Boston have given a new take to an old Christmas song with the release of ‘God Rest Ye Metal Gentlemen’.
The festive song was produced by Boston’s Tom Scholz with Kimberley Dahme on bass and lead vocal, Gary Pihl and Scholz on vocals and guitars, along with Tom Hambridge on drums. Scholz said in a statement, “This was my chance to BOSTON-ize one of my favorite Christmas carols. I had so much fun with this one, I think I’ll have to try a few more.”
Boston are best known for their 1976 debut ‘Boston’ featuring ‘More Than A Feeling’ that went on to sell over 17 million copies in the USA alone.
The second album ‘Don’t Look Back’ two years later seemed relatively unsuccessful by comparison but still sold 7 million in the USA.
In 2013, Boston released ‘Live, Love & Hope’. The album was 10 years in the making and features their former lead singer Brad Delp on some tracks. Delp died in 2007.
According to the band’s publicist, “The collection of brand new tracks, recorded at Scholz’s very own Hideaway Studio II, was produced, arranged, and engineered by Scholz and is BOSTON’s first release since 2002’s Corporate America. In addition to Delp and Victor, current BOSTON singer Tommy DeCarlo, Kimberley Dahme and Scholz himself, contribute vocals on the new album. Diverse yet cohesive, the long-awaited album has something for everyone and will fulfill the expectations of existing fans, while exposing a new generation to one of rock and roll’s great acts”.
