Latest about Nuno Bettencourt
Hear the heavy riffs and mind-melting solos of #Rebel and Banshee – the latest tracks to be lifted from the band's upcoming album, Six
Van Halen swung by the studio as the Extreme virtuoso was piecing together Rise’s mind-bending solo – but Nuno wouldn’t let him hear it
The Extreme guitarist says playing on Kitt Wakeley’s new opus, Paganini’s Storm, “was definitely a journey I had yet to take on the instrument”
The unlikely stompbox is integral to the Extreme virtuoso’s searing distorted tone, even if he admits, “Other players think it’s not doing anything and would probably wonder if the battery is dead”
Go inside the inner workings of the volcanic lead break – the highlight of Extreme's recent comeback single – that has the guitar world abuzz
The Extreme virtuoso tells Guitar World about his first-ever meeting with EVH
Bettencourt dazzles with a breakneck guitar solo on the hard-riffing track – complete with a breakdown that nods to Flight of the Wounded Bumblebee
The Extreme virtuoso took the stage alongside Rihanna for the first time in almost a decade, and did so armed with a curious red-finished version of his Washburn signature six-string
The late guitar legend played the song so much that his guitar tech – then working with the Extreme guitarist – believed it to be a Van Halen riff that never got released
In this classic GW interview, the guitar hero opines on the rise of alt-rock, the excitement of creating his first solo album, and why Extreme were – in their heyday – "the most misinterpreted band of all time"
