Nuno Duarte Gil Mendes Bettencourt (born on September 20th 1966 in the Azores, Portugal) is a Portuguese guitarist/multi-instrumentalist, composer, and record producer, and is being cited as an influence by many guitarists from the 90s and onwards and one of the pioneers of the “Funk Metal” style. His discography includes: Extreme (1989), Pornograffitti (1990), III Sides To Every Story (1992), Waiting For The Punchline (1995), Schizophonic (1997), Mourning Widows (1998), Furnished Souls For Rent (2000), Population 1 (2002), Sessions From Room 4 EP (2004) & his latest album Love (2006) from his new band, DramaGods.