Holy Crap... Nuno Bettencourt...

[nojyeloot]

... is SO. FLIPPING. GOOD.

I've always known he was good. Been listening to Extreme for years. But I'm just sitting down listening to Pornographitti and he's blowing my mind with how much of a rip he is.

PUT THIS ALBUM ON YOUR MEDIA PLAYER AND LISTEN TO IT AGAIN, RIGHT NOW.

2:46

 

[bostjan]

Nuno was one of my first heroes.

 

[Zer01]

Here's some amazing shredding

 

[nojyeloot]

geez... never heard that one. Guy's ahead of his time.

 

[jkspawn]

Here's some amazing shredding

Damn, I love the solo in this song. 69 DUDE!

 

[JohnIce]

My problem with Nuno is that I always liked his playing more than his band. I've never heard an Extreme song that actually stuck with me as good all the way through.

 

[Bloody_Inferno]

My problem with Nuno is that I always liked his playing more than his band. I've never heard an Extreme song that actually stuck with me as good all the way through.

Not even More Than Words? j/k

I've always loved Nuno's playing, and admittedly that will always be his strongest point. Though he's taken a lot of pride as a songwriter nowadays, especially after his solo albums. Kinda similar to what Paul Gilbert did before Get Out Of My Yard. And he's gotten better at that, as well as a great singer too. If anything, the last Extreme album Sadudes De Rock, shows a lot of that.

Also, Nuno has an amazing sense of groove too.

That, and Pornograffitti is an album I still jam to. Solos to Get The Funk Out and He Man Woman Hater are classics.

 

[Sang-Drax]

I'm with John. Booooorrrrring band, sadly.

 

[oldbulllee]

the first player that made go "### WHAT THE FUCK!!!???##**!", way back in the days... unfortunately, pretty quick i developed a dislike for his taste in music. as stated above, his playing was always far better than Extreme's songs.

 

[fretninjadave]

I Blame gary sherone
heres one that dosent suck so much and the solo is one of my faves

 

[drmosh]

I've always loved his playing, the guy has amazing chops and writes some seriously good solos

 

[Harry]

My problem with Nuno is that I always liked his playing more than his band. I've never heard an Extreme song that actually stuck with me as good all the way through.

This really. There's some decent riffs here and there and some cool grooves, but for the most part I just can't really sit down and listen to Extreme for any real period of time.
Nuno's an absolutely absurd player though, a true virtuoso that doesn't seem to get brought up enough in discussions of insane guitarists.

 

[Fred the Shred]

Ah, Nuno. First true super-guitar-hero guy I've known in my life. Shy yet kind guy, who embarrassed me by saying I was a fab player. I was 19, and not really into the whole "I rock" mindset, so I was at a loss for words and blushed like a girl.

He's a beast of a player, and I'm always glad to see people praising his work.

 

[cow 7 sig]

wouldn't believe me if i told you he was a close friend would you?

 

[DLG]

Nuno is the truth and Extreme have some great songs. Especially the stuff that wasn't on the radio.

 

[nojyeloot]

wouldn't believe me if i told you he was a close friend would you?

What reason would I have to doubt?

You guys seen him w/ Rhianna? Was watching SNL a bit ago and spat my coffee all over my table when I saw him playing. Took me a min to get my bearings




EDIT:

 

[Fred the Shred]

wouldn't believe me if i told you he was a close friend would you?

I fail to see a reason as to why I should doubt your word on that. It's not like it wasn't a friend of his to provide me with the chance to meet the guy in the first place. Haven't seen him in some 12 years now. Heh!

 

[Randy]

^^
Fuck Nuno, she's got Scorpion breakdancing up on this shit.

 

[cow 7 sig]

both nuno and suzie(demarchi,baby animals) have been friends for long time now.i knew suzie well before she married nuno

 

[JohnIce]

I've seen quite a lot of his stuff with Rihanna and I really like it, he's definately lifting the songs to a higher level (I think she had pretty good material to begin with).