{"name":"Nuno Bettencourt","title":"Nuno Bettencourt","id":2410,"slug":"nuno-bettencourt","url":"https://www.guitarparty.com/api/v3/core/authors/2410/?format=json","bio_short":"Nuno Duarte Gil Mendes Bettencourt (born on September 20th 1966 in the Azores, Portugal) is a <a href=\"http://www.last.fm/tag/portuguese\" class=\"bbcode_tag\" rel=\"tag\">portuguese</a> <a href=\"http://www.last.fm/tag/guitarist\" class=\"bbcode_tag\" rel=\"tag\">guitarist</a>/multi-instrumentalist, composer, and record producer, and is being cited as an influence by many guitarists from the <a href=\"http://www.last.fm/tag/90s\" class=\"bbcode_tag\" rel=\"tag\">90s</a> and onwards and one of the pioneers of the <a href=\"http://www.last.fm/tag/funk%20metal\" class=\"bbcode_tag\" rel=\"tag\">funk metal</a> style.  He made albums with several different projects. His discography with <a href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Extreme\" class=\"bbcode_artist\">Extreme</a> includes: <a title=\"Extreme - Extreme\" href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Extreme/Extreme\" class=\"bbcode_album\">Extreme</a> (1989), <a title=\"Extreme - Pornograffitti\" href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Extreme/Pornograffitti\" class=\"bbcode_album\">Pornograffitti</a> (1990), <a title=\"Extreme - III Sides To Every Story\" href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Extreme/III+Sides+To+Every+Story\" class=\"bbcode_album\">III Sides To Every Story</a> (1992), <a title=\"Extreme - Waiting For The Punchline\" href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Extreme/Waiting+For+The+Punchline\" class=\"bbcode_album\">Waiting For The Punchline</a> (1995).  In 2008, Extreme reunited for a world tour and new album, <a title=\"Extreme - Saudades De Rock\" href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Extreme/Saudades+De+Rock\" class=\"bbcode_album\">Saudades De Rock</a>. ","artist_img":"//guitarparty.overcastcdn.com/images/NunoBettencourt.2e16d0ba.fill-1200x675-c100.format-jpeg.jpg","songs":[{"id":2721,"title":"More Than Words","url":"https://www.guitarparty.com/songs/more-than-words/"}]}