Mourning Widows was a musical project led by former Extreme guitarist

Nuno Bettencourt Nuno Duarte Gil Mendes Bettencourt (born September 20, 1966) is a Portuguese-American guitarist, singer-songwriter, record producer, and businessman. He became known as the lead guitarist of the Boston rock band Extreme. He has also recorded ...

. The band was formed in 1997, and they released two albums during their career. Despite not being widely released in the

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, both albums were successful in

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. Bettencourt formed the band after the moderate success of his 1996 solo album, '' Schizophonic''. The band's sound went back to a funkier guitar-driven rock reminiscent of Extreme, while still having post-grunge and alternative influences. After the end of the Furnished Souls For Rent tour, in 2001, Nuno decided to dismiss the band and released a record as Population 1, mostly recorded by himself. That became the name of his new band too, which would later become

DramaGods DramaGods (formerly known as Population 1) is a rock band led by Extreme guitarist Nuno Bettencourt. The band originally started when Bettencourt released the album '' Population 1'' in 2002 (late 2001 in Japan). On the album, he recorded all ...

Discography

* ''

Mourning Widows Mourning Widows was a musical project led by former Extreme guitarist Nuno Bettencourt. The band was formed in 1997, and they released two albums during their career. Despite not being widely released in the United States, both albums were succ ...

'' (1998) * '' Furnished Souls for Rent'' (2000)

Band members

* Nuno Bettencourt - guitars, vocals, producer, drums on first record (credited as "Billy Vegas") * Donovan Bettencourt - bass * Jeff Consi -

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from the first record tour onwards till the end of the band. *

Mike Mangini Michael Anthony Mangini (born April 18, 1963) is an American musician and current drummer of the progressive metal band Dream Theater. He has also played for bands and artists such as Annihilator, Extreme, James LaBrie, and Steve Vai. Be ...

, played at least one show in London previously to the first record. Mangini was supposed to be the full-time drummer but decided to leave before recording to pursue other projects. It may be a controversy whether he should be considered a member of the band, since when he played Bettencourt still had not named the band. {{Authority control American alternative rock groups American hard rock musical groups Musical groups established in 1997 Musical groups disestablished in 2001