. Jamie Duffy was a bona fide underground-rock fixture in the Chicago club scene, a highly regarded musician and talented sound engineer who always gave his best to make any band he was working […]