Tom Scholz And Boston Fuel Vegetarian Charities
Written by Vegetarian Star on September 10th, 2008 in Bands, Male Musicians, Male Singers.
Talk about shockers! Who would have guessed that Tom Scholz and his Boston band buddies were vegetarians? It really should come as no surprise though, as rockers like Rikki Rockett of Poison and Joan Jett are so public about their diet decisions. But Boston is one that has eluded us–until now.
Scholz got into vegness in the 70s after being introduced by former member Brand Delp, then Gary Pihl didn’t want to be left out either. Scholz has a charity foundation set up so he can get rid of all his millions he’s earned from awesome hits like “More Than A Feeling,” and “Amanda.” Many of those charitable organizations include anti-cruelty and vegetarian ones.
“Primarily it was set up as a vehicle for me to give my money away,” said Scholz. “I don’t solicit donations for it. It has received some donations from some people who found out about it. Brad contributed a lot to it. The charitable foundation basically funds other charities that Brad and I were trying to support. They are mostly anti-cruelty and anti-suffering programs and vegetarian organizations trying to enlighten the public about vegetarian lifestyles and why they should consider it. Brad, Gary and I are longtime vegetarian. I think that is one of the things that sort of kept us in tune over the years.”
“Brad and I were very different people but that is one of the things that we had in common. I followed Brad after he got into it in the Seventies. Gary got into it in the Eighties after he met me. I think it was one of the sort of binding things that held us together.”
Rock on!
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November 29th, 2009 at 5:39 pm
Tom Scholz is a diehard vegan who has donated millions of dollars to animal shelters, homeless shelters and animal rights organizations. He’s on a par with Chrissie Hynde and Paul McCartney is reference to being a champion for animals.
The last Boston vocal virtuoso, Brad Delp, was also a longstanding compassionate vegetarian. Scholz was and is a great musician and lyricist and Brad Delp was a stellar vocalist. RIP Brad Delp.
December 7th, 2014 at 1:53 pm
Here we are in 2014 and Tom Scholz is still the music industry’s most generous and benevolent animal loving vegetarian. PETA should name him person of the year for 2014.