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American rock band For|the band's self-titled debut album|Aerosmith (album) pp|small=yes Use mdy dates June 2017 Infobox musical artist | name = Aerosmith | image = Aerosmith member.png | caption = Aerosmith members. Clockwise, from top left: Steven Tyler, Tom Hamilton (musician)|Tom Hamilton, Brad Whitford, Joe Perry (musician)|Joe Perry and Joey Kramer | origin = Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. | genre = flatlist| * Hard rock * blues rock * Heavy metal music|heavy metal | discography = Aerosmith discography|Discography | years_active = 1970–present | label = flatlist| * Columbia Records|Columbia * Geffen Records|Geffen | spinoffs = flatlist| * The Joe Perry Project * Whitford/St. Holmes | website = URL|aerosmith.com | current_members = * Steven Tyler * Tom Hamilton (musician)|Tom Hamilton * Joey Kramer * Joe Perry (musician)|Joe Perry * Brad Whitford | past_members = * Ray Tabano * Jimmy Crespo * Rick Dufay ''Aerosmith'' is an American Rock music|rock band formed in Boston in 1970.cite web https://rockhall.com/inductees/aerosmith/timeline/ Aerosmith | The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum Rockhall.com April 15, 2013 August 26, 2015Cite book Burlingame Jeff https://books.google.com/books?id=GxCDDwAAQBAJ&dq=Aerosmith+1970&pg=PA29 Aerosmith 2018-12-15 Enslow Publishing, LLC |isbn=978-1-9785-0521-6 |page=29 |language=enCite book Furniss Matters https://books.google.com/books?id=aPhzUuZyXuoC&dq=Aerosmith+1970&pg=PA1968 Aerosmith - Uncensored on the Record February 2012 Coda Books Ltd |isbn=978-1-78158-014-1 |language=en The group consists of lead vocalist Steven Tyler, bassist Tom Hamilton (musician)|Tom Hamilton, drummer Joey Kramer, and guitarists Joe Perry (musician)|Joe Perry and Brad Whitford. Their style, which is rooted in blues-based hard rock,cite web AllMusic artist p3508 yes | title = Aerosmith Biography |author=Stephen Thomas Erlewine |website = Allmusic August 22, 2016cite magazine https://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/aerosmith/biography Aerosmith: Biography: Rolling Stone|magazine=Rolling Stone August 22, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20150330065344/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/aerosmith/biography March 30, 2015 has also incorporated elements of pop rock,cite web Aerosmith & KISS will be performing at the Tweeter Center on September 26, 2003 Darryl Cater ChicagoGigs.com http://www.chicagogigs.com/features/aerosmith_kiss.htm April 12, 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20071028152329/http://www.chicagogigs.com/features/aerosmith_kiss.htm October 28, 2007 heavy metal music|heavy metal, glam metal,cite news https://www.nytimes.com/1988/07/10/magazine/heavy-metal-weighty-words.html?pagewanted=all Heavy Metal, Weighty Words – NYTimes.com Pareles Jon|work=The New York Times May 16, 2010 July 10, 1988 and rhythm and blues,cite magazine Aerosmith: Get A Grip: Music Reviews: Rolling Stone Mark Coleman|magazine=Rolling Stone https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/aerosmith/albums/album/232882/review/6212283/get_a_grip March 31, 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080505010654/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/aerosmith/albums/album/232882/review/6212283/get_a_grip May 5, 2008 and has inspired many subsequent rock artists.cite web allmusic – Pop-Metal AllMusic https://www.allmusic.com/explore/style/d7728 April 12, 2008 February 5, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120205030622/http://www.allmusic.com/explore/style/d7728 Aerosmith is sometimes referred to as "the Bad Boys from Boston"cite web http://rockhall.com/inductees/aerosmith/bio/ Aerosmith Biography The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum October 20, 2011 January 19, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120119222322/http://rockhall.com/inductees/aerosmith/bio/ and "America's Greatest Rock and Roll Band".cite magazine https://books.google.com/books?id=EwoEAAAAMBAJ&pg=RA1-PA20 Newman Melinda The Billboard Interview – Aerosmith|magazine=Billboard |volume=110|issue=33|pages=19–20 August 15, 1998|issn=0006-2510|quote=...it becomes clear why Aerosmith has been tagged 'America's Greatest Rock 'N' Roll Band.'cite web Aerosmith's Opening Night: Crazy Amazing For Hell's Angels And 'Jaded' Kids Brian Ives MTV http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1444335/20010607/story.jhtml https://web.archive.org/web/20100328123224/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1444335/20010607/story.jhtml March 28, 2010|df=mdyWhatever there is to say now about Aerosmith, the long-lasting, hard-rocking quintet that has often been billed or hyped as America's greatest rock and roll band, it could have been said two decades ago. citation Mieses Stanley Still Walking the Walk, Leading the Way|newspaper=Newsday|page=B.05 August 9, 1997 The primary songwriting team of Tyler and Perry is sometimes referred to as the "Toxic Twins". Perry and Hamilton were originally in a band together, the Jam Band, where they met up with Tyler, Kramer, guitarist Ray Tabano, and formed Aerosmith; in 1971, Tabano was replaced by Whitford. They released a string of multi-platinum albums starting with their Aerosmith (album)|eponymous debut in 1973, followed a year later by ''Get Your Wings''.cite book Joseph Murrells|year=1978 The Book of Golden Discs|edition=2nd Barrie and Jenkins Ltd|location=London|page=[https://archive.org/details/bookofgoldendisc00murr/page/341 341]|isbn=0-214-20512-6 https://archive.org/details/bookofgoldendisc00murr/page/341 The band broke into the mainstream with their next two albums, ''Toys in the Attic (album)|Toys in the Attic'' (1975) and ''Rocks (Aerosmith album)|Rocks'' (1976).cite web Aerosmith Just Keeps on Rockin' Articlecity.com http://www.articlecity.com/articles/music_and_movies/article_237.shtml April 6, 2008 July 7, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110707165425/http://www.articlecity.com/articles/music_and_movies/article_237.shtml ''Draw the Line (Aerosmith album)|Draw the Line'' and ''Night in the Ruts'' followed in 1977 and 1979, respectively. Throughout the 1970s, the band toured extensively and charted a dozen Billboard Hot 100|Hot 100 singles, including their first Top 40 hit "Sweet Emotion" and the Top 10 hits "Dream On (Aerosmith song)|Dream On" and "Walk This Way". By the end of the decade, they were among the most popular hard rock bands in the world and developed a following of fans, often referred to as the "Blue Army (Aerosmith)|Blue Army".Davis, p. 239 Drug addiction and internal conflict led to the departures of Perry and Whitford in 1979 and 1981, respectively. The band did not fare well and the album ''Rock in a Hard Place'' (1982) failed to match previous successes. Perry and Whitford returned to Aerosmith in 1984. After Back in the Saddle Tour|a comeback tour, they recorded ''Done with Mirrors'' (1985, which did not meet commercial expectations. It was not until a 1986 collaboration with rap group Run–D.M.C. on a remake of "Walk This Way", and the band's multi-platinum album, ''Permanent Vacation (Aerosmith album)|Permanent Vacation'' (1987, that they regained their previous level of popularity.cite news Aerosmith – Full Biography https://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/424/Aerosmith/biography https://web.archive.org/web/20150904130649/https://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/424/Aerosmith/biography September 4, 2015 |work=The New York Times 2015 April 18, 2019 In the late 1980s and 1990s, the band won numerous awards for music from the multi-platinum albums ''Pump (album)|Pump'' (1989, ''Get a Grip'' (1993, and ''Nine Lives (Aerosmith album)|Nine Lives'' (1997, while they embarked on their most extensive concert tours to date. Their biggest hits during this period included "Dude (Looks Like a Lady)", "Angel (Aerosmith song)|Angel", "Rag Doll (Aerosmith song)|Rag Doll", "Love in an Elevator", "Janie's Got a Gun", "What It Takes (Aerosmith song)|What it Takes", "Livin' on the Edge", "Cryin'", and "Crazy (Aerosmith song)|Crazy". The band also filmed popular music videos and made notable appearances in television, film, and video games. In 1998, they achieved their first number-one hit with "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" from Armageddon: The Album|''Armageddon''s soundtrack and the following year, Rock 'n' Roller Coaster Starring Aerosmith|their roller coaster attraction opened at Walt Disney World. Their comeback has been described as one of the most remarkable and spectacular in rock history. Additional albums ''Just Push Play'' (which included the hit "Jaded (Aerosmith song)|Jaded", ''Honkin' on Bobo'' (a collection of blues cover version|covers, and ''Music from Another Dimension!'' followed in 2001, 2004, and 2012, respectively. In 2008, they released ''Guitar Hero: Aerosmith'', which is considered to be the best-selling band-centric video game. From 2019 to 2022, the band had a Aerosmith: Deuces are Wild|concert residency in Las Vegas, which was interrupted from 2020 to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. After Tyler suffered (and ultimately failed to recover from) a vocal injury in 2023 during the third date of their Peace Out: The Farewell Tour|farewell tour, the band retired from touring in 2024. Aerosmith is List of best-selling music artists|the best-selling American hard rock band of all time, having sold more than 150 million records worldwide, including over 85 million records in the United States.cite news http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/_shorecast/aerosmith-guitarist-perry-tells-all-band-hits-a-c-sunday/article_c4e2528e-2e1d-11e4-889a-0019bb2963f4.html Aerosmith guitarist Perry tells all; band hits A.C. Sunday DiGiacomo Robert August 27, 2014 The Press of Atlantic City October 15, 2014cite web Top Selling Artists Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA.com) https://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=tblTopArt https://web.archive.org/web/20070701163039/http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=tblTopArt July 1, 2007|df=mdy With 25 gold, 18 platinum, and 12 multi-platinum albums, they hold the record for the most total RIAA certification|certifications by an American group and are tied for the most multi-platinum albums by an American group. They have achieved twenty-one Top 40 hits on the US Hot 100, nine number-one Mainstream Rock Tracks|Mainstream Rock hits, four Grammy Awards, six American Music Awards, and ten MTV Video Music Awards. They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2001, and were ranked number 57 and 30, respectively, on ''Rolling Stone''s and VH1's lists of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.cite magazine The Immortals – The Greatest Artists of All Time: 57) Aerosmith|magazine=Rolling Stone https://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/7235473/57_aerosmith March 25, 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080401091038/http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/7235473/57_aerosmith April 1, 2008 In 2013, Tyler and Perry were inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame, and in 2020, the band received the MusiCares Person of the Year award.
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