<![CDATA[ Latest from MusicRadar in Extreme ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/tag/extreme Tue, 02 Dec 2025 17:13:32 +0000 en <![CDATA[ “I just walked off the stage. I wanted Jake to have his moment. And Jake nailed it”: Nuno Bettencourt on why he handed Shot Of The Dark over to Jake E Lee at Ozzy's farewell show ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/nuno-bettencourt-on-jake-e-lee-shot-in-the-dark-back-to-the-beginning-ozzy-tribute jXjRbFM79TZrHn23NSkT3b Tue, 02 Dec 2025 17:13:32 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Once you own a Nuno guitar, you are part of my family. Let’s ride!” Extreme’s Nuno Bettencourt leaves Washburn to launch his own guitar company and debuts two new S-styles – but the N4 isn’t going anywhere ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/once-you-own-a-nuno-guitar-you-are-part-of-my-family-lets-ride-nuno-bettencourt-leaves-washburn-to-launch-his-own-guitar-company-and-debuts-two-new-s-styles-but-the-n4-isnt-going-anywhere SvG55TmzUo7Vvc3R2s6W25 Tue, 30 Sep 2025 15:14:41 +0000 Tue, 30 Sep 2025 15:15:58 +0000 <![CDATA[ "Every note that I ever played, every chord change I ever did was learned in this house": An emotional Nuno Bettencourt revisits the childhood home where he wrote Extreme's More Than Words ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/news/nuno-buttencourt-guitar-childhood-home-interview PvhKaovoWSAvS3SLUi5hWd Fri, 31 May 2024 11:55:43 +0000 Fri, 31 May 2024 11:55:52 +0000 <![CDATA[ "When we were recording it I thought it would get bigger with strings and drums. It was really tempting, trust me. But I think that was probably the best decision I ever made": Nuno Bettencourt on the story of Extreme's More Than Words ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/news/extreme-more-than-words-interview-nuno-bettencourt Z8U2Gzz5RA5QWsWwaB72ch Fri, 29 Mar 2024 10:50:52 +0000 <![CDATA[ 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” ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/news/nuno-bettencourt-extreme-six-album-interview F9QfiT9yboTHS9j4GZZQpF Fri, 05 May 2023 18:26:42 +0000 <![CDATA[ Nuno Bettencourt turns up the heat as he debuts his virtuosic Rise solo live on the Monsters of Rock Cruise 2023 ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/news/nuno-bettencourt-extreme-rise-solo-live-debut-monsters-of-rock-cruise 8HswHFhPwvDtMpf5mygbUd Tue, 02 May 2023 16:26:59 +0000 <![CDATA[ Nuno Bettencourt says rock songs are “nursery rhymes for adults” and explains his theory for adding depth to simple arrangements ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/news/extreme-nuno-bettencourt-rock-nursery-rhymes ZrAKdVpzrrdD8nqiCEk64c Tue, 18 Apr 2023 15:50:40 +0000 <![CDATA[ Extreme are officially back: Watch Nuno Bettencourt conjure fretboard magic in their hard-riffing new single, Rise ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/news/extreme-six-nuno-bettencourt-rise f9aWkRpuEZviCqpYuDGXdF Fri, 03 Mar 2023 12:50:57 +0000