With their success came excess and the group was marred by struggles with drug addiction. With Aerosmith, he has sold more than 140 million albums worldwide.Īerosmith first formed in the late 1960s, the combination of Steve Tyler's band, Chain Reaction, and Perry's group, Jam Band.Īs a teen, Perry, who appears to have always had cheekbones you could cut steak with, worked in an icecream parlour and Tyler was a regular customer.Īfter releasing their first self-titled album in 1973, it was in the 1980s that Aerosmith truly became a global phenomenon with their crossover hit, the reworked version of Walk This Way with rappers Run DMC.Īerosmith fans were nicknamed "the blue army" because of their fondness for denim jackets and jeans and the band's songs were 80s radio staples - Janie's Got A Gun, Love In An Elevator, Dude (Looks Like a Lady), Livin' On the Edge, Dream On, Sweet Emotion, I Don't Want to Miss a Thing and more. He still loves the ocean and is a certified diver, but Perry, 62, has certainly made a living out of music.
He's at his family's property outside Boston and has spent the day sleeping, he confesses down the phone.
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