The band’s ‘80s experiences resembled that of many Boston bands at the time: They were royalty at the Rat, got signed to a major label with initial acclaim, toured extensively and even did a ...

While mid-80's hardcore is usually thought of as a time when hardcore grew, spreading into the straight-edge movement or morphing into the first wave of emo, the fact is, Boston had a small pocket of ...

Brian Rudquist loves the '80s. The Rochester rocker doesn't just play the music of Gen X grew up with, he has named his band ...

this festive blues number was secretly delivered to Boston radio station WBCN in the ‘80s. Even with the sped-up vocals, it was pretty easy to recognize the J. Geils Band as the true artists.

All I’m doing is turning 80. [laughs] Peter Mulvey ... I gave up and came to Boston. Never studied music formally — I was ...

It was especially nice to see them perform so close to Boston, where their fan base is strong. During the performance the audience shouted out references to Burma's past concerts and other Boston ...