Kip Winger
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Charles Frederick Kip Winger (born June 21, 1961) is an American
rock
musician
, both a member of the hard rock
band
, Winger, and a solo
artist
.
to parents who were both jazz
musicians.
He grew up playing in a band named Blackwood Creek, with his brothers Nate and Paul plus friend Peter Fletcher (formerly in Pigmy Love Circus
). Blackwood Creek broke up in 1980, but have since reformed and are currently ready to release a new album. Kip, his brothers, and Fletcher also played the Denver area bar scene while calling themselves Colorado.
At age 16, Winger began studying classical music
after hearing the works of composer
s such as Debussy
, Ravel
, and Stravinsky
in ballet
class. At that time he sent a demo
tape
to Alan Parsons
, from whom he received a personal reply. Years later, when Winger was chosen to be the lead singer of The Alan Parsons Project
, he presented Parsons with that letter from 30 years prior.
In 1982, he moved to New York City
and waited tables while studying composition with Edgar Grana.
's third album, Midnite Dynamite
. During that time he was working closely with the record producer
, Beau Hill
, recording
bass
and vocals
on various records
. While Reb Beach
was working on Fiona Flannigan
's Beyond the Pale
record at Atlantic
, Winger and Beach were introduced to each other, and later began recording demos. Later, in 1985, Winger joined Alice Cooper
's band. After making two albums with Cooper, Winger left in March 1987 to focus on his own band.
Winger returned to New York to work on songs with Reb Beach. They were joined by drummer
Rod Morgenstein
and keyboard
player Paul Taylor
. They initially performed under the name Sahara, but eventually changed their name to Winger, at Alice Cooper's suggestion.
The band Winger released three of its nine albums (Winger
(1988), In the Heart of the Young
(1990), and Pull (1993)) before they each moved on to have solo
careers.
to work on his solo career, and study with Richard Hermann at the University of New Mexico
.
Tragedy struck Winger in December 1996 when his first wife, Beatrice, was killed in an automobile accident.
He worked and recorded three solo records in Santa Fe, New Mexico
: This Conversation Seems Like a Dream
, Down Incognito
and Songs From The Ocean Floor
.
In 2002 Winger moved to Nashville
, Tennessee
and began working on his fourth solo record, From the Moon to the Sun
(2008), which he co-produced with Cenk Eroglu.
In September 2006, it was announced that Winger would be reformed, with the Pull era line-up, to record the band's fourth studio album, IV
, and to go on tour to support it. During this tour, Winger recorded Winger Live
which was released on CD
and DVD
in 2007. It was also confirmed that an anthology of rare tracks and early recordings, Demo Anthology
(2007) would be released, as well as an autographed limited edition album, Seventeen: The Demos, where only 300 copies were made.
piece, "Ghosts," written for strings, piano, and harp for a ballet commission. A world premiere with the Tucson Symphony Orchestra
on November 14–15, 2009 has been confirmed. Choreographer Christopher Wheeldon
created the ballet "Ghosts," which premiered at the San Francisco Ballet
on February 9, 2010, with set design by Laura Jellinek, lighting design by M.L. Geiger and costume design by Mark Zappone.
Winger was nominated for an Isadora Duncan Award for Excellence in Music The Ballet was a hit and was brought back for a second season in 2010.
He currently studies composition with Richard Danielpour.
, Legends & Lyrics, Winger was praised by General Harold Cross for his work on IV.
He has participated, and performed, as head counselor in the Rock Fantasy Camp with other musicians including Roger Daltry, Steven Tyler
, Todd Rundgren
, Jack Blades
, Kelly Keagy
, Bruce Kulick
, Bill Leverty
, Steve Lukather
, Duff McKagan
, Mark Slaughter
, Carmine Appice
, and Rudy Sarzo
.
.
His first wife Beatrice, whom he married in 1991, died in a car accident in December 1996.
He married Paula DeTullio in July 2004. They currently reside in Nashville
, Tennessee
.
Winger
Blackwood Creek
Solo
Other contributions
Tributes
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
rock
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
musician
Musician
A musician is an artist who plays a musical instrument. It may or may not be the person's profession. Musicians can be classified by their roles in performing music and writing music.Also....* A person who makes music a profession....
, both a member of the hard rock
Hard rock
Hard rock is a loosely defined genre of rock music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage rock, blues rock and psychedelic rock...
band
Musical ensemble
A musical ensemble is a group of people who perform instrumental or vocal music. In classical music, trios or quartets either blend the sounds of musical instrument families or group together instruments from the same instrument family, such as string ensembles or wind ensembles...
, Winger, and a solo
Solo (music)
In music, a solo is a piece or a section of a piece played or sung by a single performer...
artist
Musician
A musician is an artist who plays a musical instrument. It may or may not be the person's profession. Musicians can be classified by their roles in performing music and writing music.Also....* A person who makes music a profession....
.
Early days
Winger was born in Denver, ColoradoColorado
Colorado is a U.S. state that encompasses much of the Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains...
to parents who were both jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
musicians.
He grew up playing in a band named Blackwood Creek, with his brothers Nate and Paul plus friend Peter Fletcher (formerly in Pigmy Love Circus
Pigmy Love Circus
Pigmy Love Circus is a Los Angeles rock band that has existed since the late 1980s era of the Hollywood underground rock scene.Pigmy Love Circus originally consisted of Shepherd Stevenson on bass, Mike Savage on vocals, Anthony Martinez on drums, with Rand "Pig" Walters and Peter Fletcher on guitars...
). Blackwood Creek broke up in 1980, but have since reformed and are currently ready to release a new album. Kip, his brothers, and Fletcher also played the Denver area bar scene while calling themselves Colorado.
At age 16, Winger began studying classical music
Classical music
Classical music is the art music produced in, or rooted in, the traditions of Western liturgical and secular music, encompassing a broad period from roughly the 11th century to present times...
after hearing the works of composer
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
s such as Debussy
Claude Debussy
Claude-Achille Debussy was a French composer. Along with Maurice Ravel, he was one of the most prominent figures working within the field of impressionist music, though he himself intensely disliked the term when applied to his compositions...
, Ravel
Maurice Ravel
Joseph-Maurice Ravel was a French composer known especially for his melodies, orchestral and instrumental textures and effects...
, and Stravinsky
Igor Stravinsky
Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky ; 6 April 1971) was a Russian, later naturalized French, and then naturalized American composer, pianist, and conductor....
in ballet
Ballet
Ballet is a type of performance dance, that originated in the Italian Renaissance courts of the 15th century, and which was further developed in France and Russia as a concert dance form. The early portions preceded the invention of the proscenium stage and were presented in large chambers with...
class. At that time he sent a demo
Demo (music)
A demo version or demo of a song is one recorded for reference rather than for release. A demo is a way for a musician to approximate their ideas on tape or disc, and provide an example of those ideas to record labels, producers or other artists...
tape
Compact Cassette
The Compact Cassette, often referred to as audio cassette, cassette tape, cassette, or simply tape, is a magnetic tape sound recording format. It was designed originally for dictation, but improvements in fidelity led the Compact Cassette to supplant the Stereo 8-track cartridge and reel-to-reel...
to Alan Parsons
Alan Parsons
Alan Parsons is a British audio engineer, musician, and record producer. He was involved with the production of several significant albums, including The Beatles' Abbey Road and Let It Be, as well as Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon for which Pink Floyd credit him as an important contributor...
, from whom he received a personal reply. Years later, when Winger was chosen to be the lead singer of The Alan Parsons Project
The Alan Parsons Project
The Alan Parsons Project was a British progressive rock band, active between 1975 and 1990, consisting of singer Eric Woolfson and keyboardist Alan Parsons surrounded by a varying number of session musicians....
, he presented Parsons with that letter from 30 years prior.
In 1982, he moved to New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
and waited tables while studying composition with Edgar Grana.
Success
Winger's first commercial break came in 1984, when he co-wrote a song for KIXKix (band)
Kix is an American hard rock/heavy metal band who achieved popularity in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Band members continue to tour, recently appearing at the Rocklahoma festival in 2008 in Oklahoma and the M3 Rock Festival in May 2011 in the band's home state of Maryland.-Formation:Kix was...
's third album, Midnite Dynamite
Midnite Dynamite
Midnite Dynamite is the third album released on Atlantic Records in 1985 by the glam metal band Kix.- Track listing :# "Midnite Dynamite" – 3:51# "Red Hot " – 3:23...
. During that time he was working closely with the record producer
Record producer
A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
, Beau Hill
Beau Hill
Beau Hill is an American record producer who is best known for his work with Alice Cooper, Kix, Winger, Streets, Warrant, Fiona, Europe and Ratt....
, recording
Sound recording and reproduction
Sound recording and reproduction is an electrical or mechanical inscription and re-creation of sound waves, such as spoken voice, singing, instrumental music, or sound effects. The two main classes of sound recording technology are analog recording and digital recording...
bass
Bass guitar
The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
and vocals
Human voice
The human voice consists of sound made by a human being using the vocal folds for talking, singing, laughing, crying, screaming, etc. Its frequency ranges from about 60 to 7000 Hz. The human voice is specifically that part of human sound production in which the vocal folds are the primary...
on various records
Gramophone record
A gramophone record, commonly known as a phonograph record , vinyl record , or colloquially, a record, is an analog sound storage medium consisting of a flat disc with an inscribed, modulated spiral groove...
. While Reb Beach
Reb Beach
Reb Beach is an American rock guitarist. He is a member of the bands Winger and Whitesnake...
was working on Fiona Flannigan
Fiona (singer)
Fiona is an American rock music singer and actress best known as the love interest in the 1987 Bob Dylan vehicle, Hearts of Fire.-Life and career:...
's Beyond the Pale
Beyond the Pale (Fiona album)
Beyond the Pale is Fiona's second album. It features then future Winger members Kip Winger and Reb Beach, and Modern Design and Beggars & Thieves singer Louie Merlino.-Track listing:# "Tragedy"# "Hopelessly Love You"# "Living In a Boy's World"...
record at Atlantic
Atlantic Records
Atlantic Records is an American record label best known for its many recordings of rhythm and blues, rock and roll, and jazz...
, Winger and Beach were introduced to each other, and later began recording demos. Later, in 1985, Winger joined Alice Cooper
Alice Cooper
Alice Cooper is an American rock singer, songwriter and musician whose career spans more than four decades...
's band. After making two albums with Cooper, Winger left in March 1987 to focus on his own band.
Winger returned to New York to work on songs with Reb Beach. They were joined by drummer
Drummer
A drummer is a musician who is capable of playing drums, which includes but is not limited to a drum kit and accessory based hardware which includes an assortment of pedals and standing support mechanisms, marching percussion and/or any musical instrument that is struck within the context of a...
Rod Morgenstein
Rod Morgenstein
Rod Morgenstein is an American drummer and music educator. He is best known for his work with the late '80s Heavy metal band Winger and with the Jazz fusion band Dixie Dregs. He also played with Fiona, Platypus, The Steve Morse Band, and Jelly Jam...
and keyboard
Keyboard instrument
A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
player Paul Taylor
Paul Taylor (Winger)
Paul Taylor , formerly credited as Paul Howorwitz, is an American musician, who is best known as the guitarist/keyboardist with the 1980s and early 90s glam metal band, Winger...
. They initially performed under the name Sahara, but eventually changed their name to Winger, at Alice Cooper's suggestion.
The band Winger released three of its nine albums (Winger
Winger (album)
Track 11, "Higher and Higher", was a CD bonus track. It wasn't on cassette copies of the album. It was also the B-side of the "Madalaine" single. In this day and age, just as CDs were beginning to become popular, it was not uncommon to include a bonus track like this.-Band:* Kip Winger – bass...
(1988), In the Heart of the Young
In the Heart of the Young
-Singles:*"Can't Get Enuff" / "In the Day We'll Never See"*"Miles Away / "Rainbow in the Rose"*"Easy Come Easy Go" / "Battle Stations"At least two more songs were recorded during the In the Heart of the Young sessions, but "All I Ever Wanted" and "Never" did not make it to the final album because...
(1990), and Pull (1993)) before they each moved on to have solo
Solo (music)
In music, a solo is a piece or a section of a piece played or sung by a single performer...
careers.
Solo career
Kip Winger then moved to New MexicoNew Mexico
New Mexico is a state located in the southwest and western regions of the United States. New Mexico is also usually considered one of the Mountain States. With a population density of 16 per square mile, New Mexico is the sixth-most sparsely inhabited U.S...
to work on his solo career, and study with Richard Hermann at the University of New Mexico
University of New Mexico
The University of New Mexico at Albuquerque is a public research university located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, in the United States. It is the state's flagship research institution...
.
Tragedy struck Winger in December 1996 when his first wife, Beatrice, was killed in an automobile accident.
He worked and recorded three solo records in Santa Fe, New Mexico
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Santa Fe is the capital of the U.S. state of New Mexico. It is the fourth-largest city in the state and is the seat of . Santa Fe had a population of 67,947 in the 2010 census...
: This Conversation Seems Like a Dream
This Conversation Seems Like a Dream
This Conversation Seems Like A Dream was the first solo album by American rock artist Kip Winger. The album was released by Domo Records in 1997...
, Down Incognito
Down Incognito
Down Incognito was the second solo album by American rock artist Kip Winger. It was released by Domo Records in 1998.The album was released under different names...
and Songs From The Ocean Floor
Songs from the Ocean Floor
Songs From The Ocean Floor was the third solo album by American rock artist Kip Winger. The album was released in 2000. According to Kip, the lead track "Cross" is an extremely personal song and he opens every solo show with it.-Track listing:...
.
In 2002 Winger moved to Nashville
Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville is the capital of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat of Davidson County. It is located on the Cumberland River in Davidson County, in the north-central part of the state. The city is a center for the health care, publishing, banking and transportation industries, and is home...
, Tennessee
Tennessee
Tennessee is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States. It has a population of 6,346,105, making it the nation's 17th-largest state by population, and covers , making it the 36th-largest by total land area...
and began working on his fourth solo record, From the Moon to the Sun
From the Moon to the Sun
From the Moon to the Sun is the fourth solo album by American rock artist Kip Winger. The album was released in 2008.-Track listing:# "Every Story Told" - 4:28# "Nothing" - 3:21# "Where Will You Go" - 3:55# "Pages and Pages" - 6:45# "Ghosts" - 5:43...
(2008), which he co-produced with Cenk Eroglu.
In September 2006, it was announced that Winger would be reformed, with the Pull era line-up, to record the band's fourth studio album, IV
IV (Winger album)
-Band members:* Kip Winger - vocals, bass, acoustics, keys* Reb Beach – guitars, vocals* John Roth – guitars, vocals* Cenk Eroglu – keys, guitars and effects* Rod Morgenstein - Drums-Additional personnel:* Denny McDonald - additional background vocals...
, and to go on tour to support it. During this tour, Winger recorded Winger Live
Winger Live
Winger Live is a two CD and DVD live set culled from Winger 2007 US reunion tour and directed by Jack Edward Sawyers. Kip Winger, Reb Beach, Rod Morgenstein and John Roth rip through all the hits, progressive jams and new material taken from their comeback album IV. Keyboardist Cenk Eroglu was not...
which was released on CD
Compact Disc
The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,...
and DVD
DVD
A DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions....
in 2007. It was also confirmed that an anthology of rare tracks and early recordings, Demo Anthology
Demo Anthology
Demo Anthology is a collection of hits and previously unreleased demos by hard rock band Winger. The demo material is taken from recording sessions of the debut album Winger up to Pull .-Disc 1:# "Madalaine" – 4:20# "Hungry" – 4:08...
(2007) would be released, as well as an autographed limited edition album, Seventeen: The Demos, where only 300 copies were made.
Reunited Winger
In 2009 Winger recorded their 5th studio album, 'Karma', which was hailed as their best record The band toured the US, Europe and South America.Classical Music
Following the release of From the Moon to the Sun, Winger studied with Michael Kurek and composed a thirty minute symphonicSymphony
A symphony is an extended musical composition in Western classical music, scored almost always for orchestra. A symphony usually contains at least one movement or episode composed according to the sonata principle...
piece, "Ghosts," written for strings, piano, and harp for a ballet commission. A world premiere with the Tucson Symphony Orchestra
Tucson Symphony Orchestra
The Tucson Symphony Orchestra, or TSO, is the primary professional orchestra of Tucson, Arizona. Founded in 1928, when the season consisted of just two concerts, the TSO is the oldest continuously running performing arts organization in the Southwest...
on November 14–15, 2009 has been confirmed. Choreographer Christopher Wheeldon
Christopher Wheeldon
Christopher Wheeldon is an international choreographer of contemporary ballet. Born in Somerset, England, to an engineer and a physical therapist, Wheeldon began training to be a ballet dancer at the age of 8. He attended the Royal Ballet School between the ages of 11 and 18...
created the ballet "Ghosts," which premiered at the San Francisco Ballet
San Francisco Ballet
The San Francisco Ballet is a ballet company, founded in 1933 as the San Francisco Opera Ballet. The company is currently based in the War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco, under the direction of Helgi Tomasson. SFB is the first professional ballet company in the United States...
on February 9, 2010, with set design by Laura Jellinek, lighting design by M.L. Geiger and costume design by Mark Zappone.
Winger was nominated for an Isadora Duncan Award for Excellence in Music The Ballet was a hit and was brought back for a second season in 2010.
He currently studies composition with Richard Danielpour.
Miscellaneous
Winger was honored by the United States Government and Military by being presented with an honorary plaque and a historic United States of America flag. His musical composition, "Blue Suede Shoes", honoring the service and sacrifice of the United States armed forces and their families, was honored. In a surprise presentation ceremony during the taping of the PBS television programTelevision program
A television program , also called television show, is a segment of content which is intended to be broadcast on television. It may be a one-time production or part of a periodically recurring series...
, Legends & Lyrics, Winger was praised by General Harold Cross for his work on IV.
He has participated, and performed, as head counselor in the Rock Fantasy Camp with other musicians including Roger Daltry, Steven Tyler
Steven Tyler
Steven Tyler is an American singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist, best known as the frontman and lead singer of the Boston-based rock band Aerosmith, in which he also plays the harmonica, and occasional piano and percussion. He is known as the "Demon of Screamin'", due to his high screams...
, Todd Rundgren
Todd Rundgren
Todd Harry Rundgren is an American multi-instrumentalist, songwriter and record producer. Hailed in the early stage of his career as a new pop-wunderkind, supported by the certified gold solo double LP Something/Anything? in 1972, Todd Rundgren's career has produced a diverse range of recordings...
, Jack Blades
Jack Blades
Jack Martin Blades is an American musician. He has worked in several bands: Rubicon, Night Ranger , and Damn Yankees . He also recorded with Tommy Shaw under the name Shaw/Blades, and has done work alongside TMG, the Tak Matsumoto Group...
, Kelly Keagy
Kelly Keagy
Kelly Keagy is an American drummer and vocalist, best known for his work with Night Ranger. Keagy sang lead vocals on several of their hits, such as "Sister Christian", "Sing Me Away", and "Sentimental Street".-Early years:...
, Bruce Kulick
Bruce Kulick
Bruce Howard Kulick is an American guitarist, musician and a member of the band Grand Funk Railroad. Previously, Kulick had been a longtime member of the band Kiss....
, Bill Leverty
Bill Leverty
William G. Leverty II is an American guitarist, who is a founding and current member of the American rock band FireHouse. Leverty, along with vocalist C.J. Snare, was responsible for writing many of the band's hit songs including "Don't Treat Me Bad"...
, Steve Lukather
Steve Lukather
Steve "Luke" Lukather is an American guitarist, singer, songwriter, arranger, and record producer best known for his work with the rock band Toto. Lukather has played with many artists, released several solo albums, and worked as a composer, arranger, and session guitarist on more than 1,500 albums...
, Duff McKagan
Duff McKagan
Michael Andrew "Duff" McKagan is an American musician and writer. He is best known for his twelve-year tenure as the bassist of the hard rock band Guns N' Roses, with whom he achieved worldwide success in the late 1980s and early 1990s...
, Mark Slaughter
Mark Slaughter
Mark Allen Slaughter is an American singer and musician. He is one of the founders of hard rock band Slaughter, and he also has worked as a voice actor and composer...
, Carmine Appice
Carmine Appice
Carmine Appice is an American rock drummer of Italian background and is the older brother of drummer Vinny Appice by 12 years. He received a classical music training and was influenced by the jazz drumming of Buddy Rich and Gene Krupa early on...
, and Rudy Sarzo
Rudy Sarzo
Rudy Sarzo is a Cuban American hard rock/heavy metal bassist. Sarzo has played with many well known heavy metal acts including Quiet Riot, Ozzy Osbourne, Whitesnake, Manic Eden, Dio and Blue Öyster Cult.-Early life:...
.
Personal life
During the late 1980s Winger dated the actress Rachel HunterRachel Hunter
Rachel Hunter is a New Zealand born American model, actress and reality TV show host who now resides in the U.S. She is best known for her appearance in Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issues and her longtime marriage to singer Rod Stewart, which ended in 2006...
.
His first wife Beatrice, whom he married in 1991, died in a car accident in December 1996.
He married Paula DeTullio in July 2004. They currently reside in Nashville
Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville is the capital of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat of Davidson County. It is located on the Cumberland River in Davidson County, in the north-central part of the state. The city is a center for the health care, publishing, banking and transportation industries, and is home...
, Tennessee
Tennessee
Tennessee is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States. It has a population of 6,346,105, making it the nation's 17th-largest state by population, and covers , making it the 36th-largest by total land area...
.
Albums
Alice Cooper- Alice CooperAlice CooperAlice Cooper is an American rock singer, songwriter and musician whose career spans more than four decades...
- ConstrictorConstrictor (album)Constrictor is the 16th studio album by rock musician Alice Cooper released on September 22 1986. After retiring from the music industry after the release of DaDa, Cooper remained in seclusion for three years. He starred in Monster Dog, a horror film for which he wrote two songs. He also guest...
(1986) - Alice CooperAlice CooperAlice Cooper is an American rock singer, songwriter and musician whose career spans more than four decades...
- Raise Your Fist and YellRaise Your Fist and YellRaise Your Fist and Yell is the 17th studio album by rock musician Alice Cooper released on September 5th 1987. It features the track "Prince of Darkness", which is featured very briefly in the John Carpenter film of the same name, in which Cooper has a cameo as a murderous vagrant. The song can...
(1987) - Alice CooperAlice CooperAlice Cooper is an American rock singer, songwriter and musician whose career spans more than four decades...
- Trash (1989) - Alice CooperAlice CooperAlice Cooper is an American rock singer, songwriter and musician whose career spans more than four decades...
- Welcome 2 My NightmareWelcome 2 My NightmareWelcome 2 My Nightmare is the 26th studio album by Alice Cooper, following his 2008 album Along Came a Spider.The idea for the album came about soon after the thirtieth anniversary of the original Welcome to My Nightmare album, while Cooper was talking with producer Bob Ezrin, who proposed the idea...
(2011)
Winger
- WingerWinger (album)Track 11, "Higher and Higher", was a CD bonus track. It wasn't on cassette copies of the album. It was also the B-side of the "Madalaine" single. In this day and age, just as CDs were beginning to become popular, it was not uncommon to include a bonus track like this.-Band:* Kip Winger – bass...
(1988) - In the Heart of the YoungIn the Heart of the Young-Singles:*"Can't Get Enuff" / "In the Day We'll Never See"*"Miles Away / "Rainbow in the Rose"*"Easy Come Easy Go" / "Battle Stations"At least two more songs were recorded during the In the Heart of the Young sessions, but "All I Ever Wanted" and "Never" did not make it to the final album because...
(1990) - Pull (1993)
- The Very Best of WingerThe Very Best of WingerThe Very Best of Winger was a Winger compilation album released by Atlantic Records and Rhino Entertainment Company in 2001.Most of the songs on the album were collected from the first three Winger studio albums, Winger , In the Heart of the Young and Pull , but there is one new recording called...
(2001) - IVIV (Winger album)-Band members:* Kip Winger - vocals, bass, acoustics, keys* Reb Beach – guitars, vocals* John Roth – guitars, vocals* Cenk Eroglu – keys, guitars and effects* Rod Morgenstein - Drums-Additional personnel:* Denny McDonald - additional background vocals...
(2006) - Demo AnthologyDemo AnthologyDemo Anthology is a collection of hits and previously unreleased demos by hard rock band Winger. The demo material is taken from recording sessions of the debut album Winger up to Pull .-Disc 1:# "Madalaine" – 4:20# "Hungry" – 4:08...
(2007) - Seventeen The Demos Vinyl Autographed Limited Edition(2007)
- Winger LiveWinger LiveWinger Live is a two CD and DVD live set culled from Winger 2007 US reunion tour and directed by Jack Edward Sawyers. Kip Winger, Reb Beach, Rod Morgenstein and John Roth rip through all the hits, progressive jams and new material taken from their comeback album IV. Keyboardist Cenk Eroglu was not...
(2007) - KarmaKarma (Winger album)-Band:* Kip Winger - vocals, bass, acoustics, keys* Reb Beach – guitars, vocals* John Roth – guitars, vocals* Rod Morgenstein - Drums, Piano on 'First Ending'-Sources:** sound samples from the album....
(October 2009)
Blackwood Creek
- Blackwood Creek (November 2009)
Solo
- This Conversation Seems Like a DreamThis Conversation Seems Like a DreamThis Conversation Seems Like A Dream was the first solo album by American rock artist Kip Winger. The album was released by Domo Records in 1997...
(1997) - Down IncognitoDown IncognitoDown Incognito was the second solo album by American rock artist Kip Winger. It was released by Domo Records in 1998.The album was released under different names...
(1998) - Songs from the Ocean FloorSongs from the Ocean FloorSongs From The Ocean Floor was the third solo album by American rock artist Kip Winger. The album was released in 2000. According to Kip, the lead track "Cross" is an extremely personal song and he opens every solo show with it.-Track listing:...
(2000) - From the Moon to the SunFrom the Moon to the SunFrom the Moon to the Sun is the fourth solo album by American rock artist Kip Winger. The album was released in 2008.-Track listing:# "Every Story Told" - 4:28# "Nothing" - 3:21# "Where Will You Go" - 3:55# "Pages and Pages" - 6:45# "Ghosts" - 5:43...
(2008) - Ghosts - Suite No. 1 (2010)
Other contributions
- KIXKix (band)Kix is an American hard rock/heavy metal band who achieved popularity in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Band members continue to tour, recently appearing at the Rocklahoma festival in 2008 in Oklahoma and the M3 Rock Festival in May 2011 in the band's home state of Maryland.-Formation:Kix was...
- Midnite DynamiteMidnite DynamiteMidnite Dynamite is the third album released on Atlantic Records in 1985 by the glam metal band Kix.- Track listing :# "Midnite Dynamite" – 3:51# "Red Hot " – 3:23...
(1985) - FionaFiona (singer)Fiona is an American rock music singer and actress best known as the love interest in the 1987 Bob Dylan vehicle, Hearts of Fire.-Life and career:...
- Beyond The PaleBeyond the Pale (Fiona album)Beyond the Pale is Fiona's second album. It features then future Winger members Kip Winger and Reb Beach, and Modern Design and Beggars & Thieves singer Louie Merlino.-Track listing:# "Tragedy"# "Hopelessly Love You"# "Living In a Boy's World"...
(1986) - FionaFiona (singer)Fiona is an American rock music singer and actress best known as the love interest in the 1987 Bob Dylan vehicle, Hearts of Fire.-Life and career:...
- Heart Like A GunHeart Like a GunHeart Like a Gun is Fiona's third album. It features Winger members Kip Winger and Rod Morgenstein. "Everything You Do ," which became one of her biggest hits, features Kip Winger on co-lead vocals.-Track listing:...
(1989) - Kane RobertsKane RobertsKane Roberts,born Robert William Athas is a heavy metal guitarist best known for his tenure in Alice Cooper's band during the late 1980s...
- Kane Roberts (1987) - Twisted SisterTwisted SisterTwisted Sister is an American heavy metal band from Long Island. Musically, the band implements elements of traditional heavy metal bands such as Iron Maiden and Judas Priest, along with a style that is similar to early glam metal bands...
- Love Is For SuckersLove Is for SuckersLove Is for Suckers is the fifth album by the heavy metal band Twisted Sister. According to the Live At Wacken DVD, the material was originally meant to be a solo album by Twisted Sister's lead singer, Dee Snider, but the label pushed for it to be released under the Twisted Sister name instead....
(1987) - Bob DylanBob DylanBob Dylan is an American singer-songwriter, musician, poet, film director and painter. He has been a major and profoundly influential figure in popular music and culture for five decades. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s when he was an informal chronicler and a seemingly...
- Down in the GrooveDown in the GrooveDown in the Groove is singer-songwriter Bob Dylan's 25th studio album, released by Columbia Records in May 1988.A highly collaborative effort, it was Dylan's second consecutive album to receive almost unanimous negative reviews...
(1987) - Various artists - Hearts of Fire Soundtrack (1987)
- Blue Yonder - House of Love (1987)
- Orange Swirl - Orange Swirl (1998)
- Seven Days - Ride (1998)
- Rob Eberhart Young - Speak (1999)
- Under Suspicion - Under Suspicion (2001)
- Jordan RudessJordan RudessJordan Rudess is an American keyboardist best known as a member of the progressive metal band Dream Theater and the progressive rock supergroup Liquid Tension Experiment.-Biography:...
- Rhythm of TimeRhythm of TimeRhythm of Time is an album by Jordan Rudess recorded and released in 2004.In order to create the album before he went on tour with Dream Theater in 2004, Rudess lived in complete seclusion from the rest of the world for 14 days...
(2004) - XCarnation - Grounded (2005)
- The MobThe Mob (melodic rock band)The Mob is an American hard rock band formed in 2005. Their self-titled debut album was released by Frontiers Records the same year.-Line-up:* Reb Beach – guitars, backing vocals* Doug Pinnick – lead vocals* Timothy Drury – keyboards, backing vocals...
- The Mob (2005) - Jordan RudessJordan RudessJordan Rudess is an American keyboardist best known as a member of the progressive metal band Dream Theater and the progressive rock supergroup Liquid Tension Experiment.-Biography:...
- The Road HomeThe Road Home (Jordan Rudess album)The Road Home is a cover album by Jordan Rudess. It was released on September 12, 2007.Rudess's arrangements of these classic prog tracks include many sections that were not in the original songs, especially solos...
(2007) - Northern Light Orchestra - Orchestra Arrangements (2009)
Tributes
- Various artists - Smoke on the Water - A Tribute to Deep Purple (1994)
- Various artists - Stone Cold Queen - A Tribute (2001)
- Various artists - Spin the Bottle: an All-Star Tribute to Kiss (2004)
- Various artists - Subdivisions: A Tribute to Rush (2005)
- Various artists - Send Her My Love - A Tribute to Journey (2006)
- Various artists - Butchering the Beatles: A Headbashing Tribute (2006)
Videos/DVDs
- Alice CooperAlice CooperAlice Cooper is an American rock singer, songwriter and musician whose career spans more than four decades...
- The Nightmare Returns Tour (1986) - Winger - The Videos, Vol. 1 (1989)
- Winger - In the Heart of the Young, Vol. 1 (1990)
- Winger - In the Heart of the Young, Vol. 2 (1991)
- Winger - Live in Tokyo (1991)
- Winger - The Making of Pull (1993)
- Various artists - VH1 Metal Mania Stripped Across America Tour Live (2006)
- Winger - The Making of Winger IV (2007)
- Winger LiveWinger LiveWinger Live is a two CD and DVD live set culled from Winger 2007 US reunion tour and directed by Jack Edward Sawyers. Kip Winger, Reb Beach, Rod Morgenstein and John Roth rip through all the hits, progressive jams and new material taken from their comeback album IV. Keyboardist Cenk Eroglu was not...
(2007) - Winger DVD - Then & Now: The Making of Pull & Winger IV (2009)
Quotation
Reviews and interviews
- RockReport Review May 2008
- Metal Sludge Rewind with Kip Winger Retrieved on 2009-01-01.
- Kip Winger Interview October 2008
- Kip Winger-Interview November 2007
- With Ghosts Part 1 by Bryan Reesman May 2010
- With Ghosts Part 2 by Bryan Reesman May 2010
External links
- Kip Winger on EterniaNow