Aerosmith Tickets - New Direction After Four Decades
Co-founder and lead guitarist Joe Perry confirmed in early November that Steven Tyler had quit Aerosmith
. The frontman and co-founder of the group was apparently missing in action for nearly a month before the official announcement came from Perry, who revealed that Tyler had not been seen since the group's Abu Dhabi performance in October. "Steven quit as far as I can tell," Perry admitted to the Las Vegas Sun.
The group was on hiatus earlier this year following Tyler's fall during an August performance in Sturgis, SD that left the singer with a broken left shoulder and a minor head injury. Though he recovered in time to return to the group's world tour for the finale stretch, Aerosmith has since announced that even with Tyler's departure, the group will live on. Perry made a comment on Twitter, saying "Aerosmith is positively looking for a new singer to work with. You just can't take 40 years of experience and throw it in the bin!" Check out how the band recovers with Aerosmith tickets online.
According to Classic Rock Magazine, Tyler is focusing on "Brand Tyler" rather than the group's total image as the two leading men are interested in covering their music from different angles. Tyler apparently wants a more poppy edge to his tunes, something that got the group mainstream fame during the late '90s and early '00s (think "Jaded" and "I Don't' Want to Miss a Thing").
For serious Aerosmith fans, this news shouldn't surprise many. As a result of Tyler's faults recently, Perry has been extremely vocal about the miscommunication between the two and about the disagreements the group has been having. Talking to the Associated Press (AP), Perry said that he was upset with Tyler's recent withdrawal from any promotional side of the group, particularly after the second set of cancellations that left many fans bewildered about the fate of Aerosmith. "All I know is, he's got to get his act together," Perry firmly stated to AP.
Clearly the two have been going in different musical directions for years, as Perry continued to update fans about the status of the group, noting that the two men haven't written together in over a decade. The changing dynamics of any metal rock group is often times legendary, but for the four-decade Aerosmith it seemed to many fans that they had surpassed most stereotypes. Both men are the original founders and apart from the brief departure of Perry during the '80s, both have been the dominant staples of the group.
Tyler and Perry met at an ice cream shop in Sunapee, NH and started the group with bassist Tom Hamilton and guitarist Brad Whitford. Tyler, at the time, was a drummer, but when Joey Kramer came aboard, Tyler earned the role of lead singer as the group moved to Boston. The guys set up gigs at local clubs in the area and signed with Columbia Records two years later, quickly producing their self-titled debut by 1973.
The group's debut did well for a group just starting out, as the single "Dream On" reached the 59th spot on the charts. The group's third record, 1975's Toys in the Attic, was what finally earned them commercial and critical success with "Sweet Emotion" and "Walk This Way" becoming top hits. They continued to release semi-successful hits through the '70s, and in 1980 Perry left the group to start his own projects, followed by Brad Whitford's departure.
After the release of Aerosmith's Greatest Hits, which sold six million copies, Perry returned to the group, as did Whitford, for a reunion tour. After stints in rehab, the group found the spotlight again with Run D.M.C.'s cover of "Walk This Way." Though the group continued to be fraught with disaster, they also saw a resurgence of albums in the 1990s and 2000s. See how they survive this battle with a new frontman and album by getting Aerosmith tickets today.
by: Brent Warnken
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