History Trivia / FleetwoodMac

* CreatorCouple: The [=McVies=], and Buckingham and Nicks, though both couples had broken up by the time ''Rumours'' was released. In the '80s and '90s, Christine's then-husband Eddy Quintela was a frequent songwriting partner.

** The ''Music/{{Tusk}}'' tour would have had stops in the Soviet Union, but then the UsefulNotes/SovietInvasionOfAfghanistan happened.

** Stevie's writing credit on "Seven Wonders" actually comes from her [[{{Mondegreen}} mishearing the lyrics]] of the demo version by Sandy Stewart. The final version of the song uses her first vocal take, so the flubbed lyrics became the official ones.

* LimeyGoesToHollywood: The band moved to L.A. in the '70s, with Mick Fleetwood and John [=McVie=] later becoming U.S. citizens.

* {{Unperson}}: Bob Welch complained that he had become this in the '90s, owing to a royalties lawsuit he filed against Fleetwood and the [=McVies=]. He also believed that Fleetwood conspired to keep him out of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998 - the only major figure in the band's history to be excluded. When he finally made amends with the band, he discovered that wasn't the case at all and he became convinced that the Hall of Fame kept him out because they disliked his slick soft-rock solo material. He opined that if he had been on speaking terms with Fleetwood in 1998, he would have pushed harder for the Hall to include him.

** John [=McVie=] has been trying to get the original Fleetwood Mac lineup of himself, Fleetwood, Danny Kirwan, Peter Green and Jeremy Spencer to reunite since 2004. He said that he and Fleetwood would love to do it, but it's been a tough sell for the other three, especially Kirwan. With Kirwan's death in 2018, it looks like a full reunion will never happen. Peter Green's death in 2020 ended the possibility of a reunion for good.
** You could drive yourself crazy pondering all the "what-ifs" in their career. What if: ...Peter Green hadn't taken the hit of LSD at that party? ...Jeremy Spencer hadn't met the cult member at the bookstore? ...Danny Kirwan was a better team player? ...any of their middle-period songs became hits in the US? ...Bob Welch decided to stay? ...Mick Fleetwood didn't happen to hear the Buckingham Nicks album? ...Buckingham Nicks hit it big on their own before Fleetwood could come calling? And on and on.

** In October 2020, a TikTok video of a skateboarding man lip-synching the song "Dreams" became a global phenomenon and helped resurge the song and band's popularity.

** John [=McVie=] has been trying to get the original Fleetwood Mac lineup of himself, Fleetwood, Danny Kirwan, Peter Green and Jeremy Spencer to reunite since 2004. He said that he and Fleetwood would love to do it, but it's been a tough sell for the other three, especially Kirwan. With Kirwan's death in 2018, it looks like a full reunion will never happen.

** The person who most fits the "Pete Best" mantle in their history was bass guitarist Bob Brunning. Founding member Peter Green had named his new band after his former Bluesbreakers bandmates Mick Fleetwood and John [=McVie=] to intice them to join him. Fleetwood accepted, but [=McVie=] opted to stay on with the Bluesbreakers. Brunning was hired instead, and joined the band with full understanding that he was out if [=McVie=] changed his mind...which he did. ''Two weeks later''. Brunning had a more fruitful career as a writer, and authored two biographies about Fleetwood Mac.

* ColbertBump: A most unlikely one--they regained prominence and reunited after UsefulNotes/BillClinton used "Don't Stop" as the theme song to his campaign in 1992. And, as mention above, he was able to get them back together for his victory party.

* CelebrityBreakUpSong: "Go Your Own Way" written by Buckingham about his break-up with Nicks.

* CreatorCouple: The [=McVies=], Buckingham and Nicks. In the '80s and '90s, Christine's then-husband Eddy Quintela was a frequent songwriting partner.

* ThrowItIn: A couple memorable bits of chatter from the marching band recording session ended up in the final mix of "Tusk": "How are the tenors, Tony?" at the beginning, and "Real savage-like!" right before the closing section.

* HostilityOnTheSet: During their notoriously volatile period when everyone was breaking up with and/or cheating on everyone else in the band, the music videos for "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAbfPDZdEBU Hold Me]]" and "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJOKBURlI1M Gypsy]]" were both filmed when various band members couldn't stand to be around each other. The latter especially since Stevie Nicks was at one point made to dance with Lindsey Buckingham, who she didn't want to be in the same room with, and she looks visibly uncomfortable doing so.

** John [=McVie=] has been trying to get the original Fleetwood Mac lineup of himself, Fleetwood, Danny Kirwan, Peter Green and Jeremy Spencer to reunite since 2004. He said that he and Fleetwood would love to do it, but it's been a tough sell for the other three, especially Kirwan.

* CareerResurrection: After years of bad albums and lineup changes in the early 90's, ''The Dance'' brought back the ''Rumours''-era lineup to massive success.
** Likewise, not many band reunions start by ''presidential request,'' but Bill Clinton wanted "Don't Stop" played at the inauguration.
* ColbertBump: A most unlikely one--they regained prominence and reunited after UsefulNotes/BillClinton used "Don't Stop" as his 1992 campaign theme song.

* OneOfUs:
** Mick Fleetwood appeared on an episode of ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' and in ''Film/TheRunningMan''.
** Stevie Nicks is a huge fan of ''Series/GameOfThrones''.
** Christine [=McVie=] references [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings Gollum]] in some ''Music/{{Rumours}}''-era backstage footage.
** Because of how "The Chain" was credited to the entire band, all of them had to give permission for the song to be used. Creator/JamesGunn showed them ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol2'' and the scene he wanted the song in. Gunn got the enthusiastic approval of every band member.

** Because of how "The Chain" was credited to the entire band, all of them had to give permission for the song to be used. Queue James Gunn showing them ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol2'' and the scene he wanted the song in. Gunn got the enthusiastic approval of every band member.

** Peter Green had a pretty epic one too, which led to him him growing his fingernails, giving away his guitars, refusing royalty payments ("It's ''Satan''") and going to work as a gravedigger.

* BreakthroughHit: "Albatross" in England, "Rhiannon" in America.

** The person who most fits the "Pete Best" mantle in their history was bass guitarist Bob Brunning. Founding member Peter Green had named his new band after his former Bluesbreakers bandmates Mick Fleetwood and John [=McVie=] to intice them to join him. Fleetwood accepted, but [=McVie=] opted to stay on with the Bluesbreakers. Brunning was hired instead, and joined the band with full understanding that he was out if [=McVie=] changed his mind...which he did. ''Two weeks later''. Brunning had more fruitful career as a writer, and authored two biographies about Fleetwood Mac.

* ThrowItIn: A couple memorable bits of chatter from the marching band recording session ended up in the final mix of "Tusk": "How are the tenors, Johnny?" at the beginning, and "Real savage-like!" right before the closing section.

** You could drive yourself crazy pondering all the "what-ifs" in their career. What if: ...Peter Green hadn't taken the hit of LSD at that party? ...Jeremy Spencer hadn't met the cult member at the bookstore? ...Danny Kirwan was a better team player? ...any of their middle-period songs became hits in the US? ...Bob Welch decided to stay? ...Mick Fleetwood didn't happen to hear the Buckingham Nicks album? ...Buckingham Nicks hit it big on their own before Fleetwood came calling? And on and on.

* ThrowItIn: A couple memorable bits of chatter from the marching band recording session ended up in the final mix of "Tusk": "How are the tenors, Johnny?" at the beginning, and "Real savage-like!" right before the closing section.

** John [=McVie=] has been trying to get the original Fleetwood Mac lineup of himself, Fleetwood, Danny Kirwan, Peter Green and Jeremy Spencer to reunite since 2004. He said that he and Fleetwood would love to do it, but it's been a tough sell for the other three, especially Kirwan.