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"I cracked my skull and was in the hospital. And nobody called me": How America's most dysfunctional band grew to hate each other but learned to love again

Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, Brad Whitford, Tom Hamilton and Joey Kramer on the making of Aerosmith's Music From Another Dimension!

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“No, man! If we had had this level of success in the 70s we would not be here now. We would never have survived it”: The wild story of Aerosmith’s Pump, the album that turned them into superstars all over again

How a drug-free Aerosmith hit a new career high with 1989’s Pump

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“We were drug addicts dabbling in music, rather than musicians dabbling in drugs”: The unhinged story of Aerosmith’s Draw The Line, the album that sent them crashing off the rails

Drugs, dysfunction and 1977’s Draw The Line album sent Aerosmith into a tailspin that would take a decade to pull out of

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“I don’t want to sound pro-drug or anything, but there is something about being high that makes you look at things differently”: How Aerosmith made their first great chemically-fuelled masterpiece Toys In The Attic

Aerosmith were always destined for stardom – and Toys In The Attic was the album that finally got them there

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“Things had got pretty bad. I don’t know what demons Steven was fighting, but we definitely both had our ups and downs”: How Done With Mirrors put Aerosmith back on the long road to redemption

In 1985, the reunited Aerosmith had a long way to go to recapture old glories –and Done With Mirrors was the first step

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"There's never been a blueprint for the dictatorship of the proletariat": That time Aerosmith appeared on Saturday Night Live with Tom Hanks and discussed the decline of communism in Eastern Europe

As SNL celebrates its 50th anniversary we look back on the show's 279th edition, which saw Aerosmith appear on Wayne's World

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“When I read stories about guys who snorted everything they had, I said, ‘That‘ll never happen to me.’ But in the end I blew 20 million”: The wild story of Aerosmith’s spectacular 1980s fall and rise

They started the 80s in drug-addled disarray and ended it bigger than ever

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Aerosmith to reunite for a performance at Steven Tyler's charity event

Aerosmith look set to reunite for a performance at frontman Steven Tyler's Jam for Janie Grammy Awards Viewing Party next month, after the group called time on touring in August.

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“Our best friends were drug dealers. We identified with them because we felt like outcasts, menaces to society”: The chaotic story of Aerosmith’s early years

The birth of American rock’s original Crazy Gang

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“Our manager started making up rumours that I was back on heroin and the band were breaking up”: How Aerosmith defied grunge and a giant meteor to become bigger than ever in the 1990s

Aerosmith were huge in the 70s and 80s - but the 1990s was their most successful decade ever

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“We drank a lot because of the blow and we got blown a lot because we drank a lot”: The wired story of Aerosmith’s drug-fuelled classic Rocks

The drugs really were working for Aerosmith on 1976’s classic Rocks album

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"If you were playing with two other rock bands, you wanted to be the band that people remembered when they walked out": How Aerosmith got their wings and flew

With their label ready to drop them after a so-so first album, Aerosmith clung on, dreamed on, and recorded a second that gave them lift-off: Get Your Wings

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Stars from across the world of rock pay tribute to Aerosmith after the iconic band announced their retirement from touring

Brian May, Slash, Sammy Hagar and more hail Aerosmith's legacy as Steven Tyler's vocal cord injury leads to retirement

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“My work was being compared to Jeff Beck, and they’re crediting Joe Perry. I was so upset. But people who actually listen can tell the difference”: Brad Whitford on the highs and lows of Aerosmith’s 50-year history, and his unique chemistry with Joe Perry

In an exclusive career-spanning interview, Whitford reflects on a tumultuous career in one of America’s great rock institutions, his frustrations at being labeled the rhythm player to Perry’s lead, and what stopped Aerosmith from following up their “piss-poor” final album

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“In my mind, we could be like the Yardbirds in those rare times when you had Jimmy Page and Jeff Beck together. That’s what we wanted Aerosmith to be”: Joe Perry reflects on 50 years of America’s greatest rock band

In this exclusive interview, Perry looks back at every era of the rock institution: how their rapid rise ultimately took its toll, why Van Halen caused him to quit in the ’80s, how he and Steven Tyler reconciled their differences, and why he finds himself playing Strats more than Gibsons

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How a glass of spilt milk almost spelled the end of Aerosmith

In 1979, a big inter-band row resulted in Joe Perry walking away from Aerosmith – and it all started when his then-wife poured milk on his bandmate’s girlfriend

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Aerosmith announces North America farewell tour

Grammy Award-winning rock group Aerosmith will perform 40 shows as part of a farewell tour across North America.

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Aerosmith farewell tour includes Chicago show

Perry believes the time to say goodbye is now, especially with every founding band member over the age of 70. Tyler, 75, is the oldest in the group.

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The Independent UK

Aerosmith calls it quits after 50 years of live music with final farewell tour

‘It’s not goodbye it’s PEACE OUT!’ band announced Monday

The Guardian - US

‘It’s not goodbye it’s peace out!’: Aerosmith announce farewell tour

The legendary rock band, formed in 1970, will visit 40 stops in North America as part of their Peace Out tour

Guitar World

Aerosmith announce farewell North American tour

Titled, appropriately enough, Peace Out, the trek will also feature The Black Crowes as an opener

Daily Mirror

Aerosmith announce huge farewell tour after 50 YEARS together leaving fans shocked

Aerosmith have left fans devastated after revealing that they;ll be going on tour for the last time ever following more than 50 years of touring as a band

Asharq Al-Awsat

Aerosmith Announces Farewell Tour Starting in September

Aerosmith will be touring a city near you for the last time to celebrate the rock band's 50-plus years together. The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame band announced Monday the dates for their farewell tour called “Peace Out” starting Sept. 2 in Philadelphia. The 40-date run of shows, which…

The Independent UK

Aerosmith announces farewell tour starting in September

Aerosmith will be touring a city near you for the last time to celebrate their 50-plus years together

The Independent UK

Aerosmith drummer Joey Kramer’s wife of 13 years Linda dies aged 55

Texas native Linda was remembered as ‘the love of Joey’s life’

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