Extreme -Woo! World Tour and New Album!

[bigbenjokazooie]

Hey,

As some of use might know or not know the band Extreme are reuniting all barring the original drummer so release a new album (august 4th) and are doing their 1st world tour in 12 or so years!
Use might recall hearing them on the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert back in the early 90s, who in my opinion did the best tribute act that night!
If u havent heard of them then i suggest you do, there lead guitarist mr Nuno Bettencourt is one of THE most underrated guitarists in the world...check out some of their stuff...most of it written when he wasnt even 20 years of age!

Anyway, there playing glasgows carling academy on the 15th of November and i hope to see some of use there!

Rock On!!!!

[Phoebus_Apollo]

Bettencourt is a truely jaw-dropping guitarist his acoustic rendition of "love of my life" is beautiful, his shred chops are insane too.

[theone]

I'm absolutely gutted, going to be offshore for their Glasgow gig.

Pornograffitti is one of my favourite albums, It's a monster, money, morre than words and hole hearted, great songs. Nuno, for me, must be up in the top 3 guitarists.

Just watched their set at the Freddie Mercury tribute again on youtube, great stuff:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSayPuOIYDo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=543i4aDw6fU&feature=related

[moncur]

Im also gutted that i cant go (darn stag do!). This is one band that I've been waiting to hear about tour dates for ages!

[zappster]

Im gutted Im offshore when theyre playing...saw them twice years ago once in the QMU with saigon kick supporting Me & Gizmo met them afterwards & they were cool guys...one of the best gigs ive been to! Nuno rawks

[Gizmo]

Aye Zappy, at wiz a bonnie n good gig, May 25th 1991 if i remember correctly....when i hed hair...lol, crackin venue the QMU, do you remember Matt Kramer fae SK throwin' a wobbler cos' some choob threw a poop stained toilet roll at him fae e balcony?.

And yeah Extreme were cool guys, they were brave lettin a couple o weekers on their bus...lol, i canna mind....did you hev yer usual bag full o 12" singles, albums etc to get signed?...lol, at Anthrax i'll never ever forget e look on Scott Ian's face when you handed him about 30 things to get signed....classic :)

[Gizmo]

Sorry to say, but the new Extreme album is utter guff, anyone expecting a return to the sound of 'Pornografitti' will be bitterly disappointed.

[bigbenjokazooie]

Sorry to say, but the new Extreme album is utter guff, anyone expecting a return to the sound of 'Pornografitti' will be bitterly disappointed.

well considering pornograffitti was there second album wen they was young...espically nuno only being 19...this new album being there 5th album...no1 wood b expectin the same sound as porno due to the fact they have matured as musicians.
dont be niave...its the same band that brought us porno so thats good enough for me!

[Gizmo]

well considering pornograffitti was there second album wen they was young...espically nuno only being 19...this new album being there 5th album...no1 wood b expectin the same sound as porno due to the fact they have matured as musicians.
dont be niave...its the same band that brought us porno so thats good enough for me!

I think you'll find that Nuno was 24 when Pornograffiti was released, and if i really want to be picky i could say that this is not the same band that brought us pornograffitti as Paul Geary is missing from this new line-up ;)

And my comment has nothing to do with being naive, many fans were disappointed with the direction the band took with 'III Sides To Every Story' and 'Waiting For The Punchine' is regarded as a complete duffer of an album, i spend a lot of times on rock music forums and the general concensus is that fans of the band wanted to see a return to the classic sound that made them so popular in the first place, well that hasn't happened, Nuno can still play and gary can still sing, but they have forgotten how to write a good song, it's pretentious guff and just not very good at all.

[bigbenjokazooie]

I think you'll find that Nuno was 24 when Pornograffiti was released, and if i really want to be picky i could say that this is not the same band that brought us pornograffitti as Paul Geary is missing from this new line-up ;)

And my comment has nothing to do with being naive, many fans were disappointed with the direction the band took with 'III Sides To Every Story' and 'Waiting For The Punchine' is regarded as a complete duffer of an album, i spend a lot of times on rock music forums and the general concensus is that fans of the band wanted to see a return to the classic sound that made them so popular in the first place, well that hasn't happened, Nuno can still play and gary can still sing, but they have forgotten how to write a good song, it's pretentious guff and just not very good at all.

Yeah ur right about nuno...and geary as good as he was obviously wansnt going in the same direction as the others...plus geary wrote zero songs on porno...it was cherone and nuno that did!!
3 sides to every story and waiting for the punchline in my opinion and the opinions of all the Extreme fans on there official fan forum prove u wrong friend...

http://www.armbell.com/dramagodsfans/viewtopic.php?t=1491&mforum=dramagodsfans

if u follow that link u will clearly see wat the fans think...3 sides first, punchline 2nd and porno 3rd.
fully proves that even though porno was an awesome album...the fans opened up to the whole new extreme that they gave us...quit living in the past...porno was 18 years ago...move on!

[Gizmo]

Yeah ur right about nuno...and geary as good as he was obviously wansnt going in the same direction as the others...plus geary wrote zero songs on porno...it was cherone and nuno that did!!
3 sides to every story and waiting for the punchline in my opinion and the opinions of all the Extreme fans on there official fan forum prove u wrong friend...

http://www.armbell.com/dramagodsfans/viewtopic.php?t=1491&mforum=dramagodsfans

if u follow that link u will clearly see wat the fans think...3 sides first, punchline 2nd and porno 3rd.
fully proves that even though porno was an awesome album...the fans opened up to the whole new extreme that they gave us...quit living in the past...porno was 18 years ago...move on!

The forums on any bands official website or dedicated site are full of supernerd fan-boys who will hunt you down and kill your cat if you dare say anything negative about their favourite band, so fan-boy opinions mean nothing to me and they certainly don't reflect the opinion of a wider range of fans.

As for living in the past?...lol...don't make me laugh, you know nothing about me, but i will say this...i don't know you either...but i will put my musical knowledge and my vast and varied music collection up against yours any day :)

[moncur]

supernerd fan-boys who will hunt you down and kill your cat

I live in the flat above him, please do send them round to kill his cat...... and the neighbours ones too. ;)

[bigbenjokazooie]

The forums on any bands official website or dedicated site are full of supernerd fan-boys who will hunt you down and kill your cat if you dare say anything negative about their favourite band, so fan-boy opinions mean nothing to me and they certainly don't reflect the opinion of a wider range of fans.

As for living in the past?...lol...don't make me laugh, you know nothing about me, but i will say this...i don't know you either...but i will put my musical knowledge and my vast and varied music collection up against yours any day :)

u said in ur earlier post many fans...im guessin u was talkin about Extreme fans...u can clearly see that they think more highly of the later albums than porno...i think ur being quite niave in not believin the facts when there presented.
its a FACT that those fans on that site...extreme fans or not...some mayb jst nuno fans or rock/funk music fans in general believe that WFTP and 3 sides is better...thats the discussion were having.
u thought that jst becoz u went on some rock forums and heard some bitchin about extreme going the wrong way...u didnt even check out the true fans? seems a bit odd to me...
sure they may be biased but they are fans of the band and were not talking about likin the band...were talkin about them ALL in general which album they like...clearly not the one u thought so deal with it!

u will put ur musical knowledge and varied music collection up against mine?...ur havin a laugh...
someone who clearly doesnt read the facts, i woodnt give the time of day im afraid!

[Gizmo]

u said in ur earlier post many fans...im guessin u was talkin about Extreme fans...u can clearly see that they think more highly of the later albums than porno...i think ur being quite niave in not believin the facts when there presented.
its a FACT that those fans on that site...extreme fans or not...some mayb jst nuno fans or rock/funk music fans in general believe that WFTP and 3 sides is better...thats the discussion were having.
u thought that jst becoz u went on some rock forums and heard some bitchin about extreme going the wrong way...u didnt even check out the true fans? seems a bit odd to me...
sure they may be biased but they are fans of the band and were not talking about likin the band...were talkin about them ALL in general which album they like...clearly not the one u thought so deal with it!

u will put ur musical knowledge and varied music collection up against mine?...ur havin a laugh...
someone who clearly doesnt read the facts, i woodnt give the time of day im afraid!

Eh....please don't kill my cat :D