{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}} {{Infobox musical artist |image = Wax_Mannequin.jpg |caption = Wax Mannequin, November 2009 | name = Wax Mannequin | background = solo_singer | birth_name = Chris Adeney | origin = Hamilton, Ontario | instrument = Singing, guitar | genre = musician, songwriter | occupation = | years_active = 2000–current | label = Coqi, Zunior, Infinite Heat, Coax | associated_acts = | website = http://waxmannequin.com }}
'''Wax Mannequin''' is the stage name of '''Chris Adeney''',<ref name="exclaim">[http://www.exclaim.ca/articles/multiarticlesub.aspx?csid2=4&fid1=40135&csid1=135 "The Joy of Being Wax Mannequin"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100424234945/http://www.exclaim.ca/articles/multiarticlesub.aspx?csid2=4&fid1=40135&csid1=135 |date=24 April 2010 }}. ''Exclaim!'', August 2009.</ref> a Canadian indie rock singer-songwriter. His style has been described as "a hybrid of Bruce Cockburn and Frank Zappa",<ref name = "performances">{{cite news |last=Wilson |first=Carl |title=Mannequin waxes poetic |pages=R5 |publisher=The Globe and Mail |date=19 February 2004 }} </ref> "Tom Waits and Type O Negative jamming on the early Beatles catalogue",<ref name = "catalogue">{{cite web |url=http://www.dbmagazine.com.au/341/a-music.shtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041019084932/http://www.dbmagazine.com.au/341/a-music.shtml |url-status=usurped |archive-date=19 October 2004 |title=Wax Mannequin: The Price |access-date=3 November 2006 |last=Howland |first=Wade |publisher=dB Magazine }} </ref> and "Rheostatics via Savatage".<ref name = "Rheostatics via Savatage">{{cite web |url=http://www.shzine.com/interview-waxmannequin.php |title=Interviews – Wax Mannequin |access-date=3 November 2006 |last=Hood |first=Stu |publisher=SHZine }} </ref> 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).<ref name = "performances" />
Part of the Hamilton, Ontario scene, Adeney released his first self-titled album, a solo album in the psychedelic 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).<ref name = "Orchard and Ire">{{cite web |url=http://waxmannequin.com/ |title=News, September 10, 2006 |access-date=3 November 2006 |author=Wax Mannequin |publisher=waxmannequin.com }} </ref>
His fifth full-length album, ''Saxon'', was released by Zunior on 4 August 2009.<ref name="exclaim" /> It was the first of Wax Mannequin's albums to prominently identify his backing band, Black Blood (Aidan Campbell on percussion and Mark Raymond on bass),<ref name = "Wax Mannequin and Black Blood">{{cite web |url=http://exclaim.ca/articles/multiarticlesub.aspx?csid2=4&fid1=40135&csid1=135 |title=The Joy of Being Wax Mannequin |access-date=15 October 2009 |last=Khanna |first=Vish |date=August 2009 |publisher=Exclaim.ca }}</ref> and was followed by extensive cross-Canada and European touring.
He is the brother of financial blogger Mr. Money Mustache.<ref>{{cite web |title=Mustache Really on the Move: Heading to Canada for the Summer |url=http://www.mrmoneymustache.com/2011/06/25/mustache-really-on-the-move-heading-to-canada-for-the-summer/ |website=Mr. Money Mustache |access-date=14 October 2017 |date=25 June 2011 |quote=my brother (who, as a bit of trivia for you, happens to be the Canadian Indie Rock Star Wax Mannequin).}}</ref>
==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)<ref>Megan LaPierre, [https://exclaim.ca/music/article/wax_mannequin_announces_new_album_the_red_brain_shares_lead_single "Wax Mannequin Announces New Album 'The Red Brain,' Shares Lead Single 'The Obelisk'"]. ''Exclaim!'', December 2, 2022.</ref>
==References== {{reflist|2}}
==External links== * [http://www.waxmannequin.com/ Wax Mannequin]
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Category:Canadian rock singers Category:Canadian male singers Category:Living people Category:Musicians from Hamilton, Ontario Category:Year of birth missing (living people) Category:Canadian male singer-songwriters Category:21st-century Canadian singer-songwriters Category:Canadian indie rock musicians