Fleetwood obliged, unknowingly constructing the musical hybrid of UK blues rock and US West Coast folk rock that would propel the band to extraordinary success. Every song felt like it was addressing the specific relationship problems between members of the group — because it was. Meanwhile, Tedesco and his music loving young friends did what underground music nerds have always done best: they heard cool music a long time before everyone else did.
Tedesco recalled the exciting bewilderment of learning that underground darlings Buckingham-Nicks would be joining the legendary Fleetwood Mac. So, to us, it was the craziest thing: Buckingham-Nicks has joined Fleetwood Mac? It made my hair stand on end! When the five gathered near San Francisco to begin recording, all members were in the midst of an emotional maelstrom.
Married for almost eight years, Christine and John entered the studio at the point of divorce. Adhering to the notion of British reserve, the former couple stayed silent around each other, avoiding contact other than during work sessions. Nicks and then-longtime lover and musical partner Buckingham had also recently called it quits. Opposite to the McVies, there were reported shouting matches between the American exes, which only ceased when the recording light was turned on.
Just before recording began, Fleetwood had become aware that his wife and mother to their two children was having an affair with a close friend, and divorce would soon follow. Because we did. Rumours producer and engineer Ken Caillat described the drug use as having an Atlantic divide. Then the cocaine entered the picture. After forming as a British blues band in the late '60s, Fleetwood Mac evolved into one of the most influential rock groups of the '70s. Not only did they write some of the decade's most indelible songs—and release one of the best-selling albums of all time, 's Rumours —but the troupe created a distinctive "California sound" that endures today as a sonic touchstone for countless bands.
Over the last thirty years, Fleetwood Mac has comprised fifteen musicians shuffled through six major lineups, resulting in endless tinkerings with tone and genre.
Yet the two members to survive it all rarely write tunes and never front the recordings. Together, their personal lives have given rock one of its most elaborate and juicy plotlines. This website uses cookie data. Read our Privacy Policy for more information. By using this website you agree to our Privacy Policy. Lindsey Buckingham's firing from Fleetwood Mac is just the latest in a decades-long game of musical chairs for the Hall of Fame band.
Over its year history, Fleetwood Mac has seen just about as many people come and go as the Harlem Globetrotters. The latest stunning development is the firing of Lindsey Buckingham and the addition of Mike Campbell and Neil Finn as touring members.
His steady diet of LSD played no small role in all of this. In , he quit the band and disappeared from the public eye, eventually ending up in a mental institution. Things came to a head on a U. He was more than happy to leave when he came across the religious cult Children of God. The group begged him not to go, but Spencer was a child of God at that point. There was no going back. He began drinking heavily and the group fired him after he got into a nasty backstage brawl with American guitarist Bob Welch in Bob Welch to The group had the unenviable task of finding replacements for Spencer and Green, but in they brought Welch into the group.
It was the beginning of a whole new era for the band, taking them away from their blues-rock roots into a more mainstream arena-rock direction.
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