Mike Judge’s Beavis and Butthead animated cartoon was centered around two heavy metal loving morons who wore t-shirts with AC/DC and Metallica on them. Ironically, MTV which had made Winger a household name, would also be the catalyst for ousting the band from the realm of coolness at the time. With the second album going platinum and touring with the likes of KISS, Scorpions, Extreme, Cinderella & more, the band was growing in popularity, even while glam metal was starting to lose it’s hold on the charts. After a successful first album, the band then released “In The Heart Of The Young” and once again the band received solid radio airplay and heavy video rotation on MTV. Winger’s debut album went platinum in the U.S. I have a lot of shitty ideas but I try to self-edit and get the job done.From the late 80’s into the early 90’s Winger built momentum and became an overnight sensation, in part thanks to heavy rotation of their videos on MTV, which at that time, actually showed music videos. Reb and I have a lot of fun and we’re still inspired so why not? I feel like it’s got some really great Winger moments. Kip adds: We enjoy working together, it’s not like we have to go out and play for the money even though we hate each other. Winger released their sixth album Better Days Comin’ last month. Madelaine hit and got on the top ten, then Seventeen came out and they just hammered that shit and that’s how the record broke.” “So we were in this little rehearsal room in Hoboken, New Jersey, playing for the execs and they gave us the video and we got on MTV. You had to audition to do a video back then. We kept pushing to get gigs and finally talked the label into letting us do a video. Kip says: “The first record came out and did nothing for six months.

MTV showed the video for 1988 single Seventeen on heavy rotation, helping to drive sales of the band’s debut album Winger. Kip adds that although the MTV show hurt the band’s career, the channel itself was instrumental in Winger’s early success. I was hoping maybe he’d give me a voice-over role in the new cartoon though.”

We exchanged some emails Mike is a very nice guy, no hard feelings. I don’t believe there was any malicious intent. “Winger was a band that was popular for some of the wrong reasons, man.

Download stewart beavis and butthead