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During the band’s time apart frontman Gary Cherone was part of Van Halen from 1997-1999 and formed Tribe of Judah after that, which included Extreme bassist Pat Badger and former drummer Mike ...
Since the Boston-based band Extreme got together in 1985 ... in the case of frontman Gary Cherone — who took an unexpected detour as the third lead singer for Van Halen back in 1996 — returned.
Extreme’s “Saudades de Rock,” is an intense and powerful presentation — and solid proof that the hard-rocking Malden/Medford area band, featuring Gary Cherone, guitarist Nuno Bettencourt ...
Hurtsmile is a band I do between the cracks of Extreme. Hurtsmile’s new record will be released October 7, and we’ll do a record release party and some regional gigs. Then I’m going out to ...
When Gary Cherone heard the news ... and he’s still working through his emotions. Cherone joined Van Halen in 1996 after spending a decade fronting Extreme, whose hits “More Than Words ...
It’s been a busy couple of years for Gary Cherone – and not just with Extreme. There's also new music from Cherone's other band Hurtsmile, which he jokingly referred to as his “mistress ...
so we figured it was time to get late-1990s frontman Gary Cherone on the phone to hear about his brief tenure in the band. During the course of a long interview, the Extreme singer told us how he ...
The LP went double-platinum playing to the elastic musicality of frontman Gary Cherone ... stylistically Extreme’s never been an easy band to file away. Their self-titled 1989 debut album ...
For Extreme's Gary Cherone, a second album by his other band, Hurtsmile, was imperative to prove that Hurtsmile is, well, a real band. By Gary Graff For Extreme’s Gary Cherone, a second album by ...
“Musically, it’s aggressive,” said singer Gary Cherone of the song ... with their Eagles tribute band Dark Desert Eagles since 2017. “With Extreme, there’s always a lot of passion ...
The man they settled on was Gary Cherone, formerly of the band Extreme, and, well, it was a total disaster. The only album released by this line-up was 1998's Van Halen III, which was neither a ...
It was Ray Danniels, then managing both Extreme and Van Halen, who suggested Cherone audition to become Van Halen’s new frontman, following the exit of Sammy Hagar in the summer of 1996.