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Reb Beach (born Richard Earl Beach, Jr. on August 31, 1963, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Pittsburgh is the second largest city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania with a population of 312,819. The population of the seven-county metropolitan area is 2,462,571....
) is an American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 rock
Rock music

Rock music is a loosely defined genre of popular music that entered the mainstream in the mid 1950's. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rhythm and blues, country music and other influences....
 guitarist
Guitarist

A guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. Guitarists may perform solo pieces or play with ensembles and bands of a wide variety of genres....
. He is a member of the bands Winger and Whitesnake
Whitesnake

Whitesnake is an England hard rock band, founded in 1977 by David Coverdale . The band's early material has been compared by critics to Deep Purple and by the mid eighties Whitesnake were writing in a melodic hard rock style....
. Ibanez
Ibanez

Ibanez is a guitar brand owned by Hoshino Gakki and based in Nagoya, Aichi, Japan. Hoshino Gakki were one of the first Japanese musical instrument companies to gain a significant foothold in the United States and Europe....
 guitars produced his signature RBM models (stands for Reb Beach Model) in early 90s. On the 2005 Whitesnake reunion tour, he primarily used custom models by luthier John Suhr. According to band mate Kip Winger
Kip Winger

Kip Winger is an American rock musician, member of the hard rock band Winger and a solo artist....
, Reb is quite adept at coming up with multiple rock riffs at a time, though he is often unable to remember them later.

Beach has played in the bands Winger, Dokken
Dokken

Dokken is an United States Heavy metal music and hard rock band that was formed in 1978. The group accumulated numerous charting singles and has sold more than 10 million albums worldwide....
 and Whitesnake
Whitesnake

Whitesnake is an England hard rock band, founded in 1977 by David Coverdale . The band's early material has been compared by critics to Deep Purple and by the mid eighties Whitesnake were writing in a melodic hard rock style....
.






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Reb Beach (born Richard Earl Beach, Jr. on August 31, 1963, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Pittsburgh is the second largest city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania with a population of 312,819. The population of the seven-county metropolitan area is 2,462,571....
) is an American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 rock
Rock music

Rock music is a loosely defined genre of popular music that entered the mainstream in the mid 1950's. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rhythm and blues, country music and other influences....
 guitarist
Guitarist

A guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. Guitarists may perform solo pieces or play with ensembles and bands of a wide variety of genres....
. He is a member of the bands Winger and Whitesnake
Whitesnake

Whitesnake is an England hard rock band, founded in 1977 by David Coverdale . The band's early material has been compared by critics to Deep Purple and by the mid eighties Whitesnake were writing in a melodic hard rock style....
. Ibanez
Ibanez

Ibanez is a guitar brand owned by Hoshino Gakki and based in Nagoya, Aichi, Japan. Hoshino Gakki were one of the first Japanese musical instrument companies to gain a significant foothold in the United States and Europe....
 guitars produced his signature RBM models (stands for Reb Beach Model) in early 90s. On the 2005 Whitesnake reunion tour, he primarily used custom models by luthier John Suhr. According to band mate Kip Winger
Kip Winger

Kip Winger is an American rock musician, member of the hard rock band Winger and a solo artist....
, Reb is quite adept at coming up with multiple rock riffs at a time, though he is often unable to remember them later.

Career

Reb Beach has played in the bands Winger, Dokken
Dokken

Dokken is an United States Heavy metal music and hard rock band that was formed in 1978. The group accumulated numerous charting singles and has sold more than 10 million albums worldwide....
 and Whitesnake
Whitesnake

Whitesnake is an England hard rock band, founded in 1977 by David Coverdale . The band's early material has been compared by critics to Deep Purple and by the mid eighties Whitesnake were writing in a melodic hard rock style....
. He has also played in Fiona
Fiona (singer)

Fiona is an American rock music singer and actress best known as the love interest in the 1987 Bob Dylan vehicle, Hearts of Fire....
 and Alice Cooper
Alice Cooper

Alice Cooper is an American rock music singer, songwriter and musician whose career spans more than four decades. With a stage show that features guillotines, electric chairs, fake blood, and boa constrictors, Cooper has drawn equally from horror movies, vaudeville, heavy metal music, and garage rock to create a theatrical brand of rock musi...
's backing bands as well as having done numerous sessions as a studio musician. Beach is best known for his work in the melodic rock band Winger in the late 80's to mid 90's. Winger recorded and toured in support of three albums, Winger
Winger (album)

Winger is the debut album of the American rock band Winger . The album was released by Atlantic Records in 1988 and it was produced by Beau Hill....
 (1988), In the Heart of the Young
In the Heart of the Young

In the Heart of the Young was the second album by American glam metal band Winger . It was released by Atlantic Records in 1990.Musically, In the Heart of the Young followed closely in the footsteps of the band's debut album....
 (1990) and Pull
Pull (album)

Pull was the third album by American hard rock band Winger . The album was released in 1993 by Atlantic Records.It was produced by Mike Shipley on a considerable budget and marked a significant change in Winger's sound, eschewing their pop-metal anthems prevalent in their first two albums for a harder and more aggressive style of music...
 (1993). The band also released a number of hit singles, including "Seventeen", "Headed for a Heartbreak" and "Miles Away".

After Winger disbanded in the mid 90's, Beach first joined Alice Cooper
Alice Cooper

Alice Cooper is an American rock music singer, songwriter and musician whose career spans more than four decades. With a stage show that features guillotines, electric chairs, fake blood, and boa constrictors, Cooper has drawn equally from horror movies, vaudeville, heavy metal music, and garage rock to create a theatrical brand of rock musi...
's band and later replaced George Lynch
George Lynch (musician)

George Lynch is a Hard rock guitarist best known as a member of the band Dokken....
 in heavy metal band Dokken
Dokken

Dokken is an United States Heavy metal music and hard rock band that was formed in 1978. The group accumulated numerous charting singles and has sold more than 10 million albums worldwide....
. With Dokken
Dokken

Dokken is an United States Heavy metal music and hard rock band that was formed in 1978. The group accumulated numerous charting singles and has sold more than 10 million albums worldwide....
 he recorded one studio album titled Erase The Slate and a live DVD titled Live From The Sun.

After leaving Dokken, Beach has been a part of several different recording and touring projects. In addition to sporadic touring with Winger, he released a solo effort entitled Masquerade in 2002. Since 2003 has been a member David Coverdale
David Coverdale

David Coverdale is an England rock vocalist most famous for his work with the English hard rock band Deep Purple, and his later band Whitesnake....
's current incarnation of Whitesnake
Whitesnake

Whitesnake is an England hard rock band, founded in 1977 by David Coverdale . The band's early material has been compared by critics to Deep Purple and by the mid eighties Whitesnake were writing in a melodic hard rock style....
; A "supergroup" project called The Mob
The Mob (melodic rock band)

The Mob is an American hard rock band formed in 2005. Their The Mob was released by Frontiers Records the same year....
 with King's X
King's X

King's X are an American hard rock band noted by music critics and fans for their sophisticated sound that combines progressive metal, grunge, funk and soul with vocal arrangements influenced by gospel, blues, and British Invasion pop groups....
 frontman Doug Pinnick
Doug Pinnick

Doug Pinnick is an United States musician best known as the bass guitarist, songwriter, and co-lead vocalist for the hard rock/progressive metal band King's X....
 and Night Ranger
Night Ranger

Night Ranger is an United States hard rock band from San Francisco, California that gained significant popularity during the 1980s with a series of successful albums and singles....
 drummer Kelly Keagy
Kelly Keagy

Kelly Keagy is an United States drummer and vocalist, best known for his work with Night Ranger. Keagy sang lead vocals on several of their hits, such as "Sister Christian", "Sing Me Away", "Goodbye", and "Sentimental Street"....
, resulted in a single self-titled album, released in 2005.

A reformed Winger released their first studio recording in over a decade, IV
IV (Winger album)

IV is American rock band Winger 's first album of new studio material since 1993's Pull . According to frontman Kip Winger, one morning he "just woke up and heard the new Winger record" in his head, knowing just what he wanted to do with it....
 in 2006. In 2007 Beach has toured with both Winger and Whitesnake. Most recently, he replaced Jeff Watson
Jeff Watson (guitarist)

Jeff Watson is an American guitarist best known as a member of the band Night Ranger, in which he has played as co-guitarist with guitarist Brad Gillis....
 in Night Ranger
Night Ranger

Night Ranger is an United States hard rock band from San Francisco, California that gained significant popularity during the 1980s with a series of successful albums and singles....
 for a series of dates in Japan and the US, but announced his departure in January 2008.

He is currently touring with Whitesnake on their Good to Be Bad tour, co headlining with Def Leppard.

Discography


Albums

Winger
  • Winger
    Winger (album)

    Winger is the debut album of the American rock band Winger . The album was released by Atlantic Records in 1988 and it was produced by Beau Hill....
     (1988)
  • In the Heart of the Young
    In the Heart of the Young

    In the Heart of the Young was the second album by American glam metal band Winger . It was released by Atlantic Records in 1990.Musically, In the Heart of the Young followed closely in the footsteps of the band's debut album....
     (1990)
  • Pull
    Pull (album)

    Pull was the third album by American hard rock band Winger . The album was released in 1993 by Atlantic Records.It was produced by Mike Shipley on a considerable budget and marked a significant change in Winger's sound, eschewing their pop-metal anthems prevalent in their first two albums for a harder and more aggressive style of music...
     (1993)
  • The Very Best Of Winger
    The Very Best of Winger

    The Very Best Of Winger was a Winger compilation album released by Atlantic Records and Rhino Entertainment Company in 2001.Most of the songs on the album were collected from the three Winger studio albums, Winger , In the Heart of the Young and Pull , but there is one new recording called "On The Inside" and a Japanese...
     (2001)
  • IV
    IV (Winger album)

    IV is American rock band Winger 's first album of new studio material since 1993's Pull . According to frontman Kip Winger, one morning he "just woke up and heard the new Winger record" in his head, knowing just what he wanted to do with it....
     (2006)
  • Demo Anthology (2007)


Dokken
  • Erase the Slate (1999)
  • Live from the Sun (2000)


Solo
  • The Fusion Demos (1993)
  • Masquerade (2001)


The Mob
  • The Mob
    The Mob (album)

    The Mob is the self-titled debut album of American rock band The Mob . It was released by Frontiers Records in 2005....
     (2005)


Whitesnake
  • Live: In The Shadow Of The Blues
    Live: In the Shadow of the Blues

    'LIVE In The Shadow Of The Blues' is a live album by the band Whitesnake . The album was released in Europe on 27 October 2006 and will be released in the US on Geffen Records....
     (2005)
  • Good to Be Bad
    Good to Be Bad

    Good to Be Bad is the eleventh studio album by Whitesnake released in April 2008.This is the first album of new studio material in a decade, since 1997's Restless Heart , not including the 4 new tracks recorded for the 2006 live album Live: In the Shadow of the Blues....
     (2008)


Other
  • Various artists
    Various artists

    Sorry, no overview for this topic
     -     The Lost Boys Soundtrack (1985)
  • Fiona
    Fiona (singer)

    Fiona is an American rock music singer and actress best known as the love interest in the 1987 Bob Dylan vehicle, Hearts of Fire....
     -     Beyond the Pale (1986)
  • Howard Jones
    Howard Jones (musician)

    Howard Jones is an England singer and songwriter who gained acclaim in the 1980s....
     -     One on One (1986)
  • Chaka Khan
    Chaka Khan

    Chaka Khan is an American singer known for hit songs such as "I'm Every Woman", "I Feel for You" and "Through the Fire ", also sang a modernized theme song for the hit children's TV show, Reading Rainbow in the show's later years....
     -     Destiny (1986)
  • The Bee Gees - E.S.P. (1987)
  • Twisted Sister
    Twisted Sister

    Twisted Sister is an United States Heavy metal music band from New York City. Their work fuses the shock rock tactics of Alice Cooper, the rebellious mood of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal, and the extravagant image of glam rock bands such as New York Dolls notably for the makeup....
     -     Love Is For Suckers
    Love Is for Suckers

    Love Is for Suckers is the fifth album by the Heavy metal music group Twisted Sister. According to the Live At Wacken DVD, the material was originally meant to be a solo album by Twisted Sister's lead singer, Dee Snider, but Twisted Sister's record company pushed for it to be released by the band....
     (1987)
  • Brian McDonald Group - Desperate Business (1988)
  • Minoru Niihara - One (1989)
  • Xenon - America's New Design (1989)
  • Various artists
    Various artists

    Sorry, no overview for this topic
     -     The Karate Kid III Soundtrack (1989)
  • Various artists
    Various artists

    Sorry, no overview for this topic
     -     Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey Soundtrack (1991)
  • Various artists
    Various artists

    Sorry, no overview for this topic
     -     Guitars that Rule the World (1992)
  • Danger Danger
    Danger Danger

    Danger Danger is a glam metal band formed in 1987 in Queens, New York. Despite enjoying moderate success in the United States with their debut album Danger Danger , the band vanished from the radar due to legal problems and changes in its line-up....
     -     Cockroach (1993)
  • Various artists
    Various artists

    Sorry, no overview for this topic
     -     Smoke on the Water - A Tribute to Deep Purple (1994)
  • Andy Timmons
    Andy Timmons

    Andy Timmons is an American guitarist who has played in the bands Danger Danger, Pawn Kings, and Andy Timmons Band . He has also released several solo albums and has worked as a session guitarist....
     -     EarX-tacy 2 (1997)
  • Alice Cooper
    Alice Cooper

    Alice Cooper is an American rock music singer, songwriter and musician whose career spans more than four decades. With a stage show that features guillotines, electric chairs, fake blood, and boa constrictors, Cooper has drawn equally from horror movies, vaudeville, heavy metal music, and garage rock to create a theatrical brand of rock musi...
     -     A Fistful of Alice (1997)
  • Various artists
    Various artists

    Sorry, no overview for this topic
     -     Guitar Battle (1998)
  • Various artists
    Various artists

    Sorry, no overview for this topic
     -     Daytona USA 2 Game Soundtrack (1998)
  • Various artists
    Various artists

    Sorry, no overview for this topic
     -     Bat Head Soup - A Tribute to Ozzy Osbourne (2000)
  • Various artists
    Various artists

    Sorry, no overview for this topic
     -     A Tribute to Van Halen (2000)
  • Brian McDonald - Wind it Up (2000)
  • War and Peace - Light at the End of the Tunnel (2000)
  • Various artists
    Various artists

    Sorry, no overview for this topic
     -     Stone Cold Queen - A Tribute (2001)
  • Brian McDonald - Voyage (2003)
  • Ken Tamplin and Friends - Wake the Nations (2003)
  • XCarnation - Grounded (2005)


Videos/DVDs

  • Winger - The Videos (1989)
  • Winger - In the Heart of the Young (1990)
  • Winger - In the Heart of the Young Part 2 (1991)
  • Reb Beach - Cutting Loose (1991)
  • Winger - Live in Tokyo (1991)
  • Wayne's World (film)
    Wayne's World (film)

    Wayne's World is a 1992 in film comedy film starring Mike Myers as Wayne Campbell and Dana Carvey as Garth Algar, hosts of the Aurora, Illinois, Illinois-based Public-access television show Wayne's World....
     - Seen in backing band for Alice Cooper in the film. (1992)
  • Winger - The Making of Pull (1993)
  • Dokken
    Dokken

    Dokken is an United States Heavy metal music and hard rock band that was formed in 1978. The group accumulated numerous charting singles and has sold more than 10 million albums worldwide....
     -     Live from the Sun (2002)
  • Reb Beach - Homegrown Private Lesson Volume 1 (2003)
  • Whitesnake
    Whitesnake

    Whitesnake is an England hard rock band, founded in 1977 by David Coverdale . The band's early material has been compared by critics to Deep Purple and by the mid eighties Whitesnake were writing in a melodic hard rock style....
     -     Live... In The Still Of The Night (2006)
  • Winger - The Making of Winger IV (2006)
  • Winger Live
    Winger Live

    Winger Live is a two CD and DVD live set culled from Winger 2007 US reunion tour. Kip Winger, Reb Beach, Rod Morgenstein and John Roth rip through all the hits, progressive jams and new material taken from their comeback album IV with a passion and energy their fans have come to admire....
     concert (2007)


See also

  • Winger
  • The Mob
    The Mob (melodic rock band)

    The Mob is an American hard rock band formed in 2005. Their The Mob was released by Frontiers Records the same year....
  • Whitesnake
    Whitesnake

    Whitesnake is an England hard rock band, founded in 1977 by David Coverdale . The band's early material has been compared by critics to Deep Purple and by the mid eighties Whitesnake were writing in a melodic hard rock style....
  • Alice Cooper
    Alice Cooper

    Alice Cooper is an American rock music singer, songwriter and musician whose career spans more than four decades. With a stage show that features guillotines, electric chairs, fake blood, and boa constrictors, Cooper has drawn equally from horror movies, vaudeville, heavy metal music, and garage rock to create a theatrical brand of rock musi...


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