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|Oprindelse = [[Boston]], [[Massachusetts]], [[USA]]
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|Genre(r) = [[Glam metal]],<ref>{{cite news|first= Scott |last= Iwasaki |title= Former Extreme singers put out mixed albums |date= May 15,. maj 1997 |page= 3 |newspaper= [[Deseret News]] |url= https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=336&dat=19970515&id=cfBHAAAAIBAJ&sjid=M-0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=5312,8407792}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|first= Ann |last= Powers |authorlink= Ann Powers |title= Review/Rock; Pop Metal's Weight: In the Eye of the Beholder |date= February 1,. februar 1993 |newspaper= [[The New York Times]] |url= http://www.nytimes.com/1993/02/01/arts/review-rock-pop-metal-s-weight-in-the-eye-of-the-beholder.html |accessdate= August 13,. august 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|first= Lauren |last= Nostro |title= 50 Things You Didn't Know About Rihanna > Rihanna's tour guitarist is Nuno Bettencourt from Extreme |magazine= [[Complex (magazine)|Complex]] |date= February 1,. februar 1993 |accessdate= August 13,. august 2014 |url= http://uk.complex.com/music/2013/06/50-things-you-didnt-know-about-rihanna/guitarist-is-nuno-bettencourt}}</ref> [[funk metal]]<ref>{{cite web|first= Ron |last= Hart |title= Extreme: Saudades de Rock |work= [[PopMatters]] |date= August 28,. august 2008 |accessdate= March 3,. marts 2014 |url= http://www.popmatters.com/review/extreme-saudades-de-rock/}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|first= Jade |last= Lazarevic |title= Extreme-ly Funky |date= 18. Januaryjanuar 2013 |newspaper= [[The Newcastle Herald]] |url= http://www.theherald.com.au/story/1243985/extreme-ly-funky/ |accessdate= 3. Marchmarts 2014}}</ref> [[hard rock]]<ref>{{cite web|first= Steve |last= Huey |title= Extreme – III Sides to Every Story |publisher= AllMusic. All Media Network |accessdate= August 13,. august 2014 |url= http://www.allmusic.com/album/iii-sides-to-every-story-mw0000614926}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|first= Keith |last= Tuber |title= Mr. Big Makes It... Well, You Know |magazine= [[Orange Coast (magazine)|Orange Coast Magazine]] |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=OxIEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA110 |date= July 1992 |page= 110 |issn= 0279-0483}}</ref>
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|År aktiv = 1985–1996, 2007–nu
'''Extreme''' er et amerikansk [[rock]]band med [[Gary Cherone]] og [[Nuno Bettencourt]] i front. Bandets popularitet topped ei slutningen af 1980'erne og starten af 1990'erne.
Blandt de grupper der har påvirket Extremes musik er [[Van Halen]], [[Queen]], [[Aerosmith]] og [[Led Zeppelin]]. Bandet spillede ved [[The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert]] i 1992 og Cherone blev en del af [[Van Halen]] i 1996.<ref name="Extreme">{{cite web|first= Stephen Thomas |last= Erlewine |authorlink= Stephen Thomas Erlewine |title= Extreme – Artist Biography |publisher= AllMusic. All Media Network |url= http://www.allmusic.com/artist/extreme-mn0000789064/biography |accessdate= August 13,. august 2014}}</ref> Extreme beskriver deres egen musik som "funky metal" i i de tidlige dage, men den udviklede sig mere i midten af 1990'erne og blandede klassisk rock med [[post-grunge]] og [[alternativ rock]].
De har udgivet fem studiealbums, to EP'er (i [[Japan]]) og to opsamlingsalbums siden de blev dannet. Bandet var en af de mest succesfulde rockgrupper i starten af 1990'erne, og de har solgte over 10 millioner albums på verdensplan.<ref>Grossweiner, Bob; Cohen, Jane (November 26, 2007).{{webarchive|title= Gary Cherone Sighting! Extreme Re-Forms |date= March 14,. marts 2014 |url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140314192654/http://www.ticketnews.com/news/Gary-Cherone-Extreme-Re-Forms0110726567}}. TicketNews.</ref> Extreme oplevede stor succes med albummet ''[[Pornograffitti]]'' fra 1990. Det toppede som nummer 10 på [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] og blev [[certificering af musiksalg|certificeret guld]] i maj 1991 og dobbelt platin i oktober 1992.<ref>{{cite web|title= Gold & Platinum – Pornograffitti |publisher= [[Recording Industry Association of America]] |accessdate= May 16,. maj 2016 |url= http://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&ar=&ti=Pornograffitti}}</ref> Albummet indeholdt den akustiske [[ballade]] "[[More Than Words]]", der nåede nummer 1 på [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] i USA. Den er senere blevet indspillet i flere coverversioner, heriblandt af det irske [[boyband]] [[Westlife]] på deres [[Westlife (album)|debutalbum]] fra 1999.
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