Seven Wonders

Despite the drama, Fleetwood Mac survived multiple line-up changes and decades of reinvention.
Very few bands manage blues, prog, soft rock, stadium pop, and late-career nostalgia tours without collapsing completely.

“Go Your Own Way” was written by Lindsey Buckingham about Stevie Nicks, and she absolutely hated the lyrics. She still sang them. Night after night. Pop music professionalism at its most brutal.

Stevie Nicks joined the band with Lindsey Buckingham in 1974 and changed everything overnight.
Her voice, image, and songwriting gave Fleetwood Mac a mystique they’d never had before. The band went from respected to unstoppable.

Rumours was recorded while two couples were splitting up and two band members were barely speaking.
Instead of stopping, they turned the tension into one of the best-selling albums of all time. Petty arguments, world-class results.

Fleetwood Mac became legendary partly because they were basically five people going through breakups, affairs, and emotional chaos… and then writing songs about each other while still in the same band. HR departments everywhere are grateful this never became standard practice.