Nuno Bettencourt is Out for Blood
Wong Notes
Premier Guitar
4.9 • 587 Ratings
🗓️ 28 April 2023
⏱️ 75 minutes
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Summary
The Extreme guitarist shares his pedal philosophy—including how a visit from EVH inspired him to use a phaser on the new record—and talks about ripping with Rihanna at the Super Bowl and more.
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Produced by Jason Shadrick and Cory Wong
Additional Editing by Shawn Persinger
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | What's happening? Welcome to Wong Nodes podcast. I'm your host, Corey Wong. I'm stoked today. |
| 0:08.0 | We got the legendary Nuno Betancourt on the podcast. Just a couple months ago, I was a version of that, you know, that Leonardo DiCaprio meme where he's pointing at the TV in his love seat. |
| 0:20.8 | That was me watching the Super Bowl halftime show. Rihanna's playing. meme where he's pointing at the TV in his love seat. Oh, look, look! |
| 0:23.7 | That was me watching the Super Bowl halftime show. |
| 0:28.4 | Rihanna's plan for about a split second, they showed the guitar player on screen. |
| 0:28.7 | No, no! |
| 0:30.3 | Look, it's No! No! |
| 0:36.3 | Every guitar player who was watching did that exact same thing, I'm guessing. |
| 0:39.4 | But, hey, if you didn't, that means you didn't know. |
| 0:43.2 | But now you know, new know, let's go. |
| 0:45.5 | He's on the podcast today. |
| 0:46.7 | Extreme. |
| 0:49.3 | This is a band that's been around for a long time. |
| 0:50.7 | Lots of hits. |
| 0:52.5 | Lots of incredible songs. |
| 0:55.1 | Lots of versatility in the catalog. |
| 1:00.8 | You're going from metal, hard rock, acoustic bangers, all over the place. |
| 1:01.9 | These cats are insane. |
| 1:03.0 | They're so good. |
| 1:08.6 | Nuno is unapologetically himself all the time, and I love that about him. |
| 1:10.0 | But I will also say this. |
| 1:12.4 | There's some language on the podcast, okay? |
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