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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winger#AlbumsCLICK ABOVE HistoryWinger was formed in 1987 by Kip Winger (vocals, bass), formerly of Alice Cooper's band and Reb Beach (guitars). Paul Taylor (guitars, keyboards) was also a natural recruit for Winger, having also played with Alice Cooper's band. To round up the line up they recruited former Dixie Dregs drummer Rod Morgenstein. 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.The band recorded three studio albums. The debut album, Winger, was released on August 10, 1988 on Atlantic Records. The record was a success, achieving platinum status in the United States, and gold in Japan and Canada. Radio and MTV hits from the album included "Madalaine", "Seventeen" and "Headed For A Heartbreak".In 1990, the band was nominated for an American Music Award for "Best New Heavy Metal Band". Shortly after, Winger released its second album In the Heart of the Young, which went platinum in the U.S. and gold in Japan. Hit radio tracks and MTV videos included "Can't Get Enuff", "Miles Away" and "Easy Come Easy Go". Winger in 2006Winger 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. Paul Taylor left the band after the tour.Winger Line-ups (1987 - 1991) Kip Winger - vocals, bass guitar Reb Beach - lead guitar Paul Taylor - rhythm guitar, Keyboard Rod Morgenstein - drums (1991 - 1993) Kip Winger - vocals, bass guitar, Keyboard Reb Beach - guitar Rod Morgenstein - drums (1993 - 1994) Kip Winger - vocals, bass guitar Reb Beach - lead guitar John Roth - rhythm guitar Rod Morgenstein - drums (2001 - 2003) Kip Winger - vocals, bass guitar Reb Beach - lead guitar John Roth - rhythm guitar Paul Taylor - rhythm guitar, Keyboard Rod Morgenstein - drums (2006 - present) Kip Winger - vocals, bass guitar Reb Beach - lead guitar John Roth - rhythm guitar Cenk Eroglu - Keyboard Rod Morgenstein - drums Their third and last studio album, Pull, was recorded in 1992/93 as a three-piece band. It was originally going to be called "Blind Revolution Mad", after the opening song. At some point though, the title was changed to Pull. The album was produced by Mike Shipley, but was not as successful as the previous albums. On the following tour John Roth (guitar) was called in to replace Paul Taylor.After the Pull tour, the band broke up. Kip Winger embarked on a solo career and the other members worked on other projects.In 2001 the band returned to the studio to record the song "On the Inside" for The Very Best of Winger. In 2002 they reunited to tour the US and Canada on a bill with Poison, but once again disbanded afterwards.In May 2006 a press release announced that Winger has reformed to record another album and tour Europe. The nine-country "Winger IV Tour" is scheduled to run in the last two weeks of October. TriviaWinger was the subject of ridicule in the animated series Beavis and Butt-head during the mid 1990s. The neighbor-boy Stewart, who was always unsuccessfully 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 the title characters wore. 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 Metallica could be seen throwing dart on a poster of Kip Winger in the video to "Nothing Else Matters". 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' 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. And I'll fucking challenge those chumps to that any day of the week that they couldn't go back and play our shit, but we could play theirs 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..." Winger was hired by Sega to create the soundtrack for the arcade game Daytona USA 2. Winger are the constant butt of jokes by parody band Beatallica, who combine The Beatles and Metallica songs. In their song 'For Horsemen' there's a lyric "Your girlfriend takes you to a lame ass, poser Winger concert. Fucking forget her." Further lyrics imply they were on the softer side of 80s metal "Hey, dude-nevah turn it down! You must pound her, I mean Kip Winger
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Comments (3)

  1. sam9muhr
    sam9muhr says What do Beatallica do to parody Winger?
    Permalink posted 10/24/2006
  2. RGM
    RGM says Just a reaction to a post I read here on MOG, just funnin around nuttin personil I mean he was Alice Coopers ex-Bass Player and thats Pretty Fricken Cool, and so was Beavis and Butthead Shows ah' Huh 'Huh' Huh' Huh' You Said Winger... LOL :)
    Permalink posted 10/25/2006
  3. ROCKNROLLPIMP1
    ROCKNROLLPIMP1 says hahahah now THATS kool DIG IT
    Permalink posted 10/25/2006

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