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Nuno Duarte Gil Mendes Bettencourt (born September 20, 1966) is a Portuguese-American guitarist. He became known as the lead guitarist of the Boston rock band Extreme. Bettencourt has recorded a solo album and has founded rock bands including Mourning Widows, DramaGods, and Satellite Party.
Jan 15, 2024 · Extreme guitarist Nuno Bettencourt has got lots of good memories of 2023, including bagging a UK Top 30 album with Six, his band’s first new record in 15 years, and playing the Super Bowl with Rihanna. Then there’s the stuff he’d rather forget about.
Jul 21, 2023 · Here’s how it works. “He’s the funkiest dude in the shredder family tree”: The world’s greatest guitarists explain why Nuno Bettencourt isn’t your typical guitar hero. You could walk into the GW offices, put a mic before anyone in the building, and they'd tell you just how great Nuno Bettencourt is.
Sep 19, 2023 · Nuno Bettencourt is a guitar master highly regarded as heir to the Eddie Van Halen throne. On tour now! Buy 2023 Extreme Tickets & Tees Now!
Jul 21, 2022 · Nuno Bettencourt: ‘Everybody Said I Was Crazy’. The legendary guitarist and producer on creating the Atlantis Concert for Earth in Portugal and why the volcanic crater ‘had to be in the...
Mar 29, 2024 · Power ballad was a derogatory term by the time funk metal band Extreme released More Than Words in 1991. A well-deserved pat on the back, then, for guitarist Nuno Bettencourt who dropped the ‘power’ bit and in the process turned a generation of guitarists onto the noble art of fingerpicking on acoustic guitar.
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What has changed, or perhaps it's more of an evolution, is Bettencourt's view on the legacy of his band, Extreme. Now 56, Bettencourt has logged a lot of miles on a road that has stretched worldwide. And considering Extreme's latest long player, Six, is coming in hot 15 years after Extreme's last offering, who could blame him?
May 5, 2023 · Nuno Bettencourt: “I told the guys, ‘I wanna go for blood on this album.’. I wanted to make it fun with the guitar... to bring joy into it, to bring passion into it”. Bettencourt takes us behind the guitar album of 2023 and admits that, 15 years ago, he might have “fixed” the Rise solo and ruined it.
Sep 28, 2023 · Sweetwater’s resident metal maestro, Nick Bowcott, caught up with Nuno to talk all things music: new tracks with Extreme, the importance of performing with emotion, how passion is the enemy of ...
