Brad Delp: The Lead Singer

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Brad Delp, the lead singer was born and raised in Danvers, Massachusetts. As a young boy, he joined his church choir, and then later on he was in a band with four of his friends called “Beatle juice”. His career began when he saw the Beatles on The Ed Sullivan show as a young child and that lit the spark inside of Delp and it was just the beginning of one of the most identifiable voices in rock history. In his childhood Delp was a constant movie goer who loved to share his ever extending knowledge with his friends, he also enjoyed riding his motorcycle around town. Becoming good friends with Tom Scholz and joining the band he had many great years exploring the world with a lot of his closest friends and becoming famous quite quickly. On March

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