Name: Is This Real?
Brand: Wipers

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

JPR82801LP

Colour

Black

Colour details

Discogs ID

Format multiplier

Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2023-01-20

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

Cargo

Tax rate GB

Standard:20

UPC / Barcode

751937436515

Total Cap

1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Wipers

Genre GB

Punk / Hardcore

Label GB

Wipers was a recording project formed in late 1978 by Greg Sage in Portland, Oregon. Originally planned as a studio project, their goal was to release fifteen LPs over ten years while avoiding tours and interviews. They disbanded in 1989 after releasing six studio albums but later reformed in 1993 to release three more albums. Finally disbanding for good in 1999.

Unquestionably 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 Cobain announced it was one of the primary influences on his group.

Remastered from original tapes as provided by Greg Sage himself, the LP is pressed on audiophile grade vinyl and housed in a deluxe tip-on sleeve. 

Complete with a printed insert that replicates the original inner-sleeve, the Jackpot Records reissue of Is This Real? is a lavish tribute to one of the greatest recordings of the last 30 years.&nbsp;

Is This Real?

Music GB