Reb Beach

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Reb Beach

Background information
Birth name Richard Earl Beach, Jr.
Born August 31, 1963 (1963-08-31) (age 44),
Flag of the United States Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Genre(s) Hard rock, Heavy metal, Glam metal
Instrument(s) Guitar
Years active 1985–present
Associated acts Winger, Dokken, Whitesnake, The Mob, Night Ranger, Alice Cooper, Twisted Sister
Website http://www.rebbeach.com

Reb Beach (born Richard Earl Beach, Jr. in Pittsburgh, PA on August 31, 1963) is an American rock guitarist. He is a member of the bands Winger, Dokken, Whitesnake, and Night Ranger. 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.

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[edit] Career

Reb Beach has played in the bands Winger, Dokken and Whitesnake. He has also played in Fiona and Alice 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 band Dokken. With Dokken 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 of Whitesnake; A "supergroup" project called The Mob with King's X frontman Doug Pinnick and Night Ranger drummer Kelly 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 of 2008.

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

Winger

Dokken

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

Solo

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

The Mob

Whitesnake


Other

[edit] 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)

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David Coverdale · Doug Aldrich · Reb Beach · Uriah Duffy · Chris Frazier · Timothy Drury
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