About Kip Winger
Charles Frederick "Kip" Winger is an American musician, songwriter and composer. He is best known as the frontman, lead singer and bass player of the rock band Winger, but also runs parallel careers as a solo rock artist and contemporary classical composer. He initially gained notability as a member of Alice Cooper's band, contributing bass to his Constrictor (1986) and Raise Your Fist and Yell (1987) albums. Kip Winger's first commercial break came in 1984, when he co-wrote the song "Bang Bang" for Kix's third album, Midnite Dynamite. While Reb Beach was working on Fiona Flanagan's Beyond the Pale record at Atlantic Records, Winger and Beach were introduced to each other and later began recording demos. During that time he was working closely with the record producer Beau Hill, recording bass and vocals on various records. Winger's first release was a Rainbow Music Hall live recording of the song "Wizard of the Key" on the KAZY Thunder on the Mountain compilation in 1980 under the band name Winger which was the Colorado band line-up using a different name.
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