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The Wipers formed in late 1978. Greg Sage said that the idea for the name came from when he worked at a movie theater that had a long hallway of glass that looked over the city of Portland, Oregon. One of his jobs was to clean the glass that would get cloudy from people waiting to enter the theaters. When wiping the glass with a large squeegee, the view of the city would become crystal clear. A “crystal clear view” was the idea he wanted to put into music. The Wipers and Greg Sage went on to record 12 albums and several EP’s. Greg’s original idea was to never tour or do interviews, to be mysterious and let listeners have their own ideas. This original idea was not as possible as he hoped, due to the demands of working in the music industry. Even though staying independent throughout his career there were certain rules in the music world he could not bend. Greg would go on to build some of the equipment used to record the albums creating their distinct sound.
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Greg Sage (born October 21, 1951) is an American songwriter, guitarist, and vocalist, regarded as an important influence on many punk rock and post-punk artists. Sage is best known as the principal songwriter and vocalist/guitarist of the influential Portland, Oregon-based band Wipers.
In Europe, Sage was hailed as a guitar wizard and creative rock force, a punk Hendrix of sorts—after a while, Wipers (no “the,” same as Buzzcocks, Talking Heads, etc.) …
Sage's intense interest in music began with cutting records at home as an adolescent. "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 at…
Wipers’ ‘Is This Real?’ at 40: Greg Sage Reflects on a Northwest Punk Landmark. In a rare interview, the singer-guitarist looks back on the band's newly reissued debut, which inspired Nirvana,...
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Greg Sage at E-Werk, Erlangen, Germany. Artist: Greg Sage, Tour: THE ELECTRIC MEDICINE SHOW , Venue: E-Werk, Erlangen, Germany. Astro Cloud. Straight Ahead.
Portland’s Wipers never really made a dent in the music scene and maybe that was precisely their intention. When the band first formed in 1977, singer Greg Sage was adamant they were to remain a studio project, …