November 2020 – Black Wax

Black Wax launches new record label

BLACK WAX LAUNCHES NEW RECORD LABEL WITH CHINESE JUNK

They are the punk rock equivalent of junk food. Cheap and nasty and so damn great. They’re bad for you, addictive as hell and as repetitive as acid reflux. They don’t write songs about pretty things, they write about crappy things. Mostly under two minute ditties about crappy jobs, discount stores, living in a dead end town, bargain bins and human trash.
Ladies and genitals, I present you with your new heroes of low budget rock ‘n’ roll, the new purveyors of power flop and the “Kings of Pound Shop Rock”… CHINESE JUNK!
Formed in the suburbs of London loosely in 2019 and properly in 2020 (the year the world fell apart), CHINESE JUNK features members of the Griswalds, The Ulcers and The Unreleasables.

I wanted to write and record songs and basically have another musical adventure but without spending any money, or at least very little, doing it. All the songs were recorded in one short session in a practice room on an 8 track recorder and mixed and mastered by our friend for beer and pizza.
Ben Nuthink

Adam Smith – A record label has been on the cards for a while, and with live music on hold, now is the time to launch the Black Wax Noise Division and end 2020 on a high. I’m well chuffed that our first release will be the Permanent Reduction EP. It’s too good to be restricted to digital formats – your turntable deserves some CHINESE JUNK!

Issue:
150 on black wax with picture sleeve and insert
100 on coloured wax in company sleeve

Provisional release February 2021

Available for pre order from 4th December 2020

Promo information here.

Let’s Go! again

Yesterday was the second episode of Let’s Go! our brand new 2 hour monthly radio show on Totally Wired Radio (a collaboration between Acid Jazz Records and Fred Perry Subculture).

You can hear the full show here –

Playlist:
Cyanide Pills – I Don’t Remember
Bad Nerves – Palace
Mash – Having A Ball
Lucy And The Rats – Dark Clouds
The Cavemen – Euthanise Me
The Gaggers – Sharp Lies
The Fame-Beats – Watford Stomp
The Len Price 3 – Got To Be Together
The Detroit Cobras – Stay Down
The Revellions – Ain’t No Fool
Kurt Baker – New Direction
Starcrawler – Hollywood Ending
Baby Shakes – Really Really
Chinese Junk – Best Before Date
Continental Lovers – Tape Deck
The Scaners – X-Ray Glasses: On
Sheer Mag – The Killer
Muck And The Mires Interview – Part 1
Muck And The Mires – I’m Your Man
Muck And The Mires Interview – Part 2
Muck And The Mires – Too Soon To Fall In Love
Muck And The Mires Interview – Part 3
Muck And The Mires – Hashtag Loneliness
Chords UK – Listen To The Radio
British Jets – Another Day in the City
Nerve Button – Thirty Days
The Triggers – Clones
The Schizophonics – Black to Comm
Black Mambas – Be Bad Too
Benny Trokan – Too Far Gone
Dimorphodons – Searching for Dimorphodons
The BellRays – Fire On The Moon
Radiohearts – My Heart Has an Obituary
The About Blanks – She’s A Nosebleed
Poison Boys – Mean Queen
The Shanghais – Sick of You
The Hives – Good Samaritan

New merch available

Following requests for some of the previous Heritage campaign shirts to have a reprint we’ve decided to make them generally available along with a whole range of Black Wax merchandise. The bags are the perfect size for your records, and some shirt designs are now available in ‘girlie’ fit. It’s also that time of year to bring out our Reindeers Ramones tribute Christmas T-shirt, now also available as a girlie, bag and hoodie! Find them in the shop.