I definitely get affected by new stuff. There's a lot of older influences, but there's also newer stuff too.

The Satellite Party
The Satellite Party is Jane's Addiction frontman Perry Farrell's new project which featured Bettencourt as lead guitarist (Nuno left the band in July 2007 citing disagreements about the direction of the live show) along with DramaGods drummer Kevin Figueiredo bassist Carl Restivo (who also played with Extreme in the Azores in 2004) and Etty Farrell on backing vocals. Population 1 and DramaGods
Bettencourt formed the recording entity Population 1 and released the self-titled and self-produced 2002 release Population 1 on Universal/Japan and YBM/Korea. He has since recorded a solo project called Schizophonic as well as with bands he founded including Mourning Widows Population 1 DramaGods The Satellite Party (headed by Jane's Addiction's then-former frontman and Lollapalooza co-founder Perry Farrell) and then reunited with Extreme to record new music and tour.

His line is known as the N-Series and is currently promoting the Washburn N4. Nuno Duarte Gil Mendes Bettencourt (born September 20 1966) is a Portuguese guitarist singer-songwriter and record producer. He is best known for his role as the lead guitarist of the Boston rock band Extreme whose hits include the acoustic ballads "More Than Words" and "Hole Hearted".