Nuno Bettencourt
Nuno Duarte Gil Mendes Bettencourt (born September 20, 1966 in Praia da Vitória on the island of Terceira, part of the Azores ) is a Portuguese guitarist . Bettencourt is the guitarist of the funk metal group Extreme , also works as a studio guitarist for various artists and works as a composer .
life and work
Bettencourt was born in Portugal. His parents moved to Hudson, Massachusetts , United States when he was four years old.
In 1985, Bettencourt became guitarist for the band Extreme . Released in 1990, More Than Words became a number 1 hit in the US and sold well around the world. The band was later unable to build on this success. After the singer of the band, Gary Cherone , switched to the group Van Halen , Bettencourt started his solo project NUNO . The Schizophonic album received good reviews but was not a huge commercial success. Bettencourt founded the Mourning Widows group in 1997 . The album was a success in Japan, selling 45,000 copies in the first month.
According to his own statements, Bettencourt was influenced by guitarists Eddie Van Halen , Al Di Meola , Yngwie Malmsteen , Brian May and Neal Schon , as well as musically mainly by The Beatles , Brahms , Johann Sebastian Bach and Paganini .
The title Hey Now , written by Bettencourt for the band Tantric , reached eighth place in the US hot mainstream rock charts in 2004.
Bettencourt was tour guitarist for singer Rihanna on her Last Girl on Earth Tour (2010/11), her Loud Tour (2011) and her Diamonds World Tour (2013).
Trivia
- In the early 1990s, Nuno Bettencourt had a cameo in the video clip of Stuttering John for I'll Talk My Way Out Of It (alongside Gene Simmons and Sting ).
- In the series How I Met Your Mother , Bettencourt appeared with the series character Marshall and parodied the title More Than Words .
Collaboration with Washburn Guitars
The American instrument manufacturer Washburn Guitars has designed its own line of guitars for Bettencourt. The guitar body is made of alder. The neck is made of maple and has an ebony fingerboard. The pickups are made by Seymour Duncan and Bill Lawrence. The guitars are equipped with a tremolo system made in Germany by Floyd Rose from Schaller .
Discography
With the Extreme group
Studio albums
- 1989: Extreme
- 1990: Extreme II Pornograffitti - A Funked Up Fairytale
- 1992: III Sides to Every Story - Yours, Mine and the Truth
- 1995: Waiting for the Punchline
- 2008: Saudades de Rock
- 2010: Take us Alive
Compilations
- 1998: Best of Extreme - An Accidental Collocation of Atoms?
- 2002: 20th Century Masters (Best Of)
- 2002: Hole Hearted Collection (Best Of)
Singles & EPs
- 1989: Little Girls
- 1989: Kid Ego
- 1989: Mutha (Don't Wanna Go to School Today)
- 1991: Decadence Dance
- 1991: Get the Funk Out
- 1991: Extra Graffitti (EP)
- 1991: More Than Words
- 1991: Hole Hearted
- 1992: Song for Love
- 1992: Rest in Peace
- 1992: Stop the World
- 1993: Tragic Comic
- 1995: Hip Today
- 1995: Cynical
- 1996: Running Gag (EP)
- 2019: Sideways (Live in China)
As a solo artist NUNO
- 1997: Schizophonic
With other artists
Jim Gilmore
- 1990: Putting Back The Rock
Janet Jackson
- 1990: Black Cat
Dweezil Zappa
- 1991: Confessions
Robert Palmer
- 1994: Honey
Mourning Widows
- 1998: Mourning Widows
- 2000: Furnished Souls For Rent
Population 1
- 2002: Population 1
- 2004: Sessions From Room 4 EP
DramaGods
- 2005: Love
Arashi
- 2006: Runaway Train
Satellite party
- 2007: Ultra Payloaded
Anthology
- Guitars That Rule the World Vol.1 (1992)
Generation Ax
- 2019: Sideways
Film music
- 1993: Super Mario Bros.
- 2005: How I Met Your Mother
- 2008: Smart People (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
swell
- ^ Wieland Harms: The Unplugged Guitar Book. 20 of the most beautiful songs for acoustic guitar. Gerig Music, ISBN 3-87252-249-3 , p. 86.
- ↑ Official website of the artist Rihanna: Nuno Bettencourt hired as tour guitarist ( memento from November 19, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bettencourt, Nuno |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bettencourt, Nuno Duarte Gil Mendes (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Portuguese guitarist in the group Extreme |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 20th September 1966 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Praia da Vitória |