The web page address is: http://www.6040breakdown.com

Adrian Perry :: Vocals/Guitar
Adrian Perry was born in Boston, January 25th 1981. It was during the Superbowl, so his grandfather spent most of the time looking for a television in the hospital. Adrian has always loved music. The first Christmas gift he ever asked for was The Beatles Magical Mystery Tour album. He did not take up an instrument until he was fourteen, and he chose bass because he wanted to be like Paul McCartney. He taught himself bass then guitar by playing along to Beatles songs as well as various Jazz tunes his grandfather showed him. His first band (The Feds) was decent enough considering they were in tenth grade. They played their first show at The Troubadour in LA, opening for Warrant ("She's my cherry pie...") The sound was sort of punk/alternative/pop, so needless to say it was pretty wak (gangsta term for mediocre) to any listener who was not one of Adrian's friends. But it was a fun start and the kiddies liked it. His next main band was Dexter, which existed from 11th to 12th grade. This was a good band, well rehearsed, with a sound resembling Adrian's current group, 60/40 Breakdown. The songs had improved vastly, as tends to be the case with Adrian and his policy on improvement. The band set up camp at The Whisky A-Go-Go in Hollywood where they played often to packed crowds of young folks. It was a lot of fun. Adrian has recorded various demos over the years, both in his home and in semi-professional studios. Most of it's pretty cool, if you like good music and all. (just joking around here) Adrian loves: The Beatles, Bowie, Dylan, Zeppelin, Stevie Wonder and all that other good stuff from the days when popular music was good. Beck, Radiohead, and U2 are some of the acts he enjoys that have existed since he was born. He would like to make popular music good again, just like it was in the old days. There is a lot of other stuff about him, but you'll have to wait. Just relax

Two versions seems to become available, one for 35 SEK and one for 45 SEK. It was not possible to order it yet though, nor did they list what tracks that will be included.

It seems that Aaron Lewis and Staind have gotten completely full of themselves, and that one of the true greats, Steven Tyler was not only put off by them, but was plenty happy to send a message to these arrogant f*cks.

Here's the scoop: Staind was playing a show on the 18th as part of the MTV2 Rock N' Roll Hall Of Fame Concert Series that they are doing this summer. From the start, the band acted like complete and total d*cks. They informed the people in charge of setting up the festivities that NO ONE WAS ALLOWED TO SPEAK TO THEM - fans, security, Rock Hall employees - NO ONE! Then, they were complete d*ckheads at soundcheck, especially Lewis, who insisted that all the sound be reverted to his vocal tracks. This, of course, completely ruined the sound, both at the Rock Hall and on the radio broadcast, which was set to go off live. Further, they bitched the entire day that an opening act, Bunker Hill from Chicago (I think) was opening, and that this band hadn't earned the right to open for them. By coincidence, Aerosmith's Steven Tyler was spending the afternoon at the Rock Hall (they played down the street at Blossom Music Center the night before).

Lewis apparently felt that it was OK to speak to one person at the Rock Hall, and told them to "round up" Tyler so he could meet him. Apparently, Tyler was informed about their "don't speak to us" policy and their negative remarks about Bunker Hill, and when approached about meeting Lewis, Tyler responded by saying the following: "No. Let me send a message back to those guys though. Tell them that the band they don't want to play with is in the same place they were two years ago, and is in the same place that they will be two years from now." With that nice slap at Staind, he refused to meet them. Kudos to Tyler for being real and looking at some pompous d*uche bags and reminding them of their place.

Metallica - Live Shit: Binge & Purge
Alice In Chains - Music Bank
Iron Maiden - Eddie's Head
Aerosmith - Pandora's Box
Led Zeppelin - Box Set

Aerosmith is currently in last place. Here's the link to where to vote: http://www.vh1.com/insidevh1/shows/rockshow/

You can vote multiple times too...

In singles news....well, there isn't much to say. It's becoming apparent now that "Fly Away From Here" will not duplicate the success of "Jaded". It's total airplay on pop radio nearly fell 40% this week, and it's hard to come back.

If you would like to see a detailed account of the progress of Just Push Play, log on to http://aerofanatic.com and click on "Aero News".

Also, an article in Liz Smith's column about Bebe Buell's book (out Aug. 7th)

"Hot summer reading"
JUST WAIT for Aug. 7, when St. Martin's Press releases the Bebe Buell memoir, written with Victor Bockris. Titled "Rebel Heart: An American Rock and Roll Journey," this is the "tell all" book of the year. Bebe, of course, is the mother of actress Liv Tyler (Liv's father is Aerosmith's Steven Tyler). Bebe is a former Ford model, a former Playboy Playmate, a one-time manager to her famous daughter and the perennial darling of the rock 'n' roll crowd. Her book party is set to happen the night of publication at the downtown club Don Hill's.

You can literally open this book anywhere and find funny and delicious anecdotes never told before. A variety of boldface names are included: Warren Beatty, Jack Nicholson, Mick and/or Bianca Jagger, Jerry Hall, Andy Warhol, Patti Smith, Todd Rundgren, Elvis Costello, Jimmy Page, Brian Setzer, David Bowie, Iggy Pop, Lou Reed, Rod Stewart and naturally, the Aerosmith gang. Last March, director Cameron Crowe told Bebe that he had partially based the character played by Kate Hudson in the movie "Almost Famous" on her.

Bebe discusses her history in rock music and the Hollywood "Boys Club," where she was often the only female in the group.

She talks of its double standard. "Men want their women to be good little girls who never do anything while they get to be pirates and do everything. And it never changes."

Here are just a few excerpts. "Mick Jagger is almost a textbook version of a perfect lover, because you can be pretty much assured that anything anyone would do to you, he's going to try it." . . . Jack Nicholson's first breakup with Anjelica Huston in 1981: "He was so depressed, he would cry all night. It was really bad. He was a mess, truly distraught . . . He loved Anjelica, but she went through periods of having had enough of him." She recalls that Jack let Warren Beatty invite a bevy of starlets over who tried to cheer him up in his Jacuzzi while Buell and Beatty watched them from afar . . . Bebe writes of her friendship with John Lennon during his infamous "lost weekend" in 1974; with "Helen," who was the dwarf mascot of the Sex Pistols . . . She tells of her platonic relationship with David Bowie, who she says was "More interested in putting on makeup."

Bebe says when she met Steven Tyler, who was then 29, he had a 15-year-old girlfriend. "I was the older woman," writes Bebe "and I was only 23!" The book includes the story of how her daughter Liv Tyler thought, until age 10, that Todd Rundgren was her father. Bebe says that Steven Tyler was addicted to drugs and so she walked out on him before their baby was born. Rundgren offered to step in. The details laid out here, are told with wit and compassion.

Now this is summer reading to the max!

7. Name the 3 high points and the 3 low points of your music career to date.

3 high points and 3 low points. Umm, well I think you could....a....one of the coolest that I can remember off the top of my head is a, when we played last year when we played Madison Square Garden. It was a....you know just the whole thought of it, you know. We took a limo in, it was the same route as like Zeppelin took on the "Song Remains The Same" so that was pretty neat. And we got there and the place was actually really packed for us, it was when we were opening for AC/DC. So it was, a lot of people where there when we were playin', we had a really good show. Uh, the Aerosmith guys where there. We got to hang out with Steven Tyler. He came straight back after the show, so that was really neat. Um, I hung out with him. The Black Crowes were there and a got to hang out with them, after our set which was really neat. Then uh we all went out and watched AC/DC. So that was pretty much one of the highest points....you know.
Low points. I mean, hell, we have low points all the time. I've have low points in every band or situation, you know. So it's hard to really...I can't think of one specific one.
We had a low point the other day on this tour, you know, everything can't go great.

Aerosmith On The Town

It was no accident that a bevy of busty babes were in the front rows of the Aerosmith concert at Fiddler's Green Monday night. The band's tour manager toured Denver strip clubs prior to the concert and gave the girls gifts of VIP seating and back stage passes. "It was a sea of strippers," reported one concert goer. "There were bouncing boobs everywhere."

Everywhere was right. Even attendees sitting in the cheap seats got a cheap thrill from the strippers who flashed the goods for the cameraman shooting scenes shown on the big screens just off stage.

"It was just like an old time rock 'n' roll concert," said concert promoter Barry Fey, head of House of Blues. "It was the way it was supposed to be. That's Aerosmith. They put it all out there."

And the flashing females paid no mind to the old saying, "Keep your hands to yourself." They freely fondled each other while the crowd roared. "Their mothers would be so proud," said my spy.

REUNION WITH ROCKERS: The last time Aerosmith played the Mile High city, it was 10 days after the tragedy at Columbine High School. Band members caught wind that Lance Kirklin, one of the shooting victims, was a fierce fan of the band. So lead singer Steven Tyler and his troupe paid Kirklin a visit in the hospital.

On Monday night, Kirklin reunited with the rock 'n' rollers during a private meeting back stage. Kirklin and his pals were treated to tickets by the band. "The band just wanted to do a nice thing," said a House of Blues spokeswoman. "It was friends meeting with a friend."

THE SEEN: A dead ringer for actress Kate Hudson dancing with Aerosmith singer Tyler on stage during the concert Monday night; Stanley Cup star Stephane Yelle at the Aerosmith concert.

EAVESDROPPING at the Aerosmith concert: "I can't believe all these middle-aged people are here."

Best Rock Video
Aerosmith, Jaded.
Limp Bizkit, Rollin'.
Weezer, Hashpipe
Linkin Park, Crawling.
Staind, It's Been A While.

Best art direction
Aerosmith, Jaded.
Fatboy Slim, Weapon Of Choice.
Gorillaz, Clint Eastwood.
Christina Aguilera, Lil' Kim, Mya, Pink, Lady marmalade.

Best Cinematography
Fatboy Slim, Weapon of Choice.
Aerosmith, Jaded.
Eminem f/ Dido, Stan.
Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott Get Ur Freak On.

News from Allstar:
As Lit preps to enter the mastering stage for its upcoming follow-up to 1999's multi-platinum breakthrough, Place in the Sun, a few of the foggier details of the album have become more clear.

The album has a 90 percent chance of being titled Payola Amigos, according to singer A. Jay Popoff. And, it will likely include the following tracks: the harder-edged "Last Time Again," "Lipstick and Brusies," "Cool Again," "Drop-D," "She Comes," and "Addicted" (all first single candidates); the acoustic "Happy in the Meantime" (the band's first unplugged tune), a cover of Aretha Franklin's "Chain of Fools," as well as "Something to Someone," "Slip," "Live for This," "Sunny Weather," and the band's collaboration with Aerosmith's Steven Tyler, "Over My Head" (from the Titan A.E. soundtrack).

Then Justin(another Nsync member) was like "I sound like Steven, don't I?!" and the other guys just laughed in his face and were like "not quite dude!"

Then, and I think this one was kinda funny, JC was like "YOU wouldn't BELIEVE the lyrics! you hear them and its TOTALLY different when you have to read them off the monotar!" lol

Aerosmith with Fuel: 7 p.m. Monday, Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre, $70 reserved, $35 lawn, Ticketmaster

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As for singles, Fly Away From Here is up two spots to 24th most played POP song acording to Radio and Records last week. And Just Push Play is down 2 spots to 11th most played ROCK song last week. Once again, neither of these songs are yet on the Billboard charts as they do not have enough radio "adds" and/or single sales.

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Now that "Jaded" is firmly etched in the public consciousness, it's almost time for veteran rockers Aerosmith to unleash their next video on the masses. With two days of shooting in Boston, MA under their wing and some extensive post-production underway, the veteran rockers should be delivering "Fly Away From Here" to a video station near you very shortly.

Directed by Joseph Kahn, the man behind Brandy & Monica's hair-pulling opus "The Boy Is Mine," U2's "Elevation" and Britney Spears' chair-friendly "Stronger," "Fly Away From Here" should prove to be an interesting video. It's been promised to include many futuristic special effects, including a reportedly cool blending effect involving Steven Tyler, Joe Perry and their respective children, Chelsea and Roman. And as if that weren't exciting enough, the video will also feature pin-up girl and disgraced 7th Heaven star Jessica Biel.

With all of the post-production involved in such a spectacle, "Fly Away From Here" may not be out for a while yet, but there are some behind the scenes clip up at www.aerosmith.com that should sate even the strongest Aerosmith appetites.

Make sure you have the most current version of A.W. otherwise you will not see the door. (To do this, go to the menu, select OPTIONS - scroll and select UPGRADE NOW - ... it will search for latest upgrades and prompt if needed)

Once you are all upgraded, go to the "home" go to the back of the room, zoom down the side (doesnt matter which side they both take you down to the "catherdal") there's the rooms in the middle of the catherdal - go thru that, the colors change to some trippy bright India colors... keep on going thru until you have exited.. now you will be infront of 5 doors... go straight - this is the middle of the five rooms...
In this room you will see floating cds at the top - and straight ahead you will see a door saying "The BoneYard"
Go into this door - it will prompt to download... once downloaded restart the program - and go back to the same door so you can enter The BoneYard --

** Note : this is probably not EXCATLY 'THE BONEYARD' just a virtual reality stimulatan for us fans. So I doubt that the bathroom is really whats in Joe's place. Never the less - enjoy!

There are about 5 pictures of Billie in this area. The most are found in one certian room. She's wearing a red dress and looks very fab!


For all of you who can't find those pics of Billie from AW - Julie Hogan have put them onto her site http://joe-perry.cjb.net under the "The Perry Family" section page 6...

"I'll tell you this, though: For the sake of success, never, ever will we entertain the idea of having somebody write for us. That's a sellout. I'd sell one of my songs for any car commercial in the world that paid enough money - it doesn't change what I created. But to stay in the Top Ten for weeks on end when I'm in my forties, and to do that by letting Glen Ballard write songs for me? Fuck that. I don't want any part of that."

* Aerosmith lead singer Steven Tyler surprised the congregation at the Church of Today in Warren on Sunday when he dropped in to sing his rendition of Amazing Grace. Tyler said he overcame a troubled period in his life by listening to inspirational tapes by church minister Marianne Williamson, whom he invited to an Aerosmith concert while he was in town. She returned the favor by inviting him to church.

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Hollywood, CA - July, 2000 - Wayne and Garth (Mike Myers and Dana Carvey) party on when WAYNE'S WORLD and WAYNE'S WORLD 2 premiere on DVD on July 10 from Paramount Home Entertainment. Available individually ($24.99 S.R.P.) and as a two-pack boxed set (WAYNE'S WORLD - THE COMPLETE EPIC, $49.98 S.R.P.), the films also feature Rob Lowe, Tia Carrere, Lara Flynn Boyle, Christopher Walken, Kim Basinger, and Heather Locklear.

An outrageous comedy inspired by hilarious dialogue and witty sight gags, WAYNE'S WORLD (1992) stars twenty-something best friends Wayne Campbell (Myers) and Garth Algar (Carvey) who live in their respective parents' homes in Aurora, Illinois and tape their own cable access show "Wayne's World" from Wayne's basement. The two pals interview strange guests, drool over supermodels and talk about anything they deem worthy. Life is going just fine until television producer Ben Oliver (Lowe) approaches them with a deal and becomes fascinated with Cassandra (Carrere), the heavy metal singer with whom Wayne is infatuated.

WAYNE'S WORLD 2 is a sidesplitting continuation of the adventures of Wayne and Garth. The boys are now living and doing their cable access show in a babe-a-licious abandoned doll warehouse, with Wayne still dating Cassandra, and Garth finding his match in blond bombshell, Honey Hornee (Basinger). Trouble arises when slick record producer Bobby Cahn (Walken) begins pursuing Cassandra, and Wayne believes he must organize a massive outdoor rock festival in Aurora to save the day. The boys encounter a series of laugh-out-loud hurdles as they attempt to create their dream, "Waynestock."

WAYNE'S WORLD and WAYNE'S WORLD 2 are rated PG-13 and PG-13 for ribald humor in the U.S. and each has a running time of 94 minutes. Visit www.paramount.com/homevideo to learn more about Paramount Home Entertainment's new releases, as well as other classic Hollywood Films, television program, animated titles and family and special interest programming.

Rick is still doing rehearsals with Dan and Charlie and working on the setlist. He's also been keeping in touch with a member of another band touring right now..that he used to be in...

Check out: http://www.mp3.com/RickDufay

Aerosmith rocks the park

By MICHAEL QUIGLEY
News Contributing Reviewer
7/17/01

Clad in skin-tight Roy Lichtenstein pop-art pants, Steven Tyler led Aerosmith through a 21/2-hour set of hard rock in a packed Darien Lake Performing Arts Center Sunday. The only thing louder than the band was the adoring crowd response at the end of each song. On a state-of-the-art video screen mounted 20 feet above the stage, Tyler and lead guitarist Joe Perry cut a mean silhouette to kick off a show that included FM radio staples like "Love in an Elevator" and "Jaded," from the band's current CD "Just Push Play." As a beach ball bounced through the sold-out crowd, Tyler sang through a megaphone before whipping out a harmonica for the band's classic cover of "Big Ten Inch." Aerosmith's female fans were sent into paroxysms of delight as he tossed his harp into the crowd.

At dusk, as the band cruised into the power ballad "Fly Away From Here," cigarette lighters started sparking through the crowd like fireflies.

Midway through the set, the band made its way to a second stage located at the foot of the lawn seats for a mini-set kicked off by the instantly recognizable melody of "Dream On," with Tyler on keyboards, and featuring dreamy guitar work by Perry and rhythm-guitarist Brad Whitford. All the old-timers felt a part of the show as the band offered up "Same Old Song and Dance."

Then it was time for more big hits like "Don't Want to Miss a Thing," which caused the crowd to ignite lighters again, burning enough butane to cause a mild ecological hazard.

A wild, scat blues intro paved the way for the band's crossover Run-DMC remake of "Walk This Way," which featured frenetic breakdance footage on the big screen.

A psychedelic oil-light backdrop set the mood for Tom Hamilton's cool bass lines as he and drummer Joey Kramer brought the band into the anthemic "Sweet Emotion." Joe Perry, every inch the rock star with cigarette in mouth, thrust his Les Paul against the Marshall stack coaxing chaotic feedback from the speakers.

"Living on the Edge," a more recent hit, followed, bridging the generation gap for the many families who attended the show, as fireworks went off within the amusement park behind the giant Ferris wheel.

Gone are the days of the notorious Toxic Twins (Tyler and Perry), so named for their legendary substance abuse. The sober Aerosmith proved it's not about the drugs, it's about the music and the communal fun of a great outdoor concert. This was one rock 'n' roll show worthy of the steep ticket price.

Melisma Records, a rock n' roll division of Arista Records, has organized a promotion contest for the band Color for approximately twenty invited webmasters. As you've probably guessed by now, I am one of those.
Now, the three webmasters who send the most unique visitors (individual IP addresses) from their websites to the Color website from 7/16/01 to 9/11/01 will win (1st prize is $500, 2nd prize is $300 and 3rd prize is $200). A unique visitor is considered someone new who has not visited the Color site before from a Color link on the webmaster's site. A unique visitor will only be counted if they visit the Color site from a custom Color link (provided) on the webmaster's site. They will count all unique visitors once during the life of the promotion.

As you may understand, winning $500 could help me recover some of the maintaining costs of my website, and to help keep the site going for quite a while. In order to win this contest I will obviously need as much help as I can get and this is where I need Your help!

Now, if you really like this site and want to help me keep it going, please also ask your friends, family, class mates, co-workers, pen pals... well, just anybody you can think of, to visit Rock This Way and click the COLOR banner! Every such potential click is important!

Thanks for your time!

- Cristoffer Eriksson
(webmaster of rockthisway.net)

RAN INTO the ubiquitous Fox News.com guy Roger Friedman, who is out every night everywhere. He told me that at the East Village club CBGB's, there was an extraordinary celebration of Cyrinda Foxe, the one-time model who is the mother of Mia Tyler. (Yes, she's the ex of Aerosmith's Steve Tyler.) Cyrinda is battling brain cancer and a silent auction was put together by publicist Liz Derringer to raise money for her medical needs. A guitar signed by Aerosmith fetched $5,000.

The touching knockout moment of the night was the dazzling Bebe Buell's performance in Cyrinda's honor. These women were once at one another's throats. But no more. In the audience also was Bebe's daughter Liv Tyler with her fiancé, Royston Langdon. Show biz "do" get complicated. Just like life.

LOAD-DATE: July 13, 2001

They also have previous reviews from their past tours with exclusive live photos on the site, as well.

This is from an old interview from Nikki Sixx back in 1997 when Generation Swine was coming out...

SR (interviewer): You have to get along when you're working so closely. Did you guys write any new rules?

NS: Communicate. That's what I was saying about nobody I grew up on is doing anything that's blowing my mind. A band like Aerosmith, one of my all-time favorite bands, they just made an album worse than Foreigner. Come on guys, you're f**kin' Aerosmith. You guys have got the balls to do. f**kin' make a record that'll blow everyone's mind. Take a chance. Get rid of these bubblegum songwriters. The guys who wrote "Walk This Way" and "Dream On" do not need songwriters.

SR (interviewer): That kills me too.

NS: It breaks my heart to hear a song like their first single "Falling Down Is Hard On Your Knees" or whatever it's called ("Falling In Love (Is Hard On The Knees"). I just go 'Nooooo, man. Come on guys, you're f**kin' Aerosmith. You're the bad ass motherf**kers! You hear the song they did for that "Seargeant Peppers" movie and the music they're doing now and you just have to hang your head. I'm not going to be that band. We're going to keep pushin' and pushin'. We may lose some people. They may say 'Well, I wish they sounded just like "Girls Girls Girls". When we did that song people's eyebrows were all crunchy. They didn't know what the f**k we were doing at that point? What's all this crazy groove shit with all these gospel singers and street f**kin' things? We came out with Theatre Of Pain and it was about mainlining cocaine and we were on a hallucinogenic trip from hell. Somewhere along the way people thought we were a glam band. We were f**kin' high. We were a f**kin' dope band. We were The Dolls, man, on more drugs. Confusion.

Another old interview with Dave Mustaine said this...

Dave Mustaine of Megadeth said "Joe Perry and Steven Tyler have completely turned their backs on their songwriting abilities" "He went on to say that "I can't believe these are the same guys who wrote Walk This Way and Sweet Emotion".

While I agree on some of the things they say, I think these guys should keep their mouths shut, the music they make today isn't exactly as good as it used to be either...

-- LAUNCH Staff, Detroit

5 Aerosmith Sweet Emotion
18 Aerosmith Walk This Way
59 Aerosmith Train Kept a Rollin'
67 Aerosmith Dream On
89 Aerosmith Dude (Looks Like A Lady)
95 Aerosmith Back in the Saddle
130 Aerosmith Love In An Elevator
154 Aerosmith Janie's Got A Gun
165 Aerosmith Toys in the Attic
183 Aerosmith Same Old Song and Dance
223 Aerosmith Rag Doll
337 Aerosmith Sick As A Dog
391 Aerosmith No More No More
412 Aerosmith Amazing
474 Aerosmith Lick and a Promise
515 Aerosmith Come Together
522 Aerosmith The Other Side
564 Aerosmith Permanent Vacation
598 Aerosmith Rats in the Cellar
632 Aerosmith Big Ten Inch Record
655 Aerosmith Eat the Rich
658 Aerosmith Young Lust / F.I.N.E
697 Aerosmith Hangman Jury
744 Aerosmith What it Takes
776 Aerosmith Kings and Queens
838 Aerosmith Angel
871 Aerosmith Mama Kin
970 Aerosmith Draw the Line
985 Aerosmith What it Takes
1003 Aerosmith Last Child
1008 Aerosmith Lightning Strikes
1048 Aerosmith Falling in Love (Is Hard On The Knees)
1075 Aerosmith Livin' On The Edge
1109 Aerosmith Cryin'
1148 Aerosmith Hangman's Jury
1190 Aerosmith Seasons of Wither
1264 Aerosmith Rats in the Cellar
1267 Aerosmith Deuces are Wild
1286 Aerosmith Crazy
1358 Aerosmith Pink
1415 Aerosmith Walkin' The Dog
1430 Aerosmith Jaded
1465 Aerosmith Chip Away the Srone
1486 Aerosmith Uncle Salty

and in addition to that...

723 Joe Perry Project Let the Music Do the Talking

Just thought that was pretty cool....

(7/12/01, 7 a.m. ET) -- Aerosmith has a day off from its Just Push Play tour today (July 12), but the Boston quintet will still be working--paying the piper, as it were. The group will make an afternoon visit to the headquarters of DaimlerChrysler, whose Dodge brand is the tour sponsor.

Aerosmith will first visit the company's offices in the Detroit suburb of Auburn Hills, meeting and greeting and, presumably, thanking employees, and also holding a brief press conference. The band will then tour the facilities before being whisked to the DaimlerChrysler Tech Plaza Test Track, where they'll test drive a number of Dodge products, including Ram trucks and Viper sports cars.

Lead guitarist Joe Perry tells LAUNCH that the band and Dodge officials will also unveil plans for a special Aerosmith edition truck. "I think it's gonna be a pickup," he said. "We'll have some influence over it, some input."

The group performs Friday (July 13) at the DTE Energy Music Theatre in nearby Clarkston, Michigan.

-- Gary Graff, Detroit

Secondly, on MTV Select (the German version of TRL) some crazy guy won a signed Aerosmith-poster. He had to sing about 40 minutes on the phone to win (!)

And finally, "Fly Away From Here" became the most requested video of the day.

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NEW YORK, July 12 /PRNewswire/ -- MTV: MUSIC TELEVISION announced today that a truly diverse mix of performers and guests from the first 20 years of MTV will take part in the August 1st 20th birthday bash titled, ``MTV20: LIVE AND ALMOST LEGAL.'' Mariah Carey will headline the live party that will include performances by a reunited TLC, Jane's Addiction, Billy Idol, Method Man, Mary J. Blige, SUM-41, RUN-DMC, Busta Rhymes, and The Neptunes, plus performances from some of the hottest tours of the summer including Bon Jovi, Nelly, Depeche Mode, Blink-182, Aerosmith, and Sugar Ray.

The evening's festivities will include special appearances from various VJs throughout the years, including the five original MTV VJs: Martha Quinn, JJ Jackson, Alan Hunter, Nina Blackwood, and Mark Goodman; plus the return of Beavis & Butt-head, and many more surprises. ``MTV20: LIVE AND ALMOST LEGAL,'' hosted by Carson Daly and all the MTV on-air talent, will air live on MTV and MTV2 from 8 - 11 pm live ET/tape delayed PT on Wednesday, August 1, following a 12 hour block of music videos, promos, and intros from the first 20 years of MTV.

``MTV20: LIVE AND ALMOST LEGAL'' will be produced by Patrick Byrnes. Jennifer Demme is coordinating producer and Steve Paley will direct the program. Salli Frattini and Dave Sirulnick are executive producers.

``MTV20: LIVE AND ALMOST LEGAL'' is sponsored by Coca-Cola and Volkswagen.

In singles news, Fly Away and JPP are NOT on the Billboard Charts, but they continue to do decent on airplay status alone. According to Radio and Records Online, "Fly Away" is the 26th most played song last week on pop radio, and "Just Push Play" is 9th most played on rock radio last week.

This week on stalled on the airplay charts at 25 (apart rising 4 the previous week). The major note was that the total number was spins was down for the first time.

For some reason the Billboard charts appeared early today and the inkling I thought the album might ascend the charts this week even surpassed my thoughts as up 18 to 77.

From last weeks 16500 sales, I'd put it about up about 4 000 to 20,500. another week of those sales and it will go through the 1 million mark.

As to concert sales, they basically sold out at Star Lake.

Aerosmith, Fuel
Post-Gazette Pavilion at Star Lake Burgettstown, Pa.
June 30, 2001
Sales: $851,196
Attendance: 23,050
Capacity: 23,188

AEROSMITH STILL AT TOP OF GAME
by Aaron Beck

Aerosmith laid it all on the line last night in sold-out Polaris Amphitheater.

Having screeched and sung Beyond Beautiful (a new, rollicking, Led Zeppelinlike behemoth), the first song of the evening and the first track on Just Push Play (the 31-year old Boston band's new album), lead singer Steven Tyler said, "All right. This is how it's going to be. We're going to rock your world for two-plus hours." And the band did.

Aerosmith compelled anyone who pictures the band in a rock 'n' roll retirement home to do some rethinking. Tyler, 53, and guitarist Joe Perry, 50, substance abusers turned gym rats, look like 21-year-old mountain climbers. Guitarist Brad Whitford, drummer Joey Kramer and bassist Tom Hamilton -- the stationary men of the band -- even looked fresh-faced and ready for action.

The band was in full stride from beginning to end. Big Ten Inch Record, Pink, Mama Kin -- all of 'em were swaggering, hard-rockin', oxygen-rich rhythm and blues.

The power ballads sounded as good as they're ever going to get. The radio-, MTV- and soundtrack friendly weepers, which might account for the number of audience members last night born long after the band's own birth and sometime before its rebirth, pay the band's house payments these days. If the hits satisfy the people, why wouldn't the band continue to mix love letters with lead-booted hard rock? Aerosmith, after all, has the right. The band did write the prototype Dream On.

Last night, Aerosmith, having made its way to the "B stage" in the lawn, gave the cheap-seat holders front row seats for the FM staple, and for runs through Toys in the Attic and Same Old Song and Dance. Grainy black and white video projected the action back on the main stage screens. The band plowed through its classics with emotion, energy, and grit and for once, lawn dwellers didn't get tossed a "How's everybody doin' on the lawn tonight?" doggy biscuit.

Aerosmith really shouldn't be doing what its doing: selling out 20,000-seat venues across the country. Most bands of 50-something men are playing fairs. Aerosmith sounds better today than the band probably did when it was to be at its peak -- when its members were stoned at 25. It was invigorating to spend part of one's life with a band that continues to write songs that stand tall against the songs that made the band its name.

abeck@dispatch.com

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GRETSCHOSMITH??

Did you happen to catch Saturday Night Live this past weekend? If you did, you got to witness Aerosmith with Joe Perry playing his big, classic Gretsch Hollowbody, the same one he uses in the new video "Jaded."

AEROSMITH'S Steven Tyler patched things up with ex-wife Cyrinda Foxe-Tyler after she came down with brain cancer. Now, Bebe Buell - who replaced Cyrinda in Tyler's affections and bore his daughter, Liv Tyler - has reconciled with Cyrinda too. Bebe and her band will perform at a fund-raiser at CBGB's tomorrow to help cover Cyrinda's medical expenses. Liv has donated a book signed by the cast of "Lord of the Rings." Patrick McMullan, Peter Max, and others donated artwork, and Cyrinda's model daughter, Mia, 22, is offering a lunch date to the highest bidder.

1. Fly Away From Here (Radio Remix Edit)*
2. Fly Away From Here (Album Version)
3. Fly Away From Here (Rock Remix)
4. Face
5. Fly Away From Here (Orchestral Mix)
6. I Don't Want To Miss A Thing (Live)**

* Remixed by Mike Shipley.
** Recorded Cape Canaveral, FL on June 29, 1998.
     (not live in Japan, as I posted earlier)

Top 20 Gods of Thunder (metal acts) they were number 4.
Top 20 Power Ballads Dream On was number 1.
Top 20 Live Acts they were number 1.

The show has 2 parts. First they countdown the top 20 in an hour and show about a minutes's worth of interview and video clips. After that they countdown the top 20 again by showing whole entire videos. For the live acts show they played the live symphonic version of Dream On and for the gods of thunder they played Falling In Love (Is hard On The Knees).
You can still go online and vote for Aerosmith in 2 more categories before they air.

Best frontman, Steven Tyler
Best Song from a movie, I Dont Want To Miss A Thing

LATE NIGHT
Band proves it hasn't lost a step with show

By David Lindquist
Indianapolis Star
July 10, 2001

The members of Aerosmith called one of their recent albums Nine Lives, but that title doesn't do justice to the ageless rock band. How improbable is it that both dinosaur Q95 and the teething Radio Now would broadcast live from the same concert at Verizon Wireless Music Center? It happened Monday night, when Aerosmith played to a sold-out house of 25,000 -- the most across-the-board enthusiastic audience of the summer. Frontman Steven Tyler matched the crowd's intensity with stunt gymnastics and a Tarzan rope swing. Not bad for a 53-year-old. More importantly, he aced the vocals on every song. The last time Aerosmith came to town, the band's in-the-shadows keyboard player seemed to carry Tyler. This time, Tyler sang lead and the hired gun backed him up. Guitarist Joe Perry rocketed through the two-hour performance with his muscular blues style. While his tone isn't "trademark" distinctive, there aren't any liabilities to his playing. The set list offered a winning mix of classics, obscurities and material from current album Just Push Play. Recent single Jaded soared as a classy, hip effort that pulls in teen-agers without embarrassing the baby boomers. And vice versa. The post-modern shuck-and-jive of the title track from Just Push errs on the side of being too adventurous -- but at least it's not a power ballad. Thankfully, Aerosmith is learning not to lean too heavily on the sweet and dramatic stuff -- the band's late-era meal ticket -- in concert. Instead, fans get treated to a three-song interlude performed on the lawn. I've seen "satellite stages" used by U2 and the Rolling Stones at Soldier Field, DC Talk at old Market Square Arena and Jane's Addiction at a general-admission theater, but none equaled the fan-friendly Tyler, Perry and Co. And no other act graced the cheap seats with a tune as weighty as Dream On. With about 20 minutes to go in the show, I had to leave to make deadline. At that point, Tyler had not mentioned his feather-ruffling rendition of The Star-Spangled Banner at May's 500-Mile Race. There would be, after all, no need to apologize to this far-reaching constituency. Aerosmith's old-school/new-school appeal must be the envy of every heritage rock band that drags its catalog from amphitheater to amphitheater each summer. Even the Stones -- long considered the blueprint for Aerosmith -- have to be a little jealous.

Remember to check the webiste for more information.
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We would like to thank everyone who has taken their time to contribute to this project. I'm sure the guys will love it all. What started out as a small idea has escallated at turned into something huge. Thank you all.

Tom's Angel, joe'sdarlin, DreaminRagDoll, AeroLuvr4Life

Soundscan's Just Push Play sales thru 7/05/01- 937,654

Date	Position	Sales {% change}
March 15th, 2001	# 2	240,481
March 22nd, 2001	# 3	126,430 {-47.43%}
March 29th, 2001	# 5	102,375 {-19.03%}
April 5th, 2001	# 9	76,979 {-24.81%}
April 12th, 2001	# 22	54,589 {-29.09%}
April 19th, 2001	# 19	59,703 {+9.37%}
April 26th, 2001	# 34	42,500 {-28.81%}
May 3rd, 2001	# 42	35,477 {-16.52%}
May 10th, 2001	# 51	30,672 {-13.54%}
May 17th, 2001	# 50	27,955 {-8.86%}
May 24th, 2001	# 68	21,291 {-23.84%}
May 31st, 2001	# 75	20,437 {-4.01%}
June 7th, 2001	# 84	18,783 {-8.09%}
June 14th, 2001	# 70	20,456 {+8.91%}
June 21st, 2001	# 63	24,462 {+19.58%}
June 28th, 2001	# 92	18,356 {-24.96%}
July 5th, 2001	# 95	16,469 {-10.28%}

In the coming weeks more will be added, so if this info interests you, log on to AeroFANatic and click on "Aero News". You'll see the Billboard Chart button there...

Basically right now she is just need some feedback to see how many of you would be seriously interested in attending this event. There would be a fee to pay for the costs only, no profit would be made. If you are interested, or would like to help her with preparations, throw ideas at her, etc. please e-mail me at aerosmithconvention@yahoo.com.

She will post more information as she has it at www.geocities.com/aerosmithconvention/index.html.

Harri said that the newspaper, in which he read this article, is quite reliable. Well, at least on this kind of matters.

For those who don't remember, Hanoi Rocks were quite popular in the late '70's/early 80's, and had quite some influence of the LA hair rock scene back then I believe. Their drummer, Razzle, then died in an infamous car accident when he was in the car when his friend, Mötley Crue vocalist Vince Neil, was driving drunk. This led to that the band broke up. After that the vocalist Mike Monroe and the guitarist Andy McCoy has had their solo-careers, but now there has been lots of talk about the comeback of Hanoi Rocks. Since they haven't played together for a long time they want to see if they really "can be a band again" first, so the Hanoi Rocks are going to play a couple of gigs together and then make the decision if they are able to kick ass with the Bad Boys Of Boston...

"Sick ___ Dog" (Aerosmith tune, 2 words)

The PNC data was:

June 10/12, 2001
$1,599,348 Gross Sales
29,727 attendance from 33,665 capacity (88.3%)

Date	City	Tix Sold	Capacity	% full
6/6	Hartford, CT	22,276	24,262	91%
6/8	Saratoga, NY	17,026	25,406	67%
6/22	Hershey, PA	28,871	28,871	100%
6/24	Bristow, VA	20,723	22,528	91%

Generally, the shows have been running at a 90%-100% capacity. Not bad. Actually, very good. Shows on the Nine Lives tour, pre IDWTMAT, weren't all as strong.

Anyways, I thought this info was interesting and hopefully you all will too!

Izzy : «I was addicted to eveything [...] I was in trouble until someone pointed it out to me...» That someone happened to be Aerosmith Steven Tyler, whose own exploits in the field of «advanced chemistry» were, at what point, better known even that Izzy's. They had met when they opened for aerosmith in 1988 and had stayed in contact ever since. «I remember we were talking on the phone and I said , Steven, I,ve got this hole that goes through the middle of my sinuses. I've got like one nostril now. He goes, «'oh yeah - deviated septum».He knew all the terminology.

Izzy also talked about how aerosmith influenced him. «Then we toured with aerosmith and it was like, thank God we got to met some people that weren't fucked up!

Izzy: «I had a lot of conversations with Steven. Mainly he would tell me really fucking scary drug stories - shit like locking himself in the bathroom and filling in all the tile cracks with toothpaste. And seeing worms..I thought, whoa, I'll never get that bad!

Classic Rock june 2001 p.51
«You can't keep on producing these big bullshits ballads all the ####ing time!» roars Tyler as he reenters the fray. «I mean, I like singing 'em because I like singing a good tune, but sooner or later you kinda go ' is that all?!

1. Fly Away From Here (Radio Remix Edit)
2. Fly Away From Here (Rock Remix Edit)
3. Fly Away From Here (Orchestral Remix Edit)
4. I Don't Want To Miss A Thing (live, in Japan I think)

The cover is the picture of the boys standing, w/ Steven sitting grabbing Joe's leg.

They're shooting the cover this week and it will be on stands the first week of August (MTV's anniv is on Aug. 1st).

Here's the one from the Chicago Tribune

Rock isn't a hard place for Aerosmith

By Robert K. Elder

Aerosmith is a live — and lively — animal. Even when the Boston quintet's albums have been sub-par, a testosterone-laden, hit-driven live show could re-align your spine—and your loyalties back to the band.

Thursday night at the Tweeter Center in Tinley Park, the Bad Boys from Boston played an inspired, diverse set of 20 songs to a capacity crowd of more than 28,000. More: they did it with class, showmanship and ambition not shown by bands half their age.

Opening with "Beyond Beautiful" from their latest record "Just Push Play," the band was top-heavy with new songs, save "Love in an Elevator" (the second song in their set). "Jaded" and "Just Push Play's" title track followed as frontman Steven Tyler prowled the hi-tech stage, dragging his trademark scarf-draped mikestand.

Complete with three gigantic video screens, Aerosmith has embraced the new millennium with a multimedia show incorporating audio, video, animation, computer graphics, live camera work and a second, stripped-down stage for the cheap seats.

Surviving three solid decades of changing musical tastes, Aerosmith has adjusted to the times, although not always to the delight of devoted fans. Some die-hards from the '70s scoffed at the band's '80s offerings from "Permanent Vacation" and "Pump."

And despite critical disfavor, Aerosmith's '90s catalogue was widely successful and perhaps their most accessible to pop tastes. They had to be respected for cultivating new fans, most younger than their own children.

After a bluesy harmonica intro by Tyler, Aerosmith paraded its history proudly during "Big Ten Inch Record." The video screens flashed album covers from the band's past—an overwhelming montage and dizzying display behind dueling guitar solos by Joe Perry and Brad Whitford.

The transition to "Fly Away From Here," was strange—a leap forward 25 years from "Toys in the Attic" to their new H.R. Giger-meets-"Blade Runner" CGI video, which played overhead. Still, incense burned on the top of Gibson speaker stacks in the middle of it all, a reminder of their '70s roots.

After a blistering rendition of "Mama Kin," Tyler announced, "We're coming out!" Flanked by dozens of security guards, they walked a hundred yards out to the middle of the crowd and, on the small stage, powered through "Same Old Song and Dance," "Dream On" and "Toys in the Attic."

Tyler cooed and cajoled, and fans responded accordingly. Not only did Aerosmith prove that they were still the kind of band that women would throw their underwear on stage for, they showed they were still the kind of band that would pick the garments up. With Aeromsith, "rock" can still be used as a verb, fans can brandish cigarette lighters in the air during power puff ballads without irony, and thousands will sing every word, from "Walk This Way" to an encore of "What It Takes."


... and here's the article from the Sun Times:

Aerosmith at the Tweeter Center
July 7, 2001

As is their norm these days, two versions of Aerosmith showed up onstage Thursday night.

There was the '70s Bad Boy Rockers Aerosmith, the bluesy bar band that knows how to work both a groove and a double-entendre, still revisiting the glory days of ''Train Kept A Rollin','' ''Big Ten-Inch Record'' and ''Mama Kin.''

But they fought for stage time with Schmaltzy Diane Warren Ballad Aerosmith, the aged gentlemen who played this year's Super Bowl halftime show with Britney and 'N Sync and are to be held responsible for each of the band's 493 most recent power ballads.

Sadly, the two incarnations do not get along well. And when they took the stage Thursday before a packed house, the task of pleasing fans of both versions resulted in a rusty, off-balance show that, too often, seemed as strangely cold as the night air.

It was a show that encompassed everything that is the 2001 model of Aerosmith: Finely polished glitz and glamour on the outside, from the huge, video-heavy set to lead singer Steven Tyler's Mandy Moore-perfect skin. But on the inside, it's strictly rock-by-numbers, tempered by the expanding canon of syrupy goop like ''I Don't Want To Miss A Thing.''

The parts are all still in place. Tyler's voice retains its unearthly wail as well as ever, Joe Perry remains a killer guitar player, and a 12-minute ''Rattlesnake Shake'' proved there still could be some rock left in these guys' old bones. But for most of the hits-heavy set, the band seemed to just be going through the Aero-motions.

This is not to begrudge the boys for reaching back into its glory days of ''Rocks,'' or, heck, even ''Pump.'' Like many bands of its tenure, Aerosmith would be well-advised to stick to the greatest hits thing. Thursday saw perfectly capable (if unspectacular) versions of ''Same Old Song and Dance,'' ''Dream On'' and ''Toys in the Attic,'' all performed, in a crowd-pleasing gesture, on a small makeshift stage up on the lawn. And there were rollicking revisitations of ''Walk This Way'' and ''Sweet Emotion.'' But the stuff off the recent ''Just Push Play'' vanished into the depths of the Tweeter, and '90s hits such as ''Livin' on the Edge'' were uncharacteristically lumbering.

There was also another factor at work--a serious over-reliance on the band's big, flashy video. Sure, huge screens are nothing new at rock shows, and Aerosmith's cinematic clips have been more memorable than its music for years. But where, say, the explosion of images on U2's Zoo TV and PopMart tours came built into the show, Aerosmith seemed to be rolling out their MTV clips in self-congratulatory fashion. The ''Phantom Menace''-y video for the latest ballad ''Fly Away From Here'' was presented almost in its entirety, as was the mid-90s morph-fest ''Pink.'' There was even a pre-recorded sketch about the band's walk back to the main stage that played like one of those pre-commercial skits on ''WWF Smackdown!''

Still, as long as they keep churning out ballads and trendy MTV clips, Aerosmith, in true rock fashion, will probably just ignore Father Time and keep pressing on. The question is how long it takes before it's better to stay home and watch the videos.

Jeff Vrabel

This of course mean that you can once again enter Rock This Way through the URLs http://www.rockthisway.net and http://rockthisway.net

According to Radio and Records airplay charts, last week on Pop radio....Fly Away From Here was #26.....down one. And on the Rock Charts, the song Just Push Play was #5....same as the previous week.

Neither of these songs are on the Billboard Charts yet....as neither have enough "radio airplay" to warrant a high position....

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On Gavin Airplay charts, after 2 weeks at 29, FAFH moved 4 to 25. JPP sales were just over 15,000.

We just launched a service where you can send a letter to Aerosmith. Fans can request autographs or just tell them how big of a fan they are. [Link]

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You've never heard Aerosmith this way before! Pure blues, pure roots, and a pure love for music bring together some of the best and brightest stars in blues music like Otis Clay and Gerald McClendon to pay tribute to Boston's Bad Boys on Sweet Emotion-Songs of Aerosmith (part of the Blues on Fire Series)
As Steven Tyler says, "The blues are our f*ckin' roots. A lot of other bands dress up like I used to dress, but there's no f*ckin' middle to what they play. No soul. There's no main vein runnin' down the middle of it" This record taps right into the main vein of Aerosmith-The Blues.
From Pinetop Perkins roots blues cover of "Walk This Way" to Otis Clay's rockin' interpetation of "Cryin'" this CD is crawling with the blues, but steeped in rock and roll.
You get a chance to hear 4 tracks from this album at http://mp3.com/aerosmith_blues
Check it out yourself-see why these songs are heating up the charts at mp3.com in the top 25.
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I've listened to the 4 tracks and they sound really great. Give them a listen! You won't be sorry you did...

Various Artists, Sweet Emotion: Songs of Aerosmith (Heavy Hip Mama)

Old-school Aerosmith aficionados at last have reason to rejoice. The once mighty toxic team from Beantown is finally "back in the saddle." Well, at least their rhythm-and-blues inspired tunes are. The tribute compilation CD, Sweet Emotion, presents a tasty and talented collection of blues artists of real (Pinetop Perkins) and imagined (Marshall Crenshaw) repute reprising the raunchiest riffs and greasiest hits of Aerosmith's quarter-century catalogue. The collection, like Aerosmith themselves, is at its best with older numbers like "Big Ten Inch" and "One Way Street," while the dullest cut comes courtesy of Otis Clay's take on "Cryin'". But don't blame Clay, 'cause not even Otis Redding could redeem the worst of Aerosmith's biggest hits.

Since the "tribute" genre erupted in the early '90s, honoring everyone from Kiss to the Carpenters, few compilations have been worthy of more than novelty value. Really, how many times can you listen to Pat Boone singing Alice Cooper before the joke gets a little long in the fang? But if audio-homage things are here to stay, at least Sweet Emotion is one of the best. It offers some smoky, sultry musical suggestions to all-time Aero favorites like "Walk This Way," "Dream On" and the sticky-fingered title track, "Sweet Emotion," that do more than remind the listener how much better the original versions were. And since the tempos tend to be a step slower than the first versions, you can finally decipher the words to "Draw the Line" and many of Tyler's other long lost and lusty lyrics.

Sweet Emotion also works because it strips away the overproduction, outside songwriters and superstar-daughter-studded videos that have bogged down Aerosmith lately – well, the last ten years, actually. It swings lowdown and dirty with double entendres aplenty, the way real rock 'n' roll is supposed to. Steven Tyler and company could learn a lesson or three from the lesser-known players on Sweet Emotion. True, Sugar Blue and Kim McFarland won't be playing the Super Bowl halftime show, or see the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame as anything but paying visitors, but their work on Sweet Emotion is much tastier than anything on Aerosmith's latest product, Just Push Play. And not only is that a sweet emotion, it's a spoonful of sweet revenge on behalf of Aero fans everywhere, who remember when the music, not the marketing, did the talking.

I should get a copy of this album myself in a few weeks and then I'll write a review of it, from an Aerosmith fan's perspective...

Another cool thing is that the counter on the main page has just in the last few days reached #300000! (300783 when I write this). During the first year online I had a total of 25000 visitors, the second year I had 75000 and last year 100000. I hit 200000 in September 2000 and this year it has had another 100000 hits, but 2 months earlier than last year. This of course means that this year will also bring a new "record" when it comes to hits/year... I'm very happy to see that. Thanks to all of you people who has been visiting the site during these years! I hope you will keep coming back... : )

OK, back to Aerosmith then...

For years, Aerosmith were the bane of critics, but the fans always stood by their band. So the Boston rockers were quick to pitch in last week when fans complained about being left in the lurch after buying tickets online.

Aerosmith's relationship with their fans was put to the test in April when the group hired the organization Fans Rule to sell its concert tickets online. According to a spokesperson for the band, hordes of hometown fans were left with seats in the upper decks for last week's shows at the Tweeter Center in Boston after being promised primo tickets.

When many protested the unfair treatment, griping that the band they once loved had become, well, jaded, Aerosmith instructed Fans Rule to contact nearly 1,000 disgruntled fans and invite them to a private soundcheck performance on June 28 before the group's regularly scheduled show.

Those invited to the pre-show event got a 15-minute mini-set that included the early Aerosmith gems "One Way Street" and "Movin' Out" as well as a preview of the band's new video, "Fly Away From Here." Later that night during the concert, a member of the band's crew visited the fan club section, and escorted the fans to better seats, leaving longtime followers and newfound aficionados with sweet emotions all around.

For its part in the saga, Fans Rule says it tried to distribute tickets to the best of its ability, and willingly complied when the band requested the special show for dissatisfied fans.

—Jon Wiederhorn

I've had crushes before. Johnny Depp, even Brad Pitt, but they need another 20 years on them to even remotely touch the funky, existentially sexy essence of these two emotionally scarred, sexually charged and deep thinking legends of rock. Would they give me a second look? No, of course not. I'm an interior artist to the self-contained, self-pigeon-holed, properly behaved, well spoken, wealthy people of Kensington and the like...

... My other kicks involve the pleasure of being covered in silky, fluid, sensually textured paint. But I digress...

Steven, Joe, just keep on doing what you are doing and in the process keep enveloping this woman in sweet emotion, My sincerest affection to you both.
Lorraine, Plymouth
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Also a bit of news, Black Crowes could be opening for Aerosmith again, expect it will be on some of the next leg overseas tour.

He was there the night before and I guess stayed over to see Aerosmith. Then on the very last song, Train Kept a Rollin, he came out and played!