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EXTREME: New Album Release Date, Track Listing Revealed - June 9, 2008
This summer, reunited Boston hard rockers EXTREME will release "Saudades de Rock" (pronounced "sow-dodge"), their first studio album in thirteen years which will coincide with their first world tour in over twelve years. "Saudades de Rock" will be released on August 12 on Open E Records and distributed by Fontana.

The iconic rock foursome — vocalist Gary Cherone, guitarist Nuno Bettencourt, bassist Pat Badger and new drummer Kevin Figueiredo — recorded their fifth studio offering at NRG Studios in Los Angeles with Bettencourt at the helm as producer and mixer. "Saudades de Rock" boasts 13 tracks, including the infectious roar of "Star", the groove-laden, swagger of "King Of The Ladies", a raw funk rock anthem called "Learn To Love", and the expressive ballad "Ghost".

"'Saudades' was always a beautiful word to me," Bettencourt explains about the Portuguese album moniker. "It expresses a longing; an underlying sadness for something or someone that's been missing in your life, and never quite sure if it will ever return. In this case, for us, it's rock and roll. Saudades de Rock."

Gary Cherone adds, "I like how it expresses that longing we've been feeling to play for our fans and be together again."

"Saudades de Rock" track listing:

01. Star
02. Comfortably Dumb
03. Learn To Love
04. Take Us Alive
05. Run
06. Last Hour
07. Flower Man
08. King Of The Ladies
09. Ghost
10. Slide
11. Interface
12. Sunrise
13. Peace (Saudade)

The Boston-bred band's 2008 "Take Us Alive" world tour gets underway on July 29 at The Chance in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. and will be anchored by a hometown gig two days later at the Bank of America Pavilion. In advance of the tour, EXTREME will be a co-headliner on July 11 at the five-day Rocklahoma festival in Pryor, OK.

EXTREME "Take Us Alive" world tour 2008 dates:

Jul. 11 - Pryor, OK @ Rocklahoma *
Jul. 29 - Poughkeepsie, NY @ The Chance
Jul. 31 - Boston, MA @ Bank of America Pavilion
Aug. 01 - Farmingdale, NY @ Brookhaven Amphitheatre
Aug. 02 - Baltimore, MD @ Rams Head
Aug. 04 - New York, NY @ Irving Plaza
Aug. 05 - Lancaster, CA @ Chameleon Club
Aug. 06 - Cleveland, OH @ House of Blues
Aug. 08 - Detroit, MI @ Emerald Theater
Aug. 09 - Chicago, IL @ House of Blues
Aug. 10 - Cincinnati, OH @ Union Center Blvd Bash
Aug. 12 - Charlotte, NC @ Amos Southend
Aug. 13 - Atlanta, GA @ Center Stage
Aug. 15 - Orlando, FL @ House of Blues
Aug. 16 - Ft. Lauderdale, FL @ Revolution
Aug. 18 - New Orleans, LA @ House of Blues
Aug. 19 - Houston, TX @ Meridien
Aug. 20 - Dallas, TX @ House of Blues
Aug. 22 - Phoenix, AZ @ The Marquee
Aug. 23 - Las Vegas, NV @ House of Blues
Aug. 25 - San Francisco, CA @ Filmore
Aug. 26 - Los Angels, CA @ House of Blues
Sep. 13 - Milan, Italy @ Rock of Ages Festival

More dates to be added.

Open E Records is a new label that is distributed by Fontana. A portion of Open E Records' profits will be donated to Music Drives Us, a foundation created as a way to support music in New England. The foundation also gives scholarship money for individuals who desire to continue their musical education.

Bay Area Backstage has posted video footage of EXTREME performing a private show at this year's winter NAMM (National Association of Music Merchants) show on January 18, 2008 at the Hilton in Anaheim, California. Watch the 13-minute clip below.
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COMMENT | first!
 posted by : kmchipower
6/9/2008 10:20:43 AM

i dunno if i would call them iconic...but this was a real good band...and nuno is a god!
COMMENT |
posted by : Malio
6/9/2008 10:28:09 AM


Extreme were a great band. This is probably a cash-grab but I'll get it and see them when they come around. Gary's a good frontman and Nuno can shred.
COMMENT |
posted by : Johnlocke666
6/9/2008 10:49:39 AM

all i can say is FUCK YEAH bring it on!!!!
COMMENT |
posted by : darthadv
6/9/2008 11:23:35 AM

should be a pretty good cd and a great show!

this isn't a cash grab... they've held out for a long time from just doing a reunion show/tour... they really wanted to wait until they had new music to tour behind, and this is it...
COMMENT | Great band
 posted by : RiotAct666
6/9/2008 11:46:03 AM

Look forward to the CD and tour.
COMMENT | HARD ROCK
 posted by : Leisen66
6/9/2008 11:57:11 AM

These guys are ok for a radio band, but HARD ROCK I think not.................more like pop/rock
COMMENT | Aug 1st
 posted by : bagofsoup
6/9/2008 1:10:26 PM

Is in FarmingVILLE, not Farmingdale. About a 30-mile difference for anyone interested in seeing them on LI.
COMMENT |
posted by : mr. moof
6/9/2008 1:26:32 PM

Soon to be Saudades de Bargain Rack.
COMMENT | Leisen66
 posted by : kmchipower
6/9/2008 1:28:32 PM

have you even heard a full album by these guys? sure the vocals r kinda poppish, but the music is not. the music is actually heavy and riffy. nuno can tear it up with the best of them...he is pure guitar god.
COMMENT | UGH!!
 posted by : kisskissrules
6/9/2008 1:39:45 PM

Terrible Band, they should never have come back. They will sell no more then 100 tickets at each show. I would rather watch paint dry.
COMMENT |
posted by : Johnlocke666
6/9/2008 2:00:26 PM

maybe so but they have a million more times integrity and talent than your sellout band KI$$
COMMENT | Johnlocke666
 posted by : kisskissrules
6/9/2008 2:08:04 PM

Who cares? KISS is playing to sold out stadiums after 35 years, must suck to be them ey?! You will see the next Extreme CD in the bargain bins within a week. Have fun buying them all up, I am sure you will make a killing re-selling them on ebay!
COMMENT | SlackerOne
 posted by : kisskissrules
6/9/2008 2:35:57 PM

According to everybody on here, they would rather keep their integrity & not make any money & be miserable. It is called the music business for a reason, when a business makes no money, it closes it's doors. Noboby works for free.

COMMENT | Alas...
 posted by : dxf
6/9/2008 3:02:24 PM

Nuno's noteworthy production work with Eastcide and other continues to go unnoted.
COMMENT | Release Date
 posted by : MuseumOfFear
6/9/2008 3:10:54 PM

It comes out on my birthday! Thanks, Extreme.

These guys are very underrated. 3 Sides To Every Story was a brilliant, epic album that had very little in common with hair-bands.
COMMENT | MORONS POSTING, LOL
 posted by : aerodude
6/9/2008 3:31:34 PM

KISS rules - you my friend are almost as CLASSIC as KISS' 35 years of "selling out stadiums"---and then you (& GENE $IMMON$ woke up!!). THe only place they are selling out stadiums is in Europe and Aus. where they haven't played for a while, over 10 years in many spots---hence, EVERYONE rushing out to see them before KISS 2 happens (if it does, hopefully not) with a bunch of no-name idiot losers.

and you think 100 or so people will be at their shows? maybe they won't sell out arenas or "STADIUMS", but they will have plenty of fans who actually enjoy Real Musicians playing more than 3-4 chords with the basic 4/4 beats (and I am a Kiss fan, I just know Easy chord progressions/leads when I hear it---though, Ace was talented when he wasn't drunk, Peter used to be, and Bruce is/was, as is the latest hired guns, Tommy Thayer and Eric Singer. Eric Carr was a really good drummer and decent singer. Too bad cancer took him away--met him once, great guy, no ROCK STAR entourage or EGO of any sort.)
COMMENT | ^^^ sorry -- that kind of ran off into a tangent... ^^^
 posted by : aerodude
6/9/2008 3:33:44 PM

my apologies. ;-)

Extreme was/is a very talented band, hopefully the new CD will Rock Hard, and can't wait to see them LIVE again !!
COMMENT | Amazing Band!
 posted by : Sarge
6/9/2008 3:38:28 PM

Phenomenal guitarist!

Exciting Frontman!

Spot-on 3 part hamonies!



Too hell with the haters, I'm going to see them in Los Angeles.
COMMENT |
posted by : bluesy73
6/9/2008 7:38:18 PM

""Saudades de Rock" (pronounced "sow-dodge")" no it's not, it's sow-dádsh
COMMENT | awesome
 posted by : Mr. Excellento!
6/9/2008 9:13:07 PM

Great news. All those songs read like perfect Extreme songs. should be a truly great rock n roll album, perhaps one of the best of this decade. looking forward to it and seeing them live.

as to all the naysayers, if you don't like what you see here -
Get The Funk Out! go ahead and play More Than Words and Hole Hearted and let real fans play their nasty, edgy, hard rock n roll.
COMMENT | I prefer to hear Extreme (the band)...
 posted by : Reginald0
6/9/2008 10:07:39 PM

...with its very talented musicians than any of extreme (the style) metal bands with their almost always limited throat-growlers, string-strikers, kick-pedallers that think Metal and noise are the same thing...
COMMENT |
posted by : travyss
6/9/2008 10:28:29 PM

A new album with a new drummer is worth listening. Paul Geary was too weak for this band. Nuno is a guitar virtuoso, just like Steve Vai, Eddie Van Halen and Vito Bratta. From a musician standpoint, bands like Extreme or White Lion were cool to listen to. From a music fan standpoint, I acknowledge that bands like Motley Crue and Guns N Roses are far more exciting.

They should go back to Eb tuning though. Tuned down to D (or even lower?) More Than Words sounds like an old 45 played at 33 rpm.
COMMENT |
posted by : Firefly
6/9/2008 10:44:07 PM

I have my ticket for the NYC show!!...pretty psyched. It's a great bill Extreme and King's X. I'm looking forward to the new album and the show. But why is King's X opening for them in NYC? With all do respect it should be other way around.
COMMENT | ^^^^^^^^^^
 posted by : kling_klang_bed
6/10/2008 3:47:27 AM

To all the Nuno haters............ Let's see you pull off "He-Man Woman Hater" on guitar, big guy.
This definitely isn't a cash grab, considering the amount of endorsement deals Nuno has.
COMMENT | Extreme rocks
 posted by : ru18
6/10/2008 11:30:57 AM

Looking forward to seeing these guys again.


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