Kip Winger--Lead vocals, bass
Reb Beach--Lead guitar, vocals
Rod Morgenstein--Drums
Paul Taylor--Guitar, keyboards, vocals
John Roth--Guitar, keyboards, vocals
Winger Is Back-- After a nine year hiatus, the original
members of one of
the 80's most successful rock bands are back. Winger, the
group who spawned
no less than seven MTV and radio hits, is reuniting for
a spring/summer 2002
world tour. Widely respected for their high caliber musicianship,
diverse
music backgrounds, and eclectic music, Winger has always
stood apart from
the crowd and are clearly in a class of their own.
The
Metal Days (1987-93)
Debut Release
- Winger
forms in 1987.
-
Debut album, Winger, is released in 1988 on Atlantic Records,
and soars
far past the platinum mark in the U.S. and goes gold in
Japan and Canada,
establishing Winger as one of the hottest new bands on
the scene.
- Radio
and MTV hits include "Madalaine", "Seventeen",
"Headed For A
Heartbreak" and "Hungry".
- The
companion home video, Winger: The Videos/Volume One, sails
past the
RIAA gold mark.
- Winger
tours for over a year with the likes of Bad Company, Scorpions,
Cinderella, Bon Jovi, Poison, Skid Row and Tesla.
-
Band is nominated in 1990 for an American Music Award
for Best New Heavy
Metal Band.
Second
Release
-
1990 release of In the Heart of the Young on Atlantic
Records mines more
RIAA platinum in the U.S. and gold in Japan.
-
Hit radio tracks and MTV videos include "Can't Get
Enuff", "Miles Away"
and "Easy Come Easy Go".
-
Winger tours the world for 13 months playing over 230
dates with Kiss,
Scorpions, ZZ Top, Extreme and Slaughter.
Third
Release
- 1993-Winger
releases the critically acclaimed Pull on Atlantic Records.
- The
track "Down Incognito" is a smash at radio.
- Winger
tours the U.S., Japan and Canada.
Post Metal Days (1993-2000)
After the band wraps up a tour of Japan in the Fall of 1993,
the members
each go their separate ways to pursue individual goals.
KIP
WINGER--Moves to Santa Fe, New Mexico and builds his
own recording
studio. Composes, arranges, performs, engineers and produces
3 solo records,
This Conversation Seems Like A Dream (1997), Made by Hand
(1998) and Songs
From the Ocean Floor (2000), which all receive worldwide
critical acclaim.
Solo tours of the US, Japan and Europe follow each release.
Currently
scoring music for film.
REB
BEACH--Records and tours the world with Alice Cooper
from 1996-98..
Records and tours with Dokken from 1998 through 2001, including
the hugely
successful Poison/Cinderella/Dokken/Slaughter summer 2000
US tour. Releases
his first solo recording, Masquerade in 2001.
ROD
MORGENSTEIN--Records and tours with the Dixie Dregs,
Jazz is Dead, and
Rudess Morgenstein Project. Also records with Kip Winger,
Platypus and Jelly
Jam ( featuring members of Dream Theater and King¹s
X). Has been an
Associate Professor of Percussion at Berklee College of
Music in Boston
since 1997.
PAUL
TAYLOR--Records, tours, and co-writes most of the songs
on Steve
Perry¹s For The Love Of Strange Medicine (1995). Tours
with Alice Cooper in
1996-97, Tommy Shaw in 1998, and John Waite in 1999. Also
has been active
writing music for film and television.
JOHN
ROTH--Tours in 1998 throughout Europe with Kip Winger
in support of
This Conversation Seems Like A Dream and Made by Hand. Records
with Kip
Winger for Songs From the Ocean Floor (2000). Presently
working on his first
solo recording as well as performing live with the John
Roth Band.
2002
Nearly nine years since Winger last performed live, the
band members are
pumped to reunite for what will be an unforgettable spring/summer
2002 tour
with Poison, Cinderella, and Faster Pussycat. With a renewed
energy and a
vast combination of musical and creative diversity, Winger
will bring their
special brand of music back to their fans. See you there....
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