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June 1 marks a milestone for this site - the twentieth anniversary of its launch.
It all started in mid-May of 1999. After my first year of college, I decided I wanted to create a Boston fan site. At that time, I decided to give myself a deadline of two weeks to complete it. On June 1, I launched Third Stage: A New World on the free webhosting service Webjump. The site was later moved to Batcave - another free webhost. In 2001. After getting tired of having a site plastered with ads from the webhost, along with limitations they placed on free hosting accounts, I decided to start putting money into the site and registered the domain name thirdstage.ca and moved the site to a paid hosting service. At that time, I decided to rebrand the site from Third Stage: A New World, to simply thirdstage.ca.
If you've been visiting this site long enough, you may recall that for a while, I actually closed up the site. It was 2003, and it was getting harder for me to give the site the attention I thought it deserved. So instead of letting the site languish, I made the hard choice to close it up. Then in 2005, during a time where I had a lot of time to spare, I decided to relaunch the site.
The site underwent a number of redesigns over the years. In 2007, I embarked on a number of changes for the site, starting with a new webhost. in March of 2007, I started the process of moving the site to a new webhost. It was during this time the news of Brad Delp's passing came about. On June 1, 2007, I released a major rebuild of the site. This was a particularly big change as I moved the site to a content management system. This meant I had to manually recreate all the content from the existing site one page/article at a time. The site changed again in November of 2009 after upgrading the CMS this site runs on. It remained largely unchanged until recently.
The 20th Anniversary Relaunch includes some major improvements:
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Gary Pihl's band Alliance has a new album coming out. Fire and Grace is being released on Escape Music on May 24, 2019. The album will feature 12 tracks, with a thirteenth bonus track for the first pressing of the album.
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Update May 28: While the album is available now on digital platforms, it looks like the CD release has been delayed to June 14, as the Amazon.com listing now shows that as the release date.
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BOSTON vocalist Tommy DeCarlo's band DECARLO has signed a record deal.
Frontiers Music Srl -- the same label that BOSTON released their 2013 album Life, Love & Hope on, has signed DECARLO to their label. "I’m extremely proud to be recognized by Frontiers and offered my very first recording contract! Getting to work with such a powerhouse label, that has signed some of the top bands from my era, is an accomplishment!” Says Tommy. "I’ve had a lot of blessings in my life (getting married to my wonderful wife of thirty years, having two beautiful children, having performed with a legendary rock and roll band, being a grandfather and last but not least having the opportunity to perform alongside my son Tommy Jr. in our band DECARLO. Through all of those blessings songwriting has also played a big part in my life. I’ve always written for myself, for my own enjoyment, it was something I did simply to pass the time never thinking anything would ever come of it…but it has! Frontiers has given me the opportunity to take my music to the next level. The world will finally get to hear the music of Tommy DeCarlo!"
DECARLO's lineup also includes Tommy's son, Tommy DeCarlo Jr. on guitar, Dan Hitz on drums and Brett Nelson on bass.
DECARLO's first album is expected around the middle of 2019 and is to include 10 songs.
Frontiers Music Srl is a record label based in Italy and has a number of well-known artists on their label, including Journey, REO Speedwagon, Chicago, Def Leppard, Sammy Hagar, Yes and Stryper.
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Tommy DeCarlo's band DECARLO has released a new single. Check out "Lightning Strikes Twice."
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Rick Beato dives into the different parts of BOSTON's "Hitch A Ride" in episode 17 of "What Makes This Song Great?".
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Sammy Hagar talks about touring with Boston in episode 13 of Sammy's Fractured Rock & Roll Photos.
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If you've ever wanted to get some Brad Delp memorabilia, now is your chance.
RR Auctions, based in Amherst, NH, will be auctioning off many items owned by Brad. The auction is working with Brad's children John-Michael and Jennifer, as well as his ex-wife Micki.
There are various Boston items, such as tour itineraries and programs, an acetate recording of More Than a Feeling, tour passes and Super 8 movies from Boston's 1979 Japanese tour.
Also among the items up for auction is Brad's collection of vinyl records, family correspondence, photos, handwitten lyrics (including Rockin' Away, which Brad wrote in 2006 and released in October 2007), his PRS electric guitar, and an 1873 Chickering concert grand piano, which is estimated at $50,000.
The auction runs for 1 week beginning December 7.
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As previously reported, Gary Pihl has a new project, All 41. Their first single After The Rain is now available. You can buy the single on iTunes, Google Play and Amazon. You can also preorder the album The World's Best Hope, which comes out July 7.
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BOSTON guitarist Gary Pihl has a new project with a new album being released this summer.
All 41 will be releasing their album The World's Best Hope July 7, 2017. All 41 also includes Robert Berry (bass), who has worked with Gary in Alliance and December People. They are also joined by Terry Brock on vocals and Matt Starr on drums. Their album will be released on Frontiers Records - the same label BOSTON released their latest album, Life, Love & Hope on in 2013.
You can read the full press release on the official Frontiers website.
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(L-R: Matt Starr, Terry Brock, Robert Berry, Gary Pihl)
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Former Boston member Barry Goudreau has a new band - and a new album.
Barry, who was with Boston during the first two albums, has been involved with a number of bands over the years since his departure from the band, including Orion the Hunter, RTZ, Lisa Guyer, and Ernie and the Automatics. Barry now has Barry Goudreau's Engine Room, which includes RTZ bandmates Brian Maes and Tim Archibald.
The group has released their first album, Full Steam Ahead, which includes 11 blues/rock tracks. The album is available for purchase on CD Baby as download or on CD. It's also available for purchase and streaming on multiple services, including iTunes, Google Play Music, Amazon and Spotify.
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