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Steven Tyler out of Aerosmith?
By CMU Editorial | Published on Monday 9 November 2009
Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry, who previously denied that criticism he had made about Steven Tyler meant the band was disbanding, has now announced the frontman has quit the group.
Perry was previously negative about his bandmate after Tyler forced two lots of Aerosmith live dates to be cancelled because of injuries, the second caused when the rocker fell off stage. Perry also complained that Tyler had failed to keep the rest of Aerosmith up to date with his health, and what it meant for future touring commitments. Nevertheless, the guitarist denied rumours the band were about to split.
But following one last show at the Abu Dhabi grand prix the weekend before last, Perry now says Tyler has quit the band. Perry: “Steven quit as far as I can tell. I don’t know any more than you do about it. I got off the plane two nights ago. I saw online that Steven said that he was going to leave the band. I don’t know for how long, indefinitely or whatever. Other than that, I don’t know”.
Certainly it seems the aforementioned communication issues remain. Perry: “He’s notorious for [not communicating]. That’s one thing I’ve learned to live with. I try to overlook it. I like to pick my battles”.
However, if Tyler has, indeed, quit Aerosmith, Perry is hopeful the band will continue in one form or another. He continued: “Right now I’m adjusting to how we’re going to go on. Aerosmith is such a powerful band, I mean it’s like a steam locomotive. You just can’t disregard 40 years of four guys who play together as well as we do. We’re just trying to – at least I am – trying to figure out what direction the band should take”.
He continued: “As far as replacing Steve, it’s not just about that, it’s also four guys that play extremely well together, and I’m not going to see that go to waste. I really don’t know what path it’s going to take at this point, but we’ll probably find somebody else that will sing in those spots where we need a singer and then we’ll be able to move the Aerosmith up a notch, move the vibe up a notch”.
