Nuno's word from the road

Hey guys Extreme is back with a new album and they are also on the road to meet their die hard fans..from their latest tour in UK, the band's guitarist and frontmant Master Nuno Bettencourt spared some of his time to greed all of the fans.. here is what NUno said on the band's official Blog.


EXTREME UNITED

"Hello everyone... Nuno here.
We have just wrapped up our Europe-UK tour.
Although I really feel the need to reach out to all that came out to the shows to rock with us... I am at a loss for words to let you know how we, Extreme feel about it all. Which is a miracle in itself considering that I usually have the BIG mouth in the band. But, let me try.

This tour was one of the most amazing and memorable experiences of my life!
Truly.... show after show, you beautifully shocked us with your passion. It took every manly-macho fiber that I could dig up.. to not shed tears in front of what I know now to be OUR fans. Yes! Extreme fans! Man.... the emotions that you guys and gals put the band through were just simply overwhelming. From the second those house lights went down to the very last moment of bowing and waving goodbye to you all. We truly did not want to leave you... If it weren't for venue curfews... we would have played for 3 hours instead of 2.
I also have never smiled so much on stage either... I have new wrinkles in those spots to prove it.
I don't know.... we might have been too young or just immature to realize it way back when... but there is nothing more powerful than the electricity that went on between the band and you.... our fans. We tried to connect eyes with everyone… but we know that's impossible… knowing that wasn't enough we wanted to jump in and hug as many of you as possible... For those of you we couldn't lock eyes with or hug and kiss, we felt you and heard you. And how cool was it to look out and see a whole new slew of young Extreme Fans.... exciting!
And the cool thing was that every country and city showed their own way of expressing themselves.
Those smaller towns they told us not to play cause it wasn't necessary? Bullshit! You proved them wrong.... Worth every mile we drove to get there.

When I tried to explain the feelings and appreciation during "Am I Ever Gonna Change"... I still felt there were no words to describe how important you are to us... You are our missing link. Without your voices... Without your love... we are just another band.... reuniting.... existing.
You, on the other hand, made us feel like we arrived home. Not only did you offer us a bed, but you through in fresh sheets, a comfy pillow and some milk and cookies... And we thank you. Please leave the light on.... as we WILL be back soon for another sleepover. And we cannot wait. Sorry we took so damn long."


Nuno

PS. All our Asian, South American and USA fans and the European countries we missed this time around....


Notes
Nuno's word taken from this page

I have some favorite shredder here, if one of them is yours too..i would like to know..vote for them ok.

paul gilbert

richie kotzen

nuno bettencourt

steve vai

andy timmons

joe satriani

yngwie malmsteen

john petrucci

Song Analyzing

Extreme "Decadence Dance"

This song is one of the most suitable track for all of you guitarists and shred heads to listen and learn. It is a great rock and roll song, that you will find on their second record "pornografitty", from this song you can find how rich and cool playing guitar is as you will hear lots of funky riffs combined with percussive rhythms and blazing solo's..
If you want to learn how it's done check out this video.
A lesson by Nuno himself:

Extreme Live in Jakarta Official Confirmation

Hey guys here is an official statement by the legendary funk-metal heroes as they confirmed that they will play in JAkarta, Indonesia on December 15 as a part of their Take Us Alive TOur...and it is the only venue for south east asia and here is their official statement, released from their official website
"EXTREME will play Jakarta, Indonesia on December 15th. This is the only city/country EXTREME will play in “South East Asia” for 2008. We invite all Extreme fans from Singapore, Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur-Malaysia and hope to see you all in Indonesia."