Just a word of advice. Don’t rush this guy. Today we’re telling the story of Boston's perfectionist rock savant Tom Scholz whose attention to detail is the secret ingredient to some of the rock era’s most iconic tracks. After spending six years working on demos in his basement studio, Tom Scholz and Boston released one of the best-selling records of the 70s. Its lead single More Than a Feeling blew everyone away. Two years later, Boston kicked out another blockbuster album. Only Scholz didn’t think the record was ready. So he vowed to take his time with the next record. It would be 8 years before it was released… which led to a contentious legal battle. But when this LP was released it went to #1 even though the musical landscape had completely changed. Now with six studio albums to their name, Boston averages about a decade between records. Get the story behind this musical mastermind and this legendary band and their evolution told through five essential tracks… NEXT on the Professor of Rock.

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It’s time for another episode of our series “Evolution.” On this show we tell the story of a band’s career through 5 defining tracks. These may not be a band’s most popular songs, and they may not even be my personal favorites. But each songs will to take you from the beginning to the end of a band’s journey and showcase the evolution of their sound and artistic direction. For today’s episode, we’re telling the story of the band who saved rock in 70s: It’s Boston! Let’s get into it.

The story of Boston begins with MIT master’s graduate and Polaroid engineer Tom Scholz, who would form the band in Boston, Massachusetts in 1976. However, before Boston came together, Tom spent roughly six years hidden in his homemade basement studio in Watertown. There he tweaked and refined demo after demo, which he then shopped around to record companies… only to be rejected again and again. During these pre-Boston years, Scholz also played in multiple bands and in the process met guitarist Barry Goudreau, drummer Jim Masdea, and vocalist Brad Delp. In 1973 Tom played in the band Mother's Milk with the trio, but they disbanded the following year.

In 1974 Scholz saw his dream of becoming a professional musician was slipping away. He had spent so much time and money and time to make it happen, but had nothing to show for it. Taking one last gamble, Scholz cleaned out his savings account to buy an obsolete 12-track tape recorder… which he installed in his basement studio. His last-ditch plan was to record six new demos, and then sell off his equipment if his music was rejected again. Scholz played all the instruments on the demos, except for the drums. And Delp added vocals.But this time there was interest in Scholz’s music, from multiple labels and a management team called Pure Management. Through Pure, Tom and Brad courted Epic Records.

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