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RollingFreak
I think Whitford is just saying it to say it. Aerosmith kind of like to screw with each other, either real or not. Tyler doesn't tell them in advance what he's gonna do, and they were open about the last time Tyler "took a break" they auditioned other singers. Usually, they don't go much further than that and Tyler WILL actually do his things (ie, the country stuff he's doing now, American Idol).
Personally, I think this is just something they are saying to spook him, and I think they should. They could in theory do whatever they want, and when Tyler treats them like this they have as much right to kind of put him on edge as he does with them. But again, its a weird relationship where they always seem fine (they have shows lined up), but they like to get on each other's nerves. I fully doubt this happens, but I support them saying it. I completely think it was more in jest than the headline seems.
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whitem8
Aerosmith wouldn't be the same without Tyler.
i think it was reality staring at him in the face as far as the bottom line and how many pounds he could make with the Glimmers versus his solo efforts .Quote
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RollingFreak
I think Whitford is just saying it to say it. Aerosmith kind of like to screw with each other, either real or not. Tyler doesn't tell them in advance what he's gonna do, and they were open about the last time Tyler "took a break" they auditioned other singers. Usually, they don't go much further than that and Tyler WILL actually do his things (ie, the country stuff he's doing now, American Idol).
Personally, I think this is just something they are saying to spook him, and I think they should. They could in theory do whatever they want, and when Tyler treats them like this they have as much right to kind of put him on edge as he does with them. But again, its a weird relationship where they always seem fine (they have shows lined up), but they like to get on each other's nerves. I fully doubt this happens, but I support them saying it. I completely think it was more in jest than the headline seems.
This reminds me of the fax Mick supposedly sent Keith in the 80s, telling him he wouldn't be working with him for some years...
Then again, Mick getting out of the Stones bubble may have saved the Stones's longevity as well...
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whitem8
Aerosmith wouldn't be the same without Tyler.
... who wrote 90% of their songs.
I think that Taylor is important for Aerosmith as Mick is for Stones.
He is a Singer.
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mr_c_ox
I've never really understood why the guys in Aerosmith seem to give Steven Tyler a hard time. In the time it's taken for him to do one solo album Joe Perry has done two, toured twice solo and now even Brad Whitfield is touring and has a new album out. I appreciate that Tyler is a bit of a prat but I think he is more committed to Aerosmith than some of the others.
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DeanGoodman
This happens every 5-6 years. Joe, Joey and the others orchestrated a press campaign against Steven in about 2009 - helpfully coinciding with promo for Joe´s solo album with the German bloke. Eventually everything was patched up. And Joe blamed the whole thing on the media.
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mr_c_ox
I've never really understood why the guys in Aerosmith seem to give Steven Tyler a hard time. In the time it's taken for him to do one solo album Joe Perry has done two, toured twice solo and now even Brad Whitfield is touring and has a new album out. I appreciate that Tyler is a bit of a prat but I think he is more committed to Aerosmith than some of the others.
Why do you feel that Steven is more committed to Aerosmith than Joe? Joe always complains that Steven makes plans and doesn't tell them in advance, whereas Joe lays all the cards on the table well beforehand and so no one is caught unaware.
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DeanGoodman
This happens every 5-6 years. Joe, Joey and the others orchestrated a press campaign against Steven in about 2009 - helpfully coinciding with promo for Joe´s solo album with the German bloke. Eventually everything was patched up. And Joe blamed the whole thing on the media.
Joe states in his book that while they did consider planning to tour without Steven in 2010, they never got to asking people or holding auditions. He says "I mentioned that Steven sent us a letter asking for 2 years off, but the other thing in the article, that I had confirmed plans to replace him, I never said, and the press completely blew some very offhand comments I made out of proportion. I never said we were holding auditions, which we never had by the time Steven said he was willing to come back."
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DeanGoodman
All true. From my book:
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Long John Stoner
. Aerosmith to me will always be the poorman's Stones.
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