November 16, 2009
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Aerosuck
Depending on who you ask, Aerosmith lead singer Steven Tyler is no longer in the band……………or he is in the band and never left. I dunno. I went to their website to find out info about Steven leaving and found it about as useful as body armor on a corpse. Its not that it wasn’t a good website, it just didn’t off much in the way of his future with the band or the band’s future without him. One report I heard on the radio last week was that guitarist Joe Perry said that they were going to replace Tyler and move on. Just wait one fuckin minute. Go on? Aerosmith without Steven Tyler? Is there even an Aerosmith without him? Honestly who the hell would pay to see Aerosmith without Steven fuckin Tyler. And who would by an Aerosmith album without Tyler? And who exactly are they going to get to replace him, Extreme lead singer Gary Cherone? Ok, for those of you familiar with the joke, Cherone replaced Sammy Hagar for one forgettable album when he left or got kicked out of Van Halen, again depending on who you ask.
I love Aerosmith, I would place them among my top 5 bands of all time. But seriously, there is no Aerosmith without Steven Tyler and if the rest of the band is foolish to think otherwise, than they are sadly mistaken. I love when bands lose a key member and they think that people want to actually see the band without that member. So they confidently continue on without that person assuming that everybody loves them and nobody will notice that he or she is gone. In reality, people only went to the shows and bought the albums because of that person. And conversely, the person who has left the band tries to forge on alone only to realize that they are a waste without the rest of the band. And soon it turns out that both sides are pretty much fucking worthless apart and they magically realize that without each other, they can’t make any money and are one step away from playing county fairs and doing Burger King commercials. And the step away is in the worse direction; in other words BK and the county fair would be a step up!
After a while, they say “why the fuck are we fighting when there is gobs and gobs of money to be made, none of which we can make without each other.” And next thing you know, they are back, making an album and touring the world. I certainly hope that Aerosmith realizes this before they march on without Tyler. Hell, they are in their fucking 60s and haven’t made good music in years, they probably should have quit a long time ago. The band is great and from what I hear, put on a great live show (I’ve never seen them live…………..for some reason, I haven’t been to many concerts of anybody) and a big part of that is Tyler. Not only would it not be the same without him, but the band would probably become a laughingstock.
