WINGER - New Album Hits Billboard Charts First Time Since Pull
May 7, 2014, 10 years ago
Veteran rockers WINGER's new album, Better Days Comin’ has hit #85 on the Billboard Top 200 selling over 3600 copies this week. Better Days Comin’ marks the first time that Winger has debuted on the Billboard Top 200 since their 1993 release, Pull.
Kip Winger spoke to BraveWords recently about their Better Days Comin’:
“With Pull (released in 1993), we were racking our brains and… actually it was based on a joke. At the time, the Beavis & Butthead thing was in full force and – are you familiar with skeet shooting? It was like, everyone’s waiting for us to put a record out so they can yell ‘Pull!’ Cause we were the band that sucked back then. That’s where that came from. And Karma was just like, God, we got some heavy karma. Boom – Karma’s a good name. Better Days Comin’ was the name of a song and I told it to a friend who said, ‘that’s a great name for an album!’ Yeah, good idea.” Simplicity works sometimes. “I used to outthink myself in the early days. You know, it’s not one of those concept records where everybody’s… I’m kind of over it. I just want to rock some tunes, and focus my long-form energy into a classical piece. Rock is instant!”Read the entire interview here.
A new video for the album track 'Tin Soldier' can be found below.
Winger have announced a first round of tour dates for 2014, with more shows due to be added in the coming weeks. Check out the schedule below:
June
13 - Download Festival - Donington Park, UK17 - O2 Academy - Glasgow, UK
18 - O2 Academy - Newcastle, UK
20 - O2 Academy - Bristol, UK
21 - O2 Academy Islington - London, UK
July
17 - Rock Fest - Cadott, WIAugust
8 - Rockin The Rivers - Three Forks, MT9 - Arcadia Theater - St Charles, Il
15 - Berrien County Youth Fair - Berrien Springs, MI
23 - BMI Indoor Motor Speedway - Versailles, OH
September
4 - Alter Bar - Pittsburgh, PA5 - Penn's Peak - Jim Thrope, PA
For updates go to Winger's official Facebook page here.