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Hashian was of Armenian and Italian ancestry and lived in Lynnfield, Massachusetts [3] with his wife, Suzanne (née Jipp). [4] They had one son, Adam, and two daughters, songwriter Aja Hashian and singer-songwriter Lauren Hashian, who was a contestant on the reality series R U the Girl in 2005.
The duo recruited Goudreau on guitar, bassist Fran Sheehan, and drummer Sib Hashian to create a performing unit that could replicate Scholz's richly layered recordings on stage. Their debut album, Boston , released on August 25, 1976, ranks as one of the best-selling debut albums in U.S. history with over 17 million copies sold.
Boston is an American rock band formed in Boston, Massachusetts in 1975. The band's core members include multi-instrumentalist, founder and leader Tom Scholz, who played the majority of instruments on the band's 1976 self-titled debut album, and former lead vocalist Brad Delp, among a number of other musicians who varied from album to album.
He played all the instruments except the drums played by his bandmate Sib Hashian. Brad Delp and Fran Cosmo shared the lead vocals. [1] John Boylan, who co-produced Boston's first album, also co-produced this album, which was commercially only modestly successful. Ultimately, it was this album that triggered Scholz at some point to ask Goudreau ...
18 March: Former Boston drummer Sib Hashian died after collapsing during a performance on the Legends of Rock cruise. [67] 1 May: Guitarist and jam band performer Colonel Bruce Hampton collapsed and died of a heart attack during a jam at an all-star concert held in honor of his 70th birthday at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia. [68]
Ernie and the Automatics were an American blues rock band based in Boston.Guitarist Barry Goudreau and drummer Sib Hashian are both former members of Boston.. Brian Maes (keyboards and lead vocals) and Tim Archibald (bass) are both former members of RTZ and are alumni of the Berklee College of Music.
It is the first Boston LP with electronic drum samples, the first to include songs not written by either Scholz or Brad Delp, the first Boston LP without original members Barry Goudreau, Sib Hashian and Fran Sheehan (though Hashian played drums on four tracks and Sheehan was included in the early recording session and received a writing credit ...
Sheehan, drummer Sib Hashian and guitarist Barry Goudreau were all long-time friends of Delp's who had worked with the singer in various other bands over the previous few years. The band was an overnight success, but relations between Scholz and the other four band members were strained from the beginning.