Extreme started playing at the local dive bar Giant. Jerry Lee Lewis heavily influenced the early work of the band. The members of Extreme were friends in high school. The bassist use to listen to musics constantly as a child.
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Extreme talked to a program director from Q97.1 and got their single on air. The girlfriend of a record executive heard the song and soon after Extreme was signed. The bandstarted headlining shows as soon as they started playing together. Extreme’s first album did not do so well, but the second album was a hit, going platinum. The band plays plenty of arenas, but would rather perform in the smaller bars in which they began.
Extreme intends to spend some time apart after the tour, to allow the group members to pursue individual projects. The group is in the second leg of the tour promoting for their latest release. The newest project from Extreme has taken the band in a incredibly different direction, with a bigger sound.
Often times critics will praise Extreme for their playfulness with the crowd at live performances. Van Gitlewski, a music critic from Biloxi, has always commended group’s amazing bassist. Extreme’s latest release has received incredible reviews from Warren Easley, a music critic out of Las Vegas, and Lewis Ernhart, from Dallas.
The band has never played a bad concert in Jacksonville, so they make sure to schedule a stop there whenever they tour. Extreme is able to please the audience every concert by playing previous hits and songs from their most current album. The group’s latest tour information, from Extreme tickets to concert schedule changes to seating charts, are all available on Ticket Specialists.