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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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  • adamcooleyisdea

    push me over the edge

    9 Apr 12:47pm Reply

  • vit0rr

    But don't ever let go oh no

    9 Apr 2:44am Reply

  • manos87

    so young...

    6 Apr 1:27pm Reply

  • eduabc

    i fucking love wipers dude!!!!

    12 Mar 6:50pm Reply

  • thrashdeth

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    9 Mar 11:27pm Reply

  • Punching_joe

    Shittiest band photos ever

    4 Mar 6:01pm Reply

  • MaxPower83654

    is this real?

    6 Feb 7:31pm Reply

  • FlyingSalt

    no sanctuarayyyyyyyyyyyyyy

    24 Jan 8:25pm Reply

  • VaiCavalo

    what do you do when you're always rejected?

    6 Jan 8:10am Reply

  • wendrilferreira

    wipeeeeeeeeeeers!

    28 Dec 2012 Reply

  • SPITfire35

    Hi! How are you! If you like Wipers maybe you like my band Dumb Dish too! I have just uploaded the first studio track of Dumb Dish which is a cover of Scratch Acid's Cannibal. Please give it a listen and let us know what you think about it! Oh, and if you like it, please make sure to subscribe and to share! Namasté! http://youtu.be/m-F4OvQQPjI

    23 Dec 2012 Reply

  • kacofcthulhu

    :confession bear: I like their post-OTE material. Solid guitar work.

    23 Dec 2012 Reply

  • FlyingSalt

    the box set has the obvious material but land of the lost has at least a few great songs (way of love, let me know) and there's also a wipers rarities album that compiles some material from appearances on radio, compilations, and their first 7" better off dead. my favorite songs of those would be does it hurt, same old thing, and nothin' to prove. check at least the five songs i mentioned out if you think the box set is the only good wipers material! admittedly i've been disappointed by the rest of their stuff as the wipers in their prime are possibly my favorite band...

    19 Dec 2012 Reply

  • BulbusMollusc

    Seriously inspired stuff. Unbelievably good!

    27 Nov 2012 Reply

  • rustco

    Check out "Thursdays Friend" LastFm page. Cool band from Adelaide Australia. Free downloads of Grunge/Punk/Metal. Peace!

    24 Oct 2012 Reply

  • NihilisticRobot

    crazydude1992 - Ad Reductio Cobainium

    22 Oct 2012 Reply

  • kitchen_knife

    Talking about greatness is not so exciting, you know

    3 Oct 2012 Reply

  • Monty__

    Wipers are great, so why can't we just discuss them instead of Courtney fuckin' Love?

    2 Oct 2012 Reply

  • zhelnerovich

    They might be overlooked, but they are far from underrated

    27 Sep 2012 Reply

  • kacofcthulhu

    Greg Sage and Mark Edwards the two underrated master craftsmen of American indie rawk, oh yeah [2] Exactly!

    23 Sep 2012 Reply
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