Wipers

Summary

Wipers is a musical group^[1]. Wipers ranks in the top 5% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (765 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Wipers's instance of is recorded as musical group^[3].
• Wipers's genre is punk rock^[4].
• Wipers's genre is post-punk^[5].
• Wipers's genre is hardcore punk^[6].
• Wipers's genre is post-hardcore^[7].
• Wipers's genre is emo^[8].
• Wipers's record label is recorded as Enigma Records^[9].
• Wipers's country of origin is recorded as United States^[10].
• 1977 marks the founding of Wipers^[11].
• Wipers's location of formation is recorded as Portland^[12].
• Wipers's has characteristic is recorded as punk band^[13].
• Wipers's start of work period is recorded as 1977^[14].
• Wipers's end of work period is recorded as 1999^[15].
• Wipers's name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Wipers'}^[16].

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Founding

1977 marks the founding of Wipers^[11]. Wipers's location of formation is recorded as Portland^[12].

Why It Matters

Wipers ranks in the top 5% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (765 views/month).^[2] Wipers has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[17] Wipers is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[18]

Wipers has been cited as an influence by Foo Fighters^[19], a rock band^[20], founded in 1995^[21] and Nirvana^[22], a rock band^[23], in United States^[24], founded in 1987^[25].

FAQs

Who did Wipers influence?

Wipers has been cited as an influence by Foo Fighters^[19] and Nirvana^[22].