The story of how Boston became overnight million-selling US rock sensations is surely one of the greatest examples of dedication, vision and dogged determination that the history of rock ’n’ roll has to offer. For around five years prior to the ‘band’ breaking it big, Polaroid senior product designer Tom Scholz put absolutely everything he and his family had into making what he believed would be some of the best US rock music ever committed to tape.
His high-flying job provided the funds to build a well-equipped recording studio in his basement and it was there that he tinkered away, layering the sounds, writing the riffs and perfecting the song structures that would all come to define the hugely successful ‘Boston sound’.
