WIPERS - Is This Real? TAPE D-Beat He recorded 14 of these

He recorded 14 of these on wax cylinders

lightly speckled with electronics and perfused with open window field recordings

each artist “hungry for each sound

far-reaching

Don Cherry and his family-community’s musical belief emerges in its simplicity

WIPERS - Is This Real? TAPE D-Beat He recorded 14 of theseUnquestionably Portland's most well loved punk group, THE WIPERS formed in the late 1970s and in 1980 released their debut LP, Is This Real? twelve songs of stabbing, jittery guitar, snapped vocals, and unabashed teen angst. Full of desperation and yearning, the LP has stood as a blueprint for wretched youth for over 25 years. In the early 1990s Is This Real? was given mainstream attention when Nirvana covered two tracks off the record and Kurt Cobain