Stevie Nicks(史蒂薇·尼克斯)

Stevie Nicks(史蒂薇妮克絲)除了是加州知名樂團佛利伍麥克(Fleetwood Mac)的靈魂人物，也是影響西洋樂壇后輩甚鉅的代表，Stevie Nicks於一九六十年代后期加入Fritz，1972年該團解散，她與團員男友Lindsey Buckingham成立二重唱Buckingham Nicks推出同名專輯，1975年，他們加入佛利伍麥克(Fleetwood Mac)并以五人制搖滾樂團締造長達三十年的黃金時期，1976年該團以同名專輯《Fleetwood Mac》拿下Billbord流行專輯榜冠軍(五百萬張)，創造“Say You Love Me”、“Over My Head”和“Rhiannon”三首熱門單曲，1977年的《Rumours》，當時團員Mick Fleetwood與妻子Jenny，Lindsey Buckingham和Stevie Nicks，McVie夫婦都正面臨感情危機，這張以感情為出發點的專輯，一度被外界認定為是他們解散的最后作品，沒想到卻成為成為Fleetwood Mac最經典的作品，Rolling Stone(滾石雜誌)與權威音樂評論All Music Guide甚至皆予以五顆星滿分評價，自1977年奪得流行專輯榜三十一週冠軍后，長賣二十多年，目前以一千九百萬張銷售入主美國RIAA史上最佳銷售第十名，英國也認證十白金，1978年，《Rumours》獲得葛萊美“年度專輯”殊榮。 Famed for her mystical chanteuse image, singer/songwriter Stevie Nicks enjoyed phenomenal success not only as a solo artist but also as a key member of Fleetwood Mac. Stephanie Lynn Nicks was born May 26, 1948, in Phoenix, AZ; the granddaughter of a frustrated country singer, she began performing at the age of four, and occasionally sang at the tavern owned by her parents. Nicks started writing songs in her mid-teens, and joined her first group, the Changing Times, while attending high school in California. During her senior year, Nicks met fellow student Lindsey Buckingham, with whom she formed the band Fritz along with friends Javier Pacheco and Calvin Roper. Between 1968 and 1971, the group became a popular attraction on the West Coast music scene, opening for Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, and Creedence Clearwater Revival. Ultimately, tensions arose over the amount of attention paid by fans to Nicks pouty allure, and after three years Fritz disbanded; Buckingham remained her partner, however, and soon became her lover as well. After moving to Los Angeles, the duo recorded their 1973 debut LP, Buckingham Nicks. Despite a cover which featured the couple nude, the album flopped; however, it caught the attention of the members of Fleetwood Mac, who invited Buckingham and Nicks to join their ranks in 1974. In quick time, the revitalized group achieved unparalleled success: after the LP Fleetwood Mac topped the charts in 1975, they recorded 1977s Rumours, which sold over 17 million copies and stood for several years as the best-selling album of all time. Major hit singles like Dreams and Rhiannon made Nicks a focal point of Fleetwood Mac, and in 1981 she took time off from the group to record her solo debut, Bella Donna, which hit number one on the strength of the Top 20 hits Stop Draggin My Heart Around (a duet with Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers), Leather and Lace (a duet with Don Henley), and Edge of Seventeen (Just Like the White Winged Dove). After a return to Fleetwood Mac for the 1982 album Mirage (which featured her hit Gypsy), Nicks released her second solo effort, The Wild Heart, highlighted by the Top Five smash Stand Back. Rock a Little, which featured the single Talk to Me, followed in 1985. After a long hiatus (during which time Nicks was treated for a chemical dependency problem), Fleetwood Mac reunited for the album Tango in the Night; The Other Side of the Mirror, Nicks first solo record in four years, followed in 1989. After a series of lineup changes and dropping sales figures, she left Fleetwood Mac in 1993 and issued Street Angel a year later. In 1997, she rejoined the reunited Fleetwood Mac on tour and on the album The Dance. In 1998 Nicks, along with her Fleetwood Mac bandmates, was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the same year that her three-disc Enchanted box set landed in stores. Nicks returned to the studio in 2001 with friends Macy Gray, Sarah McLachlan, Sheryl Crow, and Dixie Chick Natalie Maines for the solo album Trouble in Shangri-La, and again in 2003 for the Fleetwood Mac reunion album Say You Will. Reprise released the CD/DVD Crystal Visions: The Very Best of Stevie Nicks in 2007. 更多>>