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Portland, Oregon, United States (1977 – 1989, 1995 – 2001)

Wipers were a 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 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.
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  • ChaosUkDk

    EVERYONE ARE SO FUCKING FAGGET THIS DAYS.....PEOPLE ARE BULLSHIT

    yesterday evening

  • nick_InZoMNiAC

    Sure,nothing wrong with that, I would say you should check US hardcore punk and post-hardcore if u are interested :)

    26 days ago

  • musmortwin

    Ok, maybe I jumped the gun there a little, but I have to say of the American New Wave/Punk bands I've heard, Wipers are by far the best. And to clarify I meant Rancid copied the Clash, not Wipers.

    28 days ago

  • nick_InZoMNiAC

    v Copying The Clash?You mean Wipers copied The Clash? What the fuck ? And USA has brought lots of good hardcore punk, not to mention NYHC as well as post-hardcore bands.

    last month

  • Virginia_Yuan

    Without you guys Nirvana would be nothing lol

    last month

  • AprilPhantom

    'The only half-decent punk band to ever come out of America.' "What the fuck?" I agree, the US beats UK in terms of punk/hardcore bands, but I think the post-punk scene in england is better.

    last month

  • thejackyl

    "The only half-decent punk band to ever come out of America." What the fuck?

    last month

  • xn0153x

    best punk band ever

    last month
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