Delp as the "go-to guy," making himself available for everything from autographs to interviews to charity appearances. Steve Simon, who was in charge of the band's business and legal affairs from 1983 to 2003, last night remembered Mr.
He rejoined Boston in time for the tour in support of the band's 1994 release "Walk On." Delp spent time in a band called RTZ, which released albums in 19. "It's good to be home."īoston kept a low profile after that, and Mr. "This is the best audience around," he added. Delp shouted from the stage at one point. "It took us a long time to get here - and we're going to stick around a while!" the curly-haired Mr. In 1987, soon after the release of "Third Stage," the band played an unprecedented nine nights at the Worcester Centrum. Still, both albums went to Number One.ĭuring its heyday, Boston's following in New England was huge. The band took two years for the followup, "Don't Look Back." But Scholz, a notorious perfectionist, was unhappy with the results, and it took eight more years for the release of Boston's next album, "Third Stage."īy then only Scholz and Mr.
Delp's voice lifted above the trademark layered guitars, seemingly reaching into the stratosphere pictured on the band's space-age album covers.īoston's debut has since appeared on countless "best of" lists and was recently voted one of the top 50 essential albums for rock fans as part of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's "Definitive 200." Songs such as "More Than A Feeling," "Foreplay/Long Time," and "Rock and Roll Band" helped the album sell over 17 million copies and is a staple of classic rock radio to this day. The group's self-titled 1976 debut album was one of the fastest selling in rock history. Delp helped form Boston with guitarist and studio mastermind Tom Scholz, drummer Sib Hashian, guitarist Barry Goudreau, and bassist Fran Sheehan in the early 1970s. , police and the New Hampshire medical examiner's office, with a report scheduled to be released on Monday.Ī Danvers native, Mr. The death remained under investigation by Atkinson, N.H. While police characterized his death as untimely, they reported no indication of foul play. Delp was found alone yesterday afternoon in his southern New Hampshire home, the Associated Press reported. to market many of his inventions that he used in developing the sound on the album.Brad Delp, whose soaring tenor on songs such as "More Than Feeling" gave voice to the best-selling rock band Boston, died yesterday at the age of 55. Scholz would later found Scholz Research & Development, Inc. The album's style, often referred to as the "Boston sound", was developed through Scholz's love of classical music, melodic hooks and guitar-heavy rock groups such as the Kinks and the Yardbirds, as well as a number of analogue electronic effects developed by Scholz in his home studio. The album's contents are a complete recreation of the band's demo tape, and contain songs written and composed many years prior. In an elaborate ruse, Scholz tricked the label into thinking the band was recording on the West Coast, when in reality, the bulk was being tracked solely by Scholz at his Massachusetts home. Epic wanted the band to record in Los Angeles with a record producer, but Scholz was unwilling and wanted to record the album in his basement studio, so he hired Boylan to run interference with the label. He subsequently started to concentrate on demos recorded in his apartment basement with singer Brad Delp, and although their previous group, Mother's Milk, had received numerous rejection letters from major record labels in the early 1970s, by 1975, the demo tape had fallen into the hands of CBS-owned Epic Records, who signed them. Scholz had studied classical piano in his childhood and became involved in the Boston music scene in the late 1960s. Produced by Tom Scholz and John Boylan, the album was released on August 25, 1976, in the United States by Epic Records. Boston is the debut studio album by American rock band Boston.
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