Wax Mannequin is the
stage name of
Chris Adeney,.
Exclaim!, August 2009. a
Canadian indie rock singer-songwriter. His style has been described as "a hybrid of
Bruce Cockburn and
Frank Zappa", "
Tom Waits and
Type O Negative jamming on the early
Beatles catalogue",and "
Rheostatics via
Savatage". Carl Wilson of
The Globe and Mail noted that "crowds are often baffled whether to be awed, irritated or amused by Wax's all-rockets-flaring, un-Canadian-like extravagant performances" (2004).
Part of the
Hamilton, Ontario scene, Adeney released his first self-titled album, a solo album in the
psych folk genre, in 2000. He followed up with
and Gun in 2002, before putting together an eponymous band for his third release, 2004's
The Price, which was supported by national tours across Canada and
Australia. His best known single to date is "Message from the Queen".
His fourth album,
Orchard and Ire, was released in 2007 (an EP titled
Orchard was released in summer 2006).
His fifth full-length album,
Saxon, was released by
Zunior on August 4, 2009. It was the first of Wax Mannequin's...
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