About Wax Mannequin
Wax Mannequin was a Canadian singer and songwriter.
Wax Mannequin is the stage name of Chris Adeney, 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).
His fifth full-length album, Saxon, was released by Zunior on 4 August 2009. and was followed by extensive cross-Canada and European touring.
He is the brother of financial blogger Mr. Money Mustache.
Discography
Wax Mannequin (later reworked as "Uni") (2000) and Gun (2002) The Price (2004) Orchard EP (2006) Orchard and Ire (2007) Saxon (2009) No Safe Home (2012) Have a New Name (2018) The Red Brain (2023)
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Who was Wax Mannequin?
Canadian singer-songwriter
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Wax Mannequin was a singer and songwriter.
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