Guys, I think it’s time to call it quits. You have to admit it’s been a great 40 years.
According to Wikipedia, you’re the best-selling American hard rock band of all time, having sold more than 150 million albums worldwide, including 66.5 million albums in the United States alone. You hold the record for the most gold and multi-platinum albums by an American group. You’ve scored 21 Top 40 hits on the Billboard Hot 100, nine #1 Mainstream Rock hits, four Grammy Awards, and ten MTV Video Music Awards. You have your own Guitar Hero game. You’re an unstoppable marketing machine.
More importantly, you were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2001.
As you know, earlier this week it was widely reported that Steven Tyler had left Aerosmith, or at least wasn’t responding to your calls to the point you guys decided it was a break-up.
Fans immediately started discussing who should replace Steven Tyler. And as you know, so did Joe Perry:
“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!” Perry tweeted yesterday. “Band is playing hotter than ever and our songs need to be played live! Don’t despair; Aerosmith not splitting up. Promise that’s the last you’ll hear from me on the subject till we gear up again.”
REPLACE HIM? My eyes were rolling out of my head picturing the next INXS-type reality show featuring your band, bastardizing “Rag Doll,” “Eat the Rich,” and “Dude Looks Like a Lady” for primetime ratings.
And now you’re telling us it was all a misunderstanding, complete with Tyler crashing a Joe Perry Project show concert saying, “I just want New York to know, I am not leaving Aerosmith.”
Okay, so this is either high school girl drama or a publicity stunt. Either way, the fans and media are/were being toyed with.
You guys have had a great run. Retire now, cash your checks, launch into your side projects and secure your legacy. Do it.
Get a grip, so they say. You don’t have nine lives and this elevator is headed down down doooooowwwnnn….
Love,
Perfect Porridge
Unfortunately this is a bit like telling Stephen King to stop writing books. If you're King's editor, you just run spell-check and print it. I imagine Aerosmith's management has a similar point of view. There's too much money to be made.
Unfortunately this is a bit like telling Stephen King to stop writing books. If you're King's editor, you just run spell-check and print it. I imagine Aerosmith's management has a similar point of view. There's too much money to be made.
Good point. It's tragic.
Good point. It's tragic.
Unfortunately this is a bit like telling Stephen King to stop writing books. If you’re King’s editor, you just run spell-check and print it. I imagine Aerosmith’s management has a similar point of view. There’s too much money to be made.
Good point. It’s tragic.