Boston (band)
“The band Boston formed in Boston”
Boston, also known as That band that did "More Than a Feeling", is an American rock band, probably from Boston, formed in 1975 by lead guitarist/songwriter/keyboardist/only original band member remaining, Tom Sholz Shulz Shultz Shots in 1975.
Their debut album, "That one with the spaceships on the cover", was released in 1576 [Citation not needed at all; thank you very much] after travelling through time to avoid being seen as a "generic 70's band", but as the "ones who created rock n' roll back in 1576" (People will tell you otherwise, but they're just mad that they didn't create rock n' roll). This album had hits such as "Peace of Mind", "Foreplay (a great name for an indubitably amazing instrumental)/Long Time", "More Than a Feeling" (which is probably overplayed but still cool, i guess), and many others.
History[edit | edit source]
The 70's (when they peaked)
In the beginning, there was Tom Scholz, some rich engineering student, Jim Masdea (Who recorded one singular track then dipped and was replaced by Sib Hashian), and Brad Delp, some random dude Tom just met a few years back who could sing, and they published their debut album, "Beantown", in 1976 (with some help from Barry Goudreau and Fran Sheehan). By the way, Tom was something they liked to call a "Perfectionist", specifically of the kind who studied classical piano, so it wasn't until 2 years and multiple arguments had passed (Delp, Goudreau, and Hashian got sick of his shit and recorded their own album in the meantime) when their next album realeas- oh wait a minute...
Enter: Van Halen
Now there's a problem. Eddie Van Halen is a pretty kickass guitarist. Scholz and Goudreau are slightly less kickass.[1]
“Oh, right in the wallet! That's bad for my obsessive perfectionism!”
Third Stage: The downfall
Over a span of 6 years, they released a third album, Third Stage, with "hits" such as "Amanda" (which actually became decently popular), "My Destination", "My Testicles Have Grown" and "I Like Men".[2] The album was considerably worse than their 70's albums, was given a C-rating by Christgau's record guide, and says more about aging than the videos we saw in health class.
Oh, and Masdea is back. Along with some new guy named Gary Pihl. Too bad Goudreau and Sheehan are gone, they were actually good.
Somewhere during this time, Tom decided to become a vegetarian. He also became an advocate for animal protection, stopping world hunger, simping for PETA, et cetera (NERD ALERT!). This likely influenced the album shit released in...
...The 90's
First off, who the hell is this Fran Cosmo guy and where the hell is Brad Delp? Also, who are David Sykes and Doug Huffman? Additionally, "Walk On" somehow was WORSE than "Third Stage" (likely because of Tom Scholz being the only original member left, and all of the other good ones gave up.) and it was SO bad that they gave up on studio albums for a bit and released a compilation album.
Also, Masdea's gone again.
The Second Millenium
5 years after their 2002 album, "Corporate 'Merica", Brad Delp passed. One decade later, Fran Sheehan went to visit Delp. This affected the band in no way whatsoever as they have like 7 different members. Tom Scholz was probably disappointed at the imperfection of this situation.
Also, they maybe released "Live, laugh, love" or something in 2013 but nobody listened to it.
Members[edit | edit source]
Tom Shots
A huge nerd, but also pretty cool for his dedication to the band
Gay Pihl
Not to be confused with Straight Pihl.
Curly Smith
Now where are Moe and Larry?
Jeff Neal
Tommy DeCarlo
Tracy Ferrie
Beth Cohen
Brad Delp
The OG singer. This Fran Cosmo dude does not compare.
Jim Masdea
The on-and-off drummer.
Sib Hash-Man
The drummer while Masda was gone.
Fran Sheehan
He was there probably
Barry Goudreau
Cool guy. Did a solo album while Scholz was being a bitch.
Fran Cosmo
This guy is POSITIVELY not Delp.
Some other people
Discography[edit | edit source]
1970's[edit | edit source]
- Boston (1976)
- Don't Look Back (1978)
1980's[edit | edit source]
- Third Stage (1986)
Insignificant Bullshit[edit | edit source]
- Walk On (1994)
- Corporate America (2002)
- Life, Love, & Hope (2013)