The Uphill Climb Faced by Fleetwood Mac biographers (satire)

[Mike 03]

Stevie Nicks: "All of us were drug addicts, but I was the worst"

https://www.loudersound.com/features/stevie-nicks-all-of-us-were-drug-addicts-but-i-was-the-worst

Christine McVie was asked to describe the significant moment in Fleetwood Mac history, the recording of the album Mirage:

Rather than Sausalito, for Mirage you went to France. Do you recall anything particular about recording at the Château d’Hérouville?

McVie: Well, I don’t think any of us remember a huge amount about it! But I don’t remember there being anything bad about it, how about that [laughs]?

And the number of times she doesn't know or can't remember something important:

In contrast to the long tour behind Tusk, the Mirage tour was relatively brief – just two months in the fall of 1982. Was there a reason for such an abbreviated run?

McVie: I don’t know why that was. Maybe Stevie was going off to do a tour. I can’t remember if Lindsey had a tour. But it was short, and then we did another vanishing act for another couple years before we came back and did Tango in the Night.

Do you recall as much?

And I’d be the first one to admit that none of us were stone-cold sober. There was a fair degree of alcohol and drugs going on. But everyone was doing it, so it was kind of the norm.

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/christine-mcvie-on-fleetwood-macs-peculiar-mirage-sessions-new-lp-122885/

Other headlines I'm imagining:

Mick Fleetwood has "no recollection" of recording Tusk, which took an entire year

Fleetwood Mac biographers "frustrated" that Lindsey Buckingham was in a "Blacked-Out State" During Historic Concerts

John McVie "no memory" of Buckingham throwing guitar at Stevie Nicks in New Zealand

Tusk world tour sold out every show, made no money, but none of the band members remember why

Buckingham: I might have kicked Stevie, but I don't remember throwing a guitar at her head

Just kidding around. I love Fleetwood Mac, but they don't remember a whole lot. Hopefully some great biographer can breach the Mac Curtain. (I rearranged one of the McVie quotes for effect).