Wipers

Simply obliterating any conception of THE Wipers as a mere punk band, GREG SAGE released this follow-up to Is This Real? in 1981-a sophisticated, overwhelming response to the evil times marked by the turn of the decade. Broken into six long songs, Youth Of America is a much colder, harrowing experience than the teen angst of their debut. Vocally Sage comes off as sleep-deprived and forsaken, snarling not only at his own predicament but at the predicament of the entire world.