Fleetwood Mac are an influential and commercially successful rock band formed in 1967 who have had high turnover of personnel and varied levels of success. From the band's inception through the end of 1974, no incarnation of Fleetwood Mac lasted as much as two years.

The only member in the band from the beginning is its namesake drummer Mick Fleetwood. Bassist John McVie, despite his giving part of his name to the band, did not play on their first single nor at their first concerts. Keyboardist Christine McVie has, to date, appeared on all but two albums, either as a member or as a session musician.

The two most successful periods for the band were: during the late 60s British blues boom, when they were led by guitarist Peter Green, and from 1975-87, with the rock band that consisted of Mick Fleetwood, John McVie, Christine McVie, Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks.

Fleetwood Mac was a successful British blues band of the late 1960s. The band was started in London in 1967 by guitarist Peter Green , who recruited the rhythm section of John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers : drummer Mick Fleetwood and bass guitarist John McVie . Green himself had replaced a departing member, Eric Clapton , as the lead guitarist of the “Bluesbreakers”; Green and McVie had appeared on John Mayall ’s 1967 A Hard Road album. The band employed another bassist, Bob Brunning , until