Timing. That's the long and short of it.
I'd argue to say that Winger, Slaughter, Warrant, Firehouse and Trixter all put out their finest material in their 1992-93 releases - dropping the glitz and adding a heavier edge.
Unfortunately, by mid-1992, if you had a singer who had a range above a low baritone growl, washed his hair, wore anything but a greasy service station shirt or pretended to be happy to be alive - you were ignored.
Shame, but that was the industry.
A lot of people still remember that shitty beavis & butthead thing?.. I think they did some justice as well to such a fantastic band as the almighty WINGER! As for me (and I know I'm not the only one), I knew AC/DC & metallica, but didn't have a glimpse of what WINGER are about?! So, instead of following a whole damn herd of nobodies, I found a band who are million years ahead of the others (or haters)... WINGER!!! Since day one I'm hooked & anxiously waiting for their new music to arrive! Love you, guys!:)
Winger was a band I'd never heard of until 1991. I remember this well as I bought a cassette tape at a back street store in Saudi Arabia during the first Gulf War. They helped me through.
I have to agree about the timing having an effect on the success of 'Pull'. When this came out, I was...stunned by the intensity of songs like 'Down Incognito' and 'Junkyard Dog'. But not a lot of people 'got it'. What is funny, now some 17 or so years later, I can break this song out while on the boat and people just FLOCK to it, asking questions like, "Who IS that? That ROCKS!"
Damn this song really grows on you - has an edgy 90s sound and very catchy chorus that I like to sing along with. Is this anthem for the desolate unemployed people(like me)?