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Boston-based band the Del Fuegos put out three critically- acclaimed albums, and had hits with the tracks “Don’t Run Wild” and “I Still Want You” in the 1980s.  Declining commercial success and in-fighting caused the original line-up to implode by the end of the decade. Now, the four original members have reunited for a short stint of dates to rekindle the fire, despite very successful careers ...

Home bass We in Boston enjoy reminding others that Hooray for Earth originally formed here, so we can still call them a Boston band. CHECK HIS ID Regardless of where Noel Heroux calls home, Hooray for Earth remain awesome. We in Boston enjoy reminding others that Hooray for Earth originally formed here, so we can still call them a Boston band. To this, New Yorkers will often offer a retort such ...

When Fran Sheehan joined the rock band Boston in the 1970s, lead singer Brad Delp took him aside and confided that...

There was a Chickenfoot reunion, of sorts, Wednesday night in Boston

At one point during her ecstatic performance Friday night at the Bank of America Pavilion, Donna Summer confessed she was a big fan of the original series of iPod commercials where silhouetted dancers rocked out with wild abandon. "That's the way music makes me feel inside,'' she said. It seemed clear that, thanks to Summer, the near-capacity crowd knew exactly ...

Lights! Camera! Band-aids? The Boston Public Health Commission is taking to the big, and small, screen with an unusual pitch for volunteers for the Boston Medical Reserve Corps. The reserves are called upon to help the city during public health emergencies and large special events such as the Fourth of July and the Boston Marathon. The commercial, set against a pulsing beat, features a large ...

There are five Bad Boys from Boston, but only one Bad Girl. Boston native Donna Summer - who lost her battle...

You have to give American politicians some credit as it's been several weeks since anyone's been caught using an artist's music without permission. But according to Punknews that streak came to an end over the weekend when Boston band Dropkick Murphys called out Wisconsin Republican Jeff Fitzgerald for using "Shipping Up to Boston" in a campaign stop. "We just got word that Wisconsin State Rep ...

Sharper image For a kind-of goofy metal dude, Alex Citrone is pretty serious — especially when he talks metal, and especially when he's talking about his band, Boston shred titans Razormaze. TOSSED BARBS "With a lot of metal, people want to be as extreme as they possibly can," says Alex Citrone (second from left). "When it gets to a certain point, it's like, 'What the fuck am I listening to ...

The Boston group mixes a jam-band sound and soulful songwriting, recorded live in West Virginia.

A distressed Brad Delp, lead singer of the rock band Boston, told his close friends that band leader Tom Scholz...