Fleetwood mac albums by year plus#

Fleetwood mac albums by year plus#

Having relocated to Los Angeles, Fleetwood, McVie and his wife Christine (neМЃe Perfect, a singer and keyboard player whoвЂ™d joined the band in 1970) brought in a new Californian guitarist, Lindsey Buckingham, plus his girlfriend, singer Stevie Nicks. Mirage yielded several hit singles: ' Hold Me ' (which peaked at 4 on the US Billboard Pop Chart, remaining there for seven weeks. This studio effort's soft rock sound stood in stark contrast to its more experimental predecessor, 1979's Tusk. In the early 70s, Fleetwood Mac were in disarray. Mirage is the 13th studio album by British-American rock band Fleetwood Mac, released on 18 June 1982.

A fourth, Bob Weston, was also fired after he had an affair with FleetwoodвЂ™s wife. And a third guitarist, Danny Kirwan, was admitted to a psychiatric hospital after being fired in 1972. He later resurfaced as a member of American religious cult The Children Of God. A second guitarist, Jeremy Spencer, also afflicted by drug-related trauma, vanished 10 months later in the middle of a US tour, after saying he was popping out to get a magazine. Green quit the band in May 1970, his mental health damaged by drug use. Green was so good that heвЂ™d been picked to replace Eric Clapton in John MayallвЂ™s Bluesbreakers (where he was later joined, albeit briefly, by Fleetwood and McVie), and his innovative style would inspire future generations of rock guitarists, from Tony Iommi and Gary Moore to Noel Gallagher. The band was named after drummer Mick Fleetwood and bassist John McVie вЂ“ partly as a ploy to persuade the latter to join вЂ“ but the real star of the original band was guitarist/vocalist Peter Green. Fleetwood Mac formed in London in 1967 at the height of the British blues-rock explosion.