With each story that comes out about this tragedy...it hurts a little bit more. I can't believe the pain this man put himself through and yet is seen just days before his death on YouTube playing music with Beatle Juice and laughing and singing like life was great for him.
I can't help but think now that some of this lies at the feet of Tom Scholz. It sounds as if Brad was a battered friend and partner who took it for the sake of the music and for the fans. Tom now comes across as someone who is exactly as everyone in the music industry has said he is.
An eclectic left wing whack job neurotic paranoid controling abusive power hungry genius bastard.
My heart goes out to Brad's family and to Brad's soul...it is terrible for any person to feel the need to leave Earth on their own terms and leave behind so much sadness. If he only knew how much good he brought to the world.
R.I.P. Brad
"I can't help but think now that some of this lies at the feet of Tom Scholz..."
I would suggest before you post something like that, you should know a few facts:
Scholz has taken alot of unfair shots over the years for protecting the company called "Boston" and its brand name to ensure royalties get paid so he can cut checks to present & former bandmates.
Even Brad himself was protective of the brand name of "Boston"...even fact, Beatle Juice bandmate David Stefenelli commented on gonnahitcharide.com the other day that when Brad was forming Beatle Juice, he requested his new band mates to not use his Boston roots for any promos.
Barry Goudreau (owning a recording studio and produces records) also understands what Tom had been trying to do as well. On his webpage, Barry writes: "...In recent months Tom Scholz and I have been in touch again after more than 20 years. I think the most difficult part for me has been realizing that if I had taken the time to cool off and gotten back in touch, things might have turned out differently...Looking back with 20/20 hindsight, I probably would have handled things differently..."
Brad Delp was his own man and flipped in and out of Boston on his own volition. He and Tom were close friends and Tom certainly never pressure Brad into doing anything. Brad did his side projects with Sammy Hagar, RTZ, Beatle Juice and many humanitarian functions without any interference from Tom Scholz.
The only two people Tom really had a bone to pick was with Sib Hashian and Fran Sheehan - who during the 7 year lawsuit, testified for Epic and tried to wrestle the Boston corporation away from Tom & Brad (who were the two and only members originally signed by Epic on the record contract).
Tom was the manager, song writer, engineer, producer and brains of the corporation but Brad was the singer and soul of it.
Brad was a grown man with low self esteem and at an emotional low point, took himself out. This had nothing to do with Boston, Tom Scholz, or any of his band mates. This had to do with Brad Delp, the "lonely soul".