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Fleetwood Mac
Formed London, England, 1967
Classic lineup Fleetwood, McVie, McVie, Buckingham, Nicks
Status Legacy act · on hiatus since 2019
Personnel
The Rumours-era lineup
Mick FleetwoodDrums · the namesake, founding member
John McVieBass · the other namesake, founding member
Christine McVieKeyboards, vocals · joined 1970, d. 2022
Lindsey BuckinghamGuitar, vocals · joined 1974
Stevie NicksVocals · joined 1974
The Catalog
Eras & discography
A blues-rock band that reinvented itself into a soft-rock institution once Buckingham and Nicks joined in 1974 — and then made the best-selling breakup record of all time out of the wreckage of three couples splitting up inside the same band.
| Album | Year | The era, in one line |
|---|---|---|
| Fleetwood Mac | 1968 | The Peter Green blues-rock debut. |
| Fleetwood Mac | 1975 | The Buckingham/Nicks reinvention — the commercial rebirth. |
| Rumours | 1977 | Three breakups, one album, and the band's commercial peak. |
| Tusk | 1979 | The sprawling, experimental follow-up. |
| Mirage | 1982 | A deliberate return to the Rumours playbook. |
| Tango in the Night | 1987 | A late-'80s hit-single comeback. |
| Say You Will | 2003 | The final studio album with the classic-era members. |
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