A finales de la década de 1980, cuando el glam metal estaba en su apogeo y el rock estaba empezando a diversificarse en direcciones audaces, surgió una banda que traería frescura y virtuosismo al género: Extreme.
Formada en Malden, Massachusetts, Estados Unidos, en 1985, la banda originalmente consistía en Gary Cherone (vocalista), Nuno Bettencourt (guitarra principal), Paul Geary (batería) y Patrick Badger (bajo). Cada uno de ellos llevaba a Extreme una riqueza de habilidades y pasión que rápidamente los colocó en el radar de la industria musical.
En 1989, Extreme lanzó su álbum homónimo debut. Aunque el álbum no conquistó las listas de inmediato, sentó las bases de lo que vendría después. Las canciones, con sus complicados riffs de guitarra y voces poderosas, mostraron el inmenso talento de la banda y captaron la atención de los amantes del rock.
Pero fue su segundo álbum, "Extreme II: Pornograffitti" (1990), el que verdaderamente catapultó a la banda al estrellato. Destacado por su combinación de técnica instrumental, letras inteligentes y melodías pegajosas, el disco produjo varios éxitos, incluido "More Than Words". Esta balada acústica no solo dominó las listas de éxitos, sino que también mostró la capacidad de la banda para crear algo más que canciones de rock tradicionales.
"More Than Words" no fue la única joya de "Pornograffitti". Canciones como "Get the Funk Out" y "Hole Hearted" también se Ver BiograFia Completa
Hey do it now
Yeah hey
Yeah, once I was a Boogie singer
Playin' in a rock & Roll Band
I never had no problems yeah
Burnin' down one night stands
And everything around me
Yeah, got to stop to feelin' so low
And I decided quickly, yes I did
To disco down and check out the show
Yeah they were
Dancin' and singin'
And movin' to the groovin'
And just when it hit me somebody turned around and shouted
Play that funky music white boy
Play that funky music right
Play that funky music white boy
Lay down that boogie and play that funky music till you die
Till you die, yeah yeah
I tried to understand this
I thought that they were out of their minds
How could I be so foolish
(How could I)
To not see I was the one behind
So still I kept on fighting
Losing every step of the way
I said I must go back there
(I got to go back here)
And check to see if things still the same
Yeah they were
Dancin' and singin'
And movin' to the groovin'
And just when, it hit me
Somebody turned around and shouted
Play that funky music white boy
Play that funky music right
Play that funky music white boy
Lay down the boogie and play that funky music til you die
Till you die
Oh till you die
Gonna play some electrified funky music, yeah
Hey wait a minute
Now first it wasn't easy
Changin' Rock & Roll and minds
And things were getting shaky
I thought I'd have to leave it behind
But now its so much better
It's so much better
I'm funking out in every way
But I'll never lose that feelin'
No I won't
Of how I learned my lesson that day
When they were
Dancin' and singin'
And movin' to the groovin'
And just when it hit me somebody turned around and shouted
Play that funky music white boy
Play that funky music right
Play that funky music white boy
Lay down that boogie and play that funky music till you die
Till you die
Oh till you die
They shouted play that funky music
Play that funky music
Gotta keep on playin'
Funky music
Play that funky music