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Nuno Bettencourt was born on September 20, 1966 in Praia da Vitória, Terceira, Azores, Portugal. Bettencourt's family moved to Hudson, Massachusetts when he was four. Bettencourt lived on Main Street in Hudson for 21 years.Initially, Bettencourt had little interest in music, preferring to spend his time playing hockey and soccer. His first instrument was the drums and he played them exclusively until his brother, Louie, began to teach him how to play guitar.While Bettencourt was slow to adopt the instrument, under his brother's tutelage, his skills quickly developed when he began teaching himself. In his sophomore and junior years of high school, Bettencourt dropped out of sports so he could focus on playing guitar. He would eventually drop out of high school for the same reason.As a guitarist, one of Bettencourt's earliest influences was Eddie Van Halen of Van Halen. However, as he developed his craft as a guitarist and songwriter, his influences expanded to embrace The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Prince, Queen, Pat Travers, Paco de LucÃa, Al Di Meola and Aerosmith.Bettencourt rose to international prominence as a guitar player after he joined the Boston area group Extreme (Gary Cherone, lead vocals, Pat Badger, bass, Paul Geary, drums) in 1985. Signed to A&M Records shortly after Bettencourt joined the group, the band released its debut record, Extreme, in 1989. Three more releases from Extreme followed including the record Pornograffitti which included the hits "More Than Words" and "Hole Hearted". These records served as a showcase for Bettencourt's extraordinary technical guitar-playing prowess and garnered him widespread admiration from rock guitar enthusiasts as well as continual exposure in guitar publications such as Guitar World, Guitar School, Young Guitar and Metal Edge Magazine in which Bettencourt was featured as Guitarist of the Year in 1992.
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