Well, well, well. Three holes in the ground, 16 hands on deck, eight hearts together pound." The Mighty Mighty BosstonesΓÇÖ Pay Attention, the follow-up to the successful Let's Face It. Platinum, someone mentioned. Well, it couldn't have happened to a nicer group of guys. You got to hand it to them. Boston boys make good. The guys from the neighborhood get what they deserve. Hard work, a passion for the music they make, a love for one another, and a genuine respect for the people who call themselves fans of their band. You can put those in whatever order you want. Perfect timing. This is exactly what you need to hear, at this exact time, and we all know why that's the truth. Sixteen strong new songs. These songs are f--king great. Thought out, not just half-assed. Pay Attention is the name of the brand-new studio album by the Mighty Mighty Bosstones. The Kings still. They started all of this, 16-handedly. Eight heads still wear eight crowns, eight hearts still pound together, 16 feet still on the ground.
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones are:
Dicky Barrett ΓÇö vocals
Tim Burton - saxophone
Joe Gittleman ΓÇö bass
Christopher Rhodes ΓÇö trombone
Joe Sirois ΓÇö drums
Roman Flysher - saxophone
Lawrence Katz ΓÇö guitar
Ben Carr ΓÇö Bosstone
Timeline
2000:
The Bosstones release Pay Attention, their sixth studio album, on May 2 on Big Rig/Island. Pay Attention was produced by Paul Kolderie and Sean Slade, the duo behind the bandΓÇÖs platinum-selling LetΓÇÖs Face It, at the legendary Long View Farms studio in North Brookfield, Mass. The album was mixed by Andy Wallace.
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones will tour during summer on the Vans Warped Tour with Green Day and NOFX.
The band launches its official website, www.bosstones.com.
1999:
Dicky Barrett makes his TV debut in November on the CBS miniseries Shake, Rattle & Roll: An American Love Story, portraying Bill Haley. Dicky also performs the title track for the soundtrack.
The Bosstones release their first live album, Live From The Middle East, recorded at the bandΓÇÖs annual Hometown Throwdown at the Middle East Club in Cambridge, Mass.
The Bosstones do a 15-city summer tour with the Offspring. Dicky Barrett coaches the "Bosstones," a little league team in BostonΓÇÖs South End for the second summer.
