That Time When Winger Played 'The Arsenio Hall Show'

I rediscovered this beauty while clicking around YouTube last night. Winger performs "Headed For A Heartbreak" on The Arsenio Hall Show way back on October 11, 1989. Good times. I miss performances like this.

Comments

[Darktown]

No matter what Beevus and Butthead say, I was always impressed with Kip's musical abilities. Personally this band is on my bucket list to see one more time around.
DT story time (LOL): Whitesnake was headlining (Tommy Aldridge-Ma Fav drummer!) Forevermore Tour I think with Tesla, no mention of any other acts on the bill, maybe a warm up band from Toledo? Anyways....
Who walks out, by himself, 12 string acoustic? Kip Winger. He did about 5 songs, all by himself, flippin nailed it!! That right there impressed me and gained a lot of respect. Always wished Reb would of came out and did a couple songs with him .That would of made my night, haha.

[Badland]

Theres a show coming up with
Kip Winger
Jack Russell
Dokken

[stu]

kip, solo with his 12-string, is a fantastic show. but expect a lot of songs from later albums - if it's a full show. plus he'll come out and talk to fans after. awesome that you posted this on rod's birthday.

[Bob]

OH yeah! Wasn't a big fan of their music back then, but all of them absolutely had chops to burn. Their musical ability belied the cheesiness of their tunes.

[fletch]

@bob: I always said, "It's cheese for sure, but I'll take a nice slice of brie."

[Jakki Steal]

Arsenio Hall was badass back in the day he also had Poison, Warrant & I believe even Vixen on a couple times!

[Him]

I find myself, more and more, pulling off chunks of the cheese wheel that was some of the metal back in the day.

Then? I turned my nose up at it out of a misplaced sense of "purity." Now? I miss this type of music and appreciate it more than I could ever have back in the day.

All that said, no one can look at the cheesecake photos Kip was sitting for back then and not go: "Oh, no. No. Noooooooooooo!!!" Except, perhaps, the ladies. He clearly knew who was buttering his bread. Chops notwithstanding.

[Neal]

Awesome band, great record and sadly way too long ago ...

[Bkallday]

Winger was always one of my guilty pleasures, aside from the whack posing be always did. But their Pull record has always been my favorite, and is criminally overrated imo. I saw many of these bands live and always wanted to see them, but never got the chance. I just wish him and Tom Kiefer would get their respective bands back together and start rocking again, instead of playing their new lame ass tunes.

[Gogmagog]

That time Megadeth did Arsenio Hall:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJxlKl-j3m8

[Bob]

Him, you are so right my friend. For example, back in the day, I absolutely hated Poison when they're first record came out. I thought I had more musical integrity than to like Poison. Now, more than 30 years later, listening to that album brings me happiness, and memories of days gone by, even though I didn't like it back then. it's strange, but I'm glad I'm not the only one who feels that way. sometimes I wonder what my youth would have been like if I embraced more of the things that other people enjoyed instead of having a holier than thou attitude about them. I'm not saying that I wish I had been a sheep, but I wish I had at least opened myself up to more popular things instead of immediately dismissing them out of hand.

[Spyke]

To this day, one of the best live bands around..they play literally 50 yards from my house every summer at Wallys Pub on Hampton Beach and its a guaranteed great show

[Him]

Thanks for the nod, Bob. I think there are a lot of people like us. A lot of old suppositions are sanded down by time. And the music remains. Thing is, so do we!