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November 2, 2008 |  | From Denver club scene to MTV in less than ten years |  |
One of my most interesting LPs is Thunder on the Mountain. Recorded at Denver's Rainbow Music Hall in 1979, the album features songs from nine of the area's best rock bands, one of which is Winger (then known as "Colorado"). "Madelaine," like Tesla's "Modern Day Cowboy," reminds me of nights on Longmont's Main Street (my 15 minutes of stardom), while any talk of Winger always prompts two questions: First, how did a Colorado boy named Kip get from the Denver club scene to MTV in less than ten years? And, second, how did the Kipper get Dixie Dregs drummer Rod Morgenstein into his heavy metal band? Both are tales I'd like to hear.
September 7, 2008 | | Winger's most popular (and least impressive) album | |
Ah, Winger. The poster boys for chick-friendly hair metal in the 80's. I think their fate was sealed when the wimpy neighbor kid Stuart - who always sported a Winger t-shirt - was introduced on MTV's Beavis and Butthead cartoon. I'll let you in on a little secret though: Winger was good, and I mean really good. Every member of the band was a highly skilled musician, and they had the perfect grasp of what made the late 80's melodic rock sound work.
The self-titled 1988 Winger album is the band's most popular album, but it's also their weakest. The band's musicianship was solid, but their songwriting was still fairly weak at the time. Seventeen was the big hit from this album, and like Warrant's Cherry Pie it's a juvenile single that the band will probably never live down. The cover of Jimi Hendrix's Purple Haze is pretty painful too. Still, there are some good songs on the album.Without the Night and Headed for a Heartbreak are better than average power ballads, and Madelaine, State of Emergency, and Hangin On are fun, upbeat melodic rockers.
This is an average debut album from a band that would get a lot better with future releases. If you're an 80's rock fan, you really need to give Winger a try, but you should start with Pull and work backwards to this album.
April 12, 2008I'm 28 and I remember watching "17" on MTV when the station hosted music. A classic, although it seems the band is plagued by a bad rep for some reason. My fav track: "Time to surrender" sees to have the most "attack". I love the "jazz exploration" in "Headed for a heartbreak". Def has some nostalgic moments. I enjoy all tracks of this album, which I think most would agree nowadays, is rare.
March 28, 2008 | | Hair Metal That's Not Hair Metal | |
Don't be fooled by the big hair and spandex pants. Winger's self-titled debut is NOT your average hair metal band. For one thing, the musicianship is at a level matched in 80s metal only by Cinderella, Whitesnake, Night Ranger, Ted Nugent, Queensryche, Sammy Hagar, Van Halen, White Lion, Dokken, and Bon Jovi. Frontman/bassist Kip Winger is also a man of deep social conscience, currently advocating sanctions against countries that convict foreign tourists for trumped-up crimes, increased funding for law enforcement, and high-school community service requirements (stances shared by Sammy Hagar, Ted Nugent, Jon Bon Jovi, Cinderella's Tom Kiefer, Whitesnake's David Coverdale, White Lion's Mike Tramp, and the members of Queensryche and Night Ranger), making this CD an essential purchase for both your ears AND your conscience.
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