Boston frontman found dead
Posted: Sun Mar 11, 2007 12:02 am
Not a Boston fan at all, but Delp did have a decent voice, and I did enjoy his work with Barry Goudreau.
Damn shame.
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I don't think so; I'm not sure how long Brad stayed with them after 3rd Stage. I haven't listened to a thing they did since that, but I did hear snippets of newer stuff on a commercial once, advertising their concert. Based on what I heard, there was no way I'd have gone to see them; the replacement singer just did nothing for me.Malik23 wrote: I didn't know they were still making music. Is anything beyond the 3rd album good?
BOSTON (March 15) - The recent death of Brad Delp, lead singer of the rock band Boston, has been ruled a suicide, police in New Hampshire said on Wednesday.
Delp, 55, was killed by carbon monoxide piped through a tube from a vehicle's exhaust pipe into a bathroom where he was found dead on March 9, said Lt. William Baldwin of the police in Atkinson, a southern New Hampshire town where Delp lived.
Delp's family released a statement earlier in the day confirming the suicide.
"He was a man who gave all he had to give to everyone around him, whether family, friends, fans or strangers," the family said in a statement relayed by police Wednesday. "He gave as long as he could, as best he could, and he was very tired. We take comfort in knowing that he is now, at last, at peace."
The family's statement said Sullivan, Delp's children and their mother, Delp's ex-wife Micki Delp, were grateful for the sympathy they had received.
With Delp's big, wailing voice, Boston scored hits with "More Than a Feeling," "Long Time" and "Peace of Mind."
The band's popularity peaked in the late 1970s but it remained active off and on, producing its last album, "Corporate America," in 2002.
Delp was born in Boston, and bought his first guitar at age 13 after seeing the Beatles on the Ed Sullivan Show, according to his Web site. Since 1994, he spent his spare time working in a tribute band called Beatle Juice, the band said.
"The 55-year-old Bradley Delp committed suicide and the cause of death was carbon monoxide" poisoning, Baldwin said in a statement.