Looking Back at Boston

This year Sib Hashian, the original drummer of Boston, died on a rocking cruise ship. Unfortunately, that makes two original Boston members that are no longer with us (Brad Delp took his own life in Mach of 2007). While those two are gone, we’ll never forget how influential they were to rock.

The 70s and 80s band Boston made it big in what we call the ‘corporate rock’ era, a phase in the industry of overly polished studio songs, blank album covers with no cliff notes, or a systematic structure created by the music label and executives of ‘album to singles’ strategy. Tom Scholz was not only a great lead guitarist but a very smart fellow (MIT grad) who created a few guitar pedals and pieces of equipment that would change the sound of rock forever.

Boston has sold over 80 million records, hitting the charts with originality and power. Brad and Sib will be missed, but given the aggressive tour the band completed early in the fall, it’s highly likely they’ll be out for a tour in 2018.

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