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Winger attempt to avoid the 80s hard rock formula on their debut album with mixed results
By Classic Rock Magazine published
A more serious proposition than many of the Sunset Strip generation, Winger's debut combined melodic hooks with no small amount of technical skill

“A chance to work with him would be incredible. But in a way I do… he always raises the bar a bit higher”: Why Peter Gabriel is Kip Winger’s prog hero
By Malcolm Dome published
Pin-up turned classical composer deeply inspired by a catalogue that shows “the difference between musicians who are entertainers versus musicians who are true artists”

Winger have taken the knocks and they've been knocked out, but at least Metallica have apologised
By Dave Ling published
Kip Winger and Reb Beach on Winger's first album in almost a decade, that call from James Hetfield, and supporting Steel Panther: "They’re a spoof band, but we’re the ones they’re spoofing on"

Six classic rock bands who "went grunge" and lived to tell the tale
By Geoff Barton published
Grunge swept all aside as it barrelled in from Seattle, and some bands preferred to jump the bandwagon rather than stand in the way and get mown down

Winger fail to reinvent themselves again, but who cares when the choruses are this big?
By Johnny Sharp published
Reanimated 80s FM rockers Winger return with comfortingly familiar seventh album Seven

This Judas Priest, Roxette, Van Halen, Winger mash-up is the greatest number one single from the '80s that never was
By Paul Brannigan published
Mash-up maestro Bill McClintock squishes Judas Priest, Roxette, Winger and Van Halen into five magical minutes

10 Essential 90s AOR Albums
By Dave Ling published
Who said AOR was on the ropes in the 1990s? These 10 essential melodic rock classics from Journey, Boston, Harem Scarem and more prove it was alive and kicking during the grunge years
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