Nuno Bettencourt Musical artist

Nuno Duarte Gil Mendes Bettencourt (born September 20, 1966) is a Portuguese guitarist and singer-songwriter best known for his role as the lead guitarist of the Boston rock band Extreme whose hits include the acoustic ballads "More Than Words" and "Hole Hearted". The songs reached #1 and #4, respectively, on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in 1991. He has since recorded a solo project called Schizophonic as well as with bands he founded including Mourning Widows, Population 1, DramaGods, The Satellite Party, and then reunited with Extreme to record new music and tour. Since 1990, Bettencourt has had his own line of custom guitars designed by Washburn Guitars. His line is known as the N-Series, and is currently promoting the Washburn N4.

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Alias (AKA)	Bettencourt Nuno Duarte Gil Mendes
Birth date	September 20, 1966
Birth place	Azores , Portugal , Terceira Island , Praia da Vitória

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Musical artist

Career started	1985
associated musical artist	Satellite Party DramaGods Mourning Widows Dweezil Zappa Extreme (band) Rihanna Steel Panther Alter Bridge Guitar Wars
Background	Solo singer
genre	Heavy metal music Alternative rock Funk metal Glam metal Hard rock
instrument	Bass guitar Cello Drum kit Guitar Piano Keyboard instrument Organ (music) Singing Washburn Guitars
record label	Warner Bros. Records