"When the grunge thing hit," Kip Winger explains, "it was like all the 1980s bands were gone. Overnight." It's a well-referenced piece of musical history. Nirvana's 1991 album "Nevermind" sold 10 ...
In the early 1990s, the glam metal band Winger often faced ridicule, most famously via the cartoon character Stewart on "Beavis and Butthead" as well as in the controversial Metallica music video for ...
Notable rock musician, Kip Winger, known especially for his 1998 self-titled release with his band Winger, recently talked with TV Fanatic to discuss his career, from his heady days of rock and roll ...
The rise, fall and rise again of the heavy metal/progressive rock band Winger could be summarized by what guitar player Reb Beach experienced between the band’s demise and reformation. “It was ...
BANGOR, Maine (WABI) - The Bangor Mall will be hopping Thursday night with the sweet sounds of Winger. The band has recorded two platinum albums with charting singles “Seventeen,” “Headed for a ...
Nestled near the end of the list of 84 Grammy nominations amid the hundreds of musicians is one particular artist whose appearance likely will surprise many who lived through the 1980s metal scene. A ...
We are pleased to present the world premiere of 'Rat Race,' a highly propulsive and surprisingly hard-hitting song from Winger's first new album in five years. Their new record -- 'Better Days Comin', ...
Kip Winger, the singer/musician who was famous for fronting the eponymous hard rock band Winger in the late '80s, has scored his first Grammy nomination, for Best Contemporary Classical Composition… ...
The Nashville Symphony is set to debut the world premiere of a full symphonic work by a Nashville-based composer March 17-19 as part of its “Evening of Firsts.” You might know his name, but odds are ...
“There was a turning point in my band where I made a fatal mistake, which was my second album. We were misrepresented on that record. Two things: I should have waited to put that record out. And I ...
The band Winger is perhaps best remembered for its late 1980s rock anthems, like "Seventeen." Its musicians could play. They wrote catchy songs, and of course, they had the hair. MTV viewers ate it up ...