Aerosmith Thread.

[Cornell]

Kiss/Aerosmith that will be a good tour!

KISS suck now!  Aerosmith should be with a much better band.

[Christos AG]

Aerosmith AND KISS?

Damn it..

That's it.

I'm moving to America A.S.A.P.

[gnrmadagascar]

     Speaking of KISS, I've benn a HUGE KISS fan for all my life, and if you wan to hear an awesome song, get "Do You Remember Rock & Roll Radio? (Ramones Cover)" of the new "We're A Happy Family: A Ramones Tribute Album"  It's awesome.

[Dot]

    Speaking of KISS, I've benn a HUGE KISS fan for all my life, and if you wan to hear an awesome song, get "Do You Remember Rock & Roll Radio? (Ramones Cover)" of the new "We're A Happy Family: A Ramones Tribute Album"  It's awesome.

Did the tribute to the Ramones come out already or when?

[Axl11]

Kiss was the first hard-rock/ metal band I ever liked.

[gnrmadagascar]

    Speaking of KISS, I've benn a HUGE KISS fan for all my life, and if you wan to hear an awesome song, get "Do You Remember Rock & Roll Radio? (Ramones Cover)" off the new "We're A Happy Family: A Ramones Tribute Album"  It's awesome.

Did the tribute to the Ramones come out already or when?

No, if you listen to the radio, you'll probably hear it on the radio in a few days. It hasn't come out yet but I got it on the internet.   It comes out on Feb. 11.

[MR.BROWNSTONE]

The long-rumored Aerosmith/Kiss tour is a go. Early word is that the bands will be on the road for about 40 dates between August and October, playing amphitheaters and arenas primarily, and with a few stadium dates also a possibility. Marketing meetings involving representatives for Kiss, Aerosmith, and promoter Clear Channel are taking place this week, and the official announcement is expected shortly.

Aerosmith will be supporting its upcoming blues-oriented album. Kiss members Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley, Peter Criss, and Tommy Thayer (wearing the makeup of and replacing Ace Frehley) will perform in full regalia. It's unknown whether or not the bands will rotate opening and closing duties.

For its part, Kiss isn't waiting around for the tour to begin. In addition to the already announced February 28 date with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra in Australia, and the three-show (March 11-13) run at Budokan Hall in Tokyo, the band has set a concert for March 15 at the Yokohama Arena in Yokohama, Japan, after which they'll get on a plane and fly to Las Vegas for a March 16 gig at the Rain In The Desert nightclub at the Palms. Tickets for that show, priced at $125 and $300, go on sale Saturday (January 25) through Ticketmaster.

Aerosmith has been added to the bill of the all-star Salute To The Blues on February 7 at New York's Radio City Music Hall. Others performing at the event--the kickoff to what Congress has designated the "Year Of The Blues"--include Gregg Allman, Bonnie Raitt, Robert Cray, Living Colour's Vernon Reid, Dr. John, David Johansen, B.B. King, Buddy Guy, Mavis Staples, and Keb' Mo. The concert will also be filmed by director Antoine Fuqua (Training Day, The Replacement Killers) for a theatrical release.

I have to get tickets for this one.  [yes]  [beer]

[MR.BROWNSTONE]

Willie Nelson's upcoming album, The Essential Collection, will feature an unreleased duet between Nelson and Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler called "One Time Too Many."

"To some," writes Tyler in the albums liner notes, "his imperfections and outlaw image ruffle feathers, to the rest of us it only raises the question, 'Why f--k with perfection?' He's the elder statesman of cool and the ambassador of good will and high times. He's 'Crazy,' 'On The Road Again,' and 'Stardust' in our eyes forever."

Nelson's The Essential Collection, which celebrates his 70th birthday and features 41 songs, will be in stores on April 1.

[MR.BROWNSTONE]

The official itinerary has been released for the forthcoming AEROSMITH/KISS U.S. tour. It is as follows:

Aug. 02 - ctnow.com Meadows Music - Hartford, CT
Aug. 04 - Tommy Hilfiger at Jones Beach Th. - Wantagh, NY
Aug. 09 - Nissan Pavilion - Bristow, VA
Aug. 11 - P.N.C. Bank Arts Center - Holmdel, NJ
Aug. 13 - Riverbend Music Center - Cincinnati, OH
Aug. 15 - TBA - Detroit, MI
Aug. 17 - Verizon Wireless Music Center - Noblesville, IN
Aug. 19 - Germain Amphitheater - Columbus, OH
Aug. 21 - Post-Gazette Pavilion @ Star Lake - Burgettstown, PA
Aug. 23 - Darien Lake Six Flags P.A.C. - Darien Center, NY
Aug. 25 - Tweeter Center - Mansfield, MA
Aug. 27 - Tweeter Center - Mansfield, MA
Aug. 29 - Tweeter Center At The Waterfront - Camden, NJ
Aug. 30 - Hersheypark Stadium - Hershey, PA
Sep. 03 - Blossom Music Center - Cuyahoga Falls, OH
Sep. 05 - Tweeter Center - Tinley Park, IL
Sep. 06 - Alpine Valley Music Theatre - East Troy, WI
Sep. 12 - Sound Advice Amphitheatre - West Palm Beach, FL
Sep. 14 - HiFi Buys Amphitheatre - Atlanta, GA
Sep. 17 - Verizon Wireless Virginia Bch. Amp. - Virginia Beach, VA
Sep. 19 - Verizon Wireless Amp. Charlotte - Charlotte, NC
Sep. 20 - Alltel Pavilion @ Walnut Creek - Raleigh, NC
Sep. 23 - AmSouth Amphitheatre - Antioch, TN
Sep. 25 - Verizon Wireless Amphitheater - Bonner Springs, KS
Sep. 27 - UMB Bank Pavilion - Maryland Heights, MO
Sep. 30 - Fiddler's Green Amph. - Englewood, CO
Oct. 02 - Smirnoff Music Centre - Dallas, TX
Oct. 04 - Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre - Selma, TX
Oct. 05 - C.W. Mitchell Pavilion - The Woodlands, TX
Oct. 08 - Cricket Pavilion - Phoenix, AZ
Oct. 10 - Shoreline Amphitheatre - Mountain View, CA
Oct. 12 - White River Amphitheatre - Auburn, WA
Oct. 15 - Coors Amphitheatre - Chula Vista, CA
Oct. 18 - Hyundai Pavilion Of Glen Helen - Devore, CA

As previously reported, the trek will last three months and will feature KISS in the middle slot, with SALIVA as the support act. KISS will perform with Tommy Thayer playing Ace Frehley's parts, and AEROSMITH will reportedly be touring in support of a new Columbia blues album.

[Eazy E]

WTF?? Are those tour dates official??  NO TORONTO SHOW?!??!

Seriously wtf... Kiss and Aerosmith are fuckin great (even if you think Kiss' music is shit, there is NO better live show, not even the circus..... well maybe Axl Rose's circus), and I really wanted to see them play.  Are there going to be more dates announced??


Anyways, I've always been a fan of Aerosmith, not a HUGE fan of their new music, but I can stand it.  I thought Nine Lives was good.  My favourite songs are Dream On (obviously), DEUCES ARE WILD, Falling In Love is hard on the knees, Sweet Emotion, and Rag Doll.

[Crepndeth8]

Hell yes, I'm gonna go see the opening night show right next to me in Hartford  
Best songs are Dream On, and I can't believe no one else mentioned it, BACK IN THE SADDLE!!!

[MR.BROWNSTONE]

WTF?? Are those tour dates official??  NO TORONTO SHOW?!??!

Yes these dates are 100% official they are on Aerosmith's official site. Yeah that sucks for you they are not playing in Toronto but, hey you had Guns N' Roses there in the fall.      

Hey Crepndeth8 that's cool you are going to see them openning night.   I'm going to go to one of them. Just don't know which one yet.    Yeah Dream On is a great song and is Back In The Saddle. I like Dream On live from 1994 Woodstock.  [ok]    

[Cornell]

I like Dream On live from 1994 Woodstock.  [ok]    

I was there and it was awesome.  I have seen Aerosmith so many times that I can't count!  

[MR.BROWNSTONE]

I like Dream On live from 1994 Woodstock.  [ok]    

I was there and it was awesome.  I have seen Aerosmith so many times that I can't count!  

You are lucky that you were at that amazing show in 1994.  [drooling]  I hope someday I can say that about Aerosmith and Guns N' Roses that I can't count how many times I seen them live.  

[clockworkrose]

yeah they are coming to pittsburgh this summer so I am definately going.  Kiss aint too bad either    so it should be fun

[Dot]

I already saw Aerosmith once so I don't need to see it again...really cool band,looking forward to their new album which it's gonna sound "rocks"like according to Joe Perry

[Foxy]

Im going to go see them to!  

[Dot]

Dream on is definitely their finest song ever....the 70s Aerosmith has a lot of kick ass songs.

[Kiki]

Fav. songs: Dream on and What it takes

[Kiki]

AEROSMITH To Begin Recording Blues Album - Apr. 20, 2003
 
AEROSMITH will likely enter the studio sometime in the next two or three weeks to begin recording their much-discussed blues album for Columbia, guitarist Joe Perry told Billboard.com.

Among the songs being worked up by the band are BLIND WILLIE MCTELL's "Broke Down Engine", LITTLE WALTER's "Temperature", and "I'm Ready", the latter of which was previously recorded by both WILLIE DIXON and MUDDY WATERS.

"By the time we're finished here, I think we're gonna have some tracks we're gonna have to beat when we go into our studio," Perry said, referring to the band's Boston-area recording facility, which is nearing completion. "At this point, looking at what the song list is, I'd say it's about two-thirds old standards and a third original.

"We're putting our spin on our influences," he continued, "There are some things we're taking kind of a cue from more modern versions. Some of it, like, 'Broke Down Engine', [Bob] Dylan recorded that in '94, but it was a BLIND WILLIE MCTELL song that I think was recorded in 1930-something. So we're listening to both versions and making our own version of it.

"We're not making an album for blues purists, we're not making an album to educate people in the blues, we're not making an album to try and copy MUDDY WATERS. What we're doing is taking songs that when we heard them made the hair on the back of our neck stand up and playing them the way we feel.

"In the end, we're gonna have some songs that sound kind of traditional, and other songs that sound like they come from the 'Rocks' era," he added.

The band have thus far prepared about 10 songs for the release, which the group is co-producing with Jack Douglas, who helmed such band classics as "Get Your Wings" (1974), "Toys in the Attic" (1975), "Draw the Line" (1977), and "Rocks".

AEROSMITH are hoping to release the as-yet-untitled record in September, not long after the band begin an amphitheater tour with KISS, whom Perry has called an "icon onto themselves."

"Just to be touring with them is cool," Joe said. "And then the whole thing about, 'Well ... they're cartoony,' and all that. If you have that kind of attitude, then you're taking your rock'n'roll way too seriously. To me, it's all about entertainment. I went to see them on this comeback tour and I didn't sit down the whole time."  

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