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COLD WAVES XII . SEPTEMBER 27-29 . 2024 . CHICAGO . METRO

LIMITED 3-DAY DISCOUNT TICKETS ON SALE FRIDAY, MARCH 15 @ 10:00AM CT

Daily lineup announce: March 19. Single-Day GA and VIP tickets on sale: March 22 @ 10AM CT




COLD WAVES (and associated artists)
2023 MERCHANDISE



COLD WAVES XI COMPILATION CD / 320K MP3 ZIP $10

Never say never: features 12 tracks from 2023 Cold Waves performers, including exclusive new tracks, remixes and album cuts from 16 VOLT, IAMX, NUOVO TESTAMENTO, A SPLIT-SECOND, LANA DEL RABIES, SIERRA, ACUMEN NATION and more. $10

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COLD WAVES XI SHIRT $25

ONLY A HANDFUL LEFT. Quality Tultex cotton. $25

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16 VOLT 2023 CHICAGO SHIRT $25

ONLY A HANDFUL LEFT. Quality Tultex cotton. $25

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A SPLIT-SECOND 2023 TOUR SHIRT $25

ONLY A HANDFUL LEFT. Quality Tultex cotton. $25

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FLA 2023 TOUR HOODIE $50

LITERALLY 7 LEFT. Quality Tultex weighted cotton zip hoodie. $50

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COLD WAVES X COMPILATION CD / 320K MP3 ZIP $10

The FINAL CW Comp, featuring 16 tracks from Cold Waves performers, including exclusive new tracks, remixes and album cuts from PORTION CONTROL, LEATHERS, SPIKE HELLIS, BLACK ASTEROID, ORPHX, REIN, HAEX, THE KVB, KITE and more. $10

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COLD WAVES IX COMPILATION CD / 320K MP3 ZIP $10

Featuring 15 tracks from Cold Waves performers,
including exclusive new tracks, remixes and album cuts from STABBING WESTWARD, CONSOLIDATED, BOOTBLACKS, DALEK, KORINE, GOST, VOID VISION, PAUL BARKER, RIKI, PROVOKER and more. $10

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COLD WAVES MMXX COMPILATION CD / 320K MP3 ZIP $10

Featuring 17 tracks from Cold Waves performers,
including exclusive new tracks, remixes and album cuts from STABBING WESTWARD, MEAT BEAT MANIFESTO, GODFLESH, THE YOUNG GODS, SEVERED HEADS, TEST DEPT, CAUSTIC and more.

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OPERATION C.O.C.K.S.U.R.E. EP / 320K MP3 ZIP $5

Brand new COCKSURE 5-Track EP for 2020... your only REAL choice in a world gone mad!

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CZAR: GORE EN REGALIA CD / 320K MP3 ZIP $10

BRAND NEW ALBUM FROM CZAR... Melodic Wizard Metal courtesy of Jason Novak, Dan Brill and Brian Elza. LP #3.

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CZAR: VERTICAL MASS GRAVE: LP / CD / 320K MP3 ZIP

THE CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED DEBUT ALBUM FROM CZAR... Dark, Melodic, Sample-Heavy Wizard Metal courtesy of Jason Novak, Dan Brill and Brian Elza. LP #1.

VINYL LP: $22.50

CD: $10 + SHIPPING

DIGITAL DOWNLOAD: $10

COCKSURE: TKO MINDFUCK 12-INCH

2014 12" Vinyl Single REMIX version featuring Richard 23

$12.50

DJ? ACUCRACK: MUTANTS OF SOUND (ORIGINAL VINYL LP)

Original double-vinyl pressing of the seminal 1997 debut from Acucrack

$22.50

COLD WAVES VIII COMPILATION CD / 320K MP3 ZIP $10

Featuring 15 tracks from Cold Waves performers,
including exclusive new tracks, remixes and album cuts from SEVERED HEADS, FILTER, KÆLAN MIKLA, VATICAN SHADOW, TEST DEPT, ADULT. and more.

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COLD WAVES VII COMPILATION CD / 320K MP3 ZIP $10

Featuring 15 tracks from Cold Waves performers,
including exclusive new tracks, remixes and album cuts from OHGR, FRONT LINE ASSEMBLY, MEAT BEAT MANIFESTO, THE BLACK QUEEN, AUTHOR & PUNISHER, COCKSURE, LEAD INTO GOLD, RUBY, CHEMLAB and more.

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COLD WAVES VI COMPILATION CD / 320K MP3 ZIP $10

Featuring 15 tracks from Cold Waves performers,
including exclusive new tracks, remixes and album cuts from KMFDM, SEVERED HEADS, DRAB MAJESTY, STABBING WESTWARD, CRASH COURSE IN SCIENCE, STATIQBLOOM, PANKOW, BOY HARSHER, COLD CAVE, MALEKKO and more.

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COLD WAVES V COMPILATION CD / 320K MP3 ZIP $10

Our most exclusive comp to date, 14 brand new tracks
and remixes from MEATBEAT MANIFESTO, STABBING WESTWARD, CLOCK DVA, PIG, CUBANATE, BLOODY KNIVES, VAMPYRE ANVIL, DEAD WHEN I FOUND HER, HIDE, 16VOLT, CHANT, POLYFUSE, KANGA and NOT BREATHING.

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COLD WAVES IV COMPILATION CD / 320K MP3 ZIP $10

Featuring 15 tracks including exclusive new music and remixes from PWEI, LEAD INTO GOLD, ACUMEN NATION, SEVERED HEADS, GODFLESH, FRONT LINE ASSEMBLY, AUTHOR & PUNISHER, COCKSURE and more.

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COLD WAVES III COMPILATION DISK / 320K MP3 ZIP $10

Featuring 15 tracks from Cold Waves performers, including exclusive new music and remixes from FRONT 242, DIE KRUPPS, AUTHOR & PUNISHER, COCKSURE, FEAR FACTORY, ACUMEN NATION, SMP, CYANOTIC and more.

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COLD WAVES is a celebration of Chicago’s relationship with industrial music, the memory of a fallen brother, and a fundraiser for suicide prevention charities. In the summer of 2012, Chicago lost one of its most loved and respected sound engineers and musicians, Jamie Duffy. His work ethic and ingenuity in the local music scene was a gift to many musicians. His abrupt passing had a profound effect on the electronic and metal music families he meant so much to.

In need of healing and hope, we brought 14 bands together for one magical night that year to raise money for Jamies family and say goodbye. But in the end, it was more of an awakening... a rebirth... a breaking wave. The success of the show pushed us to build it into an annual event, stretching over a weekend and moving it to Chicago's iconic Metro, and eventually stretching to events in Los Angeles, New York and beyond.

10 years later... COLD WAVES continues to shake the pillars of heaven by collecting the bands, styles, sounds and attitudes that Jamie held dear, and cement the sound of a Chicago institution alive and well. From Wax Trax! and Medusas to Uncle Al and Chicago Trax, this is our history and our future, the melding of man, woman and machine, the sound of melody, muscle and hate, basking in the glow of attack ships on fire down the shores of pluto.


Special thanks to our sponsors:
Half Acre Brewing, Novation/Focusrite, Schecter Guitar Research, Electronic Saviors & Riveting Music






HOTELS AND AREA INFO

The event takes place in Chicago's relatively insane Wrigleyville neighborhood, adjacent to the Lakeview and Lincoln Park neighborhoods. A rare treat for 2022 scheduling: NO CUBS GAMES! Will that stand? Who knows, with this years baseball lockout and setbacks, for all we know they will rebuild the schedule to include home games during our weekend. But for now, we ride!

Our favorite hotel, the "rock n roll" Days Inn on Diversey (now called The Versey Inn) is a great deal, about a mile down the street from the venue. As that hotel tends to book fast, there are some other great and affordable possibilities. Anything outside this list will likely be expensive the closer you get to downtown, unless you focus out by the airport, where you will find cheaper rates. Below are a few suggestions:

THE HOTEL VERSEY

MAJESTIC HOTEL

CITY SUITES BOYSTOWN

HOTEL ZACHARY @ WRIGLEY FIELD  (Expensive! Cubs fans! But... a block from Metro)

CLARIDGE HOUSE HOTEL (Gold Coast)


METRO/LAKEVIEW MAP (GOOGLE)





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