Aerosmith is an American rock band formed in Boston in 1970. The group consists of Steven Tyler (vocals),Joe Perry (guitar),Tom Hamilton (bass),Joey Kramer (drums),and Brad Whitford (guitar). Their style,which is rooted in blues-based hard rock,has also incorporated elements of pop rock,heavy metal,glam metal,and rhythm and blues,and has inspired many subsequent rock artists. Aerosmith is sometimes referred to as "the Bad Boys from Boston" and "America's Greatest Rock and Roll Band". The primary songwriting team of Tyler and Perry is sometimes referred to as the "Toxic Twins".
Steven Victor Tallarico,known professionally as Steven Tyler,is an American singer,best known as the lead singer of the Boston-based rock band Aerosmith,in which he also plays the keyboards,harmonica and percussion. He has been called the "Demon of Screamin'" due to his high screams and his powerful wide vocal range. He is also known for his on-stage acrobatics. During his performances,Tyler usually dresses in colorful,sometimes androgynous outfits and makeup with his trademark scarves hanging from his microphone stand.
Get a Grip is the eleventh studio album by American rock band Aerosmith,released in April 1993 by Geffen Records. Get a Grip was the band's last studio album to be released by Geffen before they returned to Columbia Records.
Just Push Play is the thirteenth studio album by American rock band Aerosmith,co-produced by song collaborators Marti Frederiksen and Mark Hudson and was released on March 5,2001. Just Push Play debuted at No. 2 within the Billboard 200,selling over 240,000 copies in its first week,and was certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America within a month of its release.
Honkin' on Bobo is the fourteenth studio album by American rock band Aerosmith,released on March 30,2004,by Columbia Records. The album includes 11 covers of blues and blues rock songs from the 1950s and 1960s,with one new song,"The Grind". The album pays tribute to Aerosmith's earliest influences and showcases a rawer sound when compared to their more recent commercial efforts. Honkin' on Bobo was produced by Jack Douglas,who was Aerosmith's producer on a vast majority of their 1970s output.
Permanent Vacation is the ninth studio album by American rock band Aerosmith,released by Geffen Records on August 25,1987. The album marks the band's shift to a pop-metal sound that they would maintain up to 1993's Get a Grip.
Pump is the tenth studio album by American rock band Aerosmith. It was released on September 12,1989,by Geffen Records. The album peaked at No. 5 on the US charts,and was certified septuple platinum by the RIAA in 1995.
A Little South of Sanity is a live album by American hard rock band Aerosmith,released on October 20,1998,by Geffen Records. The two-disc album features recordings taken while the band was on the Nine Lives Tour,which began in 1997 and was still ongoing at the time of the live album release,and the Get a Grip Tour,which the band was on tour with from 1993 to 1994.
Big Ones is a compilation album by American rock band Aerosmith,released on November 1,1994 by Geffen Records. Big Ones featured 12 hits from the band's three consecutive multi-platinum albums,Permanent Vacation (1987),Pump (1989),and Get a Grip (1993),as well as the hit,"Deuces Are Wild" from The Beavis and Butt-Head Experience (1993),and two new songs,"Blind Man" and "Walk on Water",which were recorded during a break in the band's Get a Grip Tour. These songs were also included on the band's 2001 compilation album,Young Lust:The Aerosmith Anthology. Big Ones is the band's second best-selling compilation album,reaching #6 on the Billboard charts,and selling four million copies in the United States alone. The album quickly became a worldwide hit reaching the Top 10 in nine countries before the end of the year.
Young Lust:The Aerosmith Anthology is a 2001 compilation album by American hard rock band Aerosmith. It features album cuts and hits from their Geffen Records years –between Done with Mirrors and Get a Grip –plus rarer material,B-sides,and live versions. It was reissued in 2005 as Gold,with a different cover.
"Crazy" is a song by American hard rock band Aerosmith and written by Steven Tyler,Joe Perry,and Desmond Child. It was the final single from their massively successful 1993 album Get a Grip,released in May 1994 by Geffen Records. "Crazy" peaked at number 17 on the US Billboard Hot 100,number three in Canada,and number one in Iceland for two weeks. In Finland and the United Kingdom,it was released as a double-A side with "Blind Man",reaching number eight in the former country and number 23 in the latter. Marty Callner directed the song's music video,featuring Liv Tyler and Alicia Silverstone.
American rock band Aerosmith has released 15 studio albums,six live albums,16 compilation albums,and two extended plays. Aerosmith was formed in Boston,Massachusetts in 1970 by vocalist Steven Tyler,guitarists Joe Perry and Ray Tabano,bassist Tom Hamilton,and drummer Joey Kramer. Tabano was replaced by Brad Whitford in 1971. Other than a period from 1979 to 1984,this lineup has remained the same.
The Toxic Twins is a nickname given to lead singer Steven Tyler and lead guitarist Joe Perry of American hard rock band Aerosmith. They were given that name in the 1970s due to their rampant use of drugs both on and off stage.
"Dude (Looks Like a Lady)" is a song by American rock band Aerosmith. It was released as the lead single from the band's ninth studio album Permanent Vacation in 1987.
"Rag Doll" is a song by the American rock band Aerosmith. It is from their 1987 album Permanent Vacation. It was released as the final single from the album in 1988. It was written by Steven Tyler,Joe Perry,Jim Vallance,and Holly Knight. The song "[filters] the essence of Aerosmith's funkiest moments through the boom-thwack beat of the hair-metal '80s".
"Livin' on the Edge" is a song by American hard rock band Aerosmith. The song was written by Steven Tyler,Joe Perry,and Mark Hudson. It was released in February 1993 as the first single from the band's commercially successful album Get a Grip. The single reached number 18 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart,number three on the Cash Box Top 100,and number one on the Billboard Album Rock Tracks chart,where it remained for nine weeks. In the UK,the song peaked at number 19 on the UK Singles Chart in April 1993.
"Blind Man" is a song by American hard rock band Aerosmith. The song was written by Steven Tyler,Joe Perry,and Taylor Rhodes. It was first released as a single in the United Kingdom on October 24,1994,as a double A-side with "Crazy",then was issued in the United States by itself the following month.
The Essential Elvis Presley is a greatest hits collection by American rock and roll musician Elvis Presley. The album was released as a two-disc set on January 2,2007,by RCA Records as a part of Sony BMG's The Essential series and was later released by RCA and Legacy Recordings as a Limited Edition 3.0 three-disc set.
"Devil's Got a New Disguise" is a promotional single by Aerosmith that was the title track of their compilation album Devil's Got a New Disguise. The song was released to rock radio in October 2006 and peaked at #15 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks.
Music from Another Dimension! is the fifteenth studio album by American rock band Aerosmith,released on November 6,2012,by Columbia Records. Their first studio album since 2004's Honkin' on Bobo,as well as the first to feature all-new material since 2001's Just Push Play,its release marks the longest gap between Aerosmith's studio albums. The album was released in a single CD edition,along with a deluxe version. It is the last album in Aerosmith's recording contract with Sony/Columbia Records and was produced by Jack Douglas,Steven Tyler,Joe Perry,and Marti Frederiksen. It is also their longest studio album with total track time of nearly 68 minutes.
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