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A former member of <a href="spotify:artist:3EhbVgyfGd7HkpsagwL9GS">Alice Cooper</a>'s band, bassist <a href="spotify:artist:6RUyJ4weixJ912KpE5MY5R">Kip Winger</a> formed his own group in 1987; in addition to vocalist/bassist Winger, the group featured guitarist <a href="spotify:artist:2LuXIdif5qpcb6kMHXCbaB">Reb Beach</a>, bassist <a href="spotify:artist:3wBSOZFd5KLsEZ1yoVSICQ">Paul Taylor</a>, and drummer <a href="spotify:artist:2hHqzkX4zloXdcbyagZctb">Rod Morgenstein</a>, formerly of <a href="spotify:artist:33MM9GE3xkoG9IL9IePpdu">the Dixie Dregs</a>. Taking their name from their leader after a last-minute change from Sahara, Winger specialized in the stylish pop-metal that sent <a href="spotify:artist:58lV9VcRSjABbAbfWS6skp">Bon Jovi</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:1fBCIkoPOPCDLUxGuWNvyo">Poison</a> to the top of the charts. The band's eponymous debut sold over a million copies on the strength of the rocker "Seventeen" and the ballad "Headed for a Heartbreak." Winger's second album, 1990's In the Heart of the Young, was equally successful, selling over a million copies and featuring the hit power ballad "Miles Away." However, the band didn't outlast the post-alternative pop-metal backlash and the group faded away after the release of their 1993 album Pull. <a href="spotify:artist:6RUyJ4weixJ912KpE5MY5R">Kip Winger</a> launched a solo career later that decade, releasing three albums before reuniting with his former bandmates in 2002. After a brief tour alongside fellow pop-metal veterans <a href="spotify:artist:1fBCIkoPOPCDLUxGuWNvyo">Poison</a>, the band returned to the studio to craft their first album in more than a decade. 2006's IV stuck close to the formula that made Winger famous, and the resulting reunion tour was captured on the two-disc set Winger Live. Another album called Karma quickly followed in 2009, but the group took its time to deliver Better Days Comin', which appeared in the spring of 2014. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Rovi
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