Bio
Posted by waxdot
I started getting interested in music as a child. In 6th grade I got a guitar for Christmas from my godfather and started taking lessons. At that time my brother and I were listening to a wide variety of music. Some of our favorites were Public Enemy, Guns n Roses, NWA, DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince, Janet Jackson, Def Leppard, Red Hot Chili Peppers, and way way more that I’m not gonna sit here and name. Throughout middle school he played drums and I played guitar and we were writing songs and also writing raps. In high school we got into jamming with a few different people and eventually formed a band with our friend Chris Frazer on drums, Herbal T on bass, and me on guitar. At this time we owned a 4 track recorder and were recording alot of songs at our parents’ house in the basement. We recorded rap songs, go go songs, rock songs, funk songs, and all kinds of random music.
Our band, named “MacGregor” directly after the sporting goods brand that makes anything from coolers to white soccer cleats, was playing at local rec centers and parties and what not all through high school. We even had a yearly festival we put on for four years straight called “Mayfest” (it took place in May shockingly). The first one was in the backyard of our parents’ house. We built a small stage and charged cover and everything. Why I’m bringing this up in my bio I have no Idea, I’m just kinda typing as I go. We also picked up our good friend Greg Kiatta on percussion at this time. He played timbales, congas, and various cowbells, woodblocks, tambourines and such.
After high school my brother and I attended the University of Maryland where we were roommates in a dorm for our first two years. The band was playing shows in Baltimore, DC, and throughout that area. It was at this time that we picked up a horn section. At first it was just two trumpets (we really didn’t know shit, we just wanted to have some new instrumentation in our band) played by Brian Hint and Dave Ellis aka The Eugenic. Our sound could have been described at that time as funk mixed with various other genres such as hip hop and classic rock. We always threw random rap parts in all our songs. Dave learned how to play the alto saxophone instead of the trumpet and we also picked up a tenor sax player to round out the sound of our horn section.
5 macgregor members looking young and drunk
wax and herbal t
Our last two years of college the band all moved into a house together. The infamous 8604 34th Avenue crib. We were basically a fraternity of musicians. We partied hard as hell and practiced in the laundry room. We recorded our first album “Universal Mathematics” at this time. Peep the “music” section of this website to learn more about that album. We were really into funk music and hip hop music at this time and our band was starting to basically morph those two genres to create a unique sound. At this house we also recorded tons of rap songs on our four track recorder and freestyled at parties and shit like that.
As time went on we graduated college and for a time the band became very serious. We were touring throughout the East Coast and midwest, opening for acts such as Wyclef Jean, Cypress Hill, The Roots, and many others I can’t think of right now. We did a few tours with the group 2 Skinnee J’s and we gained a decent sized following. We recorded two more albums that were much more unique to our own style than our first album. Peep the “music” section of this website to hear those albums. We weren’t making enough money off the music to survive without “regular jobs”, but we were doing cool shows and writing some good songs. Oh yeah, I recorded and released a solo hip hop album called “Biatch” at this time too. Peep the “music” section of this website for more details.
Backstage with Sen Dog from Cypress Hill
Is that the New Kids on the Block?
Damn those guys are edgy and cool.
Eventually, the band split up. One of our problems was that we were all (well, not me so much haha) pretty successful outside of the band. We had already been through a bunch of different lineup changes in the horn section (peace to Mike G, Russ Bly, Brian Hint, Dave Ellis, Devin, and Jake Honoroff). Every member was college educated and some people decided it was time to get serious about their lives/careers. I wouldn’t say that I was one of the people in the band that wanted to “move on”, but there were enough people in that boat that it would’ve been pointless for me to try to find new members anyway. Besides everyone, myself included, was starting to get a little burnt out. When you have a 40 hour a week job and you have to spend pretty much all of your free time dedicating yourself to a band it does get pretty tiring. The problem with me was that I didn’t have another career I was focused on or anything. I always based my job selection on “what friend can hook me up with some job”.
Anyway, I had a bunch of jobs after graduating college. I’ll try to list them in order: Office Assistant at an Electrical Engineering firm, Deli Delivery Driver, Hotel Software Tech Support Agent, Mortgage Broker, Landscaper/laborer for a Pond-Building company, Courier, Laborer/Assistant at a Concrete Countertop company, and delivery driver for a Grocery Store. None of these jobs I took seriously as far as a long term career. I always wanted to do something with my music.
After the band broke up I lived in Maryland for awhile and was writing and recording with my brother up in Baltimore. His girlfriend (now wife) got a job in San Diego and they decided to move out there. The person that hooked her up with a job eventually also hooked up my girlfriend-at-that-time with a job…so I said fuck it and moved out there too. I wasn’t doing anything of note in MD so I really had nothing to lose. Plus I had heard it was nice out there and me and Herbs had more music to record. We finished the second half of our album “Grizzly Season” in San Diego and got a bunch of copies printed. We weren’t doing any shows whatsoever.
from the official Grizzly Season promo photo shoot, UNFUCKINGSTOPPABLE!
So I’m out in San Diego, we put out that album, I’m working construction, my girl leaves me and goes back to MD, I listen to a lot of Johnny Paycheck while living in a garage, and eventually I decide I should try to do something better with my life. I have always been interested in recording. I had a few different recording devices and had been to a bunch of different studios with the band and with Herbs. I never took the time to learn a lot about audio engineering on my own though. Point is, I got an enormous student loan and moved to Los Angeles to attend the Los Angeles Recording School.
Around that time was when I discovered that if I put videos of myself up on the internet people would watch them and possibly even like them. With my student loan money I was able to buy a computer, audio recording software, a video camera, and pay my rent while going to school. I really enjoyed the school and I learned a lot about recording. Throughout the time I was going to school there I was living by myself and making random youtube videos. I gained some popularity through all this and people were hitting me up online trying to get me to rap on their beats and what not. Eventually I met EOM through myspace and we ended up recording our album “Liquid Courage” while I was living here in LA. Peep the “music” section of this website for more details about that album. EOM is now a very good friend of mine and we’re working on more music all the time.
School ended and I never did get a job in a studio. It’s not easy in LA with all the competition and once I did get a job as a delivery dude I kinda got “settled” into that position and was more interested in making my own music. EOM and I did have some success with our album and the youtube fanbase is still growing. Still making videos and songs and shit like that. As I type this I’m at a turning point in my life and we’ll see where everything goes. The goal is to just start touring my ass off and make a living off that….. Starting this October with The Wax and Herbal T Low Budget Mystery Tour!!!
That was basically my musical biography off the dome. I also could write stuff about relationships, heartbreak, emotions, addictions, stress, love, sex, drugs, etc. but I will save that for the VH1 behind the music team to sort out after i overdose.
51 Responses to “Bio”
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waxdot Says:
July 21st, 2009 at 1:28 amrad pics! you must be awesome!
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Tiffny Says:
August 3rd, 2009 at 9:55 pmCool, site and interesting bio. I’ll be checking for that VH1 BtM episode. =P
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Merxmaster Says:
August 3rd, 2009 at 9:59 pmDamn son, how long you had that camo t-shirt?
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champ Says:
August 3rd, 2009 at 10:12 pmthat was cool man, interesting actually. I hope you make it big man i think you got what it takes. Just keep writing stuff that people actually care about.
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MattenLamb Says:
August 3rd, 2009 at 10:16 pmWax you don’t know me but I fucking love you, man.
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Real J Says:
August 3rd, 2009 at 10:51 pmYou used to go to University Of Maryland? That’s really awesome man! I’m going there this year as a freshman. I’m really hoping you blow up soon cuz you deserve to be bigtime.
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Loke Says:
August 3rd, 2009 at 11:37 pmWax, you are AWESOME!….I found you on YouTube and fell in love with your music….I immediately told my boyfriend…and now him and all his friends are STOKED on your Music!!!! I’m Stoked you have this website!…I’m glad I got a chance to read your “BIO” and learn more about you!….You are Truly Talented….Keep doing your thing cuz your fuckin good @ what you do!!!! Looking forward to more great Music to come…..ALOHA….Loke
P.S. I hope you win the A1 Steak Contest!!! Ive been voting every day!!!
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upload Says:
August 3rd, 2009 at 11:57 pmgood shit wax, keepin goin
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Justin Nastasiak Says:
August 4th, 2009 at 12:12 amHow come you’re not fucking rich yet? Instead of you I have to listen to lil wayne and soulja boy on the fucking radio. I’d rather get shitted on.
Love your shit Wax,
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The-R Says:
August 4th, 2009 at 1:17 amYou are totally freaking amazing. i so wish i could buy your album.
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Alex franco Says:
August 4th, 2009 at 2:04 amWhere can i get your old albums, much luck Wax see you on VH1 !!!!
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SirWalskie Says:
August 4th, 2009 at 3:17 amYou’ve got an interesting story, Wax. Kinda gives some perspective to a kid with similar interests and aspirations.
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Trystenn Says:
August 4th, 2009 at 4:27 amFuck yeah Wax!!
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karim Says:
August 4th, 2009 at 9:31 amdamn so do you have any degrees or anythin to back you up? you shoulda put some ages in there too just to give it more perspective, like how old you were in the band, when it split, how old you are now etc.
cool ass bio though, all the best for the future man
im flyin with you
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eefiekeen Says:
August 4th, 2009 at 12:51 pmU da best dada! Don’t overdose, that’d be such a waste of talent, and I’d be really pissed at you! Let VH1 cover behind the music when you’re big, like the next “DIDDY” or some shit. U got this, man. U definetly r off the bunrack or meatrack or whatever rack you’d like to call it… far blow many of the various popular artists today out of the water… We just need to get you hooks.
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KiWi Says:
August 4th, 2009 at 7:28 pmwax im a big fan forever dude, i will be going to the nyc show, def write more shit, peace fam
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Alias Says:
August 4th, 2009 at 11:31 pmthats cool man…ive had my fair share of random odd jobs and living in my buddies garage as well hahaha…
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Paul Alarcon Says:
August 5th, 2009 at 2:28 amHey, so I’m a big fan of you and your brother, you guys are amazingly talented… So I’ve been in the service going on six years and now I’m about to get out and follow my dream, much like you I’m moving back out west to attend art school in hopes of trying to do something in music, I play instruments and produce beats… But that’s niether here nor there, well if you read these or have a chance to respond, do you have any advice? Well I wish you all the best and hope that one day people like you guys, who are extremely talented, can get the recognition you deserve…
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LunchMonkey Says:
August 5th, 2009 at 2:33 amLooking forward to you making it to Boston in October!!! Word…or something…yeah, I gotta go now.
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Dre Says:
August 5th, 2009 at 4:58 amI had a car just like that one in your pic. I called it La Bamba! Now i role in a bicycle cuz it got stolen. Who would steal that car??? Beats me. Speaking of Beats…… Nice FLows Partna. U guys keep it up.
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David C Says:
August 5th, 2009 at 1:29 pmYou are indeed awesome! Lol.
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timmy Says:
August 5th, 2009 at 3:44 pmI LIKE YOUR LIFE
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bennykelly Says:
August 5th, 2009 at 6:11 pmsup wax sick bio interesting.. read it all
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jovanni Says:
August 5th, 2009 at 6:26 pmwow cool site Wax! keep doin ya thing luved liquid courage by the way.
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Josh Gil Says:
August 5th, 2009 at 8:15 pmdamn man i swear thats whats happenin to me i just got outa high school and i wanna major in criminal justice but i know im not taking this as seriously as i should..i just keep messin around..jumpin from job to job with friends..lol on the real wax i hope you get big man you deserve it, and ima be here when you do.
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Tony Says:
August 6th, 2009 at 4:08 amYo i love your fucking music, shit is amazing. You gotta get signed somewhere, i wana see you go big, real big you got more talent than half the rappers in the main stream game
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Steezdeez Says:
August 6th, 2009 at 3:34 pmI didn’t know you toured with 2 skinnee J’s. They are my favorite band. Insane.
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Moat Says:
August 6th, 2009 at 3:50 pmBest comment ever about the camo t shirt.
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Jeremy Says:
August 6th, 2009 at 9:31 pmMacGregor with 2SJ was one of the best shows ever
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Amber Says:
August 8th, 2009 at 12:34 pmI visited Big Wax’s new website and all I got was his lousy t-shirt!
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vic vega Says:
August 13th, 2009 at 1:15 amWax, sick bio dude! Pretty humbling to read about where you started, and where’ve you’ve gone. Macgregor was BEAST. Best part is that ain’t shit compared to where you’re going, son. Enjoy the ride.
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Tomko Says:
August 16th, 2009 at 3:30 amyo big wax ur music is bliss to my ears dog!!I stumbled apon new crack on youtube a couple years ago,and have been a fan ever since.in fact my wife is tired of hearing me repeat your raps on a daily basis!! If she throws me out can I roll wit you? Lmfao keep making them fuckin hits son!!!!!!!
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Nelson Says:
August 18th, 2009 at 3:55 amBig Wax im a big fan of your music, raps, and videos. You have a great talent and a knack for making interesting and different music. Persistnce pays off! hold your head up and keep doing your thing. If youre ever in the Dominican Republic, my father owns 3 radio sations and a recording studio. Just a thought. Keep killing them and good luck with A1. Peace kid!!
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marlymarrr Says:
August 20th, 2009 at 1:45 amThis story’s just beginning. Your musics too sick for shit to just end at YouTube.
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Kaldonn Says:
August 21st, 2009 at 11:05 pmhey wax, lovin the music bro. i cant wait to see what you do next. Your the craziest rapper ive ever heard and i know your gunna kill it and make it big.
Keep doin you thing man, you make alot of these mainstream rappers look like dummies.
peace yo!
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MeatloafEnchilada Says:
August 22nd, 2009 at 3:56 pmYea, can’t wait to watch, “When Wax Ruled the World.”
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Someone Says:
September 10th, 2009 at 1:27 amYes, but are you any good at Metal Gear Online?
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New Fan Says:
October 9th, 2009 at 7:28 pmI was wondering through Youtube looking for some good freestyle and came across your video. Your video “WAX SPITS FURY YET AGAIN!!!!!!!!” is fucken dope. That video had me look at your website and purchase some of your products. Your talented and keep going. You’ll make it.
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WAxNHerbalTDot Says:
October 12th, 2009 at 1:33 pmthis shits fucken nuts, saw ur show last nite in toronto. unreall man wish i rememberd to bring my cam, ez man
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Tyrone Dimery Says:
November 30th, 2009 at 6:01 pmI’m looking for some information on Alto Saxaphones and I’ve just stumbled upon this site! A good read which I enjoyed and found to be of value. I look forward be able to take in more.
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Tom Craner Says:
January 26th, 2010 at 7:22 amHey Wax, Eom, and Herbal T. You guys are great! Just got Liquid Courage and it’s awesome! Keep up the good work and maybe we’ll meet in the big leagues!
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A1 Steak Sauce Amateur Commercial « Inviralment Blog Says:
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MarkAltch Says:
February 7th, 2010 at 12:31 pmWax – Great A1 video. Just posted about it on Inviralmentblog. Should be a TV commercial. Mark
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Alex Hammer Says:
March 7th, 2010 at 5:01 pmyou brought somethin new to the table! i dont care who you singnd to or whos behind you your lines dont drop as hard as mine do
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NotWax Says:
March 8th, 2010 at 6:01 amAlso a fan, love the early stuff. Clever, good style, and great freestyles. The CDs… while they seemed like some work was put into them, they didn’t have the same flavor that the earlier stuff had.
You have the talent to make it big.
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Mike Says:
March 9th, 2010 at 3:11 amAbsolutely love your music man. I bought Liquid Courage off Itunes hours after someone put me onto your music on youtube. Keep it up bro, its great hearing awesome music with lyrics about real shit.
