Eight Songs for Greg Sage and the Wipers

Eight Songs for Greg Sage and The Wipers
Studio album by
Various Artists
Released1992
GenrePunk rock
LabelTim/Kerr
ProducerSlayer Hippy

Eight Songs for Greg Sage and the Wipers is a Wipers tribute album released on Tim/Kerr in 1992.[1][2] The album was first released as a box set of 4 colored 7-inch records in a run of 10,000.[3][4] It helped to raise the profile of the independent label.[5]

Nirvana recorded their cover of "Return of the Rat" after Geffen had reservations about including the band's cover of "D-7".[6] Hole recorded a cover of "Over the Edge".[7]

Fourteen Songs for Greg Sage and the Wipers is the CD re-release of the album, expanded to include additional artist covers.[8][9]

  1. ^ "Wipers". Trouser Press. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
  2. ^ Grow, Kory (August 28, 2020). "Wipers' 'Is This Real?' at 40: Greg Sage Reflects on a Northwest Punk Landmark". Rolling Stone.
  3. ^ Simons, Ted. "SONGS FOR A PUNK SAGENATIONAL NOISEMAKERS PAY TRIBUTE TO TEMPE'S GREG SAGE". Phoenix New Times.
  4. ^ Azerrad, Michael (September 20, 1993). "Come as You are: The Story of Nirvana". Doubleday – via Google Books.
  5. ^ Morris, Chris (Nov 16, 1996). "Tim/Kerr growing force among indies". Billboard. 108 (46): 15, 50.
  6. ^ Gaar, Gillian G. (June 1, 2009). "The Rough Guide to Nirvana". Rough Guides UK – via Google Books.
  7. ^ Weidman, Rich (2022). Punk: The Definitive Guide to the Blank Generation and Beyond. Backbeat Books. p. 235.
  8. ^ Cross, Charles R.; Berkenstadt, Jim (February 22, 2012). "Classic Rock Albums: Nirvana - Nevermind". Schirmer Trade Books – via Google Books.
  9. ^ Popson, Tom (12 Nov 1992). "Nirvana B-sides: Their previously unreleased rare tracks due out". Tempo. Chicago Tribune. p. 10.