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"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".

Funny thing you seem to ignore in your post, is that Brad, Barry, Sib and Fran have Remained very good friends since the original band dissolved. They were together at Brad’s funeral. Apparently, Brad understood what the other bandmembers felt, and as Micki said, it tore him apart.
Barry’s comment about handling things differently does not mean he would have given in to Tom’s controlling ways...don’t confuse the issue. As you can see, this last recent collaboration with Tom, Barry (and Brad)is over. As Barry put it “old demons resurfaced”.

The emotional and professional career of Brad was laid to the wayside by all the litigations and problems Tom has with people...have you forgotten the lawsuit he also filed against the Cosmo’s? What other successful band do you know of that takes 6, 7 years between albums while the rest of the band can’t represent themselves as bandmembers from Boston? Or cannot use their instruments in photo ops
because they used that certain ‘guitar’in the band Boston.
Please, do your research, listen to people who were living it at the time (Micki, Sib, Fran, Barry) among others.
This is why Brad did not want any mention of Boston with promos for Beatlejuice. He did not want a problem with Tom.

Low self esteem was not Brad’s problem.... Instead of trying to make someone else happy, he should have made himself happy first. His incomparable voice and his career would never have suffered then. And that, my friend, has everything to do with Tom Scholz.