Birth name Richard Wallie Boston Name Rick Boston Origin Los Angeles Role Musician | Genres Rock Music group Low Pop Suicide Instruments Guitar | |
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Occupation(s) Guitarist, composer, producer Associated acts Low Pop Suicide
Rickie Lee Jones
The Januaries Albums The Death of Excellence, On the Cross of Commerce, Total Recall 2012, The Disengagement EP Record labels World Domination Recordings, Foodchain Records Similar People Dave Allen, Ryan Roxie, Damon Johnson, Chuck Garric, Alice Cooper | ||
Michael Jost & Rick Boston (La Pistola)
Richard Wallie Boston is an American musician, composer and producer based in Los Angeles. He is known for his roles in Low Pop Suicide and for producing Rickie Lee Jones' album, Ghostyhead.
Contents
- Michael Jost Rick Boston La Pistola
- Early life and education
- Early career
- Low Pop Suicide
- After Low Pop Suicide
- Production work
- Selected discography
- References
Early life and education
Richard Wallie Boston was born in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. He studied jazz arrangement and composition.
Early career
Boston played guitar for Belinda Carlisle's 1988 album, Heaven on Earth. He composed "You Know We're Gonna Hurt" for Joe Cocker's 1989 album, One Night of Sin. Boston was a member of Hand of Fate (band), working with John Keck to produce the 1990 album, Hand of Fate, and is credited for vocals.
He composed eight of the songs on Lowen & Navarro's 1991 album, Walking on a Wire, and another for their 1993 album, Broken Moon. Boston played guitar for and produced Sky Cries Mary's 1991 EP, Exit at the Axis.
Low Pop Suicide
Boston subsequently worked extensively with Dave Allen as the frontman of Low Pop Suicide, making a series of releases on World Domination Recordings. He was the band's frontman, singing and playing lead guitar, on their 1993 debut album On the Cross of Commerce, but both Allen and Jeff Ward exited the band. As the only founder left, their second LP, The Death of Excellence, was a more personal vehicle. As a side project with Allen as the Crash Baptists, Boston recorded the soundtrack to the 1993 thriller The Harvest.
After Low Pop Suicide
Exploring a more acoustic sound, he released one solo record in 1996, Numb, a verbatim copy of Low Pop Suicide's last release, the Unzipped EP.
In 1997 he partnered with Rickie Lee Jones in songwriting, playing, and production for her record Ghostyhead.
Boston was a member of The Januaries, which released two albums in 2000, The Januaries and The Girl's Insane.
Production work
As a producer, Boston has worked in the studio with artists Rodleen Getsic and Norwood Fisher of Fishbone on Getsic's song, "The Reaper".