Up next, one of the greatest living guitarists Nuno Bettencourt of Extreme tells us the story of his band’s hit that he believed in so much that he almost quit the band in protest. The label didn’t want to release More Than Words as a single because there was nothing on radio like it at the time. It was the time of big explosive power ballads and his song was more like a Beatles song… but he knew and singer Gary Cherone knew it was something special so he fought for it… He was right as it became one of the biggest songs ever. #1 hit. Plus he talks about the band’s new record and singles Rise which has the guitar solo of the century the interview is next on Professor of Rock.

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I’m excited to bring you another episode from our series Revelations- where featured artists go deep on their greatest albums and song. Insight you won’t find anywhere else. Today we are going all in with one of the greatest guitarists of the rock era. He came of age as the 80s were ending and the 90s were beginning with an acoustic song that dominated radio. I’m talking about Nuno Bettancourt of the band Extreme and their biggest hit More Than Words.

Up next Nuno tells us how the song was born and that he knew it was something special, even though the record label didn’t support it because it didn’t sound like anything on the radio at the time of Big Power Ballads and Dance Pop... whereas this song sounded more like the Everly Brothers or the Beatles. He also tells us playing guitar on his other big #1 hit of that year and the band’s new music including his unbelievable playing on the new song Rise.

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