Sib Hashian

John "Sib" Hashian August 17, 1949 (Drums, Percussion, Backing Vocals Live)

Sib had been playing drums since elementary school, though he had no formal training. He played in various bands with Fran Sheehan, and later met Tom Scholz through Fran. Sib played on Barry Goudreau's 1980 solo album, and also particpated in early sessions for Third
Stage (before being replaced by Jim Masdea).

Sib has owned/operated a record store in Danvers, Massachusetts (called "Soundwaves), and at one point he owned a chain of tanning salons throughout the Boston area. His current business endeavor is a small music store Sommerville, Mass.,
called Holland Street Music.

Fran Sheehan

Fran Sheehan March 26th, 1949. (Bass, Percussion, Backing Vocals Live)

Despite the fact that Fran contributed the least to BOSTON's success, he actually had arguably the most musical experience prior to joining the group. He had been playing gigs with his father at age 5, and he majored in Vocals at the New England Conservatory Of Music.

But Fran dropped out of school to pursue a dream in rock and roll. Instead, he ended up playing a lot of weddings. However, Fran did meet up with John "Sib" Hashian, which led to him joining BOSTON.

Jim Masdea

Growing up in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, near Boston's inner city, Jim Masdea lived in a house that shook with the rumble of passing commuter trains. Dealing with the drama of urban survival, no one would have predicted that someday he would be close friends with MIT grad Tom Scholz, who had had the luxury of a good home and successful, educated parents.

Self taught and immersed in Rock and Roll music at an early age, Jim was happy playing drums in capable local rock bands by the time he started high school. When Jim serendipitously answered an ad for a band that Barry Goudreau and Tom Scholz were playing in, the stage was set for a relationship that would eventually change all of their lives. That band quickly dissolved, but the musical connection turned into a close friendship between Scholz and Masdea.

Jim was the drummer for several unsuccessful attempts at bands formed to play songs live, and even more attempts at recording them in Scholz's commercial studio. When Tom gave up on these approaches and went 'underground' to his basement studio, he invited Jim to be the only other musician he would work with. Masdea played the drums on every demo recorded by Scholz, and together they developed the drum arrangements for most of the music heard on BOSTON's debut album.

At the insistence of management, Masdea was eventually replaced for the recording of the debut album tracks, but the drum parts for many of the songs were reproduced note for note from the demo tracks that Jim played. At Scholz's insistence, Jim played drums for 'Rock and Roll Band' on that album, and several years later Tom invited him back to record drums for much of BOSTON's Third Stage, and the amazing 1987 stadium tours that followed. In addition to playing with BOSTON, Jim has been involved in diverse enterprises, including building and operating a bakery, and captaining a commercial yacht.

Barry Goudreau

Nov 29, 1951

Playing since he was 11, Barry Goudreau was an accomplished guitarist by the time he entered Boston University to study Geology. In the early '70's, he was playing in a band that practiced in an MIT fraternity house. They ran an ad for a keyboard player, which Tom Scholz answered, and a close friendship between he and Barry was born. Goudreau played lead guitar on several of Tom's early demo recordings, and found vocalist Brad Delp in the mid 70's. When Scholz's final demos won a contract with Epic Records in 1976, Barry was Tom's first and immediate choice to join the new band. Barry recalls, "In the early days of the band we had a tremendous camaraderie. It was more fun than you can imagine. At the same time there was tremendous pressure as well. At first all we hoped for was to sell enough records to continue with a musical career." Those hopes manifested into a collective 25 million albums between Boston and Don't Look Back. Goudreau's incredible leads can be heard on "Longtime," "Used to Bad News," "Let Me Take You Home Tonight," and "Don't Look Back." Tom says, "When Barry and I played those harmony parts or battling guitar leads, it felt like we were connected by a "Vulcan mind link." He adds, "I've never seen anyone so dedicated to honing his physical skill with guitar. Watching TV or hanging with some friends, Barry always had his SG in his hands, playing unplugged, silently conditioning his reflexes. He had lightning speed."

Following two tours and two albums with BOSTON, amidst turmoil with the band's managers and record company, Barry and Tom went their separate ways. In 1980, Goudreau released Barry Goudreau with singers Brad Delp and Fran Cosmo, which reached #88 on the Billboard charts. In 1984 he launched Orion The Hunter, joined by Cosmo and Delp again. In 1991 he formed RTZ (Return To Zero), once again with Delp singing lead vocals, releasing a self-titled album the following year. His most recent effort with Brad was in 2003, the self--titled Delp and Goudreau, a release that really showcases their talent.

After Tom Scholz's remastering of the first two BOSTON albums in March 2006, he and Barry reinstated contact after 25 years, rekindling a friendship neither had forgotten. Barry continues to perform on occasion in small venues in the greater Boston area. In the winter months he takes to the ski slopes whenever possible, and during the summer, he hits the water in his Formula powerboat. Barry and his wife live on the north shore of Boston with their son and daughter.

Bradley E. "Brad" Delp

June 12, 1951 - March 9, 2007

Born in the north shore of Boston, Brad Delp has been playing music ever since childhood, buying his first guitar at 13 after seeing The Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show. "It cost $60, and it had an amplifier built into the case, which was a great thing," he says, "and it was all of five watts." Shortly thereafter, he joined his first band, The Iguanas, and has been rocking ever since. Brad remembers, "The Iguanas was rather short lived. Most of the original Iguanas remained when we changed our name to The Monks (this was before the Monkees), and that was the band that I played with all through high school. I still see most of those guys today." 

Brad honed his unique singing style by performing in various clubs regularly in the early '70's, a welcome respite from his day job, working in a factory making heating coils. Barry Goudreau brought Brad to the attention of Tom Scholz while he was recording demo tapes in his basement studio, and 30 years later, he still contributes to the BOSTON magic with his dulcet tones. Brad recalls, "The first time I met Tom, he was playing in a little club in Revere Beach. The band, at the time was Tom, Barry and Jim Masdea. I was in a cover band (with Fran Sheehan playing bass) that never got to the point of actually playing a gig. The reason I went to the club at Revere Beach was because I heard there was a band, writing original material, who was looking for a lead singer. This turned out to be the case. I never did meet the original singer, the night I saw them Barry was playing guitar and singing lead vocals as well. Coincidentally, I had met Barry before. He tried out, as a replacement lead guitarist, for a band that I was in back in high school. Although my band thought he was very good, he didn't get the gig with us because our original guitarist had a change of heart and decided to remain in the band." He continues, "I don't know, maybe Barry put a good word in for me with Tom from our earlier musical encounter. In any event, I auditioned for them a short while later in Jim Masdea's basement, where they rehearsed and, happily, got the gig." Good word or not, it was on Brad's own merit that he got the job, as Scholz had auditioned countless singers, but just knew that Delp was the man for the job as soon as he started to sing. In addition to being blessed with those golden vocal chords, he is also a talented songwriter, and wrote or co-wrote with Tom several songs on the first two BOSTON albums, as well as Walk On. Not only does he possess one of the most recognizable voices in the history of rock music, but Brad Delp also plays guitar, keyboards, and harp.

Singing lead and all the harmony tracks (4-6 depending on the song) on the first 3 BOSTON albums, Brad's voice has become an international treasure, heard around the world on a daily basis. Thirty years later, it still hasn't gotten old for him. "I never get ebony porn tired of playing because every show is different. Wherever you do the show, there's a certain amount of pride because you don't want people to go away disappointed," remarks Delp. Observing the audience's reaction at any given show, they never get tired of seeing him perform, either. After a hiatus from the band in the early '90's, Brad returned to Scholz's studio to lay some tracks for Corporate America.

Brad's fans rave about what a personable and humble man he is. His band mates do as well. Drummer Jeff Neal says, "There's not much more that can be said about him that hasn't already been said a million times. One of the most distinguishable voices in all of popular music, and also one of the nicest, most down to earth guys you'll ever have the pleasure of meeting. I have never seen someone who can so seemingly effortlessly do what he does, whether it be singing those classic lines from the first album or working a room at a meet-and-greet. If there were such a thing as a rock and roll university, Brad would be my first choice for teaching 'How to be a Rock Icon 101' He's self-effacing, kind-hearted and always willing to share the attention. He also has one of the quickest wits around. Gary Pihl adds, "We call Brad 'the nicest guy in Rock and Roll!'" I've been in other bands where we avoided talking to fans. Brad goes out of his way to make sure he meets everybody, signs all the autographs they want and takes pictures with any fan who has a camera!" When not touring with BOSTON, Brad is involved with a Beatles tribute band called Beatle Juice. Tom says, "They sound more like the Beatles than the Beatles did!" Delp cites the Fab Four as his greatest influence, and has been a huge fan since he first heard them over the airwaves. Beatle Juice performs a lot of shows in the Northeast, many of them for charitable causes. Over the years, Brad has lended his songwriting and vocal talents to several projects including the solo album by Barry Goudreau, Orion the Hunter, and RTZ. Most recently, in 2003 Brad and Barry released Delp and Goudreau, an album they made, "for the sheer pleasure of making music." He says that he still gets nervous, even after all these years, even after playing to stadium crowds of 80,000 with BOSTON, and to a crowd of 100,000 from the Hatch Shell on Boston's Esplanade, performing with Beatle Juice. "I get nervous before going on stage and if I didn't get nervous, I'd be suspicious," admits Delp, "But once I start playing, it goes away." A vegetarian for 37 years, Brad resides in New Hampshire's Merrimac Valley.