ALL THINGS AEROSMITH


My sister really had some of the best albums that I got to listen to either with her, her sweet girlfriends, and or by myself like on headphones.

Wish You Were Here Pink Floyd was one.
Multiple Aerosmith LPs too. Aerosmith, Get Your Wings, Rocks,n Double Live Bootleg.

Love the guitars on Movin Out


 
No More No More's open E5 tuning or rather EBEEBE is very unique: it's the only time a rock band ever used it electrically. CSNY used it on 4+20, Carry On and Suite Judy Blue Eyes but all on acoustics and Ben Harper using it a ton for soul bluesy stuff. Personally, I thought it sounded best on the electric, ringing out.

 
steveb63 said:
Early Aerosmith is the reason I play guitar. Started buying those albums when I was about 13 years old. They charged me up so much! Wanted to be Joe Perry.

The later ballads phase? Not so much, but their first 3 or 4 albums straight out kick azz.
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Definitely were their strongest for the first 4 albums, maybe the first 5 if we stretch a bit. After that? Pump and Get a Grip did have some great stuff too if I'm being fair, albeit a lil inflated with some sappy stuff. They did have a few songs in the era in between I liked such as Chip Away At The Stone and Rag Doll but that's nearly a decade gap with only two standouts for me.

As much as I thought Joe Perry was epitome of cool, it was actually Brad Whitford I always kinda leaned towards. I always thought and still think he is so grossly underrated. Nobody's Fault and Kings and Queens were his ideas and showed how he could take the band in an unbelievably heavy direction if they wanted
 
Clockworkmike said:
Definitely were their strongest for the first 4 albums, maybe the first 5 if we stretch a bit. After that? Pump and Get a Grip did have some great stuff too if I'm being fair, albeit a lil inflated with some sappy stuff. They did have a few songs in the era in between I liked such as Chip Away At The Stone and Rag Doll but that's nearly a decade gap with only two standouts for me.

As much as I thought Joe Perry was epitome of cool, it was actually Brad Whitford I always kinda leaned towards. I always thought and still think he is so grossly underrated. Nobody's Fault and Kings and Queens were his ideas and showed how he could take the band in an unbelievably heavy direction if they wanted
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Brotha, you've got that one right. Brad Whitford, IMHO, made Joe's lead playing into real songs.

Great guitar duo where one half didn't get the recognition, but we all know what happened when he bowed out for a few years. It was not their finest work.
 
steveb63 said:
Brotha, you've got that one right. Brad Whitford, IMHO, made Joe's lead playing into real songs.

Great guitar duo where one half didn't get the recognition, but we all know what happened when he bowed out for a few years. It was not their finest work.
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Absolutely! They tried swapping Brad and Joe out for Rick DuFay and Jimmy Crespo and while they both were decent in their own right; they didn't have nearly the swagger, the writing skills or the talents of Brad and Joe.

And in fairness, I think both realized they weren't as strong without the other when they left because The Joe Perry Project had the swagger but the vocals were iffy at best and as for Whitford/St.Holmes? Amazing choice for a vocalist I might add as well as Derek being a competent guitarist, but musically it wasn't nearly as exciting as it SHOULD have been.

They were strongest when they together along with Tom Hamilton, mixing all their styles into one pot
 
Clockworkmike said:
Definitely were their strongest for the first 4 albums, maybe the first 5 if we stretch a bit. After that? Pump and Get a Grip did have some great stuff too if I'm being fair, albeit a lil inflated with some sappy stuff. They did have a few songs in the era in between I liked such as Chip Away At The Stone and Rag Doll but that's nearly a decade gap with only two standouts for me.

As much as I thought Joe Perry was epitome of cool, it was actually Brad Whitford I always kinda leaned towards. I always thought and still think he is so grossly underrated. Nobody's Fault and Kings and Queens were his ideas and showed how he could take the band in an unbelievably heavy direction if they wanted
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I'll go first 5 - I think Draw The Line is awesome, and the sleaziest of any of them - and I will even go for about half of Night In The Ruts. After that...er, hard no on pretty much everything they have done. There are a few tunes on Rock In A Hard Place that could have been great with Brad and Joe but were just an interesing experiment with Jimmy Crespo and Rick Dufay.

I've seen Aerosmith live more than any other band, in their heyday, and short of Ace Frehley they are probably the #1 reason I ever wanted to pick up a guitar as a kid. They were the biggest, baddest American band on the planet for a while there.

 
And I had a poster of this image on my wall as a kid. Joe Perry was the archetype of a rock star for me.

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Clockworkmike said:
Definitely were their strongest for the first 4 albums, maybe the first 5 if we stretch a bit. After that? Pump and Get a Grip did have some great stuff too if I'm being fair, albeit a lil inflated with some sappy stuff. They did have a few songs in the era in between I liked such as Chip Away At The Stone and Rag Doll but that's nearly a decade gap with only two standouts for me.

As much as I thought Joe Perry was epitome of cool, it was actually Brad Whitford I always kinda leaned towards. I always thought and still think he is so grossly underrated. Nobody's Fault and Kings and Queens were his ideas and showed how he could take the band in an unbelievably heavy direction if they wanted
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I pretty much liked the whole package. Perry Whitford, Hamilton, Kramer. and to a degree Tyler.
 
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