Rihanna Goes Extreme!

terrybezer / News / 17/11/2009 13:04pm

rihanna_90The R&B Princess is embracing her Extreme side. What in the hell are we going on about? Come in and find out!

Rihanna has revealed that former Extreme guitarist Nuno Bettencourt will be part of her backing band for the foreseeable future. The six-stringer, whose recent endeavours have included an Extreme reunion and a stint as part of Perry Farrell’s Satellite Party, is no stranger to the world of pop having formerly played guitar for Janet Jackson.

Any chance of him getting Rihanna to bash out some ‘Get The Funk Out’? No, we don’t think so either.

21 Comments


chris bramley

oh… im dissapointed… i thought i was going to read an article about rihanna doing a colaboration with dying fetus…. nevermind

Dee4leeds

Damn! So no chance of the supergroup Rihannaplam Death.

terrybezer

Please don’t stop the Grindcore? I’ll get my coat.

when i saw the title i thought OMG why would Cannibal corpse replace “corpsegrinder”??

theverdict

Tbh, I thought it was just gonna be some picture of her in a Dimmu Borgir t-shirt sparking rumours that she would replace Vortex.

How about a special guest apperance with Anaal Nathrakh?

simoninflames

my question is why are metal hammer covering this? extreme were shit (and not extreme in the slightest), and nuno now plays guitar for pop acts. metal hammer should leave these crap non-stories for kerrap to cover!

i’d like to bang her though

Its a disgrace that Nuno is playing pop when he is such an amazing guitarist. Also for simoninflames to say extreme are shit, youve obviously never seen them live. Nuno is awesome on stage and the band are faultless. I do agree that this is not a metal hammer story though.

The worst album she’s ever made. And what is she doing here??

So this has nothing what so ever to do with Metal? Just guitarist whoring himself out…

Seriously doesn’t anyone edit this dudes work…

Next week on Metal Hammer:
“The Top 10 Metal Guitarist who have whored themselves out to the Pop industry….”

*cough* Marty

I agree with Aidan. They are awesome live, especially when playing “play with me”. As for the story I thought maybe she had done a Glen Benton and branded an inverted cross on that huge forehead of hers

Mothmonsterman

Extreme were and still are a big pile of horseshit. Just a crappy pop rock band who think they rock hard.

theoutlawtorn

Would n’t we all tutty!!

Anyone ever hear Get The Funk Out, Hip Today, Slide, Cupid’s Dead, Cynical, He-Man Woman Hater, Comfortably Dumb, Learn To Love, Run, When I’m President, Rest In Peace, Play With Me, Kid Ego, There Is No God, Evilangelist, Star, Lil Jack Horny, Decadence Dance, Flowerman, Tell Me Something I Don’t Know, No Respect. That is some awesome funk metal.

Why isn’t he working on album number 6 with Extreme, guess he wants Rhianna nice big fat paycheck.

Nuno is a guitar god people, his guitar sound tone etc is like good sex.

capn sam

did you see those nude photos of rhianna….wow…. :D

what nude pics?!??

simoninflames

no ive not seen extreme live, i can’t stand them so why would i watch them? i’m not saying he’s a shit guitarist, i know he’s ace but he just continues to play with dodgy pop singers or an ‘extemely’ shit band! as for funk metal being awesome…..er, no!

i could only fuck this woman.. nothing else.she suck a lot!! only for fuck is good this pussy

Mike Tuinstra

To me bands like Extreme don’t rock less hard, they’re just not alternative = less attractive sound against a general audience = different = minority appeal. Bands like Extreme have a fuller sound which rocks twice as hard to my ears. Reading most reactions on this article I understand most people currently frequenting this site are mostly into Alternative and that sort of thing. Understandable: that’s how the industry presented itself in the last 2 decades. To each their own so respect for that, different elements appeal to different people. However: The commercial purpose was creating a Pop Rap industry. Taking the Pop aspect from Rock and give it to Hip Hop. So Hip Pop was created. In order to test different markets, and find out what sells and what not. Just like they always do.

For Rock music to be commerical = popular again it must be mixed with Pop. Pop = popular = mass appeal. It only means art of sound that’s considered a pleasure to the listening ear. I don’t need bubblegum either, they would have to level up the lyrics just the same, but mix it with melodic art. Without it only Alternative exists. And I have to say I’m not a fan of that either as it means minimal production and tuneless sound. Like Hip Pop is tuneless just the same. It’s only the marketing that makes it sell to its minority group.

Either way: Hip Pop: Soulless R&B with Pop music sensibilities and Rap music beats is going out. Sales are going zero and commercial music doesn’t sell as basically nobody’s buying. US sales are down every week. So something else is very necessary, more than ever I’d say.

What they should do is come to an agreement for everyone. Building a sound that consists of elements appealing to all. Hard Rock with melodic art and deep lyrical content sounds like a solution to me. Market it back with an appealing image and we have a deal. Something that I like, something that you like which of course automatically results in something that sells. Everybody happy. Way I see it.

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