The Wipers

The Wipers are a punk rock group formed in Portland, Oregon in 1977 by guitarist Greg Sage, drummer Sam Henry and bassist Doug Koupal.

Related Topics:
Punk rock - Portland, Oregon - 1977 - Guitarist - Greg Sage - Drummer - Sam Henry - Bassist - Doug Koupal

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Is This Real?, The Wiper?s first album, was first released in 1980 and quietly gained a cult following. The Wipers became better known after the wildly popular grunge band Nirvana covered two songs from Is This Real?. Nirvana?s frontman,Kurt Cobain, spoke of being heavily influenced by the band. The Wipers were a major influence on the grunge music scene in general, and Wipers albums like Is This Real? and Over the Edge are now widely considered to be among the greatest and most influential punk albums of all time.

Related Topics:
Is This Real? - Cult following - Grunge - Nirvana - Kurt Cobain

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While the Wipers began by pioneering the tight, catchy punk rock that Nirvana and others would later perfect, the band quickly evolved into producing guitar-solo soaked, labyrinthine punk rock epics. Sage became known for not only his do-it-yourself ethics and guitar solos, but also for his domineering approach to the band?s creative process.

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In 1992, the tribute album Eight songs for Greg Sage and the Wipers (Tim Kerr Records) was released on 4 colored 7-inch records, and included Wipers songs performed by Nirvana, Hole, Napalm Beach, M99, Crakerbash, Poison Idea, and The Whirlees. The CD release of tribute album was called Fourteen Songs for Greg Sage and the Wipers, and was expanded to include covers by Hazel, Calamity Jane, Saliva Tree, Honey, Nation of Ulysses, and Thurston Moore-Keith Nealy.

Related Topics:
Hole - Napalm Beach - Thurston Moore

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In 2001, Greg Sage?s Zeno Records released a 3 CD Box Set of the Wiper?s first 3 albums, which by that time had become long out-of-print.

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