Boston is one of the best-selling albums of all time, and deservedly so. Because of the rise of disco and punk, Boston roll rock radio seemed all but dead until the rise of acts like Boston, Tom Petty, and Bruce Springsteen. Please enter a valid email address.
There was a problem subscribing you. This article is about the Boston song. For the concert film, see Rock ‘n’ Roll Band. For the musical ensemble, see Rock band. Roll Band” is a song by American rock band Boston written by main songwriter and guitarist Tom Scholz and helped out by lead vocalist Brad Delp the song appears on the band’s 1976 self-titled debut.
Rock and Roll Band” is one of several Boston songs with the theme of making music and how music makes them feel. According to Allmusic critic Vik Iyengar, it” is about the band’s “rise from a bar band. Well we were just another band out of Boston On the road to try to make ends meet Playin’ all the bars, sleepin’ in our cars And we practiced right on out in the street. However, the song’s lyrics do exaggerate the band’s story, as they spent years of work and rejection to get their recording contract, rather than being suddenly discovered by a record executive who happened to catch a show. Billy Baker of the Boston Globe called “Rock and Roll Band” “one of the biggest rock anthems of the 1970s.
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