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Extreme is tagged as: hard rock, rock, funk metal, hair metal, metal

Extreme is a “funk metal” band consisting of singer/guitar virtuoso Nuno Bettencourt, singer/lyricist Gary Cherone, bassist/singer Pat Badger and drummer Kevin Figueiredo. The band first formed in 1985 in Boston with then drummer Paul Geary (who later got replaced by drum god Mike Mangini) until the band decided to go on an indefinite hiatus that ended up lasting more than 10 years (1996 - 2006). The band’s influences range from the progressive hard rock and elaborate multi-vocals parts of Queen, the energy of Aerosmith and Van Halen, as well as Beatlesque pop and a Led Zeppelin organic feeling. Consequently, Extreme’s music is never easy to classify; it’s not just heavy metal, hard rock, or pop —their albums cover all of that territory with a sweeping ambition and a social consciousness to match. Although a hard rock band, it was the Everly Brothers-style acoustic ballad, “More Than Words,” that crossed them over into the mainstream — it hit number one and the follow-up single, the acoustic-based pop rocker “Hole Hearted,” hit number four.
They released two albums in the hey day of glam metal but recieved diminished attention from the mainstream following the grunge explosion following the release of Nirvana’s &...
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Top 10 Extreme Songs
More Than Words
Hole Hearted
Get The Funk Out
Play With Me
Decadence Dance
Rest In Peace
When I'm President
Li'l Jack Horny
It ('s A Monster)
Pornograffitti
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Top 10 Extreme Albums
Extreme II: Pornograffitti
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Pornograffitti
III Sides To Every Story
The Best Of Extreme (An Accidental Collication Of Atoms?)
Saudades De Rock
Waiting For The Punchline
The Best of Extreme
Extreme II - Pornograffitti
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