Suicide confirmed in Delp’s death [Boston lead Singer]

Boston Herald ^ | 3/15/07 | Gayle Fee and Laura Raposa

[henkster]

"All I want is to have my peace of mind...."

[pissant]

Can we get Boston's lead Senator to join him?

[RexBeach]

"Don't look back..."

Poor SOB. Too bad he didn't get some help. Perhaps he did, and it didn't take?

Suicide is a complete surrender to hopelessness.

I hope God treats him gently.

[PajamaTruthMafia]

As soon as I heard he died, that very verse came immediately to mimd...

[avacado]

"I resemble that remark, hic..."

[ConservaTexan]

Smokin'

[RightOnline]

I've been listening to rock for over 45 years....and Brad Delp still ranks as the single most amazing voice I've ever heard in the genre. Just an unreal talented man. This is tremendously sad; a major loss to his family, friends, fans, and to music.

He will be greatly missed.

[AngelesCrestHighway]

I think to much silicone in his left knocker?.....

[trillabodilla]

Saw them in Baton Rouge during the Third Stage tour (198- something). They were awesome.

What was really neat was that every song they sang, EVERY person in the assembly center knew EVERY WORD and sang along, it was amazing!

Sorry to hear of the lead singer's troubled life and death. Prayers for his family and loved ones.

[dfwgator]

Just goes to show just how nasty the music business can be.

[AnotherUnixGeek]

I hope God treats him gently.

I'd have to wonder about the decency of any God who didn't treat someone who gave in to despair like this gently. Poor guy.

[HEY4QDEMS]

[Jason_b]

Very sad. I went to a Boston concert many years ago, must have been late 70s. I went with a friend; I wonder where J.S. is today.

I am currently reading a book titled "codependent no more." If there's anything to it, Brad was a codependent, which is the way normal people react to abnormal people around them. All the elements in place, Scholz the perfectionist psycho on one side, the rest of the guys on the other. Brad in the middle trying to make everything right. The syndrome is similar to children of alcoholics.

The sad thing is, except for Brad's inability to step back and let others deal with their own problems, he was the normal one. It was the psychos around him that created the pain.

For quite a long time, I had a bit of a codependency thing of my own going on with a psycho family member. I thought I had to keep taking it. Until I get fed up. Then I cut her loose and got rid of 98% of my life's problems.

[edpc]

Brad Delp lit two charcoal grills in the bathroom adjacent to his master bedroom and committed suicide via asphyxiation last week....

Sad, but I guess he wanted to be savory in the afterlife...?

[frogjerk]

One of the greatest rock albums of all time. They don't make 'em like that anymore.

[Jonathan]

Wonder all you want about it.

You can charge God with being indecent too.

But you will have an eternity to think about the foolishness of your ignoring the great salvation that God has offered you in Jesus Christ.

[HEY4QDEMS]

I remember when that LP came out when I was in Junior HS, I also remember something about a message within the blue flames under the ship, but I forget what it was.

[AnotherUnixGeek]

But you will have an eternity to think about the foolishness of your ignoring the great salvation that God has offered you in Jesus Christ.

I'd probably spend the eternity wondering what sort of God would play such incredibly cruel games with his creations. And I still feel bad for poor Brad Delp, and anyone else who gives in to depression and despair with suicide. Still remember "Hitch A Ride" from my childhood.

[massgopguy]

I played golf with Brad a few times, along with guitar player from a band called Hearts on Fire. They weren't kidding when they called him the nicest guy in Rock and Roll.