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Barry Goudreau was there from the beginning of Boston – but has regrets about how things ended with Tom Scholz
By Andrew Daly published
Gibson wielder, who always preferred Marshall to Scholz’s Rockman brand, recalls being edged out but not caring at first, until it led to an angry split and legal repercussions

Barry Goudreau opens up on his bitter parting with Tom Scholz
By Phil Weller published
A CBS promotional campaign for Goudreau's 1980 solo album caused an irreparable rift with his Boston bandmate

“The X100 is very good at what it does – some might say even too good”: MXR Rockman X100 review
By Amit Sharma published
The legendary Tom Scholz headphone amp and signal processor gets reborn in pedal form

The greatest guitar albums of the ‘70s: Getting the Led out with Sabbath, the Who, Pink Floyd and more
By Jenna Scaramanga published
Punk was a revolution, disco a global phenomenon, but the guitar music of the '70s was dominated by the giants of rock. Here are the decade's top 10 guitar albums, as chosen by you...

Boston's Tom Scholz: “I was basically a dork that hit the books and liked to build things... somehow I ended up onstage, playing guitar in front of everybody else"
By Guitar World Staff published
In this 2006 GW interview, the Les Paul-wielding Boston mastermind discusses the trials and tribulations of home recording, sudden success and revisiting his band's seminal early albums

The 25 best acoustic rock songs
By Joe Bosso published
The lightest tunes from music's heaviest hitters

Generation Axe—Vai, Yngwie, Zakk, Nuno and Tosin—Play Boston's "Foreplay"
By Damian Fanelli published
As we reported last week, the Generation Axe tour—featuringSteve Vai, Yngwie Malmsteen, Zakk Wylde, Nuno BettencourtandTosin Abasi—kicked off April 5 in Seattle.

More Than a Feeling: Gibson's Tom Scholz Replica Les Paul Looks, Sounds and Feels Like the Real Deal
By Alan di Perna published
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