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Winger
Winger in concert March 2007
Background information
Origin	New York City, United States
Genre(s)	Hard rock Glam metal Heavy metal Melodic rock
Years active	1987-1994 2001-2003 2006-present
Label(s)	Atlantic Frontiers
Website	http://www.wingertheband.com/
Members
Kip Winger Reb Beach Rod Morgenstein John Roth Cenk Eroglu
Former members
Paul Taylor

Winger is an American rock band formed in New York City that gained popularity during the late 1980s and early 1990s. The City of New York The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Hard rock (also referred to as heavy rock) is a variation of Rock music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage and Psychedelic rock Glam metal (also known as pop metal) is a sub-genre of Heavy metal music that arose in the late 1970s and early 1980s in the United States. In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music Atlantic Records ( Atlantic Recording Corporation) is an American Record label best known for its many recordings of Rhythm & blues, Rock Frontiers Records is an Italian Record label that produces Melodic rock. Kip Winger is an American rock musician member of the Hard rock band Winger and a solo artist Reb Beach (born Richard Earl Beach Jr on August 31, 1963, in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania) is an American rock Guitarist Rod Morgenstein (born April 19, 1953, in New York) is an American drummer and music educator John Roth, is the former Chief Executive Officer ( CEO) of Nortel. Paul Taylor (born July 29, 1930) is one of the foremost American Choreographers of the 20th century. The City of New York The band's two platinum albums, Winger and In the Heart of the Young, along with charting singles "Seventeen", "Headed for a Heartbreak", and "Miles Away", put the band on the top of the charts by 1990. Winger is the debut Album of the American rock band Winger. The album was released by Atlantic Records in 1988 and it was produced by In the Heart of the Young was the second Album by American Glam metal band Winger. "Seventeen" is a single released by the American Glam metal / Hard rock band Winger, off of their album ''Winger''. Headed for a Heartbreak is a song released as a single by the American rock band Winger, off of their self-titled debut album Winger. As the music scene changed in the early 1990s with the popularity of grunge, the band faded when their third release Pull sold poorly. Pull was the third Album by American Glam metal band Winger. The album was released in 1993 by Atlantic Records.

After disbanding in 1994, singer Kip Winger went on to a solo career, guitarist Reb Beach went on to touring projects with artists like Dokken and Alice Cooper, and the band's other members pursued careers as session musicians. Kip Winger is an American rock musician member of the Hard rock band Winger and a solo artist Reb Beach (born Richard Earl Beach Jr on August 31, 1963, in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania) is an American rock Guitarist Dokken is an American heavy metal and Hard rock band that was formed in 1978 Alice Cooper (born Vincent Damon Furnier; February 4, 1948) is an American rock singer songwriter and musician whose career spans five The band re-united with all of its previous members in 2001 for several successful tours, but split again in 2003. In 2006, the band's 1993 line-up re-united to record the band's first studio album in over 13 years, IV. IV is American rock band Winger 's first album of new studio material since 1993's Pull. The band has toured in support of the album into 2008.

1 History
2 Criticism
3 Band members
- 3.1 Line-ups
4 Discography
5 Chart positions
6 Music Videos
7 Rare and unreleased tracks
8 References
9 External links
10 See also

History

Winger was formed in 1987 by Kip Winger after he did some backing vocals on Twisted Sister's 5th album Love Is for Suckers. Kip Winger is an American rock musician member of the Hard rock band Winger and a solo artist Twisted Sister is an American heavy metal band from New York City. Love Is for Suckers is the fifth Album by the heavy metal group Twisted Sister. Kip was a former member of Alice Cooper's band as was to be the lead guitarist Reb Beach, who'd also worked on the Love Is for Suckers album too. Alice Cooper (born Vincent Damon Furnier; February 4, 1948) is an American rock singer songwriter and musician whose career spans five Reb Beach (born Richard Earl Beach Jr on August 31, 1963, in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania) is an American rock Guitarist Paul Taylor was also a natural recruit for Winger, having also played with Alice Cooper's band. To round out the line up they recruited former Dixie Dregs drummer Rod Morgenstein. The Dixie Dregs are a Jazz fusion band formed in the 1970s Their mostly instrumental music fuses Jazz, Southern rock, bluegrass and classical Rod Morgenstein (born April 19, 1953, in New York) is an American drummer and music educator The band's first choice of name was Sahara, but that name was taken by another band, so they all decided on Winger instead. Although they changed the name to Winger, the word Sahara can still be seen on the lower right corner of the debut album's cover. ^[1]

The debut album, Winger, was released on August 10, 1988 on Atlantic Records. Winger is the debut Album of the American rock band Winger. The album was released by Atlantic Records in 1988 and it was produced by The record was a success, achieving Platinum status in the United States, and Gold status in Japan and Canada. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page Radio and MTV hits from the album included "Madalaine", "Seventeen", "Headed for a Heartbreak", and "Hungry". Radio is the transmission of signals by Modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible Light. MTV ( Music Television) is an American Cable television network based in New York City. "Seventeen" is a single released by the American Glam metal / Hard rock band Winger, off of their album ''Winger''. Headed for a Heartbreak is a song released as a single by the American rock band Winger, off of their self-titled debut album Winger. In 1990, the band was nominated for an American Music Award for "Best New Heavy Metal Band". The American Music Awards show is one of several annual major American music awards shows (among the others are the Billboard Music Awards the Grammy Awards Shortly after, Winger released its second album In the Heart of the Young, which went double Platinum in the U. In the Heart of the Young was the second Album by American Glam metal band Winger. S. and Gold in Japan. Hit radio tracks and MTV videos included "Can't Get Enuff", "Miles Away" and "Easy Come Easy Go".

Winger followed the release of its second album with a 13 month world tour, playing over 230 dates with Kiss, Scorpions, ZZ Top, Extreme and Slaughter. Kiss (also typeset as KISS) is an American rock band formed in New York City in December 1972 Scorpions are a heavy metal / Hard rock band from Hanover, Germany, probably best known for their 1980s rock anthem " Rock You Like a ZZ Top (ˌziːziːˈtɒp is an American rock band formed in late 1969 in Houston Texas. Extreme is an American rock band that achieved popularity in the late 1980s and early 1990s Slaughter is an American Hard rock / Glam metal band formed in Las Vegas Nevada by lead vocalist/rhythm guitarist Mark Slaughter Paul Taylor left the band after the tour. Their third studio album, Pull, was recorded in 1992/1993 as a three-piece band. Pull was the third Album by American Glam metal band Winger. The album was released in 1993 by Atlantic Records. It was originally going to be called "Blind Revolution Mad", after the opening song. At some point though, the title was changed to Pull. Reportedly Kip Winger, anticipating that critics would dismiss the album out of hand, re-named it "Pull" as a tongue-in-cheek reference to the CD being used by critics as a skeet shooting target. The album was produced by Mike Shipley, but was not as successful as the previous album. Mike Shipley (born Sydney, Australia) has been a prominent and extremely successful figure in the global music industry for several decades having worked on On the following tour John Roth was called in to replace Paul Taylor on rhythm guitar.

After the Pull tour, the band split due to poor record sales. Pull was the third Album by American Glam metal band Winger. The album was released in 1993 by Atlantic Records. Kip Winger embarked on a solo career and the other members worked on other projects. Guitarist Reb Beach went on to play with Dokken and Alice Cooper. Dokken is an American heavy metal and Hard rock band that was formed in 1978 Alice Cooper (born Vincent Damon Furnier; February 4, 1948) is an American rock singer songwriter and musician whose career spans five

In 2001 the band returned to the studio to record the song "On the Inside" for The Very Best of Winger. The Very Best Of Winger was a Winger Compilation album released by Atlantic Records and Rhino Entertainment Company in 2001 In 2002 they reunited to tour the US and Canada on a bill with Poison, but they once again disbanded afterwards. Poison is an American Hard rock band that achieved great success and popularity in the late 1980s and early 1990s

Kip performed as the lead singer for the Alan Parsons Live Project, for their July 16, 2005 show at the Common Ground Music Festival in Lansing, Michigan USA. ^[2]^[3] In May 2006, a press release announced that Winger has reformed to record another album and tour Europe. The album IV was released in Europe in October and the nine-country "Winger IV Tour" ran in the last two weeks of the same month.

On February 25th 2008,the band performed in Providence Rhode Island as part of a benefit for survivors of the Station Nightclub fire. The concert, along with other artists was debuted on VH1 Classic on March 23rd 2008.

The band has booked tour dates into 2008.

Criticism

Winger was the subject of constant ridicule in MTV's animated series Beavis and Butt-head during the mid 1990s. Beavis and Butt-head is an American Animated television series created by Mike Judge. The neighbor boy Stewart, who was always trying to be accepted by Beavis and Butt-head, was usually depicted wearing a Winger T-shirt, as opposed to the heavier Metallica and AC/DC shirts worn by the title characters. Stewart Stevenson (born ca 1979 is a Fictional character from the MTV animated series Beavis and Butt-head. Metallica is an American heavy metal band that formed in 1981 in. AC/DC are an Australian Hard rock band formed in Sydney, Australia in 1973 by brothers Angus and Malcolm Young. Beavis and Butt-head thought of them as 'wussies'. According to the documentary "Taint of Greatness: Part 2" on the Mike Judge Collection Volume 2 DVD, this was due to Winger telling MTV he would not let the show make fun of him. This has been cited as a reason for the band losing popularity. About the same time Lars Ulrich of the band Metallica could be seen throwing a dart on a poster of Kip Winger in the video for Nothing Else Matters. Lars Ulrich (born December 26 1963) is a Danish Drummer best known as the co-founder of the American heavy metal Metallica is an American heavy metal band that formed in 1981 in. " Nothing Else Matters " is a song by heavy metal band Metallica. When asked about this Kip Winger once stated: "Our band was known to musicians, and a lot of musicians showed up to see me play - watching trying to figure out how I'm playing - we were like the 'hair band' [version of] Dream Theater -- That is why it's the great irony that we ended up on that geeky guy's shirt on Beavis & Butthead, because Metallica couldn't play what we play, they couldn't do it, they literally - technically couldn't do it. Kip Winger is an American rock musician member of the Hard rock band Winger and a solo artist Dream Theater is an American Progressive metal band formed in 1985 under the name " Majesty " by John Myung, John Petrucci And I'll fucking challenge those chumps to a fight any day of the week, but we could play their music with our hands tied behind our back. And so, I was a little t'd off about that, but in the end, none of that shit matters. . . "^[4]

While Kip Winger claims the criticism does not matter, Rob Zombie has a different story. Robert Bartleh Cummings (born January 12, 1965) better known by his Stage name, Rob Zombie, is an American Musician Zombie told Mike Judge, creator of Beavis and Butt-head, that while Zombie was in Tokyo, he found Kip Winger in a bar crying and claiming that Mike Judge ruined his career. Michael Craig Judge (born October 17 1962) is an American Animator, Actor, Voice actor, Writer, director

Band members

Line-ups

(1987-1991)	Kip Winger - bass, lead vocals, keyboards Reb Beach - lead & rhythm guitars, backing vocals Paul Taylor - rhythm guitar, keyboards, backing vocals Rod Morgenstein - drums, percussion, backing vocals
(1991-1993)	Kip Winger - bass, lead vocals, keyboards, acoustic guitar Reb Beach - lead & rhythm guitars, backing vocals Rod Morgenstein - drums, percussion, backing vocals
(1993-1994)	Kip Winger - bass, lead vocals, keyboards Reb Beach - lead & rhythm guitars, backing vocals John Roth - rhythm guitar, backing vocals Rod Morgenstein - drums, percussion
(1994-2001)	(Winger disbanded)
(2001-2003)	Kip Winger - bass, lead vocals Reb Beach - lead & rhythm guitars, backing vocals John Roth - rhythm guitar, backing vocals Paul Taylor - rhythm guitar, keyboards, backing vocals Rod Morgenstein - drums, percussion
(2003-2006)	(Winger disbanded)
(2006-present)	Kip Winger - bass, lead vocals, keyboards, acoustic guitar Reb Beach - lead & rhythm guitars, backing vocals John Roth - rhythm guitar, backing vocals Cenk Eroglu - rhythm guitar, keyboards, effects Rod Morgenstein - drums, percussion

Discography

Studio Albums

Winger (album) (1988) (also known as Sahara)
In the Heart of the Young (1990) (also know as Winger II: In the Heart of the Young)
Pull (1993)
IV (2006)

Compilations

Videos/DVD's

The Videos, Vol. 1 (1989)
In the Heart of the Young, Vol. 1 (1990)
In the Heart of the Young, Vol. 2 (1991)
Live in Tokyo (1991)
The Making of Pull (1993)
The Making of Winger IV (2006)
Winger Live (2007)

Chart positions

The chart positions are referring to Billboard's "The Billboard 200" chart for albums. Kip Winger is an American rock musician member of the Hard rock band Winger and a solo artist Reb Beach (born Richard Earl Beach Jr on August 31, 1963, in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania) is an American rock Guitarist Winger is the debut Album of the American rock band Winger. The album was released by Atlantic Records in 1988 and it was produced by In the Heart of the Young was the second Album by American Glam metal band Winger. Pull was the third Album by American Glam metal band Winger. The album was released in 1993 by Atlantic Records. IV is American rock band Winger 's first album of new studio material since 1993's Pull. The Very Best Of Winger was a Winger Compilation album released by Atlantic Records and Rhino Entertainment Company in 2001 Demo Anthology is a collection of previously unreleased demos by Glam metal band Winger. Winger Live is a two CD and DVD live set culled from Winger 2007 US reunion tour Winger - The Videos Volume One was released in 1989 (Only on VHS with all of the videos from their first album featuring Madalaine Winger Live is a two CD and DVD live set culled from Winger 2007 US reunion tour See Billboard (Turkish magazine Billboard is a weekly American Magazine devoted to the Music industry The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard

Albums

Title	Record Label	Date of Release	Chart Position
Winger	Atlantic	9/1988	#21
In the Heart of the Young	Atlantic	7/1990	#15
Pull	Atlantic	5/1993	#83

Singles

Year	Title	Chart positions		Album
Year	Title	US Hot 100	US Mainstream Rock	Album
1988	"Madalaine"	-	#27	Winger (Sahara)
1989	"Seventeen"	#26	#19	Winger (Sahara)
1989	"Headed for a Heartbreak"	#19	#8	Winger (Sahara)
1989	"Hungry"	#85	#35	Winger (Sahara)
1990	"Can't Get Enuff"	#42	#6	In the Heart of the Young
1990	"Miles Away"	#12	#14	In the Heart of the Young
1991	"Easy Come Easy Go"	#41	#17	In the Heart of the Young
1993	"Down Incognito"	-	#15	Pull

Music Videos

"Madalaine" (Winger)
"Seventeen" (Winger)
"Headed for a Heartbreak" (Winger)
"Hungry" (Winger)
"Can't Get Enuff" (In the Heart of the Young)
"Miles Away" (In the Heart of the Young)
"Silent Night" (In the Heart of the Young, Vol. 2)
"Easy Come, Easy Go" (In the Heart of the Young)
"You Are the Saint, I Am the Sinner" (In the Heart of the Young)
"Down Incognito" (Pull)
"Spell I'm Under" (Pull)
"In My Veins" (Pull)
"Who's the One" (Pull)

Rare and unreleased tracks

"Blue Murder" – Leftover from the first Winger album
"Out for the Count" – Only released on The Karate Kid Part III Soundtrack in 1989
"Battle Stations" – Only released on the Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey Soundtrack in 1991. Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks (originally called Mainstream Rock Tracks) is a ranking in Billboard magazine of the most-played songs on Mainstream rock This is a list of notable events in Music that took place in the year 1988. Madalaine is a song released as a single by the American Glam metal / Hard rock band Winger, from their self-titled debut album Winger This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1989 "Seventeen" is a single released by the American Glam metal / Hard rock band Winger, off of their album ''Winger''. This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1989 Headed for a Heartbreak is a song released as a single by the American rock band Winger, off of their self-titled debut album Winger. This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1989 " Hungry " is single released by the American Glam metal / Hard rock band Winger, off of their album Winger. This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1990 " Can't Get Enuff " is a single released in 1990 by the American Glam metal / Hard rock band Winger, from their album In This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1990 See also 1991 in music (UK Musical groups established in 1991 Record labels Easy Come Easy Go is a single released by the American Glam metal / Hard rock band Winger, from their album In the Heart of the Young This is a summary of significant events in music in 1993. Events January Down Incognito is a song by Winger, released as a single in 1993 from their album Pull. Winger is the debut Album of the American rock band Winger. The album was released by Atlantic Records in 1988 and it was produced by Winger is the debut Album of the American rock band Winger. The album was released by Atlantic Records in 1988 and it was produced by Winger is the debut Album of the American rock band Winger. The album was released by Atlantic Records in 1988 and it was produced by Winger is the debut Album of the American rock band Winger. The album was released by Atlantic Records in 1988 and it was produced by In the Heart of the Young was the second Album by American Glam metal band Winger. In the Heart of the Young was the second Album by American Glam metal band Winger. In the Heart of the Young was the second Album by American Glam metal band Winger. In the Heart of the Young was the second Album by American Glam metal band Winger. Pull was the third Album by American Glam metal band Winger. The album was released in 1993 by Atlantic Records. Pull was the third Album by American Glam metal band Winger. The album was released in 1993 by Atlantic Records. Pull was the third Album by American Glam metal band Winger. The album was released in 1993 by Atlantic Records. Pull was the third Album by American Glam metal band Winger. The album was released in 1993 by Atlantic Records. The Karate Kid Part III is a 1989 film, and the second Sequel to the hit motion picture The Karate Kid ( 1984) Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey is a 1991 American comedy Science fiction film the sequel to Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure
"All I Ever Wanted" – Leftover from In the Heart of the Young. In the Heart of the Young was the second Album by American Glam metal band Winger. Released as a B-side to the single "Miles Away".
"Never" – Leftover from In the Heart of the Young. In the Heart of the Young was the second Album by American Glam metal band Winger. Released as a B-side
"Now and Forever" – Leftover from Pull
"Written in the Wind" – Demo for Pull
"Without Warning" – Demo for Pull
"Hell to Pay" – Japanese bonus track for Pull. Pull was the third Album by American Glam metal band Winger. The album was released in 1993 by Atlantic Records. Pull was the third Album by American Glam metal band Winger. The album was released in 1993 by Atlantic Records. Pull was the third Album by American Glam metal band Winger. The album was released in 1993 by Atlantic Records. Pull was the third Album by American Glam metal band Winger. The album was released in 1993 by Atlantic Records.
"Hour of Need" – Demo for Pull. Pull was the third Album by American Glam metal band Winger. The album was released in 1993 by Atlantic Records. It later turned into "In My Veins" from that same album.

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