# The Best Extreme Guitar Solos

> The 17 best Extreme guitar solos, ranked. #1 is Rise (2023), then Get The Funk Out and Flight of the Wounded Bumblebee. Every video starts at the solo.

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Extreme married funk-tight rhythm playing to shred-era fireworks, and Nuno Bettencourt became one of the most admired lead players of the early 90s. Decades later his solo on Rise reignited talk of the guitar hero, proving his precision and wit had not dulled.

Informed by: [Louder](https://www.loudersound.com/features/nuno-bettencourt-extreme-guitar-solo-rise), [Guitar World](https://www.guitarworld.com/features/10-underrated-nuno-bettencourt-solos), [Guitar World](https://www.guitarworld.com/lessons/5-techniques-you-can-learn-nuno-bettencourt-extreme-rise-solo)

1. [Rise](https://greatestsolos.com/song/extreme-rise/) — Extreme · solo by Nuno Bettencourt · 2023
2. [Get The Funk Out](https://greatestsolos.com/song/extreme-get-the-funk-out/) — Extreme · solo by Nuno Bettencourt · 1990
3. [Flight of the Wounded Bumblebee](https://greatestsolos.com/song/extreme-flight-of-the-wounded-bumblebee/) — Extreme · solo by Nuno Bettencourt · 1990
4. [He-Man Woman Hater](https://greatestsolos.com/song/extreme-he-man-woman-hater/) — Extreme · solo by Nuno Bettencourt · 1990
5. [Decadence Dance](https://greatestsolos.com/song/extreme-decadence-dance/) — Extreme · solo by Nuno Bettencourt · 1990
6. [Play With Me](https://greatestsolos.com/song/extreme-play-with-me/) — Extreme · solo by Nuno Bettencourt · 1989
7. [Cupid's Dead](https://greatestsolos.com/song/extreme-cupid-s-dead/) — Extreme · solo by Nuno Bettencourt · 1992
8. [Midnight Express](https://greatestsolos.com/song/extreme-midnight-express/) — Extreme · solo by Nuno Bettencourt · 1995
9. [Warheads](https://greatestsolos.com/song/extreme-warheads/) — Extreme · solo by Nuno Bettencourt · 1992
10. [Kid Ego](https://greatestsolos.com/song/extreme-kid-ego/) — Extreme · solo by Nuno Bettencourt · 1989
11. [Rest in Peace](https://greatestsolos.com/song/extreme-rest-in-peace/) — Extreme · solo by Nuno Bettencourt · 1992
12. [It's a Monster](https://greatestsolos.com/song/extreme-it-s-a-monster/) — Extreme · solo by Nuno Bettencourt · 1990
13. [Hip Today](https://greatestsolos.com/song/extreme-hip-today/) — Extreme · solo by Nuno Bettencourt · 1995
14. [Banshee](https://greatestsolos.com/song/extreme-banshee/) — Extreme · solo by Nuno Bettencourt · 2023
15. [Star](https://greatestsolos.com/song/extreme-star/) — Extreme · solo by Nuno Bettencourt · 2008
16. [Am I Ever Gonna Change](https://greatestsolos.com/song/extreme-am-i-ever-gonna-change/) — Extreme · solo by Nuno Bettencourt · 1992
17. [Mutha (Don't Wanna Go to School Today)](https://greatestsolos.com/song/extreme-mutha-don-t-wanna-go-to-school-today/) — Extreme · solo by Nuno Bettencourt · 1989

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