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anni [70] : Giù la maschera .. AMO I BOSTON!!!!
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| Inviato da admin il 14/8/2006 17:01:51 (1013 letture) News dello stesso autore |
![anni [70]](https://rokker.altervista.org/modules/news/images/topics/blank.png) Sfondi una porta aperta con me sui Boston caro Antisocial (e so che lo fai senza sforzo alcuno  .. ) , Mr. Tom Scholz è a mio RISPETTABILISSIMO ED INCOFUTABILE avviso un GENIO!!!!
Brad Delp è semplicemente IRRAGGIUNGIBILE!!!
E ora se gradite vi regalo un po' di storia dei Boston e qualche video inedito... cliccate quel fottuto LEGGI TUTTA LA NOTIZIA e godete cari amici di Musicnow vicini e lontani ...
BOSTON
As a result of home-made demos recorded by the enterprising Tom Scholz, one of the finest AOR albums of all time was created. The tapes impressed Epic Records and Scholz joined with friends Fran Sheehan, Brad Delp, Barry Goudreau and Sib Hashian.
Adopting the name Boston, their first release was a US Top 3 album that eventually sold 16 million copies in the USA alone, and spent two years in the US charts. The memorable single, 'More Than A Feeling', was an instant classic, containing all the key ingredients of adult-orientated rock: upfront guitar, powerful lead vocal with immaculate harmonies, and heavy bass and drums. Two years later they repeated the formula virtually note for note with Don't Look Back, which also topped the US charts.
Scholz then became involved in a long-running court battle against CBS Records and manager Paul Ahern over delays in fulfilling his contract. During this time, Scholz, formerly a product designer for the Polaroid Company, invented a mini-amplifier marketed as the Rockman. Goudreau grew tired of the band's lengthy sabbatical, releasing a solo album before quitting to form Orion The Hunter with Fran Cosmo. Hashian and Sheehan had also left by the mid-80s, by which time Scholz had regained the right to record under the Boston moniker (he would later be sued by all three ex-band members).
The band, in the guise of Scholz and Delp, returned in 1986 with Third Stage, which spawned two further US hit singles, 'Amanda' (which reached number 1) and 'We're Ready' . Fans wishing to replace worn copies of the previous albums had only to purchase this one, so similar was it to their previous output. It, too, went straight to number 1 in the US, giving Boston a record in rock history, by combining the biggest-selling debut album with three number 1 albums and total sales of over 50 million.
Scholz toured Third Stage with a new line-up comprising Delp, guitarist Gary Phil, bassist David Sikes and drummers Doug Huffman and Jim Masdea. In 1990, a jury ruled in Scholz's favour against CBS in the court case. Delp left to join Goudreau in his new band Return To Zero before Scholz began work on a new album, enlisting Goudreau's sparring partner Cosmo as vocalist.
The ensuing Walk On, with Scholz the sole remaining member of the original line-up, was a disappointment, although it still reached the Top 5 in the US charts. However, Scholz lost his long-running lawsuit with Ahern and was directed to pay over $1.5 million in court awards and damages, although the case went to appeal. He also closed down his Research & Development company and left MCA Records.
TOM
Born Donald Thomas Scholz, Tom is originally from Toledo, OH. Standing at a whopping 6'5", Tom was quite the basketball player during his time at Ottawa Hills High. In fact, he still plays. Tom won a scholarship to MIT where he received his Batchelor's and Master degrees in Mechanical Enginieering. He later went on to become senior product design engineer at Polaroid.
In 1980, Tom created his own design firm, called SR&D (Scholz Research & Development). He created signal processing devices for mucical instruments. his first invention under the company called the Power Soak (a little box that allows your amp to get great sound at low volumes). He released the Rockman headphone amp in 1982. This was the beginning of a line of Rockman amps (the Rockman line of amps has been used by other artists besides Boston; like ZZ Top, Def Leppard, Ted Nugent and more). Over the years, Tom has received many electronic, mechanical and electro-mechanical patents. Tom sold the Rockman line to Dunlop in 1995. Tom then sold SR&D.
Tom is a vegetarian and has become involved with many organizations, such as Greenpeace, PETA, domestic violence groups and more. Tom set up a foundation in 1987 to support causes such as childrens rights, animal rights, food banks and homeless shelters. Tom received the Mahatma Ghandi Award in 1987 and in 1988, he was named "Man of the Year" by the National Hospice Organization.
BRAD
Before joining Boston, Bradley E. Delp worked in a factory (making heating coils for Mr. Coffee machines). At night, he'd be singing in various Boston clubs. Brad was brought to the attention of Tom by Barry Goudreau. Brad sang on some of Tom's demo tapes and became the band's lead singer.
Brad found some work to do during Boston's hiatus in 1980 (when Tom was dealing with problems with management and their record label). Brad sang on Barry Goudreau's solo album, the Orion the Hunter album (another Barry Goudreau solo effort), the Nelson Pearson EP, and a song on Keith Emerson's Best Revenge album.
In 1990, Brad quit Boston after accepting the lead singer position in Barry Goudreau's latest band RTZ. Brad's spot in Boston was replaced by Fran Cosmo. After RTZ, Brad rejoined Boston in 1994 (after the Walk On release) and has shared singing duties with Cosmo.
... e ora godetevi i video, cliccate sul PLAY sino a quando non diventa PAUSE || .. a volte bisogna ritentare un paio di volte, almeno a me ..
.. e per farvi capire a che livello di follia arrivo sui boston .. che disco si intravede nello scaffale dove mette le zampe Homerone??
.. lo so non sto bene ...
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| Albero
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| Antisocial |
Inviato: 14/8/2006 19:58 Aggiornato: 14/8/2006 19:58 |
Guru   Iscritto: 19/12/2005 Da: Asia / Pacific Inviati: 522 |
 Don't Look Back Lo sapevo che la classe non è acqua....Gli LP's dei Boston sono stati tra i primi che ho avuto. "Boston" e "Don't Look Back" sono delle pietre miliari dell' Hard Rock , tutt'oggi attualissimi e ascoltatissimi.Ricordo perfettamente l'invenzione di Tom Scholz ,il Power Soak ( una specie di distorsore a terra che permetteva una distorsione perfetta agli amplificatori anche a volumi relativamente bassi). Lui era davvero un genio.
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| Anonimi |
Inviato: 14/8/2006 22:02 Aggiornato: 14/8/2006 22:02 |
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