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WIPERS

Revered punk rockers from the Pacific Northwest, melding the furious rage  and independent punk ethic with a fondness for loud, long guitar workouts. Misunderstood, mistreated, underrated, and/or just plain unknown, Greg Sage should be mentioned in the first breaths about trailblazing guitarists and U.S. independent music of the '80s and '90s. Since forming his band, Wipers, in Portland, OR, in the late '70s, Sage has been put through the ringer more than enough to justify his hermetic operating methods and attitude. While most of his devout fans consider it a travesty that his name isn't as known as a contemporary like Bob Mould or even an unabashed fan-boy turned legend like Kurt Cobain, Sage would likely retort that it's not for the notoriety that he began making music. "POWER IN ONE" 1999     LP     DESTROY ALL RECORDS / ZENO RECORDS    DAM 075 PRINTED IN U.S.A.    ORIGINAL PRESSING IN SHRINK SINGLE SLEEVE + INSERT HEAVY CARDBOARD COVER Barcode and Other Identifiers Barcode: none LABEL: DESTROY ALL RECORDS / ZENO - WHITE/BLACK LABEL - BLACK/RED TEXT Catalog on cover: DAM 075 Catalog on labels: DAM 075 Matrix / Runout (Side A, Etched): unreadable because of the narrow runout Matrix / Runout (Side B, Etched): 4976-7 R 003-1 (R) S 43336 RE1   [not readable, similat to @e B&S] On labels: All songss by Greg Sage Part Music/Zeno Music (BMI) C & P 1999 On Back Cover: Tracklist DESTROY ALL RECORDS......Los Angeles, CA 90026 ZENO RECORDS........Phoenix, AZ 85060 tracklisting Side A: THE FALL - POWER IS ONE - SHAKEN - MISLEADING ROCKET - I'LL BE AROUND - STILL INSIDE OF ME Side B: SHIP OF DREAMS - REST OF MY LIFE - LOVERS REVENGE TAKE IT NOW - STAY AROUND - WHAT'S WRONG? - TOO MANY STRANGERS grading RECORD NEAR MINT but (please, read above description) SLEEVE NEAR MINT but (please, see pictures and read above description) Power in One is another phenomenal onslaught of singular music, made by someone who emerged just before the dawn of the punk era. Having predated it, Greg Sage merely straddled it, keeping his solitary, idiosyncratic space. As with all his other records, the listener is held in his insidious grip on first play, a hold that grows more persuasive with successive samplings. It's the work of a guitar sorcerer, building layer upon layer of otherwise simply rendered, hypnotizing rock until the spell is cast. This potent immediacy is partially due to his obstinate, uncompromising insistence on recording all parts live in the studio, with no punch-in overdubs, and foregoing other instrumental embellishments. Sage needs nothing more than Steve Plouf's drums and his own voice, bass, rhythm, and lead guitar to summon his incantations. If there is a knock against Sage, it's that his movements are conservative in approach and delivery. The great departure LPs aside (Follow Blind and Silver Sail, plus both his solo LPs -- all more esoteric, relaxed, and explorative of the quieter side of his playing), Sage remains unwavering on the basic tenets of his faith: Blizzards (blizzards!) and spark-showers of guitar streams; chords unlike those used by 99-percent of other rock writers, with progressions that do the opposite of what is expected; a voice like Father Time and the Grim Reaper coming to warn of the apocalypse (often over doomsday chords that pile-drive the stomach like a runaway locomotive); counter-melodies from tense basslines, still a hallmark; straight-ahead attack drumming from Plouf; and guitar leads that dazzle, frighten, and prick the senses, like Jimi Hendrix sans the showy bits and hyper-blues base. This remarkable talent's work as a guitarist is without peer. Power in One is another gale force wind...(AllMusic)