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Joe Perry says he’s out of a job after Aerosmith tour ends

admin — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 11:30:06 +0000

Just when we thought this whole Aerosmith breaking up/not breaking up fiasco was over, guitarist Joe Perry is raising fears once again.

Speaking to the Calgary Herald, Perry said that once the band plays their show in Vancouver on September 16th “I don’t have a job with Aerosmith.” The reason for that statement is due to Steven Tyler taking a job as a judge on American Idol next season. Perry, who said he learned about Tyler’s decision from the media and not from him directly, said that it’s “a reality show designed to get people to watch that station and sell advertising,” adding, “It’s one step above (Teenage Mutant) Ninja Turtles.”

Things have been a bit shaky on Aerosmith’s recent tour. One show saw Perry hip-check Tyler off-stage after Tyler playfully hip-checked him first. Perry comments that Tyler’s “got this thing in his head that it’s cool when the guys in the band bump into each other,” and then went on to say “Leave me alone when I’m playing.” There was another incident where Tyler accidentally hit Perry in the head with a microphone during a show in New York. “I almost passed out and blood was dripping from my forehead for the rest of the night,” Perry says about that incident.

Ultimately, Perry is planning on moving on without Tyler and is threatening, once again, to find a new singer for the band. “I’m not going to sit around for two years waiting for him to come back to Aerosmith,” said Perry. “(You’ve got) four guys that are great together, and if you find the right singer, there’s no reason you can’t go and entertain people.”

Steven Tyler confirmed as American Idol judge

admin — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 12:06:05 +0000

So it looks like American Idol will have a rock n’ roll influence on the show next season. Aerosmith lead singer Steven Tyler will indeed be a judge on the talent competition.

Deadline Hollywood reports that Tyler’s “deal is done” and that he will be judging up and coming singers and crushing dreams of the ones who suck. Fox is still trying to come up with two other judges to replace Simon Cowell and Ellen Degeneres, who left the show after last season.

MEANWHILE, thanks to our boys at Antiquiet, we came across this bit of video gold. We all remember when Tyler first fell off of a stage while performing at the Sturgis motorcycle rally last year and injured himself. Well he fell off a stage again, this time at a show in Toronto and it was guitarist Joe Perry who made it happen. After Tyler playfully hip-checked Perry during the song “Love In An Elevator,” Perry hip-checked Tyler as he was standing near the edge of the stage and bumped him off entirely.

There’s video goodness down below. I’m guessing Perry just found out the news about Tyler’s AI deal and wanted him to know how he felt about it. Check it out.

Steven Tyler auditioned for Led Zeppelin

admin — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 19:49:08 +0000

Steven Tyler is thinking of suing his band mates in Aerosmith should they pursue a new singer for the group. But, at one point, Tyler himself wanted to front another iconic band by the name of Led Zeppelin.

Noisecreep reports that Tyler spoke to Jimmy Page’s manager and flew out to England and auditioned to be the new singer for Zeppelin after singer Robert Plant turned down the idea of a reunion, according to guitarist Joe Perry.

“[He flew to London and tried] out for Led Zeppelin. It’s something I’ve never talked about before,” Perry said. “It’s a kind of window into how hard it’s been to keep the partnership together. It’s not the first time things like this have happened- that’s the downside of our relationship.”

So how did the audition go? Apparently they were “shambolic” as Perry described it. Tyler allegedly wasn’t familiar with Led Zep’s songs and thought they would work on new material.

“”Page felt really awkward about the audition,” Perry said. “Ultimately it was a group decision [to pass on Tyler].”

I’m actually glad that it didn’t work out. While Tyler has the range to sing Zeppelin songs, his voice just wouldn’t have matched the music. Plus, at the time, Aerosmith was still one big happy family so why would he have left his legendary band for what probably would have been a few reunion shows? Let’s all just be grateful.

Aerosmith cancel tour

admin — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 15:41:35 +0000

Steven Tyler went down for the count and so did the rest of Aerosmith’s summer tour.

Aerosmith, after Steven Tyler fell off the stage at a performance at the Sturgis Motorcycle rally, have canceled the rest of their summer tour. Tyler, who was dancing for the crowd while the band was fixing a sound issue, did a spin on the catwalk of the stage and fell backwards into the audience, breaking his shoulder and cutting open his head which required 20 stitches.

Guitarist Joe Perry expressed his sadness about the early end of the band’s time on the road. “Words can’t express the sadness I feel for having to cancel this tour. We hope we can get the Aerosmith machine up and running again as soon as possible.”

Doctors have recommended that Steven rest and the band wants to give him time to recover from his injuries. Yet the frontman was still in a joking mood about the whole incident. “I wanted to go out to the crowd to continue the show… so, the Train Kept A- Rollin’ and I ran out on the catwalk and grabbed my mic to finish the song,” he said in a released statement. “I was doing the Tyler shuffle and then I zigged when I should have zagged…AND I slipped, and as I live on the edge…I fell off the edge!”

We’re hoping that Steven gets better soon and we’re hoping that this incident doesn’t mark the end of an amazing touring band.

Down goes Tyler! Down goes Tyler!

admin — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 19:39:51 +0000

The video up top is where you will see Steven Tyler of Aerosmith take a tumble off stage into the audience. He suffered head, neck and shoulder injuries and was airlifted to a nearby hospital to get checked out. Now, according to an interview with Joe Perry on WXRX-FM (via Blabbermouth) in my hometown of Rockford, IL, the tour may take “from four weeks to two months [for Steven to be able to get back on stage]. So I don’t know.”

Perry also talked about how this tour has taken a toll on the other members of Aerosmith including himself. “We’ve had some bad luck on this tour. Up until three years ago, since we came back we’d only cancelled two gigs. Then Steven had his foot thing, and I had my knee thing, and Tom [Hamilton, bass] had that thing with cancer. It’s all hit at once — but we had 25 years of a good run.”

Could this tour bring the end of Aerosmith’s career on the road? If the injuries continue to add up then I think it’s time to call it quits. We wish Steven a speedy recovery and we recommend he take some dance lessons.