Wax

with Bush at the Strand
by Jen Beatty

By sight alone, Wax are four very different personalities. There’s a Spandau Ballet-looking bassist. A soda jerk lead singer, and his 1940s-robed guitarist sidekick. And a punked-out drummer. Miraculously, though, this line up works. Wax took their entertaining ska-core sound to the stage of the Strand as an opening act for Bush. The audience was all ages, which is favored by the band over an adult gathering. Lead singer, Soda, sang his heart out while his body moved spastically, his arms reached for the crowd and he ran to the corners of the stage encouraging full-room participation. Band buddies Dave Georgeff, Joe Sib, and Loomis were pleased with the almost uncontrollable sea of crowd surfers. “Stop Sign” and “California,” two tunes from their debut CD, 13 Unlucky Numbers (Interscope), came across with extra fervor live. Towards the evening’s end, as an added bonus, ska-core brethren, The Mighty Mighty Bosstones rushed the stage to help Wax wind things down.

Wax are fun. In truth, they don’t care about their music half as much as they are obsessed with bowling. Therefore, I’m turning over my pen to Soda, so that he can give you his opinion on this underrated sport.

Tell Lollipop readers about bowling.
Bowling is rad! Bowling is coming back. It’s a good place for guys and girls to meet… We’re a good bowling band. Music doesn’t influence us, just bowling…

You challenged The Mighty Mighty Bosstones to a game of bowling recently?
Yeah! There were eight of them and four of us, and we won.

Any bowling advice?
Never wear your bowling shoes outside. They’ll stick to the lane.