Fleetwood Mac formed in London in 1967 as a Peter Green-led blues band before the 1975 lineup with Buckingham, Nicks, and Christine McVie turned them into California rock royalty. Rumours (1977) has sold more than 40 million copies and earns every one; Tusk (1979) is the wilder follow-up. Find Fleetwood Mac vinyl, CDs, and reissues at Wax Trax Records.
Fleetwood Mac formed in London in 1967 as a British blues band around guitarist Peter Green (previously of John Mayall's Bluesbreakers), Mick Fleetwood, John McVie, and Jeremy Spencer. The band's lineup transformations across the late 1960s and early 1970s - losing Green to mental health issues in 1970, then losing several other guitarists - led to the 1974 reformation with Christine Perfect (later Christine McVie) joining and the 1975 addition of Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks. This lineup produced Fleetwood Mac (1975) and the global landmark Rumours (1977), one of the best-selling albums of all time at more than 40 million copies sold worldwide. The band's history has involved extensive personal and creative tensions, with the band continuing through multiple departures and reunions. Christine McVie died on November 30, 2022. Lindsey Buckingham was fired from the band in 2018.
Fleetwood Mac's catalog moved through British blues (1967-1971), a transitional rock period (1971-1974), and the polished California rock and pop rock peak (1975-onward). The classic lineup's three principal songwriters and singers - Buckingham, Nicks, and Christine McVie - produced a distinctive multi-voice template that drew on country rock, soft rock, and pop traditions.
Original Reprise and Warner Bros. pressings of the 1970s Fleetwood Mac catalog are foundational items in classic rock collecting. Multiple anniversary editions, audiophile reissues (Mobile Fidelity, Analogue Productions), and the Rumours 35th anniversary editions have been released.
Listeners new to Fleetwood Mac typically start with Rumours (1977).
