History Music / Extreme

** The breakthrough multiplatinum-selling album brought along the funky and mellow signature tendencies of the band. Described as "A Funked Up Fairytale", the album had a signifigant concept-album vibe surrounding it. Backed up with "Lil' Jack Horn Section" and truly groundbreaking guitar work, ''Pornograffitti'' was an dynamically diverse bunch of electrifying funk metal songs such as "Get the Funk Out", "Decadence Dance" and "He-Man Woman Hater" sharing the spotlight with the acoustic mega-hits "More Than Words" and "Hole Hearted". There's even a [[Music/FrankSinatra Sinatraesque]] piano ballad, a mind-boggingly precise guitar solo and [[PissTakeRap tongue-in-cheek]] [[RapRock rapping]] thrown in for good measure.

* MotorMouth: The words in "Play With Me" fly by as fast as the riffs, and "Cupid's Dead" [[RapRock isn't the easiest song to keep up with either]].

* RapRock: "When I'm President" is a curious example. "Cupid's Dead" also contains a rap section towards the end.

** A three-sided album ([[JustForPun hence the title]]) where all three sides are stylistically distinct. Side one, ''Yours'', focuses on the stadium rock the band is most associated with and features lyrics based on political issues such as the role of government, war, racism, and the media. The second side,''Mine'', is more personal lyrically and follows up on the pop style of "Hole Hearted" and "More Than Words". Starting from the light-hearted minor hit "Tragic Comic", the songs quickly grow darker, with the ballad "Our Father" addressing a runaway father (who may or may not be God) and expressing philosophical doubt. This sets the stage for the ProgressiveRock-oriented final side, ''The Truth'', a three-part suite heavy on biblical references which attempts to answer what the point of it all is.

* HardRock: leanings towards this style are found all throughout their music, though ''Saudades De Rock'' is the only album that could be considered pretty much a straight up example

* [[AlbumTitleDrop Album Title Drop]]: ''Pornograffitti'' and ''Waiting for the Punchline'' have their {{title track}}s.

* [[ChristianRock Christian Rock]]: Subversion. Song lyrics are inspired by Christianity here and there, but nothing is in-your-face about beliefs.
* [[ChristmasSongs Christmas Songs]]: The B-side "Christmas Time Again", though it doesn't exactly praise Christmas time.

* ConceptAlbum: ''Pornograffiti'' and ''III Sides to Every Story'' at least.
* [[CountryMusic Country Music]]: "Hole Hearted" has a countryish acoustic orchestration and four-on-the-floor bass drum beat throughout.

* [[DistinctDoubleAlbum Distinct One-And-A-Half Disc Album]]
* DoesNotLikeShoes: Gary Cherone's insistence on performing barefoot caused trouble for onetime opening act Music/AliceInChains, who didn't take well to being told what could and couldn't go on stage.
* [[DualMeaningChorus Dual Meaning Chorus]]: "Hole Hearted" can be interpreted as being a regular love song or about having a so-called "god-shaped hole".

* [[FunkMetal Funk Metal]]: Most songs fit under this genre.

* ExtraExtraReadAllAboutIt: Used in "Cupid's Dead"

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Listen carefully to the chorus of "Get The Funk Out" and you may notice that the word "funk" is very obviously missing the N.
* GodIsDead: The song "God Isn't Dead?" begs the question. It's left up to the listener, but the songs that follow seem to imply that He isn't.
* {{Grunge}}: Their fourth album, ''Waiting For the Punchline'', could probably be best described as 'funk grunge'.
* [[HairMetal Hair Metal]]: Extreme came in with the last wave of the trend and are usually lumped in, though their take on the pop-metal sound owes to plenty more than Music/VanHalen.

* {{Homage}}: The first comeback single, "Rock and Roll Man", to the late [[Music/{{Boston}} Brad Delp]].
** Also, the guitar solo of "Rest in Peace" contains a snippet of "[[Music/JimiHendrix Voodoo Child]]".

* LongHairedPrettyBoy: Nuno Bettencourt, full stop. (see MrFanservice below).
* MisogynySong: "He-Man Woman Hater"

* [[OminousMusicBoxTune Ominious Music Box Tune]]

* [[RapRock Rap Rock]]: "When I'm President" is a curious example. "Cupid's Dead" also contains a rap section towards the end.

* [[VocalTagTeam Vocal Tag Team]]: Gary Cherone has Nuno Bettencourt harmonizing with him on many occasions. Nuno sings significant lines in the songs too.

** A three-sided album ([[JustForPun hence the title]]) where all three sides are stylistically distinct. Side one, ''Yours'', focuses on the stadium rock the band is most associated with and features lyrics based on political issues such as the role of government, war, racism, and the media. The second side,''Mine'', is more personal lyrically and follows up on the pop style of "Hole Hearted" and "More Than Words". Starting from the light-hearted minor hit "Tragic Comic", the songs quickly grow darker, with the ballad "Our Father" addressing a runaway father ([[NotChristianRock who may or may not be God]]) and expressing philosophical doubt. This sets the stage for the ProgressiveRock-oriented final side, ''The Truth'', a three-part suite heavy on biblical references which attempts to answer what the point of it all is.

* NotChristianRock: They are masters of this. While not a Christian band, Gery Cherone is himself an outspoken Christian, and the lyrics the a lot of their songs are filled with bible refrences and Christian themes. Some songs, such as "Watching, Waiting", "Hole Hearted", "Am I Ever Gonna Change?" and "Rise and Shine" are pretty much straight up Christian.

* BlackSheepHit: The band was known for poppy HairMetal with clever lyrics and remarkably intricate and speedy guitar work by Nuno Bettencourt (the Beethoven guitar riff from ''Film/BillAndTedsExcellentAdventure'' came from their song "Play With Me" and a regular feature in their concerts was Nuno's rendition of "Flight of the Bumblebee"... take THAT, Music/DragonForce!). The only songs by them that get any airplay anymore? The ballad "More Than Words" and the folksy "Hole Hearted", both slower acoustic songs.

* ShoutOut: "[[Music/TheBeatles I read the news today, oh boy]]/About a tragic comedy", from "Cupid's Dead". Pat Badger also uses Music/PaulMcCartney's [[IconicItem Höfner bass guitar]] in the "Tragic Comic" video. And then there's "[[Music/PinkFloyd Comfortably Dumb]]"

* TakeThat: WebVideo/ToddInTheShadows really, really likes showing them when discussing doomed early 90s musicians, nearly to RunningGag levels.

* [[GenreBusting Genre Busting]]: Now FunkMetal, now straight pop, now ProgressiveRock, now pre-rock pop, now Music/YngwieMalmsteen-like classical guitar!

* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: Generally a 5-6. The Song "Warheads" is probably their heaviest song, but it doesn't quite breach into 7 territory. Meanwhile, a lot of their more ballad and/or acoustic material is a 1-3

** Nuno and Pat Badger could be considered as one. Almost every Extreme song has them doing two-part distinct backing vocals.

** Nuno and Pat Badger could be considered as one. Almost every Extreme song has them doing two-part distinct backing vocals.
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Lead singer Gary Cherone is also infamous for [[DorkAge his disastrous stint]] as the third Music/VanHalen singer.

->''If you don't like, what you see here, [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar get the funk out]].\\

* [[AlbumTitleDrop Album Title Drop]]: ''Pornograffitti'' and ''Waiting for the Punchline'' have their title tracks.

->''If you don't like, what you see here, get the funk out.\\

-->-- "Get The Funk Out"

** The breakthrough multiplatinum-selling album brought along the funky and mellow signature tendencies of the band. Described as "A Funked Up Fairytale", the album had a signifigant concept-album vibe surrounding it. Backed up with "Lil' Jack Horn Section" and truly groundbreaking guitar work, ''Pornograffitti'' was an dynamically diverse bunch of electrifying funk metal songs such as "Get The Funk Out", "Decadence Dance" and "He-Man Woman Hater" sharing the spotlight with the acoustic mega-hits "More Than Words" and "Hole Hearted". There's even a [[Music/FrankSinatra Sinatraesque]] piano ballad, a mind-boggingly precise guitar solo and [[PissTakeRap tongue-in-cheek]] [[RapRock rapping]] thrown in for good measure.

* BlackSheepHit: The band was known for poppy HairMetal with clever lyrics and remarkably intricate and speedy guitarwork by Nuno Bettencourt (the Beethoven guitar riff from ''Film/BillAndTedsExcellentAdventure'' came from their song "Play With Me" and a regular feature in their concerts was Nuno's rendition of "Flight of The Bumblebee"...take THAT, Music/DragonForce!). The only songs by them that get any airplay anymore? The ballad "More Than Words" and the folksy "Hole Hearted," both slower acoustic songs.

* DarkerAndEdgier: On a strictly lyrical scale, ''Pornograffiti'' has much weightier themes than the party metal lyrics of ''Extreme'', although the music is more or less on the same heaviness level. ''III Sides to Every Story'' is darker still, dealing with concepts such as war, racism, God, and one's place in the world. It also has some of their heaviest songs, a few of them approaching straight up [[Music/HeavyMetal metal]] territory. The next album had similar lyrical themes, but with a slower, [[{{Grunge}} grungier]] sound.

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