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Wipers is tagged as: punk, post-punk, punk rock, alternative, rock

Wipers were a punk rock group formed in Portland, Oregon, United States in 1977 by guitarist Greg Sage, drummer Sam Henry and bassist Dave Koupal. Wipers were one of the earliest American purveyors of the genre, and the group’s tight song structure and use of heavy distortion has been hailed as extremely influential by numerous critics and musicians (including Nirvana, who covered several of their songs), laying the groundwork for the evolution of alternative rock from punk.
The idea behind the Wipers started off as only a recording project. The plan was to record 15 LPs in 10 years without touring or promotion of any type. Sage’s thoughts were that the mystique built from the lack of playing the traditional rock & roll promotion game would make people listen to their recordings much deeper with only their imagination to go by. He thought it would be easy to avoid press, shows, pictures, interviews. He looked at music as art rather than entertainment; with that concept in mind he thought music was personal to the listener rather than a commodity.
”I think I got that concept early on as a kid. I was very lucky to have my own professional record cutting lathe when I was in 7th grade due to my father being involved in the broadcast industry. I would cut r...
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Top 10 Wipers Songs
Mystery
Return Of The Rat
D-7
Tragedy
Up Front
Window Shop For Love
Let's Go Away
Don't Know What I Am
Potential Suicide
Wait A Minute
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Top 10 Wipers Albums
Is This Real?
Youth Of America
Over The Edge
Box Set -- Is This Real?
Land of the Lost
Follow Blind
The Circle
The Herd
Silver Sail
The Best of Wipers and Greg Sage
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