Steven Tyler
The rock group Aerosmith has been widely accepted as America’s Greatest Rock & Roll Band for years, forty years actually. Forming in 1970, the group is still performing to this day, and have recently launched their Cocked, Locked, and Ready To Rock tour, which is now in full swing across the globe.
As any group that is successful for four decades, every member of the band is extraordinarily talented. Joe Perry is an amazing and respected guitarist, Joe Kramer is an incredible drummer, and Brad Whitford (rhythm guitar) and Tom Hamilton (bass) are also legends in their own right. Yet Aerosmith wouldn’t be who they are without front man Steven Tyler, the face, the voice, the very essence of the band.
Boston native, Tyler has become a staple in rock and roll culture throughout the decades with absurd outfits and bottomless energy during performances. Even before he met the other members of the band, Tyler wrote the rock classic Dream On in 1965, which would later become one of eight tracks on the band’s first record, Aerosmith, released in 1971. Tyler wrote majority of the tracks on the other four of the first five records as well, which include Get Your Wings, Toys in the Attic, Rocks, and Draw the Line. Joe Perry would co-write some tracks, including Walk This Way, and Hamilton co-wrote Sweet Emotion. If you’re not an avid record collector, you can find all of these albums in digital music downloads online.
Steve Tyler with daughter Liv
In 1977, he would father a daughter, Liv, who would grow into a famous film actress who debuted in Aerosmith’s music videos in the later 1990s. Steven Tyler’s drug use is no secret, having been part of the reason of the five-year split of the band in 1979 before their reunion in 1984, as well as not being a part of his daughter’s early childhood. Shortly after the band’s reunion, Tyler would enter a drug rehabilitation program for his addiction to heroin.
In 1986, Tyler and Perry broke music industry barriers and worked with rap icon and producer Run DMC for a new twist on the classic Walk This Way. Other collaborations that Tyler would work on involve working with Motley Crue, Bob Marley, Pink, Eminem, and Carlos Santana.
Tyler has written or co-written songs on all of the 17 albums produced by the band, as well as the lead vocal, harmonica, piano, and occasionally percussion. There are far too many hits for me to list here, and it would be too difficult to select only a few. His musical ability and entertaining ingenuity has never been questioned and for just reason.
Considering the band’s celebrating their 40th year in the industry by going back on tour for “Cocked, Locked, and Ready to Rock”, I don’t think any of the original five members are ready to retire any time soon. As for Steven Tyler, not performing or producing music is out of the question. Recently, it has been announced that Tyler would become a judge on the television show American Idol. Uncertain if it’s a permanent role or just a guest appearance, it’s sure to increase interest in the show.
Here is a video of Tyler performing with Aerosmith on the song Cryin during their current 2010 tour:
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