Both Fleetwood Mac and myself were born 50 years ago this year. Although technically Fleetwood Mac doesn't turn 50 until July, 2017. Fleetwood Mac has sold over 100 million CDs and were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998.
This is another band that should have made my Top 80's Era bands of all-time. But again they are one of those bands that I mostly considered a 70's band. When I get done with this blog series, I'm going to go back and rerank all these bands and I'm guessing Fleetwood Mac will be in the Top 50. But the 80's era covers from 1977 to 1993. For Fleetwood Mac that was huge as that means their classic 1977 CD is included, "Rumors". It's one of the best CDs of all-time and it's the ultimate divorce/ break up CD. It's a CD that I've specifically written about previously. Every time I listen to it I remember just how great of a CD it is. This blog comprises from 1977 "Rumors" to 1990's "Behind The Mask" plus 5 singles that were released in that time frame.
When most people think of Fleetwood Mac, this is the members they most think of. Many of the main members have stepped away from the band only to come back. The band even completely broke up from 1995 to 1997, although they continued to work together individually.
- Mick Fleetwood – drums, percussion (1967–1995, 1997–present)
- John McVie – bass guitar (1967–95, 1997–present)
- Christine McVie – keyboards, vocals (1970–1995, 1997–1998, 2014–present)
- Lindsey Buckingham – guitars, vocals, keyboards (1974–1987, 1993, 1997–present)
- Stevie Nicks – vocals, tambourine (1974–1991, 1993, 1997–present)
Although those are the main and longest serving members of the band, there have been some other notable members. Peter Green was one of the man people behind the start of the band, he was in the band from the beginning to 1971. Also Jeremy Spencer was in the band the same timeframe. Bob Brunning was also at the beginning, but he was mainly a placeholder until John McVie joined. When Lindsey Buckingham left the band before the making of "Behind The Mask", Billy Burnette and Rick Vito joined the Mac to help make that record. Buckingham does receive a credit on "Mask", as he played the acoustic guitar on the title track.
Most of the members have released solo music as well, of course Miss Nicks has been the most successful of all the solo acts. She is my 69th Greatest 80's Musician of All-Time. However Lindsey Buckingham had one of the quirkier pop hits ever in "Go Insane".
Although the band hasn't released new music since 2003's "Say You Will", the band continues to tour. On June 9th Buckingham and Christine McVie released the wordy titled "Lindsey Buckingham/ Christine McVie". It was suppose to be a Fleetwood Mac CD, but those two went ahead and released it due to Nicks' focus on her solo career. Miss Nicks recently stopped here in Salt Lake on her current tour. (Thanks to Wikipedia.org for the biographical info.)
36) "As Long As You Follow":
35) "Never Going Back Again":
34) "Love Shines":
33) "When It Comes To Love":
32) "Paper Doll":
31) "Eyes of The World":
30) "Caroline":
29) "Sisters of the Moon":
I like all the singers of Fleetwood Mac, but Stevie Nicks has one of the most amazing voices of all-time. 28) "Freedom":
27) "Not That Funny":
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