Pornograffiti

Does anyone remember Extreme, and their smash album Pornograffiti
This album is, without a doubt, Extreme's best album. It was also their most popular, and features the smash hit, "More Than words". If memory serves me, they also had a hit with "Get the Funk Out" and the bittersweet "Hole-Hearted".
Pornograffiti was released circa 1990, and could be defined as glam metal/funk rock.

If you listen to it, it's not hard to see why the band was influenced by Queen and Van Halen.

What really appealed to me about the album was Bettancourt's guitar-playing, which was showcased throughout the whole album whether it be the acoustic talent on "More Than Words" or his mix of pop, glam and funk riffs on the rest of the album.The three songs that really drew me in where the funk-adelic "When I'm President", "Get the funk out" and "He-man woman hater". I also loved "More than words", for it's sweet, melodic vocals and the fact all to the song was an acoustic guitar and harmonies.
I've always felt that it was such a shame that Gary Cherone couldn't bring as much oomph to Van Halen when he made the disasterous "3" with them, also know as one of my coffee coasters.I can recall buying "3" for $2, only to discover it wasn't even worth that much. To this day, it is still one of the biggest pieces of crap I have ever heard. It's right up their will the bluegrass catastrophy that is Jesse Dayton's "Raisin' Cain".

The album was created so effortlessly, and really opened the world up to Extreme's talents. Not only could they perform hard rock, but they added an element of blues, glam metal and funk to their music. It was a supreme masterpiece, and I would still consider it one of the best albums of that hard rock era.
However, like so many before and after them, they were unable to follow up the success of Pornograffiti. Extreme III was a great disappointment after Pornograffiti, and Waiting For the Punchline just left a bitter taste in my mouth.

Obviously Extreme felt the same and Cherone and Bettancourt disbanded Extreme. From there Cherone, went on to destroy the credability of Van Halen with the hideous "3". Van Halen had just made the mistake of parting ways with the delightful Sammy Hagar.

Note: You would think Van Halen would have learnt their lesson after getting rid of Diamond Dave. They got very lucky with Sammy. Unfortunately their luck ran out with Gary.

From what I've heard Extreme have actually reformed and recently performed at a tribute concert in Boston. I'm not sure if I'm ready for Extreme to make a comeback.
Either way, it is doubtful that they will ever imitate the success of "Pornograffiti", so the best way to remember is their brilliance is to close your eyes, put on "Porno" and take a step back to 1990.