Nuno Bettencourt
Nuno Bettencourt
Nuno Duarte Gil Mendes Bettencourtis a Portuguese-born American guitarist, singer-songwriter, and record producer. He is best known as the lead guitarist of the Boston rock band Extreme...
NationalityPortuguese
ProfessionGuitarist
Date of Birth20 September 1966
CityPraia da Vitoria, Portugal
CountryPortugal
bands guarantee
Half the bands I guarantee wouldn't at this point want Nuno to open for them.
bands buy cool discover radio
I think it's very cool to discover new bands and find something on the radio that you think is so cool that you go out and buy it.
oasis band stones
Live are a really good band. I like Stone Temple Pilots, Radiohead I love. Even Oasis.
song way band
I always imagine later on these songs I could've played with a band, but it never worked out that way.
writing band population
My current project is my band, Population 1. We are writing, rehearsing and playing in Los Angeles.
biggest dig hope message ok send
The biggest message I can send is my album. It's here I am, this is what I'm doing, I hope you dig it, and if you don't that's OK too.
eat everybody feelings moody toast wants
It's a very moody album, but everyone experiences these feelings and situations. I don't think everybody wants to eat toast all day!
biggest bound change obviously playing songs
Obviously the biggest change is that it's me by myself. When you don't have another band interpreting your songs or playing them the way that they have, it's bound to sound different.
opposed record touring
As opposed to touring for three years and then going into the studio and writing an album, I think this record is representative of a lot of everyday people.
love touring
The touring part is really mixed. You love to play and you can't wait to go, but you don't want to leave.
major trying
It's just a bunch of songs. I'm not trying to cure any major disease.
hard
It's hard to know exactly what it sounds like to me. I'm in the studio and I write it. and that's it.
business hard
When you are in this business and this career, it's hard for any one thing to engulf you.
marriage
A band is like a marriage - you don't know why it works, but when it does, everything feels right.