Wipers
| Wipers | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| origin | Portland (United States) |
| Genre (s) | punk |
| founding | 1977, 1993 |
| resolution | 1989, 1999 |
| Founding members | |
Vocals, guitar |
Greg Sage |
bass |
Dave Koupal |
Drums |
Sam Henry |
Wipers is an American punk band from Portland , founded in 1977 by guitarist and singer Greg Sage. She played in changing line-ups with the musically dominant Greg Sage as the only constant.
history
The original line-up consisted of Sam Henry on drums, Dave Koupal on bass and vocalist Greg Sage on guitar. The first album Is This Real? was released in 1979. The band achieved greater notoriety when Kurt Cobain described them as one of his main musical influences and with Nirvana two songs ("D-7" and "Return of the Rat") by Is This Real? covered.
In 1992 the tribute album Eight Songs For Greg Sage And The Wipers (on vinyl ) and Fourteen Songs For Greg Sage and The Wipers (as audio CD ) were released, on which Nirvana, Hole and Thurston Moore from Sonic Youth are represented.
Greg Sage now runs the Zeno Records label in Phoenix .
Style and reception
While the first three LP releases are characterized by short, heavy, catchy pieces (with a few exceptions on Youth Of America ), the songs on the later albums are slower, less explosive and heavily interspersed with guitar solos. The touch-and-go - Fanzine described the sound of the band as unique; she refuses to accept fashions and ignores her surroundings, and the “cracking guitar sound” of the debut album is “dynamite”.
Discography
- 1979: Is This Real? (Park Avenue Records)
- 1981: Youth of America (Park Avenue Records)
- 1983: Over the Edge
- 1985: The Wipers (live album)
- 1986: Land of the Lost
- 1987: Follow Blind
- 1988: The Circle
- 1991: Best Of Wipers
- 1993: Complete Rarities '78 -'90
- 1995: Silver Sail
- 1996: The Herd
- 1999: Power in One
Web links
- Zeno Records website
- Wipers in Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Tesco Vee & Dave Stimson: Touch and Go. The Complete Hardcore Punk Zine '79 -'93 . 3. Edition. Bazillion Points, New York 2013, ISBN 978-0-9796163-8-9 , pp. 167 .