- Reb Beach
Infobox musical artist
Name = Reb Beach
Background = non_vocal_instrumentalist
Birth_name = Richard Earl Beach, Jr.
Born = Birth date and age|1963|8|31,Pittsburgh, PA ,USA
Genre =Hard rock , Heavy metal,Glam metal
Instrument =Guitar
Occupation =Musician
Associated_acts = Winger,Dokken ,Whitesnake , The Mob,Night Ranger ,Alice Cooper ,Twisted Sister
Years_active = 1985–present
URL = http://www.rebbeach.comReb Beach (born Richard Earl Beach, Jr. on
August 31 ,1963 , inPittsburgh, Pennsylvania ) is an American rockguitarist . He is a member of the bands Winger andWhitesnake .Ibanez 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.Career
Reb Beach has played in the bands Winger,
Dokken andWhitesnake . He has also played in Fiona andAlice Cooper '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" (1988), "In the Heart of the Young " (1990) and "Pull" (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 's band and later replaced George Lynch in heavy metal bandDokken . WithDokken 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 's current incarnation ofWhitesnake ; A "supergroup" project called The Mob withKing's X frontmanDoug Pinnick andNight Ranger drummerKelly Keagy , resulted in a single self-titled album, released in 2005.A reformed Winger released their first studio recording in over a decade, "IV" in 2006. In 2007 Beach has toured with both Winger and Whitesnake. Most recently, he replaced Jeff Watson in
Night Ranger 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 (1988)
*In the Heart of the Young (1990)
*Pull" (1993)
*The Very Best Of Winger (2001)
*IV (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" (2005)Whitesnake
*"" (2005)
*"Good to Be Bad " (2008)Other
*Various artists - "The Lost Boys Soundtrack" (1985)
*Fiona - "Beyond the Pale" (1986)
*Howard Jones - "One on One" (1986)
*Chaka Khan - "Destiny" (1986)
*The Bee Gees - "E.S.P." (1987)
*Twisted Sister - "Love Is For Suckers " (1987)
*Brian McDonald Group - "Desperate Business" (1988)
*Minoru Niihara - "One" (1989)
*Xenon - "America's New Design" (1989)
*Various artists - "The Karate Kid III Soundtrack" (1989)
*Various artists - "Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey Soundtrack" (1991)
*Various artists - "Guitars that Rule the World" (1992)
*Danger Danger - "Cockroach" (1993)
*Various artists - "Smoke on the Water - A Tribute to Deep Purple" (1994)
*Andy Timmons - "EarX-tacy 2" (1997)
*Alice Cooper - "A Fistful of Alice" (1997)
*Various artists - "Guitar Battle" (1998)
*Various artists - "Daytona USA 2 Game Soundtrack" (1998)
*Various artists - "Bat Head Soup - A Tribute to Ozzy Osbourne" (2000)
*Various artists - "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 - "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)
*Winger - "The Making of Pull" (1993)
*Dokken - "Live from the Sun" (2002)
*Reb Beach - "Homegrown Private Lesson Volume 1" (2003)
*Whitesnake - "Live... In The Still Of The Night" (2006)
*Winger - The Making of Winger IV (2006)
*Winger Live concert (2007)ee also
*Winger
*The Mob
*Whitesnake
*Alice Cooper External links
* [http://www.rebbeach.com The official Reb Beach Website]
* [http://www.whitesnake.com The official Whitesnake Website]
* [http://www.maximumthreshold.net/index.php?option=com_weblinks&task=view&catid=13&id=167 Reb Beach Interview 2/8/08 MT]
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