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Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Joe Perry

Anthony Joseph Periera was born on September 10, 1950, in Lawrence, Massachusetts. He is the lead guitarist, occasional back up vocalist and co songwriter for the band Aerosmith. He lists his inspirational rock musicians as the Beatles and The Rolling Stones, and according to Rolling Stone Magazines 100 Greatest Guitarists, he's #48
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Perry_(musician)

He's of Portugese descent from his father's side and Italian descent from his mother's side. He was married to Elyssa Jeret from 1975-1982. And while married to her, they had a son they named Adrian. His current wife is Billie Paulette Perry. They have 2 sons, Tony and Roman, as well as son Aaron from Billie's previous marriage. Tony and Aaron are the founding members of a band called TAB the Band

The guitar he uses most frequently is a Gibson Les Paul. He has used many types of Gibson Les Pauls over the years since the 1970s. And from time to time, he'll use a Fender Stratocaster, the same kind of guitar that Rolling Stone guitarists Ronnie Wood and Keith Richards use. But for Joe, they had to be strung special for him because he plays left handed.

Steven Tyler

Steven Victor Tallarico was born on March 26, 1948 in Yonkers, New York. He's currently 64, and provides lead vocals, harmonica, piano, percussion, maracas, guitar, mandolin, violin, flute,mellotron, hammered dulcimer and accordion on Aerosmith's music. His most common nickname is the Demon of Screamin'. He is best known for his large lips and on-stage acrobatics. His microphone stand usually has brightly colored and decorated scarves hanging from it, and he also prefers to dress in brightly colored and designed jumpsuits. In 1986, he completed drug rehab and has been clean and sober for over 20 years. Nowadays, you can find him on American Idol, as one of the more sweet, compassionate judges who loves to hear the new talent and remark with something funny

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Tyler

Some cool things about him is he is of Italian, Russian, Polish and German descent. The guys who would go on to form Aerosmith started out by playing gigs at Steven's family home in Lake Sunapee, New Hampshire. And They were able to get a manager named David Krebs. He described Aerosmith as the closest thing to the Rolling Stones, because of Steven's faint resemblance to the Stones' lead singer Mick Jagger.

From 1979-1983, Steven and Joe eanred themselves the nickname the Toxic Twins because of their heavy drug use and during this time, Joe left the band to form the Joe Perry Project.

On Feb. 14, 1984, the band reunited. In 1986, they were famous once again when they did a version of their original song Walk This Way with up and coming rap band Run-DMC. This song also gave them a good hit because the only album Run-DMC had released then was titled Raisin' Hell. Then later on, the band members started going under the impression that Steven Tyler ws a sex addict because of all the little flings he would have with female roadies and groupies.

In 2001, Aerosmith got to play at Super Bowl XXXV as the halftime show. In 2005, Tyler attended Berkley College of Music and received an honorary doctorate from the University of Boston, Massachusetts

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2010+

A is for Aerosmith

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerosmith

Aerosmith is a hard rock band based out of Boston, Massachusetts. They are often referred to the Bad Boys of Rock and America's Greatest Rock and Roll band. In alot of ways, these guys hare alot in common with the Rolling Stones out of London, and Aerosmith is often also referred to as the American Rolling Stones. From the fact that the lead singers of both Aerosmith and The Rolling Stones both have a similar large facial feature, they also do similar types of music.

The kind of music that Aerosmith specializes in is blues-based hard rock and they also include pop, heavy metal, and R&B. There are 5 members of this band: lead singer Steven Tyler, lead guitarist Joe Perry, drummer Joey Kramer, bassist Tom Hamilton and guitarist Ray Tabano. This band started in Boston, Massachusetts in 1970. In 1971, Ray Tabano was replaced by Brad Whitford.

Steven Tyler plays harmonica, keyboards, percussion, lead vocals
Joe Perry plays lead guitar and back up vocals
Brad Whitford plays rhythm guitar
Joey Kramer plays the drums and percussion
Tom Hamilton plays the bass and provides back up vocals

Here are some of their albums:

Jan. 13, 1973-Aerosmith
March 1, 1974- Get Your Wings
April 8, 1975-Toys in the Attic
May 3, 1976-Rocks
Dec. 1, 1977-Draw the Line
Nov. 1, 1979-Night in the Ruts
August 1, 1982-Rock in a Hard Place
Nov. 9, 1985-Done with Mirrors
Sept. 5, 1987-Permanent Vacation
Sept. 8, 1989- Pump
Arpil 20, 1993- Get a Grip
March 18, 1997- Nine Lives
March 6, 2001- Just Push Play
March 30, 2004-Honkin on Bobo

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current pictures of them

Aerosmith in Simpson form

2000+

The 2000 and on decade. Nothing interesting here!!!!

History

The US sees it's first black president, Barack Obama

Dec. 12, 2003: Rolling Stones front man recieves honorary knighthood from the Prince of Wales, much to the dismay of fellow Stones member Keith Richards

Sept. 11, 2001: the World Trade Center towers are hit by hijacked planes

Feb. 22, 2006: the 1 billionth song is downloaded from iTunes
April 16, 2003: major SARS virus breakout in southeast Asia
The year 2000 and on are a literal 2nd British Invasion with the release of the Harry Potter movies, more British TV shows are coming to the US and becoming popular, like Top Gear, My Family, Keeping Up Appearances, Mr. Bean, Primeval, etc.

Music
The Baha Men
Nelly Furtado
Tim McGraw

Nickelback

Aaliyah

Movies
The Man from Elysian Fields

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Dream Girls
Flushed Away

Wallace and Gromit: the Curse of the Were-Rabbit

Secondhand Lions

The Prestige

Mr. Bean's Holiday

The Forbidden Kingdom

1990s!

Most people think of the 1990s as the time when rap was really getting in style and the time of technology, computers, CD players, Walkmans, etc

History