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![Listen to Tango in the Night (2017 Remaster) [Deluxe Edition] by Fleetwood Mac](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Music125/v4/07/7a/2f/077a2f8e-d348-34be-fd5f-f7b655e1dc7c/603497872893.jpg/1380x1380bb.webp "Listen to Tango in the Night (2017 Remaster) [Deluxe Edition] by Fleetwood Mac")
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About Fleetwood Mac
Hometown
London, England
Formed
July 1967
Genre
Rock
Tension can be a great motivator for a band, and no group has put that maxim to the test quite like Fleetwood Mac, a â60s British blues-rock outfit thatâthrough a series of lineup changes, stylistic shifts, and rocky internal romancesâbecame the paragons of â70s Californian pop. Since the bandâs formation in London in 1967, drummer Mick Fleetwood and bassist John McVie have served as both the rhythmic and spiritual anchors for a group that has hosted a revolving-door procession of outsized personalities, starting with Peter Green, the budding guitar god responsible for early hits like âBlack Magic Womanâ (famously covered by Santana) and the tranquil instrumental âAlbatrossâ (which The Beatles admittedly aped on their Abbey Road track âSun Kingâ).
After Green quit in 1970, the band cycled through different frontmenâDanny Kirwan and Bob Welch among themâwhile their keyboardist, McVieâs wife Christine, emerged as a female vocal foil. After a relocation to L.A., they welcomed singer/songwriter Lindsey Buckingham and his musical/romantic partner Stevie Nicks into the fold, heralding Fleetwood Macâs transition into soft-rock hitmakers on their 1975 self-titled effort. But Nicksâ star turns on âRhiannonâ and âLandslideâ revealed a darker mystique at the core of their easy-breezy sound and, as sudden success caused the long-term relationships within the band to disintegrate, their next release effectively invented a new genre: rock album as couples therapy. On 1977âs Rumours, Fleetwood Mac dressed up the bitterest break-up songs in the smoothest, sultriest arrangements to the tune of over 40 million copies sold; the albumâs appeal is so universal that itâs been both cited by Courtney Love as an influence and used to soundtrack Bill Clintonâs presidential campaign.
But the band were eager to play against pop-star typeâ1979âs double-album colossus Tusk betrayed Buckinghamâs affinity for post-punk, and though it was deemed a commercial disappointment at the time, it has since been embraced as a cult classic by discerning indie rockers. And even as more streamlined â80s efforts like Mirage and Tango in the Night reasserted their pop panache, Fleetwood Mac have remained a cauldron of drama and intra-band acrimony, the principal members seemingly coming and going without warning. In the wake of Buckinghamâs departure in 2018, the group enlisted Crowded House singer Neil Finn and Tom Petty sideman Mike Campbell. Christine McVie, who wrote some of the bandâs biggest songs, including âDonât Stop,â âYou Make Lovin' Fun,â and âOver My Head,â died in November 2022 at the age of 79.
After Green quit in 1970, the band cycled through different frontmenâDanny Kirwan and Bob Welch among themâwhile their keyboardist, McVieâs wife Christine, emerged as a female vocal foil. After a relocation to L.A., they welcomed singer/songwriter Lindsey Buckingham and his musical/romantic partner Stevie Nicks into the fold, heralding Fleetwood Macâs transition into soft-rock hitmakers on their 1975 self-titled effort. But Nicksâ star turns on âRhiannonâ and âLandslideâ revealed a darker mystique at the core of their easy-breezy sound and, as sudden success caused the long-term relationships within the band to disintegrate, their next release effectively invented a new genre: rock album as couples therapy. On 1977âs Rumours, Fleetwood Mac dressed up the bitterest break-up songs in the smoothest, sultriest arrangements to the tune of over 40 million copies sold; the albumâs appeal is so universal that itâs been both cited by Courtney Love as an influence and used to soundtrack Bill Clintonâs presidential campaign.
But the band were eager to play against pop-star typeâ1979âs double-album colossus Tusk betrayed Buckinghamâs affinity for post-punk, and though it was deemed a commercial disappointment at the time, it has since been embraced as a cult classic by discerning indie rockers. And even as more streamlined â80s efforts like Mirage and Tango in the Night reasserted their pop panache, Fleetwood Mac have remained a cauldron of drama and intra-band acrimony, the principal members seemingly coming and going without warning. In the wake of Buckinghamâs departure in 2018, the group enlisted Crowded House singer Neil Finn and Tom Petty sideman Mike Campbell. Christine McVie, who wrote some of the bandâs biggest songs, including âDonât Stop,â âYou Make Lovin' Fun,â and âOver My Head,â died in November 2022 at the age of 79.
Members of Fleetwood Mac include, or have included, Stevie Nicks, Christine McVie, Lindsey Buckingham, Mike Campbell, John McVie, Mick Fleetwood, Neil Finn, Peter Green, Dave Mason, Bob Welch, Billy Burnette, Danny Kirwan, Jeremy Spencer, Rick Vito, Bekka Bramlett, Bob Weston, Dave Walker and Bob Brunning.
Musical InfluencesFleetwood Mac's musical influences include The Beatles, Ike & Tina Turner, Little Willie John and more.
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