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Nuno Bettencourt riffs on his signature S-style with his Marshall JCM900s in the background. Right, Jake E Lee holds his signature Charvel backstage at Back to the Beginning, where he performed to honour his old boss Ozzy Osbourne.
Nuno Bettencourt on why he handed Shot Of The Dark over to Jake E Lee at Ozzy's farewell show

By Jonathan Horsley Published

Bettencourt says Lee was far too humble and had to remind him that he had done the impossible by not only replacing Randy Rhoads but taking Ozzy Osbourne to “another place”

Artists
Nuno Bettencourt launches his own guitar company, and poses with his new models against a fence.
Nuno Bettencourt launches his own guitar company debuting two new S-styles – and the N4 isn’t going anywhere

By Jonathan Horsley Published

If Bettencourt can make 'em as well as he can play them then we are all in for a treat. “These are true workhorses built with the same passion I’ve put into every note I’ve ever played” he says

Artists
Nuno Bettencourt [left] of Extreme wears a star-patterned vest and plays his Washburn N4 electric guitar onstage; Teen prodigy Taj Farrant plays his Kiesel singlecut during an afternoon slot at Lollapalooza 2024.
Nuno Bettencourt describes Aussie teen blues-rock phenom Taj Farrant as SRV meets EVH

By Jonathan Horsley Published

Game recognises game...

Artists
Nuno Bettencourt and Kylie Olsson
An emotional Nuno Bettencourt revisits the childhood home where he wrote Extreme's More Than Words

By Rob Laing Published

"This bedroom here is where everything happened guitar-wise"

Guitarists
Nuno Bettencort performing live
"I'm, like, bring it on": Nuno Bettencourt isn't afraid of AI, but Jordan Rudess is - sort of

By Will Simpson Published

Nuno Bettencourt and Dream Theater's Jordan Rudess on the challenges of AI

Singers & Songwriters
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"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

By Ed Mitchell Published

"It’s one of those songs that people don’t get too tired of. Maybe the simplicity of it kept it tolerable"

Guitarists
Rihanna and Nuno Bettencourt perform at BB&T Center on April 20, 2013 in Sunrise, Florida
Richard Fortus defends Slash following Nuno Bettencourt's Rihanna gig comments – and the Extreme guitarist fires back to clarify his views

By Rob Laing Published

"I'm sure you're a decent player, but did you really need to repost a headline that made me look like I am badmouthing a fellow player, Slash"

Guitarists
Nuno Bettencourt and Rihanna
“I’m sorry, most of the guitar players who I admire could not in their lifetime play that gig”: Nuno Bettencourt explains why the Rihanna gig is way tougher than rock

By Jonathan Horsley Published

The Extreme guitarist says even Slash would struggle in a set that requires different styles, song after song

Guitarists
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”
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”

By Jonathan Horsley Published

Bettencourt takes us behind the guitar album of 2023 and admits that, 15 years ago, he might have “fixed” the Rise solo and ruined it. Now, it's all about letting it rip – about making us all excited again

Singles And Albums
Nuno Bettencourt performs the solo to Rise live for the first time as Extreme play the Monsters of Rock Cruise 2023
Nuno Bettencourt turns up the heat as he debuts his virtuosic Rise solo live on the Monsters of Rock Cruise 2023

By Jonathan Horsley Published

The best guitar solo of 2023 so far gets its first public performance as Extreme rock out on the high seas

Gigs & Festivals
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