Reb Beach

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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 the bands Winger and Whitesnake. 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. Beach formed a new band named in 2005 called The Mob. Winger reformed in 2006 and released a new album in October.

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

Winger

Dokken

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

Solo

  • Masquerade (2001)

The Mob

Other

[edit] Videos/DVD's

  • 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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Whitesnake
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Members
David Coverdale - Doug Aldrich - Reb Beach - Uriah Duffy - Tommy Aldridge - Timothy Drury
Former members: Jon Lord - Dave Dowle - Ian Paice - Cozy Powell - Denny Carmassi - Aynsley Dunbar - Neil Murray - Rudy Sarzo
Bernie Marsden - Mel Galley - Micky Moody - John Sykes - Adrian Vandenberg - Vivian Campbell - Steve Vai - Warren DeMartini - Marco Mendoza
Discography

Studio albums: Snakebite - Trouble - Lovehunter - Ready an' Willing - Come an' Get It - Saints & Sinners - Slide It In - Whitesnake - Slip of the Tongue - Restless Heart -

Live albums: Live at Hammersmith - Live...In the Heart of the City - Starkers in Tokyo - Live: In The Shadow Of The Blues