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Re: Steven Tyler Quits Aerosmith
AEROSMITH guitarist Joe Perry told the Las Vegas Sun on Friday (November 6) that singer Steven Tyler quit the band following a recent concert in Abu Dhabi.
"Steven quit as far as I can tell," Perry said. "I don't know any more 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, Perry said, 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 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 said. "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."
- monkeychow
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Re: Steven Tyler Quits Aerosmith
Replacing Steven Tyler? At this stage in the game? I mean aerosmith has been Joe Perry and Steven Tyler for 40 years.....it's a bit late to be auditioning folks now.
Sounds to me like they just need a break. Give it a year or two and they can get back together for charity, realise they have chemestry and get started again.
- metallex78
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Re: Steven Tyler Quits Aerosmith
Damn shame, I was still hoping to see Aerosmith live one day.I guess this makes the chance of that happening all the more slim.
- Mikkamakka
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Re: Steven Tyler Quits Aerosmith
Damn shame, I was still hoping to see Aerosmith live one day.I guess this makes the chance of that happening all the more slim.
Same here. Never saw Aerosmith live. I guess all good things must come to an end unfortunately.
Re: Steven Tyler Quits Aerosmith
Noel and Liam Gallagher. Oaisis doesn't have anything to do with it.
They break up and reunite every other weekend.
