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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 ...
Truth be told, neither Aerosmith nor Springsteen captured their raw, ragged, rock 'n' roll essence on their debut albums.
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.
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 ...
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 ...
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, ...