Lead Singer of the Band Boston Dies

[Tashah]

ATKINSON, N.H. (AP) -- Brad Delp, the lead singer for the band Boston, was found dead Friday in his home in southern New Hampshire. He was 55.

Atkinson police responded to a call for help at 1:20 p.m. and found Delp dead. Lt. William Baldwin said in a news release that there was no indication of foul play. "There was nothing disrupted in the house. He was a fairly healthy person from what we're able to ascertain," Police Chief Philip Consentino told WMUR-TV. Delp apparently was alone at the time, Baldwin said. The cause of death remained under investigation. Police said an incident report would not be available until Monday.

Delp sang on Boston's 1976 hits "More than a Feeling" and "Long Time." He also sang on Boston's most recent album, "Corporate America," released in 2002.

He joined the band in the early 1970s after meeting Tom Scholz, an MIT student interested in experimental methods of recording music, according to the group's official Web site. The band enjoyed its greatest success and influence during its first decade. The band's last appearance was in November 2006 at Boston's Symphony Hall.

On Friday night, the Web site was taken down and replaced with the statement: "We just lost the nicest guy in rock and roll."

Lead Singer of the Band Boston Dies

Great pipes and a unique balladeer. Rest in Blessed Peace my friend.

It's been such a long time, I think I should be going.....

 

[Voidwar]

Some of the best pipes Rock has seen.

Written by Scholz, but brought to life by Delp . .

We're ready now
Catchin' a wave to ride on
Steady now
headin' where we decide on
And I know that there's something that's just out of sight
And I feel like we're trying to do something right
Come on make it if we hold on tight
Hold on tight
We're Ready! C'mon We're ready !!

Good Journeys Gleeman :2wave:

 

[Tashah]

Some of the best pipes Rock has seen.

Delp was indeed something special. Another apt Boston lryic....

But there was something about you, yeah there was something about you..... YOU!

 

[reaganburch]

God, I love that band, too... More than a Feeling is one of my favorite songs of ALL time. I saw them in concert one time and he hit that note at the end of the song and it just made my jaw drop that he can hit that note live!!!

And now, it's being said that his death was a suicide. What is it with Rock 'n Rollers and committing suicide either directly, like Cobain & Delp, or indirectly, like Jim Morrison, Jimi Hendrix, Keith Moon, etc. I guess you have to be a tortured soul to be worth a damm, huh?

I cant get any stronger
I cant climb any higher
Youll never know just how hard Ive tried
Cry a little longer
And hold a little tighter
Emotions cant be satisfied

You look up at me
And somewhere in your mind you see
A man Ill never be