Aerosmith

Genres:	Blues • Comedy • Heavy Metal • Music & Radio • Music Videos & Concerts • Pop / Rock • Television
Descriptive "tags":	rock • classic rock • hard rock • 80s • 70s
Decades Active:	1970s • 1980s • 1990s • 2000s
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Biography

One of America’s most popular heavy rock acts, Aerosmith was formed in 1970 when vocalist Steven Tyler (Stephen Victor Tallarico, 26 March 1948, Yonkers, New York City, New York, USA; vocals) met Joe Perry (b. Anthony Joseph Perry, 10 September 1950, Lawrence, Massachusetts, USA; guitar) while the latter was working in a Sunapee, New Hampshire ice cream parlour, the Anchorage. Tyler was in the area visiting the family-owned holiday resort, Trow-Rico. Perry, then playing in the Jam Band, invited Tyler (who had previously released one single, ‘When I Needed You’, with his own band Chain Reaction, and another, ‘You Should Have Been Here Yesterday’, with William Proud And The Strangeurs) to join him in a Cream -styled rock combo. Together with fellow Jam Band member Tom Hamilton (b. Thomas William Hamilton, 31 December 1951, Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA; bass) and new recruits Joey Kramer (b. 21 June 1950, the Bronx, New York City, New York,...

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