Kip Winger, vocalist/bass player for the iconic 1980s hard rock band WINGER, will be the special guest on Hard Rock Nights January 22-28.

The band’s most recent release, Karma, surprised many listeners and landed on several bloggers’ year-end “best of” lists. Kip will talk about how the band has evolved from its eponymous 1988 debut album to its current sound, and the songwriting process between himself and guitarist Reb Beach. Kip will also discuss his role in the MTV cartoon Beavis & Butt-Head. “I’m not one to throw stones at another band….As far as METALLICA and Beavis & Butt-Head, those guys all took the first punch.”

In addition to Winger, Kip has also just released a new record with his first band, BLACKWOOD CREEK, featuring his brother Nate Winger and longtime friend Peter Fletcher. Blackwood Creek “got together to jam as a lark, and the chemistry was still there,” leading to the album. Kip says the record is “very representative of what the band sounded like back in the day.”

Hard Rock Nights is a weekly syndicated radio program heard on a number of rock and metal radio stations. Click here for a full list of when and where you can hear Hard Rock Nights.