Boston Group history

March 26, 1949, Boston), Barry Goudreau (b.

Scholz wrote the first song that would eventually bear the Boston name in 1969 while at MIT. The instrumental, later titled “Foreplay,” was also the first piece of music he had ever written.

A year later in 1970 Scholz joined an MIT frat band called “Freehold” where he met guitarist Barry Goudreau and drummer Jim Masdea.

Drawing on his engineering background at Polaroid, he cobbled together a rudimentary tape system, and in 1971 he and Masdea recorded “Foreplay” in Masdea’s basement.

In a desperate effort to be heard Scholz started a band in 1973 he called Mother’s Milk, which played all his original material.

Taking stock, in 1974 Scholz realized his dream of playing music professionally was probably not going to happen.

In 1975, Tom Scholz was contacted by a representative from ABC Records named Charlie McKenzie.

Ferreting out the origin of those songs, and that sound, explains how the “band” got it’s first recording contract in 1976.

Soon enough Scholz started to work on Boston’s sophomore record 1978’s Don’t Look Back.

Goudreau left Boston in 1981 with Scholz claiming they ended their relationship on good terms.

A wave of “glam” metal, featuring gender-bending bands such as Mötley Crüe and Ratt, emanated from Los Angeles beginning about 1983; Poison, Guns N’ Roses, and hundreds of other bands then moved to Los Angeles in hopes of getting record deals.

The plan failed and CBS filed a lawsuit against Scholz citing a breach of contract in 1984, claiming that the guitarist was, “uncooperative.” In turn, Scholz retaliated with his own lawsuit over unpaid royalty payments.

CBS lost their case in 1985 and Scholz was a free man.

The resulting album would be 1986’s Third Stage.

Boston was not heard from again until the 1994 release of the less successful Walk On.

The album’s sessions date back to 2002.

In March of 2007, fans were shocked to learn Brad Delp had taken his life at his home in New Hampshire.

In 2013, Boston released their sixth album, Life, Love & Hope, which featured lead vocals from Brad Delp among many other singers.