Extreme are an American rock band formed in Boston in 1985. The classic lineup included Gary Cherone (vocals), Nuno Bettencourt (guitar), Pat Badger (bass) and Paul Geary (drums). The group is known for blending hard rock and funk and achieved mainstream success with the 1991 single "More Than Words" from Extreme II: Pornograffitti.

Praised in reviews for Nuno Bettencourt's guitar work and for mixing hard rock, funk and metal; commonly compared to Van Halen and Queen in stylistic references; major commercial hit: "More Than Words" (1991).

Boston-formed rock band Extreme (formed 1985) are known for blending hard rock and funk and for the worldwide hit "More Than Words" from Extreme II: Pornograffitti. DeBaser reviews praise Nuno Bettencourt's guitar work and the group's genre-mixing ambition (Pornograffitti, III Sides to Every Story). Later reunion album Saudades De Rock received mixed-to-positive responses. The site's reviews focus on musicianship, variety, and the band's conflicted commercial legacy.

For:Fans of hard rock, funk-rock, guitar virtuosity and 1990s rock

 Can a single song represent both your greatest success and your greatest misfortune?

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 No impression was ever more wrong, because that song does not represent what Extreme were at all: an extremely underrated band, with a thousand facets, composed of serious and capable professionals able to blend rock, metal, funk, and... yes, even more "banal" and commercial pieces like "More than Words" indeed.

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 My favorite album by the Bettencourt - Cherone lineup will always be "Pornograffiti", an unmatched album of funky-heavy metal music.

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 Second album by this American band that encapsulates in its style everything that could have been said in music by giants like 'Van Halen' and 'Queen', summarizing in 13 pieces a large part of the music from the magical decade of the '80s-'90s with sounds ranging from rap to those typical of jazz orchestras complete with a brass section, but what prevails is surely the raw yet perfectly rhythmic and precise sound of Nuno Bettencourt's guitar and certainly also Gary Cherone's voice capable of ranging from anger to sentiment and "rapped" pieces, stylistically completing the album.

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