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"Rock & Roll Band" is a song by American rock band Boston from their self-named debut album released in 1976. The song's lyrics do exaggerate the band's story, as they spent years of work and rejection to get their recording contract, rather than being suddenly discovered Band founder and writer of the song Tom Scholz said the song is "pure fantasy" since the band (not yet called Boston) never played live or toured at the time the song was written. Despite that, "Rock & Roll Band" has been cited as one of the biggest rock anthems of the 1970's. It became a rock-radio staple and has exceeded 75 million copies worldwide. Boston had four Top 10 charting hits. The band's genre is considered by most to be hard rock, that includes combining elements of progressive rock into their music.
"Rock & Roll Band" is a song by American rock band Boston from their self-named debut album released in 1976. The song's lyrics do exaggerate the band's story, as they spent years of work and rejection to get their recording contract, rather than being suddenly discovered Band founder and writer of the song Tom Scholz said the song is "pure fantasy" since the band (not yet called Boston) never played live or toured at the time the song was written. Despite that, "Rock & Roll Band" has been cited as one of the biggest rock anthems of the 1970's. It became a rock-radio staple and has exceeded 75 million copies worldwide. Boston had four Top 10 charting hits. The band's genre is considered by most to be hard rock, that includes combining elements of progressive rock into their music.
