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Portland, Oregon, United States (1977 – 1989, 1995 – 2001)
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 records for friends at school of songs off the radio and learned the art of record making long before learning to play music. I would spend countless hours studying the grooves I would cut under the microscope that was attached to the lathe and loved the way music looked, moved and modulated within the thin walls.
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 records for friends at school of songs off the radio and learned the art of record making long before learning to play music. I would spend countless hours studying the grooves I would cut under the microscope that was attached to the lathe and loved the way music looked, moved and modulated within the thin walls.
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Ruvare wrote:
andy, here's the one from Wikipedia... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wipers#Discography It's missing the tracklistings for his last 2 albums for some reason, but they're not hard to find elsewhere.
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andy_palmer wrote:
can someone share a link to their discography?
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Angelight2012 wrote:
♥Window Shop For Love and Mystery♥
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lilywhitetrash wrote:
"I don't wanna sit around and talk about the Wipers."
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o_o--- wrote:
omg who wrote this bio? even by last.fm standards its pretty embarrassing -.-
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shootmeadeer wrote:
He's on the shitter. I'll let him know you called.
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trashcity_ wrote:
What's Greg Sage doing right now?
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Phlunked wrote:
Yeah, sure suck my dick. While you're at give me some Ghey buttsecks or something.
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lyooonya wrote:
STAY PUNKS \Ь/
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malb0ro wrote:
Правильная музыка и подход
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shootmeadeer wrote:
Damn dude, gonna leave me hangin' or what?
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shootmeadeer wrote:
"The drums sound great to me, but I was paying more attention to the vocal melodies and especially that sinfully noisy, distorted guitar which is purely delicious, by the way." Let me suck your dick right now.
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AprilPhantom wrote:
youth of america and over the edge for lifffffffeeeeee
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theyareinmyhead wrote:
I wish I had seen them live.
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edward_dorrell wrote:
Yeah, and Nirvana just try to sound like Nickelback.
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Phlunked wrote:
Guitar noise isn't necessarily 'lo-fi', but I digress. I think I'll go answer that email from that Nigerian oil guy. Opportunity is knocking or something.
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mattmacneil wrote:
no it sounds good, and i can appreciate 'lo-fi' or whatever the fuck but it just sounds like a bad recording/mixing job. Could've sounded wicked if it was recorded better though.
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Phlunked wrote:
The drums sound great to me, but I was paying more attention to the vocal melodies and especially that sinfully noisy, distorted guitar which is purely delicious, by the way.
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mattmacneil wrote:
fuck wheres the kick drum? All of these wicked songs are mixed like shit.
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subzero45 wrote:
@EatingKatesBush......u r an asshole,man!!!Wipers was founded 10yrs before Nirvana(an overrated band).How's possible to sound like'em?
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