LIFE Fleetwood Mac: 40 Years Later: John, Christine, Stevie, Mick and Lindsey - Together Again

Nearly fifty years ago, Fleetwood Mac burst onto the rock scene to become one of the world’s top-selling bands. Their 1975 album, Fleetwood Mac, (the first to feature Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks) featured the now-iconic hits “Over My Head,” “Rhiannon,” “Say You Love Me,” and the modern classic “Landslide.” Their next album, Rumours, which includes “You Make Loving Fun,” “Go Your Own Way,” and “Dreams,” is one of the bestselling albums of all time—with more than 40 million copies sold—in addition to being widely viewed as one of the best albums of the past century. Behind the scenes, the band was an endless source of drama and turmoil because of the intertwined creative lives and loves of the band.

LIFE Fleetwood Mac looks at the classic group, from its earliest days in mod London to its meteoric rise in the mid-1970s, and features where-are-they-now looks at Stevie Nicks, Lindsay Buckingham, Christine McVie, John McVie, and Mick Fleetwood, and the others. Glowing photographs from the LIFE archives, plus illuminating text, make this a compelling biography of a beloved band.

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