Aerosmith were one of the most widespread hard rock bands of the ’70s, setting the panache and sound of hard rock and heavy metal for the next two decades with their vulgar, bluesy bluster. The Boston-based quintet found the middle ground between the threat of the Rolling Stones and the campy, crooked flamboyance of the New York Dolls, developing a slender, dirty riff-oriented jive that was slack and swinging and as tough as a diamond.
In the meantime, they established an archetype for power songs with “Dream On,” a keyboard ballad that was scored with strings and slanted guitars. Aerosmith’s aptitude to pull off both ballads and rock & roll made them tremendously popular during the mid-’70s, when they had a string of gold and platinum albums. By the early ’80s, the group’s listeners had deteriorated as the group fell prey to drug and alcohol abuse. However, their career was far from over — in the late ’80s, Aerosmith pulled off one of the most remarkable comebacks in rock history, returning to the top of the charts with a group of albums that equated, if not exceeded, the admiration of their ’70s albums.
After singing in clubs in the Massachusetts and New York areas for two years, the group landed a record contract with Columbia Records in 1972. Aerosmith’s self-titled debut album was released in the fall of 1973, climbing to number 166. “Dream On” was released as the first single and it was a minor hit, reaching number 59. For the next year, the band built a fan base by touring America, supporting groups as diverse as the Kinks, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Sha Na Na, and Mott the Hoople.
The performance of Get Your Wings (1974), the group’s second album and the first produced by Jack Douglas, benefited from their constant touring, spending a total of 86 weeks on the chart.
While Aerosmith was at the stature of their invigorated reputation in the early ’90s, the group signed a profitable multi-million dollar contract with Columbia Records, even though they still owed Geffen two albums. It wasn’t until 1995 that the band was able to begin working on their first record under the new contract — nearly five years after the contract was signed. The making of Aerosmith albums usually had been problematic affairs, but the recording of Nine Lives was beleaguered with bad luck.
Under such circumstances, recording became quite difficult, and when Nine Lives finally appeared in the spring of 1997, it was greeted with great anticipation, yet the initial reviews were mixed and even though album debuted at number one, it quickly fell down the charts. The live A Little South of Sanity followed in 1998. Three years later, Aerosmith strutted their stuff on the Super Bowl halftime special on CBS with the likes of Mary J. Blige, Nelly, *NSYNC, and Britney Spears, just prior to dispensing their heart-stomping Just Push Play in March 2001. Next up for the band was a blues album, Honkin’ on Bobo, released in 2004, along with two live album/DVDs, You Gotta Move and Rockin’ the Joint. Another greatest-hits collection, Devil’s got a New Disguise: The Very Best of Aerosmith arrived in 2006.
Before Tyler embarked on solo projects, he returned to the band for a series of concerts in 2010, in the middle of which it was proclaimed that the singer would be a new judge on the televised singing competition American Idol. Perry voiced his disappointment in the press but Tyler’s time on American Idol helped raise the band’s profile, while providing a platform for Tyler’s memoir, Does the Noise in My Head Bother You? The book performed better than his two solo singles — 2010’s “Love Lives” and 2011’s “(It) Feels So Good” — singles that did not wind up signaling his departure from Aerosmith. Tyler continued to tour with the band and in 2011 they recorded a new album with producer Jack Douglas, the man who helmed their classic ’70s LPs. Originally scheduled for release in summer of 2012, Music from Another Dimension! wound up being pushed back to that year’s holiday season, by which time Tyler had departed his judgeship on American Idol.
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