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Stop The World (Album) by Extreme

Artist Biography For Extreme

Extreme Is An American Hard Rock Band Consisting Of Singer/guitar Virtuoso Nuno Bettencourt Singer/lyricist Gary Cherone Bassist/singer Pat Badger And Drummer Kevin Figueiredo. The Band First Formed In 1985 In Boston With Then Drummer Paul Geary Who Later Got Replaced By Drummer Mike Mangini Until The Band Decided To Go On An Indefinite Hiatus That Ended Up Lasting More Than 10 Years 1996 - 2006 . The Band's Influences Range From The Progressive Hard Rock And Elaborate Multi-Vocals Parts Of Queen The Energy Of Aerosmith And Van Halen As Well As Beatlesque Pop And A Led Zeppelin Organic Feeling. Consequently Extreme's Music Is Never Easy To Classify It's Not Just Heavy Metal Hard Rock Or Pop— Their Albums Cover All Of That Territory With A Sweeping Ambition And A Social Consciousness To Match. Although A Mostly Hard Rock Band It Was The Everly Brothers-Style Acoustic Ballad "More Than Words " That Crossed Them Over Into The Mainstream — It Hit Number One And The Follow-Up Single The Acoustic-Based Pop Rocker "Hole Hearted " Hit Number Four. They Released Two Albums In The Hey Day Of Glam Metal But Received Diminished Attention From The Mainstream Following The Grunge Explosion Following The Release Of Nirvana's "Nevermind" In 1991. Despite This They Released Two More Albums Before The Hiatus. Vocalist Gary Cherone Went On To Join Van Halen In 1997 Replacing Sammy Hagar And The Group Released "Van Halen III." He Left Van Halen Soon After In 1999 And Formed Tribe Of Judah With Fellow Extreme Members Pat Badger And Mike Mangini. The Group Reformed In 2004 For A Short Tour Of Boston And Japan As Well As Reforming In 2006 For A Small U.S. Tour. On November 26th 2007 It Was Announced That Extreme Would Come Back In 2008 With A New Album & Tour. In July 2007 Bettencourt Quit Satellite Party For The Extreme Reunion With Cherone And Pat Badger. On November 26 2007 The Band Announced Plans For A World Tour In The Summer Of 2008 With King's X As Well As A Release Date For Their New Album Saudades De Rock Produced By Bettencourt. Kevin Figueiredo Who Played With Bettencourt In DramaGods And Satellite Party Took Over Drum Duties For The Band. Original Drummer Paul Geary Would Still Remain Involved With The Band Albeit In A Management Position. 2015–present Six
In A May 2015 Interview With Eddie Trunk Vocalist Gary Cherone Said That Extreme Had Been Writing And Demoing New Material For Their Follow-Up To Saudades De Rock And Would Enter The Studio In The Fall To Begin Recording. In A September 2016 Interview Guitarist Nuno Bettencourt Revealed That Extreme Had Been Working On Approximately 17 Songs For Their New Album And Added "We're About 17 Songs Into It. We're Just Wrapping Them Up. We've Got To Do Vocals Some Guitar. Slowly But Surely." In 2016 The Band Released Pornograffitti Live 25 Metal Meltdown An Audio/video Presentation Of Its 2015 Concert At Las Vegas' Hard Rock Casino. During The 2017 KISS Kruise The Band Invited Original Drummer Paul Geary To Join Them On Stage To Play "Hole Hearted". In June 2018 Extreme Toured Australia With Mr. Big Which Marked The Latter's First Tour Of Australia And Extreme's First Tour Of The Continent Since 1993. After Their Australian Tour They Went On To Tour Kuala Lumpur Singapore Bangkok And Taipei. Extreme Headlined Shirock 2019 Alongside Scottish Hard Rock Band Nazareth. On October 19 2019 The Band Performed In India In Front Of Over 30 000 Fans In Ukhrul. On February 17 2023 The Band Began To Release A Different Teaser Each Day To End On February 28. On March 1 2023 Extreme Released The Single "Rise" And Announced That 'Six" Would Be Released On June 9. On April 19 2023 Extreme Released The Official Videos For "Banshee" And "#Rebel" On Their YouTube Channel. Current Members
Gary Cherone – Lead Vocals 1985–96 2004 2005 2006 2007–present Nuno Bettencourt – Guitars Brass/orchestration Arrangements Keyboards Piano Backing And Lead Vocals 1985–96 2004 2005 2006 2007–present Pat Badger – Bass Backing Vocals 1986–96 2006 2007–present Kevin Figueiredo – Drums Percussion Occasional Backing Vocals 2007–present Diskogs
Extreme 1989 Extreme II Pornograffitti 1990 III Sides To Every Story 1992 Waiting For The Punchline 1995 Saudades De Rock 2008 Six 2023

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