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MULTI-PLATINUM ARTIST EXTREME CELEBRATES 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF EXTREME II: PORNOGRAFFITTI WITH DELUXE EDITION \u2013 FEBRUARY 9TH 2015<\/p>\nMULTI-PLATINUM ARTIST EXTREME CELEBRATES 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF EXTREME II: PORNOGRAFFITTI WITH DELUXE EDITION \u2013 FEBRUARY 9TH 2015<\/p>\n
Two-CD Deluxe Edition Via UMC\/Polydor Features Rare Mixes, B-Sides Remastered From Original Tapes, Slated For Release February 9th, 2015<\/p>\n
Band will tour in 2015, playing multi-platinum album front to back, featuring #1 hit \u201cMore Than Words,\u201d Top 5 \u201cHole Hearted\u201d and \u201cGet the Funk Out\u201d <\/p>\n
Extreme II: Pornograffitti (A Funked Up Fairy Tale) first came out on A&M Records in August 1990, the follow-up to the band\u2019s 1989 debut. The album is considered, according to the newly penned liner notes by Metal Hammer\u2019s Malcolm Dome contained in the accompanying booklet, as the \u201cdefinitive album\u201d of the band\u2019s career.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis was the album where we found ourselves,\u201d says vocalist Gary Cherone. \u201cOur first album showed us to be the bastard sons of Queen, Aerosmith and Van Halen. But on the second record, we discovered our style and sound.\u201d<\/p>\n
The deluxe edition reissue includes a full second album of rare mixes and B-sides re-mastered from the original tapes, and is scheduled for release on February 9th, 2015. The original album, which went double platinum in the U.S. with more than two million sold, cracking the Billboard 200 Top 10, featured the chart-topping single \u201cMore Than Words,\u201d the Top 5 \u201cHole Hearted\u201d and the rock radio standout \u201cGet the Funk Out,\u201d which included vocals by Pat Travers. Dweezil Zappa, (whose solo album guitarist Nuno Bettencourt was about to produce) added some guitar riffs to \u201cHe-Man Woman Hater\u201d when the band recorded some of the album at Scream Studios in Studio City, CA. <\/p>\n
Bettencourt was instrumental in initially composing the original songs, leaving Cherone alone to write the lyrics, which Cherone describes as \u201ca coming of age tale\u2026 about an innocent boy who is growing up and exposed to sex, drugs and rock \u2018n\u2019 roll.\u201d<\/p>\n
Bettencourt himself doesn\u2019t see the disc as \u201ca concept album,\u201d but admits in the liner notes, \u201cI suppose what happened was a little like writing a play, and then trying to make sure the songs fit into the plot.\u201d<\/p>\n
Among the collectibles on the second disc of the package are a B-side a cappella version of \u201cMore Than Words,\u201d rare B-sides \u201cNice Place to Visit\u201d and \u201cSex N\u2019 Love\u201d and 7\u201d and 12\u201d remixes of \u201cGet The Funk Out.\u201d<\/p>\n
The album has come to define the band\u2019s career.<\/p>\n
\u201cI still constantly have musicians say to me that the album meant so much to them, and that proves what an impact it had. Its success established us as a major band,\u201d recalls \u201cdecadent drummer\u201d Paul Geary.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe came into our own on this album,\u201d admits bassist\/vocalist Pat Badger. \u201cWe honed in on our hard rock sound. The songs were riff-driven yet also had a little funk groove. But we were still diverse, which has always been one of our trademarks.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt seems like another lifetime to me,\u201d says Bettencourt, \u201cI listen to it, and I can criticize some things. But I am still proud of it. And so many fans do still say it\u2019s their favorite album.\u201d<\/p>\n
Tracklisting: <\/p>\n
DISC ONE Extreme II: Pornograffitti
\n\u2022 Decadence Dance
\n\u2022 Li’l Jack Horny
\n\u2022 When I’m President
\n\u2022 Get The Funk Out
\n\u2022 More Than Words
\n\u2022 Money (In God We Trust)
\n\u2022 It (‘s A Monster)
\n\u2022 Pornograffitti
\n\u2022 When I First Kissed You
\n\u2022 Suzi (Wants Her All Day What?)
\n\u2022 He-Man Woman Hater
\n\u2022 Song For Love
\n\u2022 Hole Hearted <\/p>\n
DISC TWO
\n\u2022 More Than Words Remix
\n\u2022 Nice Place To Visit Single B-Side
\n\u2022 More Than Words Edit
\n\u2022 Decadence Dance Edit
\n\u2022 Money (In God We Trust) Edit
\n\u2022 More Than Words (Acappella) Single B-Side
\n\u2022 Get The Funk Out 7″ What The Funk? Mix
\n\u2022 More Than Words (A Capella With Congas) Single B-Side
\n\u2022 Get The Funk Out (12″ Remix) Single B-Side 7\u201d
\n\u2022 Sex N’ Love Single B-Side <\/p>\n
For more information, go to www.extreme-band.com\/site\/<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MULTI-PLATINUM ARTIST EXTREME CELEBRATES 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF EXTREME II: PORNOGRAFFITTI WITH DELUXE EDITION \u2013 FEBRUARY 9TH 2015 Two-CD Deluxe Edition Via UMC\/Polydor Features Rare Mixes, B-Sides Remastered From Original Tapes, Slated For Release February 9th, […]<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":47446,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[10419,10418,10417,10420],"class_list":{"0":"post-47445","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news-wires","8":"tag-25th-anniverasy","9":"tag-celebrate","10":"tag-extreme","11":"tag-extreme-ii-pornograffitti-deluxe-edition"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47445","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47445"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47445\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47446"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}