Journalist, Author & Syndicated Columnist
Anyone who buys Extreme’s album solely on the strength of the Boston-based group’s No. 1 hit ballad “More Than Words” is going to be in for a big, loud surprise. The majority of the songs on “Extreme II Pornograffitti” are fast, raucous and hard-rocking.
Lindsey Buckingham did not equal Fleetwood Mac. The gifted guitarist-vocalist-songwriter left the group three years ago to pursue solo projects, but to many people, his ghost lingers. “It’s quite true that Lindsey was quite architectural in the arranging of some of our songs,” said vocalist-keyboardist Christine McVie. “But by the same token, the rest of us weren’t sitting there twiddling our thumbs and staring at the ceiling. Very often, Lindsey would ask me what I thought should be done, just as I’d ask him.