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Infobox musical artist | name = Mourning Widows| image =| caption =| image_size =| background = group_or_band| alias =| origin = United States|US | instrument =| genre = Hard rock , Alternative rock | occupation =| years_active = 1997–2001| label =| associated_acts = Extreme (band)|Extreme DramaGods | website =| current_members =| past_members = Nuno Bettencourt Donovan Bettencourt Jeff Consi Mike Mangini | notable_instruments = Mourning Widows was a musical project led by former Extreme (band)|Extreme guitarist Nuno Bettencourt . The band was formed in 1997, and they released two albums during their career. Despite not being widely released in the United States , both albums were successful in Japan . Bettencourt formed the band after the moderate success of his 1996 solo album, Schizophonic (Nuno Bettencourt album)|Schizophonic . The band's sound went back to a funkier guitar-driven rock reminiscent of Extreme, while still having post-grunge and alternative influences. After the end of the Furnished Souls For Rent tour, in 2001, Nuno decided to dismiss the band and released a record as Population 1 , mostly recorded by himself. That became the name of his new band too, which would later become Dramagods .
Nuno Bettencourt - guitars, vocals, producer, drums on 1st record (credited as "Billy Vegas")
Donovan Bettencourt - bass guitar|bass
Jeff Consi - drumkit|drums from the 1st record tour onwards till the end of the band.
Mike Mangini - drumkit|drums , played at least one show in London previously to the 1st record. Mike was supposed to be the full-time drummer but decided to leave before recording to pursue other projects. It may be a controversy whether he should be considered a member of the band, since when he played Nuno still hadn't named the band.
