Stevie Nicks Video Access Hollywood Interview

[michelej1]

Going down memory lane, I want to point out that after she and Lindsey apparently had a big fight following SYW, Stevie's worse fears about performing without Christine had come true, but before that she was (publicly) promoting their quartet.

This isn't the first time she has talked about what a "rock" band they are. She was doing that in 2001. Actually, Stevie was giving those kinds of interviews before Lindsey was, because she was promoting TISL in 2001. She is the one who was FIRST saying what new things they could achieve without Christine. Lindsey said it too, but he was saying that in 2003 and 2004, not in 2001, because he wasn't being interviewed that much in 2001. So, she's not suddenly mimicing what he says about what they've developed into as a four-piece. She was saying that stuff 12 years ago. She is the one who said it originally.

"If you take Christine's synthesizers and organ out of the mix then the whole thing will go back toward the guitar so that's an exciting premise for all of us because we love to rock,'' Nicks says enthusiastically.

According to her, being a power foursome is her and Mick's idea. Not Lindsey's, based on this 2001 comment.

Mick [Fleetwood] and I are going to make this happen; we're the strong ones, and we're going to push this through if it kills us. We really want to do another record. Christine [McVie] doesn't want to do it; if that's what she wants, that's what she's going to get. But under that circumstance, Mick and I think it's very exciting, and Lindsey and John [McVie]. That pushes Fleetwood Mac back to being a power trio, basically; you take that lead keyboard element out and you are left with a more guitar-centered band. That's a very exciting premise to all of us, so I think it'll happen.

What I think is pretty great about the idea of having to move ahead without Christine -- because she really is not going to do it; it's ok, she doesn't want to, that's alright, it's her world, and it's her choice -- but without her, you take her out of the mix, then you're taking the synthesizer/organ out. You're also taking the trio of singers away, so the trio singers are going back to...what? To Lindsey and Stevie, to Buckingham/Nicks basically. The band itself goes back to being much more guitar orientated. It could go back to Blues; it could go back to serious ZZ Top Rock & Roll or whatever. It gives us, I think, a very interesting artistic thing to do with Fleetwood Mac now. I'm very excited about it, I will run "Trouble in Shangri-La" to where it ends, and when it ends I will probably go straight into the studio with Fleetwood Mac.

And I think the fact that Chris won't be there is very interesting, too. It'll be just Lindsey and me singing again, so that really goes back full circle to where we started in San Francisco.