In October 1978, Fleetwood Mac took a break from recording the Tusk album at Village Recorders in Los Angeles to celebrate Halloween by attending a costume party together. The band’s costumes from that specific night, documented in candid photos featured in the book Get Tusked: The Inside Story of Fleetwood Mac’s Most Anticipated Album, reflected a wide, eccentric, and today highly controversial range of themes.
Lindsey Buckingham dressed as a priest, complete with a dark clerical frock and collar. Stevie Nicks wore a dramatic blonde wig, heavy white face makeup and a white gown, a ghostly, ethereal look often linked to her “Rhiannon” persona.
Christine McVie wore a highly controversial Aunt Jemima-inspired costume in blackface. John McVie wore a deeply problematic Nazi officer uniform. According to details in Mick Fleetwood’s autobiography, the choice stemmed from McVie’s personal, historical interest in collecting Third Reich memorabilia rather than political alignment, though both his and Christine’s costumes are widely viewed as unacceptable by modern social standards.
Mick Fleetwood also dressed up in elaborate gear, fitting his eccentric style. He participated in the group’s spooky season gathering, which took place while the band was deep in the era of recording their ambitious follow-up album, Tusk.
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