Wax Buckets

Waxmell Fills Bucketson, aka Wax F. Buckets, is a musically inclined, albeit largely ungifted, creature. Growing up in the suburban Midwest, his parents didn't listen to much music, forcing him to develop his own tastes, with some help from his older brother.

First tapes owned

• Salt n Pepa, "Hot, Cool & Vicious"
• "Rage Against the Machine" (eponymous)
• U2, "Unforgettable Fire"
• "The Super Bowl Shuffle" (single)

First CDs owned

• "Blind Melon" (eponymous)
• Snoop Doggy Dogg "Doggystyle"
• "Blackstreet" (eponymous)

Towards the end of high school, and entering college, Wax's CD collection was filled out with so-called gangster rap, Jodeci-esque R & B, and a sprinkling of music from genres traditionally dominated by white musicians. The rough structure of his current musical preferences had been formed.

As Wax's repertoire expanded, he came to realize that a young white man could proudly and predominantly listen to "black music", with the only consequence being that he didn't own or privately listen to (yet respected and even liked) most of the music his friends did, such as Pearl Jam, Sublime, and Led Zeppelin.

He recently bought Sublime's "40 oz. to Freedom" and a bunch of used vinyl including The Rolling Stones and the Doobie Brothers.

Favorite Artists

• Curtis Mayfield
• Donny Hathaway
• The Ohio Players