Greg Sage

The Wipers were at once the most musical and visceral band of the late 1970s and the 1980s.  I listened to them for the first time in about two years and it reminded me of why I tried -- and failed -- my hand at guitar.  One of their best songs reminds me of the ugly do-nothing winters in my nowhere college town, even though the song is pretty.

"I was really into Mick Taylor, because he was so melodic...Keith Richards, and Greg Sage from the Wipers.  Greg Sage was totally underrated.  Everyone should check him out.  I ripped off a lot of stuff from him.  Somehow, by combining those influences I tried to get my own style." - J Mascis, Guitar World, December 1995

                                          Wipers - Over the Edge