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http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/200...quit-aerosmith/ Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry said today that singer Steven Tyler quit the band following a recent concert in Abu Dhabi. Bassist Tom Hamilton told the Boston Herald’s Inside Track that there is dissension among the “Bad Boys From Boston,” but that he hopes things can be worked out. He dismissed a report that guitarist Brad Whitford discussed the possiblity of Aerosmith finding a new frontman. However, Perry told the Las Vegas Sun today that he believes Tyler is history. “Steven quit as far as I can tell,” Perry said from his Boston home. “I don’t know anymore than you do about it. I got off the plane two nights ago. I saw online that Steven said that he was going to leave the band. I don’t know for how long, indefinitely or whatever. Other than that, I don’t know.” Part of the problem, he says, is that Tyler doesn’t return his phone calls. “He’s notorious for that,” Perry said. “That’s one thing I’ve learned to live with. I try to overlook it. I like to pick my battles. Frankly, the last few months I’ve been wanting not to rock the boat. I don’t want him canceling any more gigs. We really wanted to do these last four. We just kind of didn’t want to call him out or anything and get him anymore pissed off, for whatever reason. So we just let things lie. So we did the gigs and, like I said, I got off the plane and saw this online. That’s how I know about it.” Perry will perform his Joe Perry Project Nov. 28 at the Las Vegas House of Blues, performing from his latest release “Have Guitar, Will Travel.” Most of Aerosmith’s recent world tour was canceled in August after Tyler fell from the stage at a Sturgis, S.D., concert and broke his shoulder. The band members were unhappy with Tyler over the incident. However, Aerosmith salvaged the final leg of the tour, including two shows in Hawaii and one Sunday at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix before more than 50,000 fans. After the Middle Eastern concert the band parted ways with Perry going to London to attend the Classic Rock & Roll of Honour awards ceremony on Monday. Perry said he arrived home in Boston on Wednesday and read on the Internet that Tyler planned to leave the band. “He has had no contact with me or the other band members,” Perry said. He says he hopes to keep Aerosmith together, with or without Tyler, but he was so stunned by recent developments he doesn’t know what’s going to happen. “Right now I’m adjusting to how we’re going to go on,” Perry says. “Aerosmith is such a powerful band, I mean it’s like a steam locomotive. You just can’t disregard 40 years of four guys who play together as well as they do. We’re just trying to – at least I am – trying to figure out what direction the band should take. “As far as replacing Steve, it’s not just about that, it’s also four guys that play extremely well together, and I’m not going to see that go to waste. I really don’t know what path it’s going to take at this point, but we’ll probably find somebody else that will sing in those spots where we need a singer and then we’ll be able to move the Aerosmith up a notch, move the vibe up a notch.” Perry believes Tyler has been planning on leaving for a while. “Obviously he hasn’t been giving 100 percent to this thing for a long time,” Perry said. “He’s obviously had this planned for a long time. To disregard his brothers to the point where we have to find out about it on the Internet – it’s like, 'See you later, Bud.’ I still care for him as a person, or at least the person I used to know. But things change.” Aerosmith rose to popularity in the ’70s with a combination of hard rock and power ballads only to be derailed by drug and alcohol abuse. After Tyler completed rehab in 1986, the band rose to prominence again. There were rumors last year that Tyler had checked back into rehab after more than 20 years of sobriety. Perry himself left the band for two years in 1979. While he was away he created the solo Joe Perry Project, which has now released five albums. “The circumstances were different then,” Perry said. “We’d been touring pretty much nonstop for eight years and the band was just pretty much burned out on each other. We needed a break. We needed to take a vacation but blood was running so hot I just had to leave, had to get out of there. But I certainly wasn’t going to stop playing so I put out a solo project.” I haven't really cared for Aerosmith the last couple years since they became little more than a power-ballad machine , but still their live shows did rock. Gotta suck to be the other band members and find out the guy quit via the Internet though ...
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| # ? Nov 20, 2009 22:44 |
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What? Oh man, who will lead the revolution X now?
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| # ? Nov 07, 2009 14:10 |
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This would have been enormous news in 1990.
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| # ? Nov 07, 2009 14:11 |
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Chemmy posted:This would have been enormous news in 1990. It IS 1990. 199X
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| # ? Nov 07, 2009 14:12 |
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I give it a few months and they'll kiss and make up.
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| # ? Nov 07, 2009 14:12 |
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Mister Kingdom posted:I give it a few months and they'll kiss and make up. Unless one of them Poisons their relationship.
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| # ? Nov 07, 2009 14:13 |
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Steven Tyler is still alive? Huh. He's been on my Death Pool list for like five years now.
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| # ? Nov 07, 2009 14:13 |
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Chemmy posted:This would have been enormous news in 1990. Not really, Armageddon didn't come out til 1998
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| # ? Nov 07, 2009 14:13 |
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Steven Tyler is a prima donna. We all know this. He just needs his ego soothed. He has no other options. He ain't gonna make it as a solo artist, is he?
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| # ? Nov 07, 2009 14:13 |
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I was crying when I met you Now I'm trying to forget you.
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| # ? Nov 07, 2009 14:13 |
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It's a shame, if they do continue I hope they do so under a different name, Tyler is to much of a figure head in that band for there to be an Aerosmith without him.
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| # ? Nov 07, 2009 14:14 |
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How long has this band been making music for? Jesus, after 15 or so years, you need to just call it quits. Aerospace hasn't been good in nearly 2 decades.
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| # ? Nov 07, 2009 14:16 |
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Times posted:Unless one of them Poisons their relationship. Well, I don't give a ratt's rear end.
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| # ? Nov 07, 2009 14:16 |
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Mister Kingdom posted:Well, I don't give a ratt's rear end. Well aren't you a little Twisted, Sister.
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| # ? Nov 07, 2009 14:17 |
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Actually they could just put Liv Tyler on stage while the rest of the band played in the background. It would work out much better. But seriously they're all like pushing 70, one of them always gets sick enough to have to be hospitalized and cancel a few dates. Just retire.
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| # ? Nov 07, 2009 14:17 |
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quote:Most of Aerosmith’s recent world tour was canceled in August after Tyler fell from the stage at a Sturgis, S.D., concert and broke his shoulder. The band members were unhappy with Tyler over the incident. Hmm, reading between the lines, this is why Tyler is pissed I bet. He fucks himself up and his band is mad at him for it. Probably blamed him for the fall and thought he could have sang anyway.
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| # ? Nov 07, 2009 14:24 |
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KungfooMF posted:Hmm, reading between the lines, this is why Tyler is pissed I bet. He fucks himself up and his band is mad at him for it. Probably blamed him for the fall and thought he could have sang anyway. He was probably already hosed up before the fall, if you catch my drift.
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| # ? Nov 07, 2009 14:33 |
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Times posted:Well aren't you a little Twisted, Sister. C'mon guys ..Enuff Z'nuff!
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| # ? Nov 07, 2009 14:35 |
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FoodStampBrown posted:C'mon guys ..Enuff Z'nuff! I Warrant that this gimmick will get old quickly.
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| # ? Nov 07, 2009 14:37 |
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Is this thread just for puns about lovely bands? Also, Steven Tyler has looked like a skeleton since... well, forever. Maybe it's time to complete the skeletonization process.
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| # ? Nov 07, 2009 14:38 |
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Whenever someone would say the word "Lich" I pictured Steven Tyler for some reason ...
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| # ? Nov 07, 2009 14:40 |
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FoodStampBrown posted:C'mon guys ..Enuff Z'nuff! I don't think Steven Tyler's actions are completely without Warrant. Edit: BEATEN BY MOMENTS! ProjektorBoy fucked around with this message at Nov 07, 2009 around 14:44 |
| # ? Nov 07, 2009 14:40 |
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So Steven Tyler won't return phone calls? Big deal, Van Halen named entire albums in spite of each other. Eat 'Em And Smile vs OU812 anyone?
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| # ? Nov 07, 2009 14:41 |
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Aerosmith has always been a motley crew. The band won't be any different with a new frontman.
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| # ? Nov 07, 2009 14:51 |
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Chemmy posted:This would have been enormous news in 1990. Pretty much. I am more upset that Pink Floyd hasn't toured in a zillion years. (Actually, I am more upset that my coffee tastes oily this morning. I mean, what the gently caress, coffee?)
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| # ? Nov 07, 2009 14:51 |
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Maybe they'll eventually get back together. Their reunion tour could be a real Cinderella story.
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| # ? Nov 07, 2009 14:59 |
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I saw Steven in the South Shore Plaza in Braintree, MA about a year ago. He looked like a hobo and the only person who recognized him was this fat girl who asked him to sign her Quiznos napkin.
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| # ? Nov 07, 2009 15:04 |
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They'll just find a philipino that sounds like him and continue on.
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| # ? Nov 07, 2009 15:04 |
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I think the rest of the band can just wing'er and finish the tour.
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| # ? Nov 07, 2009 15:06 |
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Pixelated posted:They'll just find a philipino that sounds like him and Journey on. Fixed that for you bub.
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| # ? Nov 07, 2009 15:07 |
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Mr. G posted:Actually they could just put Liv Tyler on stage while the rest of the band played in the background. It would work out much better. They aren't that old (Oldest is Tyler at 61, the rest are right at 60) but it still may be time to give it up for a little bit however. Maybe it's because I haven't been listening to mainstream music in the past couple of years, but I can't really think of any hit from them since 1998 which was like their peak. Granted they could do like Madonna or Janet and coast on their past fame but it would be different if they just ended it.
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| # ? Nov 07, 2009 15:09 |
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Tyler is a poison to the band, like a venomous scorpion.
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| # ? Nov 07, 2009 15:10 |
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I Drink Stove Oil posted:Tyler is a poison to the band, like a venomous scorpion. Like Poison running through my veins? (Goddammit there's no puns to be had from the name Alice Cooper.)
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| # ? Nov 07, 2009 15:15 |
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Bob Sapp Please posted:Maybe they'll eventually get back together. Their reunion tour could be a real Cinderella story. Yeah, if they don't, there just might be a Quiet Riot amongst their fanbase.
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| # ? Nov 07, 2009 15:17 |
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Use Less posted:Yeah, if they don't, there just might be a Quiet Riot amongst their fanbase. That's not even remotely funny. You are nowhere near the clever Trixter you think you are.
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| # ? Nov 07, 2009 15:18 |
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Fog Tripper posted:That's not even remotely funny. You are nowhere near the clever Trixter you think you are. Really? Could you do it Faster, Pussycat?
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| # ? Nov 07, 2009 15:21 |
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Use Less posted:Yeah, if they don't, there just might be a Quiet Riot amongst their fanbase. There will be Slaughter if that happens.
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| # ? Nov 07, 2009 15:22 |
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Look what you've all done. Now I'm going to have to kill myself.
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| # ? Nov 07, 2009 15:24 |
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I feel like the band just left me on skid row.
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| # ? Nov 07, 2009 15:31 |
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This'll go over like a lead... no wait
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