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How Aerosmith made their most truthful album
When Aerosmith released their self-titled debut album in January of 1973, they were understandably, still figuring out who ...
Joey Kramer, a drummer from the Bronx, came up with the band name Aerosmith in high school, and wrote it all over his notebooks long before he started the band that would eventually bear that name.
Our list of Aerosmith Album Opening Songs Ranked shows that over the course of a 50-year career filled with ups and downs, they never forgot how to make a grand entrance. From their humble origins as ...
As 1977 rolled in, Aerosmith were flying high. In January, the band’s latest single Walk This Way, belatedly extracted from 1975 album Toys In The Attic, hit No.10 in the US. And in February, when ...
While many more albums are turning 50 in 2026, the last one on our list is Blue Moves by Elton John. Released on Oct. 22, ...
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How Bruce Springsteen’s Debut Album (Initially) Overshadowed Aerosmith’s
Truth be told, neither Aerosmith nor Springsteen captured their raw, ragged, rock 'n' roll essence on their debut albums.
They were both born to rock. Fate brought Steven Tyler’s Aerosmith and Bruce Springsteen together to record their classic third albums side by side at the Record Plant in Midtown Manhattan. That’s ...
A famed music producer is pulling back the curtain on why a rock band replaced its guitarist on a classic album. Aerosmith used outside guitarists on its 1974 sophomore release, “Get Your Wings,” ...
On 1973, Aerosmith released the eponymous debut that would catapult them and Steven Tyler’s many, many scarves into rock ‘n’ roll stardom, thanks to the third track on the album, “Dream On”. The song ...
The name Aerosmith is cemented in rock history - but the origin of the moniker is more mysterious. The story dates all the way back to their school days when a young Joey Kramer - who would go on to ...
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