About Nuno Bettencourt
Nuno Duarte Gil Mendes Bettencourt (born September 20, 1966) is a Portuguese-American guitarist. He became known as the lead guitarist of the Boston rock band Extreme. Bettencourt has recorded a solo album and has founded rock bands including Mourning Widows, DramaGods, and Satellite Party. Rolling Stone ranked him no. 197 of the 250 greatest guitarists of all time in 2023. == Early life == Bettencourt was born on September 20, 1966, in Praia da Vitória, Terceira, Azores, Portugal, the youngest of 10 siblings. He is the younger brother of Luis Gil Bettencourt. The family moved to the United States when he was four, and he grew up in Hudson, Massachusetts. == Career == === Extreme === After playing in the Boston-based hair metal act Sinful, Bettencourt rose to fame as a guitarist for the Boston-area group Extreme, which he joined in 1985. The band released its debut record, Extreme, in 1989.
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