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It\u2019s hard to imagine Fleetwood Mac<\/a> without Stevie Nicks. After she joined the group in 1975, she quickly became the face of the operation, delivering hit after hit and performing it with a unique style of charm that thrust the band into dream-rock royalty.\u00a0<\/p>\n As bulletproof as this may have seemed, it wasn\u2019t always the plan. In 1975, before their self-titled album, the band were facing somewhat of a crossroads. Their previous frontman, Peter Green, had departed after spiralling into\u00a0LSD-induced madness<\/a>,\u00a0and the path of greatness they were once staring down had been swiped from them.\u00a0<\/p>\n Despite the competitive landscape of the music industry at that time, Fleetwood Mac was becoming a blues force to be reckoned with, and under the stewardship of Green, it was onto something captivating.\u00a0<\/p>\n But suddenly, with the rug pulled from under their feet, it was once again up to the band\u2019s leader, Mick Fleetwood, to find an alternative. The search took him across the pond and into the inbox of Lindsey Buckingham. With his soaring vocal range and mesmerising guitar ability, he was identified as the band\u2019s next frontman, but to Fleetwood\u2019s dismay, he would join on only one condition: bringing his partner Stevie Nicks into the fold.\u00a0<\/p>\n Her admission was reluctant, given the hesitancy over how it would potentially work, doubling up the female vocals. But when Nicks swiftly struck up a loving relationship<\/a> with Christine McVie and then delivered \u2018Rhiannon\u2019 and \u2018Landslide\u2019 to the new line-up\u2019s first album, the perspective began to shift, and their faith was rightly put in Nicks as their creative figurehead.<\/p>\n