Top 10 Interesting Facts About Fleetwood Mac
Christine McVie, the band's singer, and songwriter passed away peacefully in a hospital. She was 79 years old and was famous for the hit songs she sang live.
With songs like "Dreams," "The Chain Landslide," and "Rhiannon," Fleetwood Mac has won over millions of fans. Today, we're going to show you ten very interesting facts about the band. Let's get started.
10. No Enduring Legacy
They have sold over 120 million records worldwide, making them one of the best-selling bands of all time. With albums like Rumors and Fleetwood Mac, they continue to attract both old and new listeners. Their music has influenced modern pop music for more than 50 years, representing the music of the 1970s and the direction it could go. Their music still sounds fresh and is still very relevant today, proving that their influence on the music industry will never stop growing.
9. No Buckingham Without Nicks
Mick Fleetwood visited the Sound City recording studio and asked to hear the most recent album that had been recorded. The owner of the studio played Mick frozen love, which was Nicks and Buckingham's stable album. Fleetwood was particularly impressed by Buckingham's playing and initially only wanted to invite him to join the band. However, Buckingham refused to join without Nicks, which secured Fleetwood Mac's most notable lineup. Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham were recruited to join Fleetwood Mac.
8. Dreams and Meme
Their 1977 single Dreams reentered the US Billboard Hot Rock Songs chart in April 2008, climbing all the way up to number 16. This resurgence in popularity was caused by a meme that was posted on Twitter with the caption "Fleetwood Mac's music is so boring you can't even dance to it followed by me an intellectual."
7. Love Octagons?
Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham joined Fleetwood Mac together in the 1970s and were dating. However, Nicks went on to have an affair with Mick Fleetwood while he was ending his marriage after discovering that his wife was cheating on him. Christine McVie and John McVie were married, but Christine was sleeping with the band's lighting director, and the two eventually divorced. This caused a lot of drama among the band, and it was mostly taking place during the recording of the rumor.
6. Album Representation
Since their inception in 1967, the entire band has never appeared on a cover for a studio album together. Fleetwood Mac has released 17 studio albums, but none of them have a cover featuring the entire band. Their early album covers were typically paintings or photographs, and their later covers only featured a few members of the band but never all of them.
5. Sound Like a Cult
After playing on the band's first four albums, original guitarist Jeffrey Spencer left Fleetwood Mac in 1971 to join a religious cult known as the Children of God, which is now known as the Family International. Mick Fleetwood tried to get Spencer to join, but he was unsuccessful. Spencer is still a member of this cult today.
4. Living Together
John McPhee, the band's bassist, claims that the band only managed to work for a few weeks and spent the rest of the time drinking and doing drugs. The first time they lived together was at mick Fleetwood's mansion in the early 1970s. They also bought a house together in the English countryside in 1970.
3. Nostrils of fire
In the 1970s, during the peak of their careers, the members of Fleetwood Mac used a musical code for drugs. When someone wanted a hit, the band members and even the studio engineers would hum the Chariots of Fire movie theme to indicate they wanted cocaine, according to Mick Fleetwood's autobiography. This would later lead to disagreements between the band members.
2. A ton of Members
Since Fleetwood Mac was formed in 1967, at least 14 members have left the band. This can be confusing because there have been many departures, firings, and hirings. Mick Fleetwood and John McVie are the only members from the original lineup who are still in the band. Over the years, Fleetwood Mac has had many ups and downs in terms of fame and success. Their apex may have been when Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham joined the band in late 1974
Despite having millions of records sold and a plethora of hits, Fleetwood Mac has only ever had one song reach number one on the Billboard Hot 100: "Dreams," released in 1977. Stevie Nicks wrote the song in 1976, just over a year after joining the band, demonstrating how important she would be to the band's success.
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