Sex On Wheelz - Sex On Wheelz

What this video is

Released in 1991 at the apex of the Wax Trax! Records scene, 'Sex on Wheelz' represents the moment when industrial-dance music broke into mainstream American pop culture via MTV and the Billboard charts. My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult, formed in Chicago in 1987, helped define a subgenre blending EBM, industrial, disco, and exploitation-film kitsch. The single peaked at No. 15 on the U.S. Billboard Dance Chart…

Why it matters

A landmark artifact of the early-1990s industrial-dance crossover, documenting the moment Wax Trax!-aligned acts achieved mainstream visibility. The pairing of TKK's exploitation-lounge industrial sound with Ralph Bakshi's transgressive visual sensibility creates a culturally unique object — one…

The director

Ralph Bakshi (born October 29, 1938, Haifa, Palestine) is an American animator and filmmaker. Beginning at Terrytoons as a cel polisher, he rose to director and later founded Bakshi Productions. He pioneered adult-oriented independent animation with Fritz…