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Mick Fleetwood
From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Artist
Mick Fleetwood is an English drummer, born in 1947 in Redruth, Cornwall. He spent part of his childhood in Egypt and Norway and left school at fifteen to become a drummer in London. He taught himself to play. In 1967 he played briefly with John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers. Shortly afterwards the guitarist Peter Green asked him and the bassist John McVie to join a new band: Fleetwood Mac, named after the surnames of the drummer and the bassist.
Music and breakthrough
Fleetwood Mac began as a British blues band, but changed radically in the 1970s. With Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks on board, the group became a pop rock band. The album Rumours (1977) spent 31 weeks at the top of the American album chart, had already sold more than ten million copies by March 1978 and won the Grammy for Album of the Year. During that period there were great tensions within the band, and Fleetwood is seen as the one who held the group together. He and McVie are the only ones who play on every Fleetwood Mac studio album.
Influence
Fleetwood is not regarded as a virtuoso, but as a disciplined drummer who adapts to every style. It was precisely that calm that gave a band full of strong personalities something to hold on to. In 1981 he made the solo album The Visitor, with influences from African music. He also played drums on solo records by his bandmates and had small roles in films and series. In 1998 he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with Fleetwood Mac.
Listening
Discography
Studio albums
- 1981The Visitor
- 2024Blues Experience
In School of Rock
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