Fleetwood Mac

Fleetwood Mac Trivia Members have included Mick Fleetwood, Stevie Nicks, Christine McVie, Lindsey Buckingham, Peter Green, John McVie, Bob Welch, Danny Kirwan, Bob Weston and Jeremy Spencer. Ranked #22 on VH1's 100 Greatest Artists of Rock & Roll. 1977 album "Rumours" was ranked #16 on VH1's 100 Greatest Albums. Fleetwood Mac was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 6608 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California. The only original member present in the band is its eponymous drummer, Mick Fleetwood. John McVie joined in December 1967 after leaving the Bluebreakers and didn't appear on the bands first single nor at their first concerts. Guitarist Danny Kirwan was fired from the band in 1972. During the 1980s and 1990s, he endured a period of homelessness living in London. He no longer has any involvement in the music industry. The title "Rumours" was thought up by John McVie who felt the band were writing "journals and diaries" about each other through music. "You Make Loving Fun" is inspired by Christine McVie's affair with the band's lighting director, Curry Grant. On a US tour in 1971, Guitarist Jeremy Spencer left his hotel to visit a book shop and did not return. He was eventually tracked down and found to have joined the religious group Children of God, and declared that he no long wanted to be part of the group. Stevie Nicks wrote "Rhiannon" and "Landslide" with the idea that they would appear on Buckingham Nicks second album if one was made. Former US President Bill Clinton used the song 'Don't Stop' as a part of his election campaign. They performed the track at his Inaugural Ball in 1993. Their 1988 greatest hits album is said to have been the last to be commercially released as an 8 track tape by a major label. The name Fleetwood Mac was created when, after a jamming session involving Mick Fleetwood Mac, John McVie and Peter Green, the tape of the session was labeled "Fleetwood Mac" by Green to remind him who was playing on the track. He later chose it was the name of the band. Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998. They were also awarded the Outstanding Contribution to Music award by George Martin at the 1998 Brit Awards. Christine McVie left the band in 1998 at the end of the US tour of "The Dance". She sold up and moved back to the UK where she now lives in Kent. While she has seen Fleetwood Mac on subsequent tours, she has not joined them on stage. Their 1977 album "Rumours" was placed 25th on Rolling Stone magazines list of 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. Their 1975 self titled album was placed at #183. https://od.lk/fl/OTFfMjQxNjM4Xw