This page will contain news stories about Aerosmith, as they become available.AerosmithAerosmith performs on the National Mall in Washington, DCAerosmith is a long-running hard rock band, originally forming in Boston, Massachusetts in the early 1970s, and enjoying a later resurgence in popularity in the late 1980s and mid-1990s. The original lineup included Steven Tyler (lead vocals), Joe Perry (guitar) and Tom Hamilton (bass guitar), soon adding Ray Tabano as a second guitarist, then replacing him with Brad Whitford (formerly of Earth Inc.). Tyler, who was originally a drummer and singer, became a full-time vocalist when drummer Joey Kramer joined. After some local success doing live shows, Aerosmith signed with Columbia Records in 1972 and issued a debut album, Aerosmith that included a minor hit single, "Dream On". After constant touring, the band released Get Your Wings (1974), which did quite well on the charts. It was 1975's Toys in the Attic that established Aerosmith as international stars. Part heavy metal, part glam rock and part punk music, Toys in the Attic was an immediate success, starting with the single "Sweet Emotion", then a successful rerelease of "Dream On" and a new song from the album, "Walk This Way". Both of the band's previous albums recharted. Aerosmith's next album, Rocks, went platinum swiftly and featured two FM hits, "Back in the Saddle" and "Last Child". The next album, Draw the Line, was not as successful as the previous releases. While continuing to tour and release a few more albums in the late 1970s, Aerosmith acted in the movie version of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. Joe Perry also left the band, followed by Brad Whitford. After replacing the two ex-members first with longtime band friend and songwriter Richie Supa followed by Jimmy Crespo and Rick Dufay, Aerosmith released its mammoth-selling Greatest Hits album in 1980, followed by a relative failure, Rock in a Hard Place. A reunion tour was scheduled in 1984 after the return of Perry and Whitford. Tyler collapsed onstage due to drug problems early in tour. 1985 saw the release of Done With Mirrors, which fared much better than any previous Aerosmith album since the late 1970s. By the time the album was released, Tyler and Perry had exited rehab and the group appeared on Run D.M.C.'s massively successful cover of "Walk This Way", blending rock and roll and hip hop, and thereby beginning Aerosmith's comeback. The group's next release was Permanent Vacation (1987), which included "Dude (Looks Like a Lady)", "Rag Doll" and "Angel". The true comeback album, however, was Pump, featuring three Top Ten singles in "Janie's Got a Gun", "What It Takes" and "Love in an Elevator". Get a Grip (1993) was just as successful, reestablishing Aerosmith as a serious musical force again. Aerosmith signed to Columbia Records in the early 1990s, but had to complete two contractual albums for Geffen before recording for the new label. The next album was Nine Lives, and was plagued with personnel problems, including the firing of manager Tim Collins. The reviews were mixed, and Nine Lives fell down the charts quickly. This was followed by a series of late 1990s albums that sold respectably, but have shown the beginning of a second decline in popularity and critical respect. However, Aerosmith's biggest hit of the '90s, and its only #1 single to date, was the love theme from the film Armageddon, I Don't Want to Miss a Thing (conceived by Joe Perry and Diane Warren, although Warren did get songwriting credit). The band entered its next decade with 'Just Push Play' in 2001, which charted well. Their long-promised blues album, Honkin' on Bobo was released March 30, 2004 on Columbia. Honkin' on Bobo continues to be a success for the resurgeance of blues and roots music across the US and Europe and was followed up by the accompanying live DVD in December 2004. DiscographyAlbums
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12/23/1989 #29 The Billboard Hot 100 "Janie s Got A Gun" 12/24/1994 #49 The Billboard Hot 100 "Blind Man" ArrowsmithSinclair Lewis (1885-1951) wrote Arrowsmith. Aerosmith claims that their name has no relationship to this book. According to their biography "Walk this Way", drummer Joey Kramer came up with the name in high school when coming up with cool band names. He liked names that began with "Aero" and decided that "Aerosmith" was his favorite combination. This page about Aerosmith includes information from a Wikipedia article. Additional articles about Aerosmith News stories about Aerosmith External links for Aerosmith Videos for Aerosmith Wikis about Aerosmith Discussion Groups about Aerosmith Blogs about Aerosmith Images of Aerosmith |
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He liked names that began with "Aero" and decided that "Aerosmith" was his favorite combination. According to Alec Empire, Future of War was noteworthy because of its "left-rooted crtitque of the 'modern' high-tech-war, as we had seen it all some years previously during the Gulf War.". According to their biography "Walk this Way", drummer Joey Kramer came up with the name in high school when coming up with cool band names. In March 2002, ATR's album Future of War (1997) was banned in Germany. Aerosmith claims that their name has no relationship to this book. Her record label is named Fatal Recordings. Sinclair Lewis (1885-1951) wrote Arrowsmith. This is because, as she states in interviews, Hanin Elias decided to set up her own record label, where she did not feel oppresed by the mostly male artists. "Blind Man". Endo and Empire have collaborated since but relations between Elias and Empire appear to remain strained despite their mutual business interests. 12/24/1994 #49 The Billboard Hot 100. Since the collapse of ATR the surviving members have all pursued separate and successful careers. "Janie s Got A Gun". His death caused Empire some anguish and made any reformation less likely. 12/23/1989 #29 The Billboard Hot 100. Carl Crack died a few months later of a drug overdose. Honkin' on Bobo continues to be a success for the resurgeance of blues and roots music across the US and Europe and was followed up by the accompanying live DVD in December 2004. The group decided to effectively disband in 2000 and to not consider the band's future until 2003. Their long-promised blues album, Honkin' on Bobo was released March 30, 2004 on Columbia. According to Magnet Magazine, "Empire's guitar-playing values speed-thrash malevolence, and when paired with Endo's painful skronkage, the album is decidedly denser than its predecessor.". The band entered its next decade with 'Just Push Play' in 2001, which charted well. In 1999 ATR released 60 Second Wipe Out, an album that fazed out all use of sampling and brought on board New York City rappers the Arsonists. However, Aerosmith's biggest hit of the '90s, and its only #1 single to date, was the love theme from the film Armageddon, I Don't Want to Miss a Thing (conceived by Joe Perry and Diane Warren, although Warren did get songwriting credit). In 1997 ATR was joined by Nic Endo, a Japanese-American noise/soundscape artist during the Beck tour. This was followed by a series of late 1990s albums that sold respectably, but have shown the beginning of a second decline in popularity and critical respect. ATR never delivered a commercially viable demo to Phonogram. The reviews were mixed, and Nine Lives fell down the charts quickly. After signing to Phonogram, a major European label, in 1993 the band received an unusually large financial advance which they duplicitously used to set up their own record label: Digital Hardcore Recordings or DHR. The next album was Nine Lives, and was plagued with personnel problems, including the firing of manager Tim Collins. ATR's early releases (which included songs like "Hetzjagd Auf Nazis!" / "Round Up the Nazis!") were surrounded by controversy in Germany due to the prevailing "no politics on the dance floor" attitude. Aerosmith signed to Columbia Records in the early 1990s, but had to complete two contractual albums for Geffen before recording for the new label. The group was founded as an attack on the increasingly neo-Nazi influenced German techno scene and consisted of three Berliners - Alec Empire (from Berlin), Hanin Elias and MC Carl Crack. The true comeback album, however, was Pump, featuring three Top Ten singles in "Janie's Got a Gun", "What It Takes" and "Love in an Elevator". Get a Grip (1993) was just as successful, reestablishing Aerosmith as a serious musical force again. If "No" is true, then suicide can be as much as an event as pressing the buttons on your remote control." (MEAN Magazine, July 1999). The group's next release was Permanent Vacation (1987), which included "Dude (Looks Like a Lady)", "Rag Doll" and "Angel". The absolute negation, even to answer one's own existence with a "No". By the time the album was released, Tyler and Perry had exited rehab and the group appeared on Run D.M.C.'s massively successful cover of "Walk This Way", blending rock and roll and hip hop, and thereby beginning Aerosmith's comeback. The next step was a shorter one. 1985 saw the release of Done With Mirrors, which fared much better than any previous Aerosmith album since the late 1970s. According to Empire, "Digital Hardcore initially meant the final questioning of everything, of the whole. Tyler collapsed onstage due to drug problems early in tour. Highly political, they fused left-wing anarchist anti-fascist views with punk vocals and the newly emerging techno sound that was called digital hardcore, which is a term Alec Empire later used in the name of his record company. A reunion tour was scheduled in 1984 after the return of Perry and Whitford. Atari Teenage Riot is a German hardcore techno group formed in Berlin in 1992. After replacing the two ex-members first with longtime band friend and songwriter Richie Supa followed by Jimmy Crespo and Rick Dufay, Aerosmith released its mammoth-selling Greatest Hits album in 1980, followed by a relative failure, Rock in a Hard Place. Redifine the Enemy - Rarities and B-Side Compilation 1992-1999 (DHR 2002). Joe Perry also left the band, followed by Brad Whitford. Rage (DHR 2000). Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. Live at Brixton Academy (DHR 1999). While continuing to tour and release a few more albums in the late 1970s, Aerosmith acted in the movie version of Sgt. Too Dead for Me (DHR 1999). The next album, Draw the Line, was not as successful as the previous releases. 60 Second Wipeout (DHR 1999, Beat Records 1999, DHR 2000). Aerosmith's next album, Rocks, went platinum swiftly and featured two FM hits, "Back in the Saddle" and "Last Child". Revolution Action! (DHR 1999). Both of the band's previous albums recharted. 1997 (DHR 1998). Part heavy metal, part glam rock and part punk music, Toys in the Attic was an immediate success, starting with the single "Sweet Emotion", then a successful rerelease of "Dream On" and a new song from the album, "Walk This Way". Live in Philadelphia - Dec. It was 1975's Toys in the Attic that established Aerosmith as international stars. Destroy 2000 Years of Culture (Interdord 1997, Cortex 1998). After constant touring, the band released Get Your Wings (1974), which did quite well on the charts. Burn Berlin Burn (Grand Royal 1997). After some local success doing live shows, Aerosmith signed with Columbia Records in 1972 and issued a debut album, Aerosmith that included a minor hit single, "Dream On". The Future of War (DHR 1996, Beat Records 1997). Tyler, who was originally a drummer and singer, became a full-time vocalist when drummer Joey Kramer joined. Sick to Death (DHR 1997, Beat Records 1997). The original lineup included Steven Tyler (lead vocals), Joe Perry (guitar) and Tom Hamilton (bass guitar), soon adding Ray Tabano as a second guitarist, then replacing him with Brad Whitford (formerly of Earth Inc.). Not Your Business (Grand Royal 1996). Aerosmith is a long-running hard rock band, originally forming in Boston, Massachusetts in the early 1970s, and enjoying a later resurgence in popularity in the late 1980s and mid-1990s. Deutschland Has Gotta Die! (Grand Royal 1996). 2001 "Jaded" #7 US, #13 UK. Speed / Midijunkies (DHR 1996). from "Just Push Play"
1998 "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" #1 US, #4 UK. from "Armageddon" soundtrack
1997 "Falling in Love (Is Hard on the Knees)" #35 US, #22 UK. from "Nine Lives"
1993 "Amazing" #24 US. 1993 "Cryin'" #12 US, #17 UK. 1993 "Eat the Rich" #34 UK. 1993 "Livin' on the Edge" #18 US, #19 UK. from "Get a Grip"
1989 "Love in an Elevator" #5 US, #13 UK. from "Pump"
1987 "Dude (Looks Like a Lady)" #14 US, #20 UK (1990 release). from "Permanent Vacation"
from "Sgt. 1977 "Walk This Way" #10 US. from "Toys in the Attic"
1976 "Last Child" #21 US. from "Rocks"
1975 "Sweet Emotion" #36 US. from "Toys in the Attic"
Young Lust: The Aerosmith Anthology (2001) #191 US, #32 UK, US Sales: 500,000. Just Push Play (2001) #2 US, #7 UK, US Sales: 1,000,000. A Little South of Sanity (1998) #12 US, #36 UK, US Sales: 1,000,000. Nine Lives (1997) #1 US, #4 UK, US Sales: 2,000,000. Big Ones (1994) #6 US, #7 UK, US Sales: 4,000,000. Box of Fire (1994), US Sales: 500,000. Get a Grip (1993) #1 US, #2 UK, US Sales: 7,000,000. Pandora's Box (1991) #45 US, US Sales: 1,000,000. Pump (1989) #5 US, #3 UK, US Sales: 7,000,000. Gems (1988) #133 US, US Sales: 500,000. Permanent Vacation (1987) #11 US, #37 UK, US Sales: 5,000,000. 2 (Red cover) (1987), US Sales: 500,000. Classics Vol. 1 (Purple cover) (1986) #84 US, US Sales: 1,000,000. Classics Vol. Done with Mirrors (1985) #36 US, US Sales: 500,000. Rock in a Hard Place (1982) #32 US, US Sales: 500,000. Greatest Hits (1980) #53 US, US Sales: 10,000,000. Night in the Ruts (1979) #14 US, US Sales: 1,000,000. Live Bootleg (1978) #13 US, US Sales: 1,000,000. Draw the Line (1977) #11 US, US Sales: 2,000,000. Rocks (1976) #3 US, US Sales: 4,000,000. Toys in the Attic (1975) #11 US, US Sales: 8,000,000. Get Your Wings (1974) #74 US, US Sales: 3,000,000. Aerosmith (1973) #21 US, US Sales: 2,000,000. |