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Stevie Nicks Bio
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Stevie Nicks
Stephanie (Stevie) Lynn Nicks was born May 26, 1948 in Phoenix, Arizona. Nicks’s grandfather, a struggling country singer, taught her to sing at the age of four. Nicks knew music was her passion from early on, and at the age of sixteen, wrote her first original song entitled “I’ve Loved and I’ve Lost.”
Nicks first met future band mate Lindsey Buckingham at Menlo Atherton High School. Several years later the two reunited and formed the band Fritz along with Javier Pancheco and Calvin Roper. They reached some levels of success between 1968 and 1972, even opening for the likes of Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin. Nicks and Buckingham went on to attend San Jose State University together.
By 1973, Fritz had broken up but Nicks and Buckingham were still collaborating musically. They also became romantically involved. They released one album together, entitled Buckingham Nicks. While it floundered commercially, it was heard by fellow musician Mick Fleetwood who became very interested in Buckingham’s sound. Fleetwood invited Buckingham to join his band, and Buckingham offered an ultimatum. It was both him and Nicks or nobody. The band agreed.
It proved to be a successful combination. In 1975, they released their self titled album Fleetwood Mac to which Nicks contributed the singles Rhiannon and Landslide. (Both had been intended for the second Nicks/Buckingham album.) After the release, Fleetwood Mac secured their first #1 hit on the Billboard 200, and went on to sell over 5 million copies.
The band followed with the even more successful Rumours (1977), which sold over 19 million copies. Again, Nicks contributed chart topping singles such as Gold Dust Woman. Despite immense commercial success, the four band members were going through a difficult personal time. Nicks and Buckingham were breaking up, and Christine and John McVie were in the process of divorcing.
The band’s follow-up album Tusk was a departure for Fleetwood Mac. It was more experimental in sound, and despite selling over 4 million copies, it disappointed many loyal fans. In 1981, Nicks began her successful solo career. She released Bella Donna which included the Tom Petty collaboration Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around. The album reached #1 on the Billboard 200, and with continued album sales has reached five times platinum. In 1982, Fleetwood Mac went back to the studio and released Mirage, which ended up going double platinum.
In 1983, Nicks released her second solo album, Wild Heart, which also went double platinum. She also released the platinum album Rock a Little. Nicks was enjoying vast critical and commercial success, but her personal problems with drugs were beginning to spiral out of control. Cocaine had left a dime size hole her nasal cavity, and her vocals were beginning to suffer. In 1986, she was treated at the Betty Ford Center.
Despite the turmoil of their personal lives, Fleetwood Mac continued releasing music. In 1987, they released Tango in the Night, but apparently tensions in the band had grown to fever pitch. Buckingham decided to leave the band, which led to an allegedly violent confrontation between Nicks and Buckingham. Buckingham eventually did leave, but the band kept on releasing hits. In 1988, they released Greatest Hits, which has sold over 8 million copies.
In 1989, Nicks released another successful solo album entitled The Other Side of the Mirror although her subsequent tour was blurred by her growing addiction to Klonopin (prescribed to relieve the anxiety engendered by quitting cocaine). In 1990, Fleetwood Mac released Behind the Mask. It didn’t come close to the success of their previous albums, and shortly after Christine McVie retired from touring, Nicks left the band.
In 1991, Nicks released Timespace, another best of album, and in 1992, Bill Clinton used their hit Don’t Stop as his campaign theme. At his 1993 inauguration, the band came together to perform the song. The same year, forced to face her new addiction, Nicks was treated for sedative dependency. Gaining a significant amount of weight, Nicks vowed not to tour again until she was healthy.
She worked a little during this time for soundtracks and television series. But it was 1997 that would bring her back into the limelight. Fleetwood Mac agreed to create one more live album together, The Dance, which debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200. It also earned the group a Grammy nomination. In 1998, Fleetwood Mac was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
In 2001, she released a hugely successful solo album Trouble in Shangri-La, which earned her another Grammy nomination. Still successful, Nicks continues to tour even today.
Despite many public affairs, Nicks has only been married once to Kim Anderson, the husband of her best friend. When her friend died leaving a husband and young child, Nicks felt it necessary to help raise the family through its troubles. The two married in 1983, but the well intentioned union dissolved just one year later. |
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Stevie Nicks - was a guest on Saturday Night Live |
Stevie Nicks - A member of Fleetwood Mac with Mick Fleetwood .
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Stevie Nicks - Her band 'Fritz' opened for Jimi Hendrix .
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Stevie Nicks - Stevie Nicks and her band 'Fritz' once opened for Janis Joplin .
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Stevie Nicks - Her album 'Bella Donna' included the Tom Petty collaboration 'Stop Draggin' My Heart Around.'
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