Can one win by living innocently, as in no pretentious stunts and supposedly cunning managers, and no top-ten hits either? Wipers' archetypical punk ethos set the terms of reference because it never required such gimmicks; and, furthermore, because their musically adventurous path defied classification and broke away from convention, rather than cashed in on it. It may be the case that one can never win by living innocently, not least of all in a doom town, but perhaps this is the very reason it is so worth it; Greg Sage's combination of stellar musicianship and uncompromising integrity certainly is.
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