Interview - Barry Goudreau On Getting kicked out of Boston

[@mitchmalloy3468]

The first HUGE honor I ever had in my career was when Barry called and asked me to be the singer in RTZ. So you can all thank me for turning him down. :) When I did a show with them years later he shook my hand and told me I made the right decision. And he got Brad to do it so everything worked out. I also got a visit from Brad back stage at my trailer. Another of the best moments of my career. It was good day.

[@geraldhartley]

That is very HUGE. So amazing. I would have loved to have heard you with RTZ though!! What are your current projects?

[@danielfronc4304]

@@mitchmalloy3468 Good that you turned down VH. Love their Sammy Hagar year's music but the brothers were unprediictable and could be petty and vindictive.

[@crisrose521]

Hello Mitch , I wanted to ask if you can sing independently in the studio for a songwriter or do you have a contract exclusive with Great White that prevents that ? Thanks man love your singing 🙏 Johnny G

[@buddywilliams5650]

Van Halen!!! Cool Mitch, Barry is a great guitar player. Good for you man.

[@lukebandy516]

Rtz also asked Fergie from Toto to sing

[@lesterandrews1894]

I love Mr. Goudreau sound ,, I hear a cat in the background I Love cats too

[@TheNewenglandboys]

Tom wrote the songs and was a great engineer, and granted, it was Tom that arranged the original music and played all the instruments on the original "more than a feeling" (but obviously to play it live he had to have these guys which made up the band) but it was the incredible voice of Brad Delp that people came to hear and the reason they bought the records that shot Tom's songs to the stratosphere. That said, Barry Goudreau was instrumental to making Boston's music live to audiences! AND the most important fact is, if Barry hadn't introduce Tom to Brad Delp, most likely nobody would know Tom Schultz because without that amazing vocal, he wasn't going anywhere. For that reason alone, Tom should have always been thankful to Barry.

[@YesYou-zy7kp]

I agree with you. Delp's vocals were more than 50% of the success of those first two albums.

[@catonthemoon2084]

Brad's vocals did help make Boston. But give Tom credit for the most famous part of Boston...the guitar sound nothing like that existed and still doesn't besides Boston.

[@michaelsteven1090]

what?..sounds like voodoo..fate and destiny brought it together..not, "if Barry hadn't introduced Tom to Brad. then....." same with the Beatles and every other super group..

[@jamesparker1063]

@@catonthemoon2084 agreed....mr new is stretching the facts beyond credulity.....

[@HeRacesTheSun]

It's Tom Scholz. Strange how many write his last name as 'Schultz'

[@kevinlewis1017]

That 1980 Barry Goudreau album is great!

[@buddywilliams5650]

I never heard Barry's solo album. I'll have to take a listen to it. Cool man. Tom and Barry were a great team of duel solo lead guitars. Messed up that he got fired from Boston. I love Boston.

[@andrewkramer4021]

It was pretty much a more straightforward Boston album and it was great.

[@NelsonClick]

It was good. We used to have it. I don't remember the songs but remember liking several of them. It sounded like a less produced version of Boston and that was the appeal. And the problem. It wasn't separated enough. Barry also isn't a "star" which a solo artist needs to be. Album cover was a picture of him with his hands in his pockets.

[@DetVen]

It really is, I recently listened to the album at the gym straight thru and I forgot how awesome it was.

[@PatrickLongworth]

A solo artist doesn't have to be a star. Barry could've promoted himself as the guitarist from Boston or simply let his music stand on its own.

[@joeg9810]

Always loved Barry and his playing in all his different bands. It is also a shame that egos get in the way of friendships being dissolved. Boston was better with Barry with his guitar and backing vocals IMHO. In my mind he is and always will be the original Boston!

[@Riazor1370]

Orion the Hunter's "So You Ran" was such massively got radio airplayed at the time.

[@kurtbecker9609]

that album is one of my favorites. start to finish.

[@kurtbecker9609]

one of my favorite guitar licks on 'stand up'

[@markushutto4017]

Fantastic song

[@trowerz]

I saw Orion the hunter open up for Aerosmith, that’s the only reason I went. They were amazing!

[@nonahyobusiness8063]

I still play the hell out of the Orion The Hunter album. Barry Goudreau is an outstanding guitarist.

[@brentholladay3113]

Big fan Barry, God bless you

[@chrisschrecker5497]

Tom Scholz really screwed up by letting Barry go. I think in hindsight it’s apparent that the trajectory of Boston might have been different had Tom not been so stubborn. In all fairness do Boston fans honestly listen to any of the output beyond Third Stage? I don’t. However, I still enjoy Barry’s RTZ output. Great interview John!!

[@partydeer1640]

Walk On is a fantastic album. Corporate America is hard to judge cause you can't buy it anymore but life love and hope is also very good. The first 3 albums are obviously the best but all of the boston stuff is fantastic

[@davidstewart4310]

I love the 3 Boston albums after Third Stage but nothing comes close to the first 2. Equally love BG solo album and RTZ, ORION THE HUNTER & DELP/GOUDREAU :-)

[@modspell]

I skimmed over the post-Triad albums and found them flat and derivative. Nothing pulled me in, not even Brad’s vocals.

[@tomulator]

@@partydeer1640 Walk On...without Brad is a letdown. TS let his ego destroy the “heart and soul” of Boston. Sad because that band could have done so much more with Barry!

[@geraldhartley]

Agreed. Tom never came close to matching the songs, and the magic of the first 2 albums. Third Stage was pretty good, but still sounded sterile. Everything after that was garbage.

[@denisehedden5108]

🥀I miss these Guy's so much this but Brad Delp can't be replaced. God Bless you all involved Stay Gold🥀☝️

[@joe6096]

Boston was a very, VERY unique situation in the world of rock n roll bands. In the old days, even with the likes of Little Richard or Ray Charles, they already had a band and had played with good musicians on the road long before they'd even started writing their own material. So that once they started writing and recording their own songs, they had their band to play on the records and live gigs. The Beatles were together for 5 years before anyone outside of the sleaziest part of Hamburg, Germany or their hometown of Liverpool, England ever even heard of them. Then as rock n roll got more popular, the natural progression of 4-5 guys being interested in starting a rock band and taking it all the way became the norm. A group with common interests in music who played the basic guitars, bass, and drums would get together and play cover songs until they got really good, then they'd start writing their own material. In both instances, you had the organic growth of a band from inception through on to live gigs and then to the recording studio. With Boston, you literally had one guy with all this great music in his head, who could play every instrument but drums, and was super intelligent so he could invent and design his own studio and equipment in his basement, and worked for a couple years all by himself with no one knowing what he was up to or what was being created down there, all on his own, recording and editing some pretty well finished demo tapes, that all a professional studio had to do was basically polish them up for production. Then add lead vocals and drums. All for 10 songs, and one of them destined to become one of the most iconic and signature songs in the history of rock music. So now he HAS to go out and play live gigs with the demand from radio play...... that's when he basically grabbed Barry, Sib, and Fran in almost a literal last second emergency assembly of musicians and said "hey guys, listen to this album and learn how to play it. We hit the road a couple weeks and you need to be able to play the whole thing live along with me" You can understand why Tom might have been a bit of an ego maniac. I'm not saying it's right what he did to Barry but you can see why Tom would have the power trip in his own mind.

[@in2livinit]

Barry, it's great to hear from you and hear your new music. I would be great to see you live. Please come out to the Seattle / Tacoma area

[@keithrulong6172]

As a Boston fan, I could only be happy to hear any new music by Barry Goudreau solo album, Orion the Hunter, RTZ, Goudreau and Delp and now Barry Goudreau's Engine Room. His recorded output has surpassed Boston's. Thankfully filling in the gaps of time waiting for the next Boston release. I've enjoyed both camps, but together it was magic. With Brad now gone, neither camp will be the same. However I will always be willing to listen to anything new at least once.

[@StandardFive0]

This is such a cool interview! Never knew why he left the band.

[@j.a.wabbit]

I so wish Brad had told on his depression and confided in Barry or Bob squires or muzzy or any number of friends he had, he could have talked through the depression and still have been making awesome music, missing him so much, Barry's band the engine room is awesome, seen them open for the Hollywood vampires and Barry's band was tight and sounded awesome, the vampires were good but Barry Goudreau and his band was great, a cut above

[@VinylRescue]

I'm enjoying the videos of the interviews with Barry. I first heard his solo LP back in the 80s, but only got my hands on it a few years ago. It's a classic! I also have Orion The Hunter, which is also a classic!

[@Dolores5000]

Barry! Love you tons! So messed up you got screwed over heard Mean Woman Blues on the radio when it first came out! It was killer! Been a fan since holds up great and super fun! Cheers

[@kentbeery4941]

Barry is a Legend

[@TerryWhalenLive]

John, all these interviews are incredible. I found out about them from your brother. He dropped by my yard sale a couple of times here in Miramichi to buy some vinly and told me what you were up to. Congrats! Wow!

[@RockHistoryMusic]

Hi Terry, Thanks. Nice to know you man...Always nice to hear from someone from Miramichi....John

[@rocktheworld7188]

Goudreau's solo album sounds more like Boston than Third Stage or any other Boston album after that!!! Had my son listen to it and he thought it was Boston. I love that album!!

[@bindig1]

Barry can rest easily knowing he was at least on the first Boston record. One of the most popular albums of all time

[@905Alive]

first and second, it was after the 2nd that Tom called a break and then called the record co to complain about Barry's record doing well after telling everyone to take a break and do some solo stuff................WTF??

[@derhandtrommler]

He killed himself...how "easy" can he rest , really ?

[@mikehynes6632]

@@derhandtrommler maybe put down the pipe and do some research

[@j.reveille6815]

@@derhandtrommler wrong.

[@ToddSauve]

Vanity and arrogance causes so many problems. I've always wondered why I never found anything of interest in Boston's albums following the first two.

[@ZoeyPaigeLunaPhD]

Same

[@marksolarz3756]

@@ZoeyPaigeLunaPhD there’s only three. And the turd one was mildly good...and only took 20 years. Having lived through this time. From potential the greatest bands ever......to a one hit wonder band. And yes...I love both albums. Not the turd one. Cool the engines is the only one I liked.

[@YesYou-zy7kp]

Yes, the first two albums were masterpieces. After that, not so much.

[@PatrickLongworth]

Mark there are more than three even if you don't accept them as "real Boston".

[@jimcarter6669]

I have his solo album on cassette!

[@sejrec56]

Barry, you are such a great writer, in the feel of Boston and with Delp you could’ve taken the Boston fans cuz Delps voice and much of your guitar work is saturated in Boston. You’re a strong influence in Boston, but sort of unknown for years in the Boston fields . But thanks for your strong rock influence in Rock music. Damn we need you badly out there now. Help revive Rock music again! You’ve got a great Rock feel Barry!!

[@danielfronc4304]

I always liked Barry in Boston and was borderline shocked to just summarily hear that he was out of the band. Of course, back then there was no social media except talking to each other in school and little good that did to answer the question. Now, what, like nearly 40 years later I know. Weird.

[@johnvalencia9927]

Yep, talking to your friends at school. 24 years ago in 1999 I asked some of my class mates what they thought Kid Charlemagne by Steely Dan might be about. I had no clue. My friends went home, studied the lyrics, came back the next day and had their own explanations which were all dead wrong too. Now I can google the answer in 4.3 seconds lol

[@shyman99]

So Tom threatened the label that there would be no more Boston albums if they didn't stop the marketing campaign of Barry's solo album. So they stopped the campaign & ruin Barry's promotion. Then Tom doesn't release another album with Sony anyway since the next album was with MCA. So it was all for nothing. Seems like Barry should be the one pissed. Not Tom.

[@deaniversen351]

Ego's ... pfft

[@CatholicTraditional]

Actually, Boston’s first label was CBS’ Epic.

[@dr.know-it-all5148]

Wrong orafice. Tom is a piece of doo doo.

[@PatrickLongworth]

Barry seems like a more reasonable, likable guy with talent whereas Tom has expertise and vision but seems egocentric and not very giving.

[@vincegedeon6583]

I 💕 his solo work it's great 🤘🎸🤘

[@johnSmith-yn7dg]

I love Barry`s stuff with Orion the hunter and RTZ.

[@emersonbegay7550]

Love His Albums-Used To Hear His 1st Album By The Salt Flats At The Momotocross Races In Salt Lake City!!!! Also Love Orion The Hunter!!!! R.I.P MR.BRAD DELP-AWESOME VOCALIST!!!!🎶🎶🎶🎶

[@garyhill2740]

I don't think Tom Scholz has ever failed to acknowledge the incredible contribution Brad Delp made to the success of Boston, so I find some of the comments mystifying. He gave interviews after the release of Third Stage where he literally gushed about Delp. He also always acknowledged that parts were played by other musicians, and often named them. But he was the mastermind behind the Boston sound, and it was undeniably his vision, and his creation.

[@Tolbiny]

Such a great player. I bought Orion the day it was released and still love it.

[@josephdow9205]

Dreams is one of the best songs ever

[@Hotgarbage100]

Orion The Hunter is one of the greatest AOR albums of all time if you haven't heard it GO BUY IT!!! Awesome guitar sound by Barry on that album!!!

[@trowerz]

YUP👍👍

[@phoenixmediaforge]

Too bad that Barry was penalized for a mistake that he didn't make.

[@VIDEOHEREBOB]

Great guy.

[@davidstewart4310]

It's a shame what happened between the original members of Boston but i guess the record label are kinda to blame in a way. Scholz and Goudreau were fantastic together but still great on their own. Check out the Delp/Goudreau album everyone :-)

[@maelinjoli]

it was a personal war between Tom Scholz and Walter Yetnikoff. Yetnikoff was the head of CBS Records and he wanted to show Tom who was boss. They went in court and Tom won. taken from an interview with Tom and Red Beard

[@adrianlee3497]

Brad always loved The Beatles so it makes a lot of sense to write something with a Beatles flavor.

[@southernrocker63]

That explains Barry leaving Boston, what about the other original members? Why did everybody but Brad leave?

[@Journxy27]

Sib and Fran joined CBS in suing Tom and tried to steal the name "Boston" from him. Similar to Steve Smith and Ross Valery with Journey, which is ironic because it's the drummer and the bass player.

[@Journxy27]

@@davidcarlin3850 It is true. This was between Don’t Look Back and Third Stage. Got this information directly from Tom in a letter to the Boston fan page where misinformation was spreading like wild fire. Go check it out, he clears up a lot of stuff.

[@in2livinit]

​ @Journey "He". Meaning Scholz. His version. This BS has been swirling for 40 years bc TS is/was a narcissist who is not a team player & could not "play nice" with others. "Boston" could have rivaled Zeppelin or easily equaled Kansas or Styx as a BAND w/ everyone contributing. But TS had to have it all HIS way or no way. And wrecked it. "Boston" now is TS playing in a tribute band. And no creative output to = the 1st 2, since the 70's. If the accusation is true, it is preserved for all time in a Court filing. That is the bottom line. Not "Tom sez". Please .............

[@Luckyrider1958]

@@Journxy27 You trust the word of the guy who ran off the entire original band? LMAO!! He may well have had "genius" with Boston's origin... but he was a total failure as a leader and manager of a band...if he WAS the "lone Genius"... why did Boston's meteoric "success".. end the same time he fired everyone?? 3rd stage produced only one "hit".. a bubble gum ballad... Amanda.. zero rockers.. and ZERO hits since? Lone Genius? really?

[@goggutube]

Well, I do think that record label's phrase was a bad idea. I can easily see why Tom would be upset since that Boston guitar sound is his. With that said, in equal measures, also essential to the Boston sound is Brad's voice and Barry's harmonies. Those harmonies are one of the best, if not the best in rock. Third Stage, without Barry, sounded a tiny bit hollow. Not the least, Fran's bass and Sib's drums. Without any one of them, I wonder if they could have achieved the same success. The live video at Giants stadium, really showed Barry was an essential member of Boston.

[@mosessupposes2571]

Good stuff

[@justdynee]

Barry's sound is that Boston sound.

[@artvandelay9374]

His album was great. We all had a copy !

[@gtf2648]

I think Barry's Solo album with Brad on Vocals is better than the Boston albums

[@rdfab3]

Ok, I’ll bite…please explain musically how that could be?

[@jaybee9269]

I don’t dislike that record; it has the Boston guitar sound…mostly…but a Boston record it is not, by any means.

[@CPR12345]

I think you’re crazy. 😬🙄

[@PatrickLongworth]

I will say this. It is possible that Barry's solo album is better, after all it is the listener's experience of it that we're really referring to. Marc Scherer and Jennifer Batten did a cover of a Survivor song which really impressed me. Jennifer is a very different guitarist compared to Frankie Sullivan when it comes to the sound, technique,etc.

[@jmac9313]

Barry did you teach Tom how to play your style of guitar or did you develop the sound together.

[@richsmith9063]

I loved that album !!! I didn't realize the album got "squashed" by the label under pressure from Tom Shultz. That was early cancel culture.....delivered by Tom Shultz. Not only was he ahead in time w/ his futuristic music, but also ahead of his political party by 3 decades.

[@MrKenstar2]

It scholz

[@timsanderson5572]

@@MrKenstar2 It's "it's."

[@bigbadbamboo1]

Twisted Tommy

[@pamr4040]

❤

[@MrKenstar2]

Part 12?

[@stevem7]

So Scholz fired Barry because of a record label marketing shenanigan? I knew Tom had quite the ego but sheesh, seems a little harsh if Barry didn't have a say in what the label did.

[@Journxy27]

The record company literally said that the guitar work and tone that you hear on Boston albums is Barry's. "Meet its owner". Tom spent years creating that tone and those songs, he was rightfully pissed.

[@flurng]

@@Journxy27 Sure, Tom had a right to be pissed - at the RECORD LABEL, not at Barry! BTW, a lot of the guitar work and tone on Boston albums Barry's!

[@kerriwilson7732]

@@Journxy27 wouldn't have cost Tom a penny to cheer for Barry.

[@shawnstarks1743]

They fuc!ed up when they got rid of Barry.

[@kroggydog]

RTZ kicked ass

[@rycher2007]

Who did the Orion the Hunter record?

[@markzappasodi]

It seems to me like Tom was a major a**hole. 😡

[@Bushwig]

No just really smart.

[@russwr4946]

i have just now discovered this whole lost band

[@rockyhenz3607]

Barry WAS the real guitar magician behind Boston...Tom was merely his student

[@warptek]

My only question is what was going on in Tom's mind in relation to Barry. Did Tom think Barry was behind the ad campaign? If not, why blame Barry for it? If so then Barry sounds like he was apologetic to Tom and should've forgiven him. Either way, what happened to Barry really sucks. To me, Boston is the first 2 albums. Especially the 2nd album is just stellar. Anything after the first 2 should justifiably be considered Tom Scholz solo albums with the Boston name attached. They don't hold a candle to the first two.

[@theragingdolphinsmaniac4696]

Barry's 1st solo record is the 3rd best Boston album. IMO, behind the debut record and Don't Look Back. Pretty much everything after that is meh for me.

[@catonthemoon2084]

Agreed!!

[@TheNuzzman]

That whole Barry Goudreau album is amazing,I still have my copy on vinyl.

[@rrheipel]

Some people can be so petty. Hearing from the former members of Boston, I am losing a lot of respect for Tom Schultz.

[@imannonymous7707]

What a drag when things out of your control get misconstrued . Politics suck when they dont swing in your favor . And his art and career suffered for it

[@broeheem2804]

As it turns out, Barry Goudreau didn't miss out on much, considering Boston's minimal output after his firing. Tom Scholz was more of a producer/engineer than a guitarist, obsessing to the nth degree over detail after detail after detail. Boston could have put out three times the material they did if not for Tom. Personally, I was tired of the Scholz guitar sound after the first album. You'd think with all the time he spend agonizing over the productions, he could have changed it up a bit.

[@wignersfriend2766]

This sounds like petty jealousy taken to the extreme - firing his competent second guitarist? But maybe its not as simple as all that.

[@ohger1]

Stopping promotion isn't why Barry's solo album died a quick death - the reality is that the album just wasn't that good. Most fans like me who bought that album listened once hoping for another Boston album, but it was clear from the writing that this wasn't it. It also didn't sound a lot like Tom's tone. The biggest problem is that the album wasn't given a chance because it clearly wasn't Boston which is what we all wanted from BG. A couple of tracks were OK but after I listened to it I gave it to my brother.

[@marksolarz3756]

A friend of mine got the Boston symbol tattooed on his arm. About 1980. He was convinced they were gonna be bigger then the Beatles. Loved giving him shit for the next 20 years! Great albums...but what a bunch of drama Queens!

[@themadmattster9647]

Orion the Hunter is amazing

[@patrickoirishman8366]

From what I understand, Barry wrote and played most of the iconic guitar riffs on the first and second albums.

[@FatherOMalley]

he wrote and recorded early versions of More than a feeling, Peace of Mind, and Hitch a ride on guitar. This was pre-Scholz on guitar. You can find some of these on youtube. Also some other tracks that never made it onto the album. And obviously he recorded long time in studio for the first album.

[@keithfields1178]

I think we had better music AirPlay, and intro to new bands when the record labels were involved . But! The shenanigans the labels allowed to be played on the most important aspect of the formula, the artist themselves, destroyed the goose that lay the golden egg. Great musicians with home recording, but really lack the production, engineering and so forth . Mutt Lang and his direct influence with Def Leppard is a good example. Maybe someday , but I’m not holding my breath here.

[@StONed-yx5qq]

Wicked hawwd…..

[@jasoncharles9481]

These egos and feuds in these bands always amazes me. These fuckin guys don’t know how good they have, then they piss it away with stupidity. Then eventually nobody cares about the band anymore. Smart....

[@kande6916]

Tom Scholz no doubt was a genius, but the band as a whole contributed to the sound and vocals all the way!!! Without Barry ,a piece of the puzzle went missing and lead to hurt the real Bostons sound!!!! Also with Barry gone , it sounds like Brad wasn't all their for the band anymore either!!! Sad!!! This band blew us all away when they hit the stage but every member made that sound !!!!

[@gmant478]

Tom screwed Boston up

[@nickknight5543]

I loved the band Boston just like I loved the band Van Halen. Both bands had one thing in common, the guitar player was a dick who ruined the band. Yeah yeah I know Tom wrote and played everything on the first album but he didn't sing did he? Nope.

[@ZoeyPaigeLunaPhD]

Boston would have been a great band for longer if it had been about all of them instead of one guy

[@ronwilgenbusch1961]

If you look back, Barry had a bigger influence on the band than Tom may have wanted to admit. The first two albums had swagger and swing. Third stage was good, but lacked that swagger that the first 2 had. Barry came out the gate in 80’ with solo album with swagger an crunch and catchy riffs, lyrics. Mean woman blues is that. If Tom and Barry had worked it out I think Third Stage could have been even better.

[@RN-wl6cs]

Don't look back...

[@markmortham4967]

Hey Barry, I use to hang out and jam with your cousin Brian Horan. He was a fantastic drummer. Didn’t Brian’s dad get you started playing guitar? Except for Brian’s blond hair you two could have passed as twins not cousins

[@kokolovitch56]

Changing band members can be detrimental.

[@quetzalflight5790]

Yeap he self-destruct his own band his own rock n roll creativity.. .sad very sad Tom. Who didn't love that refreshing BOSTON SOUND originated by the first album.

[@butchbrown1582]

I Never knew they fired him. And that to me explains why Boston couldn't produce any more hits. Cool the engines was a decent record but it wasn't even close to the first two. And todays Boston doesn't even sound like Boston to me. Nobody can reproduce Brads Vocals.

[@chrisknapp3413]

Barry question.? . Sorry about Brad that sucks big time. But why is you ask about one of your videos, I believe I read something that said you actually create the Boston, sound with a broken transistor in your amplifier , hence, that magical sound. I believe Tom, perfected it.. based on that blowin resistor. Too much more to say. Too much more to say but I miss my XPR , multiprocessor, and rockman x100.

[@TheCleaner6969]

Seems to me Barry & Brad didn't need Scholz. They could've & should've keep Boston going without him. The sound & vocals were there so who needs Scholz? The more I learn about Scholz the less I like him.

[@josephnewburgh8531]

Like Steve Perry, Roger plant etc etc certain bands will never sound the same without the lead singers who made thier fortunes, brad delp was Boston's Steve perry, Roger plant, nuff said.

[@ScarecrowzTube]

boston - Tom Sholz band. first two were great, but the guy spends too much time with gadgets and doesn't focus on the songs. could have been a killer album in 1980 if didn't let himself get in the way.

[@johnSmith-yn7dg]

Barry looks a little bit like robert deniro. ;)

[@stevenhollingsworth733]

I saw Boston in Florida right after the second album came out one of the worst concerts ever. they sounded horrible live not bunch better than a garage band. I remember we were all so disappointed they didn't even have a light show.

[@brianmorrison4865]

Tom got butthurt that Brad and Barry's solo album sounded too much like Boston. Period

[@michaelsteven1090]

Makes no sense..Why would the record company not let Tom produce Barry's song?..If it was for Boston?..I think Barry is not telling the truth..What as mess this band turned into..just sad.

[@richoliver1356]

With all do fairness too all what stands out too me was Tommy suggested if u all want too do side projects this is the time so brad and Barry went for it because of one misguided slogan Tommy says Barry your out these guys were tight u would have thought as friends and band mates they paid alot of dues too make it but 3rd stage was incredible awesome album but Barry took Fran cosmo and had a good solo and Orion the hunter was well recieved even more so with rtz Tommy uses Fran on the boston album walk on whats that about because he liked what Barry was doing even though he never admitted it

[@johnSmith-yn7dg]

I agree with Tom on this one. Nothing against Barry, but the record label F ed up and they knew what they were doing. This being said, Tom went overboard.

[@thomasrobinson182]

It was always a Tom Scholz project anyway.

[@derhandtrommler]

Scholz is a brilliant arranger, but he's also a micromanaging megalomaniac. He ruined a band that could have been around for years longer.

[@TooSkinnyKenny]

This is his side of the story but I’d like to hear schotz version.

[@oldcountryman2795]

Tom Scholz *IS* Boston. That's just a fact.

[@zoso1980]

Without the others Tom on the first two records, Tom is just a studio nerd. You can't deny the other's contribution and just stroke Tom's ego. This argument that Boston is Tom and Tom only is silliness. It's like saying Led Zeppeln was Jimmy Page. You know damn well it was the chemistry of the members that made both bands great.

[@bradlee2594]

I like Barry and always have, and I also wish he and Tom could have worked things out - back in the day or since. But with that, I think Barry is somewhat misleading in his version of events. First, Tom more likely objected to the marketing slogan affixed to the Barry solo record and demanded that slogan be removed rather than demanding the record cease being promoted altogether. This is just my common sense take, and it is not based on any inside knowledge. Regarding Barry being fired as a result of the controversy over his solo record - or rather the controversy regarding the record's marketing, I think Barry leaving Boston was more an amicable split rather than a flat out firing. Barry was paid handsomely when he left, something people who get fired typically don't receive. Barry wanted to be more involved in Boston, and because he saw no future in becoming more involved he was compelled to leave, perhaps more so than Tom desired him to leave. This opinion is based on both common sense and prior statements made by Barry and other members of Boston.

[@MIchaelMiii]

Hi Tom!

[@Journxy27]

Wow, finally someone who actually did their research. These comments are loaded with people who haven't done any research outside of what they HEARD back in the 80's and it's really sad. Good on you for actually looking into the articles and interviews and finding the context.

[@MyVeryHappyDay]

@@Journxy27 you were always jealous of Boston’s success.

[@funkster007]

@@MyVeryHappyDay Not in the 80's.

[@Journxy27]

@@MyVeryHappyDay Don’t think you understood my comment, I was saying the guy who wrote this reply actually knows his stuff.

[@johncole015]

Nobody in the band is anywhere near prolific.

[@johnhetherington8830]

Good job rotten band

[@JESUS-SAVES_1975.]

Tom really screwed up by firing Barry. The first two Boston albums, with Barry, were awesome. After Barry got fired, the rest of the Boston albums were mostly crap. The Walk On album contained a few good songs but that's about it.

[@johnvalencia9927]

they were going to be crap anyway even if barry wasn't fired. The 70s was a special time for music. Most everything from the 80s is crap.

[@beatleman69]

I read that Barry sided with Boston's management during Tom's lawsuit against them.

[@Luckyrider1958]

"heard" this where? Got a link?