Q:Facts: - years active: 1977 -- 1988 , 1993-1999 - past members: greg koupal brad davidson moses gershbein steve plouf sage sam henry travis mcnabb brad naish dave - caption: cover of '' youth of america '' in 1981 - origin: portland , oregon , u.s. - genre: punk , noise rock , garage rock , alternative rock rock , post-punk , post-hardcore , art punk - name: wipers - background: group_or_band - label: zeno , jackpot records records , trap records , restless , tim/kerr Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of wipers .
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the wipers were a punk rock group formed in portland , oregon in 1977 by guitarist greg sage , drummer sam henry and bassist dave koupal .the group 's tight song structure and use of heavy distortion has been hailed as extremely influential by numerous critics and musicians , including melvins , dinosaur jr. , mono men , stephen malkmus , hole , poison idea , my vitriol , nation of ulysses , and nirvana .