Boston (the band)

GoogaMooga · 02 Aug 2006

I think Scholz has made the right decision to carry on. I still need to get Third Stage, Walk on, and Corporate America.

Billy Taylor · 16 Mar 2007

Come on, Scholz, give us something we don't already have. How about a vintage live album? The first two albums ARE the greatest hits. This tour should be called "A Tribute to Boston". This sure ain't Boston.

Dr. Chris Evil · 26 Jul 2006

Billy Taylor wrote:

Come on, Scholz, give us something we don't already have. How about a vintage live album? The first two albums ARE the greatest hits. This tour should be called "A Tribute to Boston". This sure ain't Boston.

If you count songs played on classic rock radio, the first album alone is a Greatest Hits!

Jimbo · 19 Jul 2006

I got an e-mail from Live Nation about Boston and REO Speedwagon at Jones Beach in August, but without Brad Delp, I'm not too interested. I'll save the $79 ticket price and put it towards a seat for Bruce or Billy Joel.

DanO · 30 Jul 2006

This version of Boston, along with Styx, are playing UNLV at the end of June. I think I heard on the radio that tix are only $25. For that price, I'd go, but I won't be in town for it.

OJGS1973 · **Joined:** 08 Jul 2008 **Posts:** 7

I've seen some youtube videos of performances w/ Tommy DeCarlo, although he's an incredible singer, he have no stage presence and have as much showmanship as a flower pot in the middle of the stage. Stryper released on iTunes a version of Piece of Mind w/ Tom Scholz guesting on guitar. I'm willing to listen if they release a Live Album, but I'll pass on going to see them live.

Billy Taylor · 16 Mar 2007

I'll listen to a live album from the original band from the 70s or a Delp version, but not anything else.

Dr. Chris Evil · 26 Jul 2006

Scholz has said that a new album will be out next year and that some of the tracks will be re-recorded Corporate America songs, which he didn't feel got heard the last time out.

Uh, Tom, if you're going to re-record stuff, follow the lead of Journey and KISS and re-record the good stuff!

I can't believe I just said that.

Music4Life · 01 Oct 2006

There was a reason "Corporate America" was a poor seller, It was terrrible!
It wasnt like it didnt get promotion either. It was featured in Best buy's stores in the new release section for weeks, including a blowup of the album cover. There trade ads, etc.

I laughed at the part where he said with "Walk On' and CA he got more technical, involved, and complicated. Guess what? That's what killed those albums, plus the absence of Delp on WO, and him being underutilized on CA. Give it up Scholz, call it a day, and start releasing some vintage live stuff, and whatever you have in the vaults with Delp on it...

Jeff

csqmnem · **Joined:** 27 Mar 2008 **Posts:** 24

Second that comment. Give us some vintage live stuff already! if nothing else, whats out on wolfgangs vault would make a nice live document

Walter P · 20 Sep 2006

Given Scholz's propensity for noodling things to death, is it even possible for him to put out a live Boston album without adding things after the fact?

SOCMusic · 25 Oct 2006

I just saw Boston last week in San Diego, and they were awesome! Scholz raced back and forth between guitars and organ, while Michael Sweet and Tommy DeCarlo traded vocals. This was no tribute act! They were smoking hot! 30+ years after that first album, Scholz still rocks!

Rick A · 23 Jul 2006

Thanks for the review Ken. With Journey and Foreigner being revitalized good we strike gold one more time.

Dr. Chris Evil · 26 Jul 2006

Tom Scholz turns 65 today. And that's nearly as long he takes between albums.

:wink:

http://ultimateclassicrock.com/best-bos ... ders-poll/

Best Boston Song – Readers’ Poll
by: Matthew Wilkening

Tom Scholz, the mastermind behind FM radio anthem scientists Boston, turns 65 today (March 10). Since we couldn’t think of anything else to get him — a guitar? unlimited studio time? — we decided to start a UCR family argument instead by trying to figure out which of his/their songs are the best.

Scholz’s notorious and unapologetic perfectionist streak means Boston has only released five albums since their self-titled 1976 debut. Which, to paraphrase a pre-turn Dennis Miller joke, is only five more than we’ve made. And yet it’s a good bet that at this very moment, songs from that album and its brothers are blasting out of cars and jukeboxes and iPods more than anything released so far this year.

So now it’s up to you to pick the cream of the crop from this already exclusive and much-loved collection of songs. Vote for your favorite Boston song now, and look for them on the road this summer!

alantig · 20 Sep 2006

Rumor has it he's going to have a big bash next weekend to celebrate his 50th birthday.

Smiff · 10 Aug 2006

alantig wrote:

Rumor has it he's going to have a big bash next weekend to celebrate his 50th birthday.

Dr. Chris Evil · 26 Jul 2006

Dr. Chris Evil · 26 Jul 2006

http://ultimateclassicrock.com/boston-t ... -law-suit/

Friends Testify Boston Singer Brad Delp Felt ‘Taken Advantage of’ and ‘Beaten Down’ by Guitarist Tom Scholz

by: Ken Kelley

Heartbreaking testimony has emerged from friends and former bandmates of the late Boston vocalist Brad Delp regarding the tragic circumstances surrounding his 2007 suicide.

Boston guitarist and leader Tom Scholz is currently embroiled in a lawsuit with the Boston Herald regarding three newspaper columns that he contends imply that he drove Delp to take his own life.

Former Boston member Fran Sheehan testified that the writing was on the wall shortly after he joined the band in the ’70s. Sheehan was one of approximately 20 people to take the stand with regards to dialogue between each of them and Delp. The chronicled the singer’s inability to confront Scholz, while also offering their personal opinions of what drove Delp to his own death.

Former Boston member David Sikes told the court that Delp “didn’t like Tom and didn’t trust Tom. He felt that Tom had taken advantage of him financially, especially.” Not long before Delp’s death, Sikes recalled a conversation with the singer in which Delp told him, “how much he envied me, that I had the guts to stand up to Tom Scholz and the guts to quit the band and to move on with my life, to leave Boston.”

Lifelong Delp friend Steve Frary also offered insight on Delp’s relationship with Scholz. Frary says that Delp told him that Scholz was “driving him crazy,” and was surprised when Delp used an expletive to describe Scholz, the only time that Frary heard Delp swear in the 35 years he had known him.

The court documents paint an unflattering portrait of Scholz.

Delp’s friend Joy Baker testified that in her opinion, “Brad just could not stand one more minute of feeling like he could not stand up for himself or do the right thing, if you will, in any aspect of his life, because he was so afraid… he would run from confrontation and I think he was just beaten down by the years of dealing with Tom Scholz.”

The Boston Herald had denied that it has blamed Scholz for Delp’s decision to take his life. In his case, Scholz has argued that an extremely upsetting and embarrassing incident which occurred between Delp and a close friend on Feb. 28, 2007, was what drove Delp to take his life. However, the summary of testimony filed in court indicates that in late January 2007, six weeks before the incident, Delp visited his doctor and reported he was suffering increased anxiety because of Boston and Scholz, and was thinking of quitting the band.

Scholz has said that he “had a very strong personal connection” with Delp and was his friend for more than 30 years. In his lawsuit against the Herald, Scholz claims that the newspaper falsely asserted that Delp committed suicide “because of turmoil and extreme stress from his professional life caused by Scholz.”

Tom Scholz has until June 30 to respond to the summary of testimony compiled by the Herald’s lawyers and submit his own evidence to the court.

JohnG · 03 Aug 2006

Not sure what they're trying to prove here. We all know Scholtz is a perfectionist but so are most creative people.

joebase · 13 Dec 2006

other than scholtz who is in boston these days. i see they're touring this summer.

JohnG · 03 Aug 2006

joebase wrote:

other than scholtz who is in boston these days. i see they're touring this summer.

For some reason, the closest the get to NYC is up in White Plains NY. You'd think they'd join a shed tour or play Westbury.

joebase · 13 Dec 2006

no one i know except tom
http://www.bandboston.com/html/ts_html.html

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