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An emotional Nuno Bettencourt revisits the childhood home where he wrote Extreme's More Than Words
"This bedroom here is where everything happened guitar-wise"
"I'm, like, bring it on": Nuno Bettencourt isn't afraid of AI, but Jordan Rudess is - sort of
Nuno Bettencourt and Dream Theater's Jordan Rudess on the challenges of AI
"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
"It’s one of those songs that people don’t get too tired of. Maybe the simplicity of it kept it tolerable"
Richard Fortus defends Slash following Nuno Bettencourt's Rihanna gig comments – and the Extreme guitarist fires back to clarify his views
"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"
“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
The Extreme guitarist says even Slash would struggle in a set that requires different styles, song after song
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”
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
Nuno Bettencourt turns up the heat as he debuts his virtuosic Rise solo live on the Monsters of Rock Cruise 2023
The best guitar solo of 2023 so far gets its first public performance as Extreme rock out on the high seas
Is Nuno Bettencourt one of the top three guitar players in the world? Prince thought so
Bettencourt said performing for Prince was terrifying but he left an almighty impression on the Purple One
Nuno Bettencourt says rock songs are “nursery rhymes for adults” and explains his theory for adding depth to simple arrangements
The Extreme guitarist says that if we want to make rock with big ideas it all comes down to what he calls “simplexity”
Nuno Bettencourt says Extreme used a demo recording for their smash-hit Hole Hearted, and the guitar was recorded via a headset mic taped to his knee
“It goes to show you that even if a song is done on a little recorder on your basement at home, it can still go Top Five worldwide,” says Bettencourt