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[
WikiPedia] Boston is an American rock band formed in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1975 by chief songwriter and composer Tom Scholz. The band's core members included multi-instrumentalist Scholz and lead vocalist Brad Delp, who remained the only constant members from 1975 to 1990, and from 1994 until Delp's suicide in 2007. Other musicians and members of the band varied largely across the group's lineup history.
Boston experienced significant commercial success during the 1970s and 1980s. The band's 1976 self-titled debut is one of the best-selling albums by an American rock band, being certified 17× Platinum by the RIAA as of 2025. Their best-known songs include "More Than a Feeling", "Peace of Mind", "Foreplay/Long Time", "Rock and Roll Band", "Smokin'", "Don't Look Back", "A Man I'll Never Be", "Hitch a Ride", "Party", "Amanda" and "Feelin' Satisfied". The band has sold more than 75 million records worldwide, including 31 million units sold in the United States, of which 17 million were the band's debut album and seven million copies of the band's second studio album, Don't Look Back (1978), placing the group at number 63 amongst the world's best-selling music artists. Altogether, the band has released six studio albums in a career spanning over 50 years. Boston's recorded output has been minimal since the 1980s – with Third Stage (1986), Walk On (1994), and Corporate America (2002), all released eight years apart, and the latter followed eleven years later by the band's most recent album Life, Love & Hope (2013) – although they have continued to perform live and have occasionally been hinting at an upcoming seventh studio album. Boston was ranked the 63rd-best hard rock artist by VH1.
After Delp tragically died by suicide in 2007, a number of vocalists have filled in as replacements, including Stryper frontman and vocalist Michael Sweet. Since 2007, Tommy DeCarlo has been the group's lead singer. Other current members of the band include guitarist Gary Pihl, bassist Tracy Ferrie, drummer Jeff Neal and vocalist/multi-instrumentalist Beth Cohen.
