Editing Boston (band) (section)

==Innovation and style==
Boston's genre is mostly described as [[hard rock]] and [[arena rock]].<ref name="amgov" /><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NNVDBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA164|title=Rock'n America: A Social and Cultural History|last=Weinstein|first=Deena|date=2015|publisher=University of Toronto Press|isbn=9781442600157|page=164}}</ref> The band has also incorporated elements of [[progressive rock]] into its music.<ref name="yahoo" /><ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/boston/albums/album/300997/review/6068063/boston |title=Boston: Boston Music Reviews |date=October 7, 1976 |last=Nicholson |first=Kris |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=November 6, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070317231314/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/boston/albums/album/300997/review/6068063/boston |archive-date=March 17, 2007 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Boston Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio & More {{!}} Al... |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/boston-mn0000079960#biography |access-date=2024-12-19 |website=AllMusic |language=en}}</ref>

Boston founder, guitarist, and primary songwriter Tom Scholz's blend of musical styles, ranging from classical to 1960s English pop, has resulted in a sound characterized by multiple lead and blended harmonies guitar work (usually harmonized in thirds), often alternating between and then mixing electric and acoustic guitars. The band's harmonic style has been characterized as being "violin-like" without using synthesizers.<ref>"No Synthesizers. That's right! Honest! And no violins either. In other words, the Boston sound is powered by old, straight ahead rock-n-roll equipment, as opposed to midi-interconnected-computer-sequenced synthesizers."{{cite web|title=Official Boston Website|url=http://www.bandboston.com/html/album3_html.html|access-date=December 21, 2013| website=bandboston.com | url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120608015731/http://www.bandboston.com/html/album3_html.html|archive-date=June 8, 2012}}</ref> Scholz developed complex, multi-tracked guitar harmonies, using handmade, high-tech equipment, such as the [[Rockman (music)|Rockman]], used by artists such as [[Journey (band)|Journey]] guitarist [[Neal Schon]] and the band [[ZZ Top]]. [[Def Leppard]]'s album ''[[Hysteria (Def Leppard album)|Hysteria]]'' was created using only Rockman technology.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Bienstock |first1=Richard |title=Interview: Phil Collen on the Making of Def Leppard's 'Hysteria' |url=https://www.guitarworld.com/gw-archive/interview-phil-collen-making-def-leppards-hysteria |website=Guitar World |date=October 2012 |access-date=25 August 2023}}</ref>

Tom Scholz also credited [[Brad Delp]] with helping to create Boston's sound with his vocal style. Delp, who was influenced by the [[The Beatles|Beatles]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gonnahitcharide.com/en/media-library/articles/web/304-brad-delp-interview-by-par-winberg/ |title=Brad Delp interview by Par Winberg |website=Gonnahitcharide.com |date=July 28, 2004 |access-date=February 19, 2012}}</ref> had an extended vocal range, shown on hits such as "[[More Than a Feeling]]".<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07071/768874-387.stm |title=RIP Brad Delp (1951–2007) |date=March 12, 2007 |work=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |access-date=November 6, 2009}}</ref>