Wipers (Greg Sage) Live 1996 - Someplace Else - The Wipers

[spaceorbison]

damn move around you stiffs damn people must be sober or stupid

[infraredspaceguy]

Does anyone know what Greg's doing now?

[EvanTheKillerWolf]

Greg is awesome. But i've never seen a picture of him smiling. Ive read that he is like a really sad person

[Meropsapiasterr]

Fajne białe podkoszulki, jakby zaraz mieli iść na WueF ;D

[ddpawel]

@Meropsapiasterr Może pieluchę zmienić koledze, skoro myśli w tak ograniczony sposób?

[popsnormal]

I'm really glad this exists. So little footage of the Wipers. Apparently Greg didn't like to video taped. I got to see their final show at La Luna in Portland several years ago, and it was sorely underattended. They didn't announce it as being their last show, and I'm sure a lot of people kicked themselves for missing it. And, yes, it was amazing. Really made me understand those later albums, which was mainly the material they played..

[13KeY37]

Thanks for this footage, Greg Sage is a master of music.

[13KeY37]

@ryanstamen you can only get them at shows or online, and they stay true to there punk rock influences, which metallica really regrets to due. I am a fan of both but Melvins>Metallica

[13KeY37]

@ryanstamen Melvins don't wanna be anyone their a little more mature then that, and in my opinion much more original, Metallic rules (First 4 albums) but then It got weak, Melvins have always been original and will always be original because they dont give a fuck about mainstream appeal. Whens the last time you saw a Melvins t-shirt at a rock store?

[theseer27]

hes such an awesome guitarist. amazed everytime i hear him

[RebelThoughts]

That guitar tone is just sick!

[DoubleO711]

They need more albums! Their last album Power In One is probably their best! They just kept getting better and better!

It's been about ten years now! They could make a FREAKING EPIC MASTERPIECE!

[Awesomo4003]

thats a really lame description

[geinsbourgh]

fuck you Spiritu i think this band is awesome and i think nirvana helped him to not be forgeten

[Spiritu39]

(I know this is belated, but) I'm sorry I misunderstood your comment about people hearing about the Wipers through Nirvana, geinsbourgh. I thought you meant that it made them losers or something if they heard of them through Cobain. That's how I had heard of them (and due to the Melvins' cover of "Youth of America").

[spaceorbison]

@geinsbourgh it sure did because I discovered The Wipers through Nirvana and now I love "Land of the Lost" as much as I used to love Nevermind back in the day. I even have World Of Warcraft guild named "Wipers" wahoo!

[sirdoug3]

They should be in the R& R 'hall of fame'!! - why aren't they!? - I was fortunate to see the Wipers Live once in Hollywood. LA. about 4 yrs. before this- & can tell ya' - as Great as they sound on records & vids. - live, are like this x1000!!!

[pernicketty]

Looks like it must've been haircut day in Mesa. Huge thanks for this upload!

[geinsbourgh]

i have one question ;] do you all this band know from nirvana cover d7? :)

[CynicalSquid]

Nope. I've been into the Wipers ever since I got the Youth of America album during the summer. I actually only just learned that Kurt Cobain was into them.

[pathoplastic]

realistically speaking, that's how a lot of folks will probably stumble upon them...it's a good thing if they do...christ, they were hard to hear when they were around, unless you lived in the northwest--I was there...

[Spiritu39]

Why does it matter where people heard of the Wipers? Does it make them noobs or something if they heard about them through Nirvana? Quit being pompous, geinsbourgh.

[smolderingmilage]

I actually heard about them through the Melvins' cover of "Youth of America"

[BraSilGoO]

Wipers Rules...

Greg Sage is thw man...

it's fuckin'punk rock!

[warpspeeed]

Jimmy Hendrix of punk-yeah you bet!I have been in three shows (in different periods)and his guitar playing was becoming a skyrocketing affair!If you care about the "feel" of the rythm

and loads of feedback loops-he's your man!He plays "dirty" and mean,he doesn't care about always hitting the right note-he's after your

heart and legs-just like Jimmy...

[paulmk88]

someone told me that greg sage used to be called the "jimi hendrix of punk rock"

[GlueyPorch]

Good Charlotte are WAY better than the Wipers. GC wear cool clothes and rockz whats all this dumb grungey shit the Wipers are posers. *runs*

[kumajo]

you asshole, fukin teen, if ever see you on the street im gonna beat the shit out of you, good charlotte are the king of pop, bullshit, garbage, buisness,shit, what is pop, i can assure you that is not music, they were even born wen the genius of greg sage was breaking the music as it was. if i ever see that you say somthing as stupid as what you wrote im gonna find you and kick your ass. fuking youth thinks that they now about music you dont now shit. peace.

[GlueyPorch]

I was being SARCASTIC, you fucking idiot. I own every Wipers album.

[kumajo]

allrigth men sorry, a felt really insulted by that, i love wipers too thats wy i felt so angry sorry men, anyway that wasnt for you jajajaja allrigth peace and love long live wipers.

[GlueyPorch]

No problem man

[FriendofFilm]

Revolutionary and Beautiful

[innatecharm]

mesmerizing......

[mvindici]

Was at this show... Thx for the memories!

[moonshark21]

Sage is sometimes compared to Hendrix. Hendrix's instrumental, Peace In Mississippi, reminds me a lot of Sage's use of dive bomb chords.

[b1zook]

Hendrix, Sage, Cobain. Three lefthanded guitarists from the Pacific Northwest who each fronted power trios. Coincidence? ;)

[Spiritu39]

I was hoping Buzz Osbourne was left-handed, but he just misses the mark to be included in this prestigious group.

[JonnyCapricorn]

hm, that is interesting,

and you'd think fhere would be more lefty guitars for them to get easily.

[hammishs]

@b1zook nirvana for much of there career had 4 people in the band......well sooon after nevermind i believe 

[mbristol]

it is very difficult to find wipers footage. greg did not like video cameras at his shows. while i respect that, its a shame because it was so great to watch him play.

[Ralph85]

there's a live dvd floating around shot in amsterdam. some of the footage on youtube are from that dvd.

gonna see the melvins tomorrow, i hope they'll play youth of america.

[b1zook]

I had my videocam at a show in '89 (Rocket Club, Providence, "The Circle" tour) and was all set to tape it. My friend asks the bass player if it's OK and he said he'd prefer not, so I respected that. I did get an audio of the show though, sadly it's been lost. Saw them many times in '87 and '89, great great band - probably my favorite band ever. I do still have a complete bootleg of a show in 1987 at Maxwell's, Hoboken.

[petma]

class

[pernicketty]

Thanks very much to anyone who posts real footage of the Wipers no matter what the quality but it would be so great to see something with really good sound and picture. Anyone got anything?

[catilina5]

gorgeous- does anybody has a vid of "silver sail"?

[Fatshit6]

Comparing Nirvana and the Wipers is teabag sport.

[Zatzzo]

cobain's "lyrical genius" is nothing but a joke. im sick of children overrating this guy. sage is the real deal!

[youji69]

lol yeah, greg sage is a legend. he was even one of kurt cobains biggest inspirations...

i wish i could see a wipers show today but i don't think they still do shows, do they?

[Rckr723]

I have that same guitar strap

[dragster58]

You should hear Greg's "Straight Ahead" solo album.....kick ass!!!

[EuphoricTincture]

Man this is awesome, much love for the The Wipers.

[ArchitectofLaw]

yeah, it's true, after listening to the wipers, nirvana looks like a cover band, and i say this as someone who's a member on a couple nirvana forums and has every version of every song available, excluding concerts.

[77ways]

that is a little harsh. i mean i love the wipers, but they dont have the lyrical genius, or the voice of cobain.

[ArchitectofLaw]

I guess what I mean to say is that Kurt Cobain's main influence in terms of song writing and guitar playing is definitely Greg Sage.

[77ways]

yea i agree

[binarykult]

if you think so, then youshould listen to "thee headcoats" and killing joke ...

;)

pierre

[binarykult]

ack : this was for "ArchitectofLaw". Sorry... :p

[hormonbehandlung]

true

[RyanJ1978]

I was at this show no BS. I got into the Wipers because of the Nirvana covers and me and my friend Donny started really digging them. Anyways we kept seeing this guy at the local coffee shop that looked like Sage. One day Donny finally gathers up the nerve to ask him if was indeed him. It was. We all became friends and he even recorded some of Donnys' stuff. Ahh the memories.

[fobfobfob1]

One of the most salient reasons why I started LoTek (in 1978) was because I was walking past a bar in Portland called The Long Goodbye - out on the street I could hear the most amazing guitar with band playing a song I could barely make out the words for...it was The Wipers doing UP IN FLAMES. None of us had any idea how we were going to make more than $5 per show, but that didn't matter. A lot different era than now unfortunately. Never give up on your passion for creativity!

[AVPunk2]

WOW awesome! Just to tell you i love "running dog" by you guys. Yea i will never give up my passion for creativity, creating music art is what makes me feel so good.

[fobfobfob1]

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[DerEmma]

I think this is recorded at the Melkweg in Amsterdam. Get the DVD at Zenorecords! Any news from my favourite guitarist and singer...?

[ryanstamen]

Wrong. As the description states, it was filmed in Mesa, Arizona, USA.

[stankler]

luv the wipers website.ramones.take over the world.

[Zatzzo]

i love the fact that hes playing a left handed guitar, although hes right handed. hes just an original. a hero.

[Whatevermind]

Lol if you are serious then that just shows how much Cobain ripped them off i mean musically and with the guitar thing!! Look Nirvana is my second favorite band but i realise that they ripped ALOT from other bands in specific--> Wipers, Stooges and Vaselines!! But still Nirvana kicks ass!! But so do these guys damn the Wipers could/should have been a HUGE BAND!!

[Ralph85]

greg didn't want to be big. Kurt asked the wipers to join their tour. Greg declined.

[saintist]

wipers rule!

[mortytoad]

Kurdt Kobain wishes he was Greg Sage. "Over the Edge"is the greastest album ever. PDX was always cooler than Seattle anyway.

[Bradwillrockyou]

Agreed!

[Lcacique]

Agreed!!! It's an amazing record. Love the guitar tone on the original vinyl on songs like Doom Town, Over the Edge, and Messenger, etc. I'm biased since I'm a fellow PDXer, but Portland does kick ass. I've been to many shows in Seattle, like the city, but the clubs were filled w/ dudes in Dockers and Sweaters...bizarre. I miss Pine Street(LA LUNA), X-ray, EJs, and the trough in the bathroom at Satyricon!!!

[dCOMPOZED62]

Man I wish I was there!!!! there to fuckn dope..

[NirvanaWolf]

That was just amazing, this is one song that really makes me feel so... how to say this... it`s just amazing... no more words... just AMAZING... thanks, and again thanks ryanstamen.

[AlfredHorsecock]

New wife and I saw the Wipers in Portland at 13th Street Precinct in 1983 along with Napalm Beach and (I think) some others. Immediatly went out and bought a Wipers album (But couldn't find any Napalm beach).

13th Street was a a small club but it was a great night. Saw Oingo Boingo (original lineup) a few weeks earlier at Luis LaBamba. Portland has always has a great music scene - but Seattle got all the credit.

[CatholicRiots]

Greg Sage was one of the rare few who truly operated outside of the music industry as much as humanly possible. Even during the early 90's when he started to get offers from majors after being around since the late 70's with the wipers, opted out, and continued to stay true to himself in disregard for anything commodified...The Wipers are one of my all time faves...

[Ralph85]

ey! don't forget Fugazi

[Zatzzo]

wow this is amazing! why arent there more wipers videos on utube?

[wagonsofschroder]

So great. I wish there was more of this around.

[kawamaha]

damn, what a great clip!!! thanks

[waitemaine]

how did this band not take over the world?

[silversails]

awexome

[warpspeeed]

I've seen them in three dif. shows in Greece.Sage is a guitar-riff god.Rock guitar as should be played,from the heart!He's pretty good in lyrics too(remember window shop

for love?)

[itsirma]

Awesome, awesome stuff. I remember missing this show :( I only wish you could hear Gregs voice more clearly.

[daddywuzabankrobber]

wow, look what you've found! thanks man! anyone got anymore???

[icyxxx]

I love that guitarsound. More Wipers please!

[fraserlaeto]

can anyone tell me what album this song is from? thanks.

[ryanstamen]

It's from the LP "Follow Blind".

[stevenordby]

Without Greg Sage there would be no Nirvana, no Pearl Jam, no Screaming Trees ... half of the bands that made it "big" in the last 20 years owe a debt to sage and The Wipers that they aren't even aware of.

[RexCarson]

Thank You. And Thank You Greg.

[mantzak]

I don't believe what i see ,a Wipers video thanks pal and

what a great band

[Sicofonia]

1 million thanks for sharing this video, it's just awesome to see Greg performing live

[ofot1]

what a sleepy crowd. sage is king!

[Joe2956711]

PLEASE POST MORE WIPERS VIDEOS

[LoungeAct92]

Yes!!

Great video...If you had more that would be great to put on here.

[xn0153x]

Wipers!!!!

great vid!

share some more!

[ArisTraecy]

Thank U 4 the vid, I almost chilled..

[paulmk88]

YEAAAAHHH !! wipers forever ...greg sage looks good..now the video of "born with a curse" please!

[Zatzzo]

finally someone posted some wipers footage, thanks a thousand times!

[Wipers]

Yo, do you have anymore of him?