The brain power of 70’s arena rock guitar players might be stronger than you think. Local rock star, Tom Scholz, known famously as the multi instrumentalist, songwriter and producer of the band Boston, received both his bachelor’s and master’s in mechanical engineering from MIT. He is recognized as a pioneer in home recording, as most of Boston’s self-titled multi-platinum first album were recorded in his basement. After Boston’s peak, Scholz went on to start the effects pedal company Rockman.

Not to be outdone is Brian May of Queen, who in 2007 completed his PhD in astrophysics with his thesis “A Survey of Radial Velocities in the Zodiacal Dust Cloud.” Brian began his studies in the 70’s but had to take a break due to success of Queen, how cool is that?

Zach plays guitar in a band called Throbbing Chakra, and lives in Philly with his girlfriend Christina and dog snowflake. Christina does the drawings. Email him [email protected] or listen throbbingchakra1.bandcamp.com. twitter/insta @avantlard