Reb Beach

Reb Beach
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Background information
Birth name	Richard Earl Beach, Jr.
Born	(1963-08-31) August 31, 1963 , Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, US
Genres	Glam metal, hard rock, heavy metal, jazz fusion, instrumental rock, progressive metal
Occupation(s)	Musician
Instruments	Guitar, vocals
Years active	1985–present
Associated acts	Winger, Dokken, Whitesnake, The Mob, Night Ranger, Alice Cooper
Website	rebbeach.com

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

Career

Beach is best known for his work in the melodic rock band Winger in the late 1980s to mid 1990s.

After graduating from Fox Chapel Area High School and attending Berklee College of Music in the early 1980s, he played in Fiona's backing band and became an accomplished studio musician, working with the likes of Howard Jones, Chaka Khan, The Bee Gees, Twisted Sister, and Roger Daltrey, among others, showcasing Beach's ability to adapt to various musical styles.

While working with Fiona, he was introduced to Kip Winger who was touring with Alice Cooper at the time. Eventually they formed the band Sahara along with Rod Morgenstein and Paul Taylor, which was later renamed to Winger.

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", "Madalaine", "Headed for a Heartbreak" and "Miles Away".

After Winger disbanded in the mid 1990s, Beach first joined Alice Cooper's band and later replaced George Lynch in the heavy metal band Dokken. With Dokken he recorded one studio album titled Erase The Slate and a live DVD titled Live From The Sun.

He was also involved with Sega, as he recorded the soundtrack for the video game Daytona USA 2.

Since 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 2002 has been a member of David Coverdale's current incarnation of Whitesnake and has been longest-serving guitarist/member of the band to this day.

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.

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 currently splits his time between Winger and Whitesnake, recording Better Days Comin' in 2014 with the former band, and The Purple Album with the latter in 2015. He continues to tour with both acts.

According to band mate Kip Winger, Reb is quite adept at coming up with multiple rock riffs at a time, though he is often unable to remember them later.

Ibanez guitars produced his signature RBM models (stands for Reb Beach Model) in the early 1990s. On the 2005 Whitesnake reunion tour, he primarily used custom models by luthier Suhr Guitars.

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)
• Karma (2009)
• Better Days Comin' (2014)

Dokken

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

Solo

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

The Mob

• The Mob (2005)

Whitesnake

• Live: In the Still of the Night (2004)
• Live: In the Shadow of the Blues (2005)
• Good to Be Bad (2008)
• Forevermore (2011)
• Made in Japan (2013)
• Made in Britain/The World Records (2013)
• The Purple Album (2015)

Other

• Fiona – Beyond the Pale (1986)
• Howard Jones – One on One (1986)
• Chaka Khan – Destiny (1986)
• The Bee Gees – ESP (1987)
• Twisted Sister – Love Is for Suckers (1987)
• Various artists – The Lost Boys Soundtrack (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 – This Conversation Seems Like a Dream (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)
• Northern Light Orchestra – Celebrate Christmas (2010)

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 – Seen in backing band for Alice Cooper in the film. (1992)
• 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)
• Winger Live concert (2008)

See also

• Winger
• The Mob
• Whitesnake
• Alice Cooper

External links

• The official Reb Beach website
• The official Whitesnake website