Short answers, pulled from the story.
Fleetwood Mac takes its name from two of its founding members: drummer Mick Fleetwood and bassist John McVie, whose nickname was "Mac." Both were the only members to appear on every studio album during the band's history.
Mick Fleetwood was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998 as a member of Fleetwood Mac.
Mick Fleetwood discovered Buckingham and Nicks after visiting Sound City in late 1974, where producer Keith Olsen played him their album Buckingham Nicks. On New Year's Eve 1974, Fleetwood contacted Olsen and proposed that the duo join the band.
Rumours stayed at the top of the Billboard 200 for 31 non-consecutive weeks. The album also reached number one in Australia, Canada, and New Zealand, and sold over ten million copies worldwide by March of the following year.
Fleetwood primarily used Ludwig drums for live performances and Sonor drums in the studio during his Fleetwood Mac tenure. He switched to Tama drums by the Tusk tour, and from the 1990s onward endorsed Drum Workshop. His drum kit for the Say You Will Tour was made from wood dredged from the Great Lakes.
Mick Fleetwood was born in Redruth, Cornwall, but spent much of his childhood abroad. His father, a Royal Air Force fighter pilot, was posted to Egypt and then to Norway, where Fleetwood attended school and became fluent in Norwegian. At fifteen he moved to London.