Extreme

Songwriter: Gary Cherone Nuno Bettencourt

Producer: Bob St. John Nuno Bettencourt

So tell me what can i do
That you couldn't see through
From the very start
There is only one thing
Yet to come from my heart

Loving you, unconditionally
Loving you, unconditionally
That's what i want to be
What you are to me

Can you see why it's so hard
For me to break apart
From all the things i hold
Closer to a heart
That has grown, far too cold

Loving you, unconditionally
Something new
To a heart yet not free
That's what i want to be
What you are to me

And though it seems impossible
When both of my hands are full
That's the only condition
That keeps me
From loving you. .

Extreme is an American rock band, currently headed by frontman Gary Cherone and guitarist Nuno Bettencourt. The band reached the height of their popularity in the late 1980s and early 1990s with original line-up Gary Cherone, Nuno Bettencourt, Paul Geary and Patrick Badger.

Among some of Extreme’s musical influences are Van Halen, Queen, Aerosmith and Led Zeppelin. The band played at The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert in 1992. Geary left the group in 1994 to form an artist management company, and Cherone joined Van Halen in 1996. The band has described their music as “funky metal” in the early days, but it would evolve much more in the mid-1990s by blending classic rock influences with post-grunge and alternative rock.

They have released five studio albums, two EPs (in Japan) and two compilation albums since their formation. The band was one of the most successful rock acts of the early 1990s, selling over 10 million albums worldwide. Extreme achieved their greatest success with their 1990 album Pornograffitti, which peaked at number 10 on the Billboard 200, and was certified gold in May 1991 and double platinum in October 1992. That album featured the acoustic ballad single “More Than Words”, which reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States.

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