Indie music writer Main Wave has introduced it’s buying the catalog of Nuno Bettencourt, the guitarist, singer, songwriter and producer identified greatest because the lead guitarist of 90s onerous rock band Excessive.
Main Wave is buying Bettencourt’s publishing and administrative rights, plus his recordings pursuits, throughout all songs by Excessive in addition to Bettencourt’s solo work, aside from Excessive’s 2023 album, SIX.
As a part of the brand new partnership, Bettencourt will achieve entry to Main Wave’s advertising group and publishing infrastructure, which incorporates digital technique, licensing, and synch and movie and TV alternatives.
Main Wave didn’t disclose the deal’s worth.
Excessive’s tracks embody Gap Hearted, Relaxation In Peace, Dance Decadence, and its largest hit, Extra Than Phrases, which was the third single off the band’s 1991 album Pornograffiti.
The band reportedly fought to have Extra Than Phrases launched as a single, and that proved to be well worth the effort, because the monitor reached No. 1 on the Billboard Scorching 100, and led to Pornograffiti touchdown within the Prime 10 on the Billboard 200. The album was licensed double Platinum, and Extra Than Phrases led to Excessive’s first Grammy nomination.
The Boston-based band went on to promote greater than 10 million albums worldwide.
“After attending to know… the group at Main Wave and seeing their ardour, work ethic and artistic concepts in motion, I’m blissful now to have an even bigger partnership with them,” Bettencourt stated in an announcement. ”I sit up for continu[ing] constructing my music catalog into new realms of exercise.”
Adam Lowenberg, Main Wave’s Chief Advertising Officer, added, “I’m past thrilled to have Nuno be part of the Main Wave household. He is among the biggest guitar gamers and songwriters within the historical past of rock music and one in all my private favourite musicians of all time. We will’t wait to dive into this catalog and remind followers, new and outdated, of its greatness.”
”I sit up for continu[ing] constructing my music catalog into new realms of exercise.”
Nuno Bettencourt
Within the many years since Excessive’s rise to fame, Bettencourt has collaborated with quite a few musicians, enjoying guitar for the likes of Steven Tyler, Janet Jackson, Rihanna, Perry Farrell and Steve Perry, amongst others.
Bettencourt launched his first solo album, Schizophonic, in 1997, and in 1998 he shaped the band Mourning Widows, which launched two albums earlier than the band broke up.
In 2006, Bettencourt joined forces with Perry Farrell of Jane’s Dependancy for a mission that featured Bettencourt as lead guitarist. Since 2009, he has been the guitarist for 4 world excursions by R&B artist Rihanna.
In 2014, he joined the supergroup Kings of Chaos, which additionally contains Matt Sorum, Gilby Clarke and Duff McKagan of Weapons n’ Roses, Steven Tyler of Aerosmith, Billy Gibbons of ZZ TOP and Robin Zander of Low-cost Trick.
Excessive made one thing of a comeback in 2023 with the discharge of SIX, an album that charted on 5 totally different Billboard charts, together with Prime Arduous Rock Albums (No. 2) and Prime Present Album Gross sales (No. 10). The video for the album’s lead single, Rise, has almost 5 million views on YouTube.
“We will’t wait to dive into this catalog and remind followers, new and outdated, of its greatness.”
Adam Lowenberg, Main Wave
The take care of Bettencourt is only one of quite a few offers that Main Wave has made to date this 12 months. Others embody a publishing partnership with 90s alt-rock band The Spin Docs; a music rights deal with Neil Finn of Crowded Home; a stake within the catalog of Neil Sedaka; and a deal for the catalog and different rights of the Village Folks of YMCA fame.
Additionally this 12 months, Main Wave expanded into Brazilian music with a stake in Nas Nuvens Catalog, a music rights firm that itself was modeled on Main Wave.Music Enterprise Worldwide
