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My x wife & son live in Plaistow NH THE next town over from Atkinson NH.
My x drives a school bus in Atkinson right past B Delps home.
She heard on her police scanner that Brad Delp commited suicide...
He died in his car from carbonoxcide ( I don't know how it's spelled ) poisoning...
She drove past his house right after the police arrived ( She's a huge Boston fan ) & The garage door was open.
She could see the exhaust pipe going into his car..

Now this is what she told me.. If it's not 100% Accurate My apologies...
She called from her bus parked across the street from B Delps home.
I went to visit my son 4 months ago & he showed me Brad Delps house.
I was expecting a mansion But it was a nice 2 floor home on a regular street.
Brad Delp was one of my all time favorite singers....
May he Rest in Peace..

I've been reading all the posts about Brad Delp & how he inspired so many people ( including myself ) I'm really hoping that my X got it wrong....

Fuck me, I'm shocked and so disappointed at this news. I just got back from China and was so glad to be home and now this. Brad Delp was one of the best, if not THE BEST, rock vocalist of all time. He could hit notes higher than even Perry could do and was able to hit them time and again live. What a great vocalist. Brad, you'll be sorely missed, may you rest in peace ....

This is the best Brad Delp song you've never heard .... Enjoy his greatness

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pWpZjMr ... ed&search=

Aaron wrote:Fuck me, I'm shocked and so disappointed at this news. I just got back from China and was so glad to be home and now this. Brad Delp was one of the best, if not THE BEST, rock vocalist of all time. He could hit notes higher than even Perry could do and done them time and again live.

Ok stop it. Brad was great yeah. But dude check yourself. He was NOT even close to Perry in any category. None. don't call me lifeless because I am responding to your recent claim, which is retarded. Betterthan Perry. oh ok. Jesus Christ. Brad was good, but not close to Stephen.

Yes, I respect his contributions but enough already. Yeah call me a heartless cocksucker, but come on, he isn't Ghandi, Gorbachev, Springsteen, McCartney or Christ. He is Brad Delp. A good singer, but dude NOT Steve fucking Perry.

Let's not let emotion cloud our vision.

Ok dude, you're a heartless cocksucker.

Delp was great and could hit the notes. But beauty is in the eye of the beholder ... and yes, he was right there with Perry.

RockinDeano wrote:

Aaron wrote:Fuck me, I'm shocked and so disappointed at this news. I just got back from China and was so glad to be home and now this. Brad Delp was one of the best, if not THE BEST, rock vocalist of all time. He could hit notes higher than even Perry could do and done them time and again live.

Ok stop it. Brad was great yeah. But dude check yourself. He was NOT even close to Perry in any category. None. don't call me lifeless because I am responding to your recent claim, which is retarded. Betterthan Perry. oh ok. Jesus Christ. Brad was good, but not close to Stephen.

Yes, I respect his contributions but enough already. Yeah call me a heartless cocksucker, but come on, he isn't Ghandi, Gorbachev, Springsteen, McCartney or Christ. He is Brad Delp. A good singer, but dude NOT Steve fucking Perry.

Let's not let emotion cloud our vision.

Here is a good example of Delp live back in 77 ... before Journey picked up Steve Perry. Have a listen at the 3:50 mark ...


http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?a ... 332A5579AB

He was great and I think it's so sad. No matter how he died, it is just sad.

Another great example of Brad's awesome vocals can be found here here...

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=Q57NCESH

RockinDeano wrote:

Aaron wrote:Fuck me, I'm shocked and so disappointed at this news. I just got back from China and was so glad to be home and now this. Brad Delp was one of the best, if not THE BEST, rock vocalist of all time. He could hit notes higher than even Perry could do and done them time and again live.

Ok stop it. Brad was great yeah. But dude check yourself. He was NOT even close to Perry in any category. None. don't call me lifeless because I am responding to your recent claim, which is retarded. Betterthan Perry. oh ok. Jesus Christ. Brad was good, but not close to Stephen.

Yes, I respect his contributions but enough already. Yeah call me a heartless cocksucker, but come on, he isn't Ghandi, Gorbachev, Springsteen, McCartney or Christ. He is Brad Delp. A good singer, but dude NOT Steve fucking Perry.

Let's not let emotion cloud our vision.

Deano - there is MORE to life than Journey. Not every day, but yes, sometimes there actually is. There is no need to go down this path. BOTH singers are all time legends...

My hunch is that the public will never probably know if it was in fact a suicide. Police departments in small towns (like Atkinson, NH) go out of their way to never announce such sad events, publically. Most insurance companies will not pay on a death claim, if the manner of death is ruled a suicide. Because of that, these small police departments feel as though they would be doing the family a huge disservice to make such a pronouncement.

On another note, the fact that the local police chief came out so quickly and said, unequivocally, that foul play was not involved is definitely a bit curious. As someone who worked as a police officer for many years, I can tell you that is not the normal protocol. Just because a death scene doesn't appear to be in complete disarray or there weren't any signs of forced entry into someone's home doesn't mean you rule out ANYTHING, that early on in an investigation. Anytime an apparently healthy 55 year old turns up dead, with no known health issues, there will ALWAYS be (and should be) an investigation! I just found it VERY odd that I saw the police chief in Atkinson turn up on the local news, the very evening of Brad's unfortunate passing, with such conclusive results!


John from Boston

NOW more than ever...BOSTON needs to release a LIVE CD/DVD retrospective in honor of Brad Delp.....it's been a LONG TIME and WAY OVERDUE!

Enigma869 wrote:My hunch is that the public will never probably know if it was in fact a suicide. Police departments in small towns (like Atkinson, NH) go out of their way to never announce such sad events, publically. Most insurance companies will not pay on a death claim, if the manner of death is ruled a suicide. Because of that, these small police departments feel as though they would be doing the family a huge disservice to make such a pronouncement.

On another note, the fact that the local police chief came out so quickly and said, unequivocally, that foul play was not involved is definitely a bit curious. As someone who worked as a police officer for many years, I can tell you that is not the normal protocol. Just because a death scene doesn't appear to be in complete disarray or there weren't any signs of forced entry into someone's home doesn't mean you rule out ANYTHING, that early on in an investigation. Anytime an apparently healthy 55 year old turns up dead, with no known health issues, there will ALWAYS be (and should be) an investigation! I just found it VERY odd that I saw the police chief in Atkinson turn up on the local news, the very evening of Brad's unfortunate passing, with such conclusive results!


John from Boston

I would agree...and I don't know Atkinson...but my parents live in a small town in western NH called Grantham (just northeast of Sunupee)...and in that town there's like, tops, 5 cops. They all know everyone in the town...and it's a very family, close nit town....I could see the cops up there doing the same timg...being very careful to not quickly say 'suicide'

Aaron wrote:Here is a good example of Delp live back in 77 ... before Journey picked up Steve Perry. Have a listen at the 3:50 mark ...


http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?a ... 332A5579AB

This is from the King Biscuit Flour Hour. This was in the 80s.

Yes, Brad was great, but this was not one of the best lives shows that I heard. He was a bit flat up there. That was part vocal technique and likely not being able to hear, as the stage volume was pretty hot. They had no IEMs back then.

Aaron wrote:This is the best Brad Delp song you've never heard .... Enjoy his greatness

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pWpZjMr ... ed&search=

I've got that Barry Goudreau album...also 'Orion the Hunter', & 'RTZ'.
Used to be huge Boston fan in high school. Wanting to play drums like Sib Hashian and sing like Brad Delp is what got me hooked on Smith & Perry in Journey. And when Boston played a show here in '79 (Pine Bluff actually), Brad Delp was even stronger than on the Boston albums. Always considered him just as good as Perry, if not better.


later~

Delp never quit singing and still sounded great.

Perry quit.

Arkansas wrote:Brad Delp was even stronger than on the Boston albums. Always considered him just as good as Perry, if not better.


later~

You're probably not going to find a whole lot of people on a Journey board who will agree with that sentiment. I certainly think Delp had a great voice. That said, Perry was in a league by himself, in my opinion. There never has been and never will be anyone quite like Perry was in his prime!


John from Boston

lowdbrent wrote:

Aaron wrote:Here is a good example of Delp live back in 77 ... before Journey picked up Steve Perry. Have a listen at the 3:50 mark ...


http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?a ... 332A5579AB

This is from the King Biscuit Flour Hour. This was in the 80s.

Yes, Brad was great, but this was not one of the best lives shows that I heard. He was a bit flat up there. That was part vocal technique and likely not being able to hear, as the stage volume was pretty hot. They had no IEMs back then.

The vocals on the Boston albums were double tracked and unbelievably difficult to pull off live. In all honesty, they were not a good live band until Fran Cosmo joined.

Not taking anything away from Brad, who was an incredible singer, but the band benefited from Cosmo, much in the way that Journey has with Deen on backing vox.

RockinDeano wrote:

Aaron wrote:Fuck me, I'm shocked and so disappointed at this news. I just got back from China and was so glad to be home and now this. Brad Delp was one of the best, if not THE BEST, rock vocalist of all time. He could hit notes higher than even Perry could do and done them time and again live.

Ok stop it. Brad was great yeah. But dude check yourself. He was NOT even close to Perry in any category. None. don't call me lifeless because I am responding to your recent claim, which is retarded. Betterthan Perry. oh ok. Jesus Christ. Brad was good, but not close to Stephen.

Yes, I respect his contributions but enough already. Yeah call me a heartless cocksucker, but come on, he isn't Ghandi, Gorbachev, Springsteen, McCartney or Christ. He is Brad Delp. A good singer, but dude NOT Steve fucking Perry.

Let's not let emotion cloud our vision.

Jesus Christ, I though maybe I took too much medicine and read his post wrong. Seriously, let's not fucking canonize the dude yet. He didn't wlak on water like Perry did. HE IS NOT THE BEST ROCK VOCALIST OF ALL TIME. Holy shit!!!! Thanks Dean for saying what I was thinking.....

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Soto All The Way wrote:

RockinDeano wrote:

Aaron wrote:Fuck me, I'm shocked and so disappointed at this news. I just got back from China and was so glad to be home and now this. Brad Delp was one of the best, if not THE BEST, rock vocalist of all time. He could hit notes higher than even Perry could do and done them time and again live.

Ok stop it. Brad was great yeah. But dude check yourself. He was NOT even close to Perry in any category. None. don't call me lifeless because I am responding to your recent claim, which is retarded. Betterthan Perry. oh ok. Jesus Christ. Brad was good, but not close to Stephen.

Yes, I respect his contributions but enough already. Yeah call me a heartless cocksucker, but come on, he isn't Ghandi, Gorbachev, Springsteen, McCartney or Christ. He is Brad Delp. A good singer, but dude NOT Steve fucking Perry.

Let's not let emotion cloud our vision.

Jesus Christ, I though maybe I took too much medicine and read his post wrong. Seriously, let's not fucking canonize the dude yet. He didn't wlak on water like Perry did. HE IS NOT THE BEST ROCK VOCALIST OF ALL TIME. Holy shit!!!! Thanks Dean for saying what I was thinking.....

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Perry didn't walk on water either. Guys like Ronnie James Dio who still performs at an incredible level in his 60's impress me much more than Perry.

SP was incredible, but I would have liked to have seen a larger body of work and see how he would have adapted as a performer as he aged. However, he has denied us all of that pleasure.

AR wrote:

Soto All The Way wrote:

RockinDeano wrote:

Aaron wrote:Fuck me, I'm shocked and so disappointed at this news. I just got back from China and was so glad to be home and now this. Brad Delp was one of the best, if not THE BEST, rock vocalist of all time. He could hit notes higher than even Perry could do and done them time and again live.

Ok stop it. Brad was great yeah. But dude check yourself. He was NOT even close to Perry in any category. None. don't call me lifeless because I am responding to your recent claim, which is retarded. Betterthan Perry. oh ok. Jesus Christ. Brad was good, but not close to Stephen.

Yes, I respect his contributions but enough already. Yeah call me a heartless cocksucker, but come on, he isn't Ghandi, Gorbachev, Springsteen, McCartney or Christ. He is Brad Delp. A good singer, but dude NOT Steve fucking Perry.

Let's not let emotion cloud our vision.

Jesus Christ, I though maybe I took too much medicine and read his post wrong. Seriously, let's not fucking canonize the dude yet. He didn't wlak on water like Perry did. HE IS NOT THE BEST ROCK VOCALIST OF ALL TIME. Holy shit!!!! Thanks Dean for saying what I was thinking.....

e-

Perry didn't walk on water either. Guys like Ronnie James Dio who still performs at an incredible level in his 60's impress me much more than Perry.

SP was incredible, but I would have liked to have seen a larger body of work and see how he would have adapted as a performer as he aged. However, he has denied us all of that pleasure.

True....


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Well there is one area that I would rate Brad over Perry or anyone else.
His multi-tracked harmonies are second to none IMO.
Every voice you hear on the first three albums is all Brad.
Now Perry was no slouch at this either, But Delp was better.

Jesus "died" at 33 and we don't know what He would've "done" if He had aged.And just look how loved He is,despite the fact that He "quit".

Maybe it's because He never "quit" for real.

Maybe He did enough while He was on Earth.




Btw,talent wise,yes,we can say that SP walked on water.He was the best.

Enigma869 wrote:My hunch is that the public will never probably know if it was in fact a suicide. Police departments in small towns (like Atkinson, NH) go out of their way to never announce such sad events, publically. Most insurance companies will not pay on a death claim, if the manner of death is ruled a suicide. Because of that, these small police departments feel as though they would be doing the family a huge disservice to make such a pronouncement.

On another note, the fact that the local police chief came out so quickly and said, unequivocally, that foul play was not involved is definitely a bit curious. As someone who worked as a police officer for many years, I can tell you that is not the normal protocol. Just because a death scene doesn't appear to be in complete disarray or there weren't any signs of forced entry into someone's home doesn't mean you rule out ANYTHING, that early on in an investigation. Anytime an apparently healthy 55 year old turns up dead, with no known health issues, there will ALWAYS be (and should be) an investigation! I just found it VERY odd that I saw the police chief in Atkinson turn up on the local news, the very evening of Brad's unfortunate passing, with such conclusive results!


John from Boston

That's the first thing that came to my mind after i read this post, that they said there was no foul play involved-yet that doesn't mean everything either.

Shania wrote:Jesus "died" at 33 and we don't know what He would've "done" if He had aged.And just look how loved He is,despite the fact that He "quit".

Maybe it's because He never "quit" for real.

Maybe He did enough while He was on Earth.




Btw,talent wise,yes,we can say that SP walked on water.He was the best.

Oh good Lord.

AR wrote:

Shania wrote:Jesus "died" at 33 and we don't know what He would've "done" if He had aged.And just look how loved He is,despite the fact that He "quit".

Maybe it's because He never "quit" for real.

Maybe He did enough while He was on Earth.




Btw,talent wise,yes,we can say that SP walked on water.He was the best.

Oh good Lord.

Bless you son.

Andrew wrote:Deano - there is MORE to life than Journey. Not every day, but yes, sometimes there actually is. There is no need to go down this path. BOTH singers are all time legends...

I never went down any path. I would never laugh off a death be it tragic or senseless. I liked Delp, but the conversation is a bit over the top, which is fine, but dead or not, he was and is no Steve Perry, and Tom fucking Sholz is no Neal fucking Schon.

More to life than Journey? Oh trust me, after this last week I definitely know this now, but musically, on YOUR board, there is no other band worthy of conversation, and don't give me that Toto bullshit. Fucking Toto. I love Lukather, but come on?

Aaron wrote:Here is a good example of Delp live back in 77 ... before Journey picked up Steve Perry. Have a listen at the 3:50 mark ...


http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?a ... 332A5579AB

thanks, this is very good...

Shania wrote:Jesus "died" at 33 and we don't know what He would've "done" if He had aged.And just look how loved He is,despite the fact that He "quit".

Maybe it's because He never "quit" for real.

Maybe He did enough while He was on Earth.




Btw,talent wise,yes,we can say that SP walked on water.He was the best.

I LOVE IT!!!!

Leave it to the fucking loons to make someone's death about Steve Perry.