Lindsey Buckingham

Lindsey Buckingham is a guitarist, singer, songwriter, and producer known for having been the guitarist and male lead singer of Fleetwood Mac during the band’s most commercially successful years.

As a member of Fleetwood Mac, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998. In 2011, Buckingham was included in Rolling Stone’s list of The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time. The magazine described him as "one of the most under-valued visionaries in rock." Buckingham was arguably the principal creative force behind the 70s version of Fleetwood Mac. He is not only one of the main singer-songwriters, but also a producer, leading them on an unusual journey from the commercial heights of 1977's Rumours to the quirkily experimental double album Tusk in 1979.

Buckingham is also recognized as a unique and influential guitarist and is known for his fingerpicking style, which is unlike the technique of most rock guitarists.

Though highly successful, the group experienced almost constant creative and personal conflict, largely due to the romantic interests and subsequent breakups within the band. Buckingham left the band in 1987 to focus on his solo career.

A one-off reunion at the 1993 inauguration ball for President Bill Clinton initiated some rapprochement between the former band members, with Buckingham performing some vocals on one track of their 1995 album Time, and rejoining the band full-time in 1997 for the live tour and album The Dance.

In 2017, Buckingham released an album titled Lindsey Buckingham Christine McVie with his Fleetwood Mac bandmate, Christine McVie. That album started out as Fleetwood Mac's 18th studio album, but Stevie Nicks refused to join the rest of the group for the album’s creation, instead launching a solo arena tour with The Pretenders. As a result of Stevie’s decision, Buckingham and Christine McVie decided to make it a duo project.

On April 9, 2018, Buckingham was unexpectedly fired from Fleetwood Mac and replaced by Mike Campbell and Neil Finn.

In 2019, Buckingham underwent open-heart surgery and his vocal cords were damaged in the process. At the time, his wife announced that he was recovering at home and it was unclear whether or not the vocal damage was permanent.

Buckingham suffers from a mild form of epilepsy, which first presented itself when he had a seizure at 29 years old while he was on tour with Fleetwood Mac. His epilepsy has been successfully controlled by anticonvulsant drugs since then.