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Post by AeroCooper on Sept 22, 2014 15:32:01 GMT -5
Joe Perry Dishes on Groupies, Steven Tyler and the Guitar Slash Wouldn’t Give Back in His New MemoirBy Frank DiGiacomo | September 22, 2014 2:14 PM EDT In his memoir 'Rocks: My Life In and Out of Aerosmith' (out Oct. 7), the guitarist, 64, reveals the behind-the-scenes story of his hard-rock life. 1. Joe Perry considers Steven Tyler family, despite the fights. He's the brother I never had, which is a lot of the basis for our dynamics. [The other band members] play an important part in mediating. Though when push comes to shove, when the two of us are in a room and it gets down to the real nitty-gritty, we have to deal with it ourselves. That's what makes it exciting. 2. Groupies? No thanks. I was always kind of a one-girl guy, and I was always looking for the right girl. I finally found her [wife Billie Perry]. We have a 30-year marriage, and we're still going strong. I have a guitar with my wife's picture on it -- most people don't know who it is. A lot of times I'd be standing onstage and a group of girls [would] point to the guitar. I'd point to my wedding ring and then they would all scream, because I think most people want a relationship that lasts. 3. Slash wouldn't give him his guitar back (at first). When I formed The Joe Perry Project [in 1979], I basically funded the whole thing myself. I needed cash, so I sold a sought-after 1959 Les Paul guitar. When Aerosmith got back together [in 1984] and we started to make money, I started tracking down my old guitars. It turns out Slash had that guitar, so I called him up and said, "I'd like to get that back. I'll pay you whatever you want." He said, "Let me think about it." He's talked about how much of an influence Aerosmith was on his playing. This was when Guns N' Roses was riding high. I sat him down and said, "I'm not going to ask you again about it. I understand where you're coming from; at least I know it's in good hands.” So, [in 2000] I had my 50th birthday. We had a big party and Cheap Trick came to play. I was onstage jamming with them and my guitar tech walked up with the Les Paul guitar and said, "Slash gave it to you." He can use it anytime he wants. 4. He won't let any of his Aerosmith bandmates read the book before it comes out. I don't want the band to see it until it's completely done. I know every one of them is wondering what's in it -- especially Steven. When he gets on my nerves and we're going head to head, I'll go, "Hey, you know, I'm going through the book again, let's talk about this some more." 5. Aerosmith has no plans to record another album. Not right now. Our managers are tentatively looking at some tour options for next year, [so] we really don’t know what we're going to do. But that's how Aerosmith is. This article first appeared in the Sept. 27th issue of Billboard. www.billboard.com/articles/news/6259154/joe-perry-memoir-rocks-my-life-in-and-out-of-aerosmith
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Post by gwb on Sept 22, 2014 17:32:45 GMT -5
I am glad about no future record plans. I would rather they revisit and/or re-record old gems that they never play.
Maybe I'm wrong, but few young fans exist anymore who are rallying for new material (except Pillis and a few others here). Also few Geffen era fans remain who care enough to want new material. Finally, I think most old time fans would rather have them revisit the old stuff rather than recording new generic, mediocre material. As many have said here before, they don't have it in them anymore to make another Rocks, Wings, etc.
As I say, maybe I'm wrong about that, but that's the impression I have.
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Post by jj on Sept 22, 2014 18:33:20 GMT -5
I think they have it in them to write and record another great hard rock record. But I am not sure all of them want that.
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Post by gwb on Sept 22, 2014 18:38:51 GMT -5
I think they have it in them to write and record another great hard rock record. But I am not sure all of them want that. Yes, that is probably a more accurate way to say it. They have it in them if they really all wanted to do it. But they probably are divided on how to do it. Hell, even Joe and Joey talk about the need to cater to the mainstream any more, and I doubt Tom or Brad have the clout to change the direction of things themselves.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 22, 2014 19:55:32 GMT -5
I think they have it in them to write and record another great hard rock record. But I am not sure all of them want that. Yes, that is probably a more accurate way to say it. They have it in them if they really all wanted to do it. But they probably are divided on how to do it. Hell, even Joe and Joey talk about the need to cater to the mainstream any more, and I doubt Tom or Brad have the clout to change the direction of things themselves. In the book Joe is very proud of hits and understands their importance. But he says over and over Steven pushes the "pop" songs, even writing with other writers behind Joes back. Clout? I have never got the impression from any of them that Brad and Tom are actual less important and have less day. especially in this book.
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Post by joey78 on Sept 23, 2014 1:11:43 GMT -5
Yes, that is probably a more accurate way to say it. They have it in them if they really all wanted to do it. But they probably are divided on how to do it. Hell, even Joe and Joey talk about the need to cater to the mainstream any more, and I doubt Tom or Brad have the clout to change the direction of things themselves. In the book Joe is very proud of hits and understands their importance. But he says over and over Steven pushes the "pop" songs, even writing with other writers behind Joes back. Clout? I have never got the impression from any of them that Brad and Tom are actual less important and have less day. especially in this book. I have to disagree. He talks a lot about Steven in the book, not so much about the rest. I hope that they get into the studio and record another album.
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Post by aerozhul on Sept 23, 2014 12:37:04 GMT -5
In the book Joe is very proud of hits and understands their importance. But he says over and over Steven pushes the "pop" songs, even writing with other writers behind Joes back. Clout? I have never got the impression from any of them that Brad and Tom are actual less important and have less day. especially in this book. I have to disagree. He talks a lot about Steven in the book, not so much about the rest. I hope that they get into the studio and record another album. But isn't Joe the one that brought their very worst song, "We All Fall Down" to the band for MFAD? That is what I heard - Joe and Billie rallied for that song to be included. So although I totally believe that Steven is pushing the pop, I don't think he's the only one.
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Post by AeroCooper on Sept 23, 2014 13:59:22 GMT -5
^ True story.
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Post by gwb on Sept 23, 2014 14:08:44 GMT -5
In the book Joe is very proud of hits and understands their importance. But he says over and over Steven pushes the "pop" songs, even writing with other writers behind Joes back. Clout? I have never got the impression from any of them that Brad and Tom are actual less important and have less day. especially in this book. I have to disagree. He talks a lot about Steven in the book, not so much about the rest. I hope that they get into the studio and record another album. I haven't read his book. Probably won't. Don't have much time for those things nowadays. I was referring to many other postings I've read here on this forum along with video clips of Joe (and Joey) saying how they need to play what most of the crowd wants to hear. To me, that is code for "hits".
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Post by joey78 on Sept 24, 2014 2:37:44 GMT -5
In the book, Joe says that WAFD is the only strong ballad on the album.
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Post by AeroCooper on Sept 24, 2014 5:16:50 GMT -5
In the book, Joe says that WAFD is the only strong ballad on the album. At least he didn't say it was the best rocker on the album.
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Post by lin on Sept 24, 2014 6:59:37 GMT -5
In the book, Joe says that WAFD is the only strong ballad on the album. At least he didn't say it was the best rocker on the album. I said it in the other thread but I believe Joe is overly influenced by his wife. She needs to just not chime in on their music, because I believe she's the reason they kept WAFD in the album. I think Dianne Warren had originally brought it for Steven Tyler's solo album.
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Post by anaix3l on Sept 24, 2014 17:28:19 GMT -5
I have to disagree. He talks a lot about Steven in the book, not so much about the rest. I hope that they get into the studio and record another album. But isn't Joe the one that brought their very worst song, "We All Fall Down" to the band for MFAD? That is what I heard - Joe and Billie rallied for that song to be included. So although I totally believe that Steven is pushing the pop, I don't think he's the only one. Yeap, that's true. While the songs he wrote were mostly good ones. Not that Joe hasn't left me wondering if he was dropped on his head by going in one direction and then in the other before... In the book, Joe says that WAFD is the only strong ballad on the album. At least he didn't say it was the best rocker on the album. That was a good one
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Post by Zen on Sept 25, 2014 7:13:05 GMT -5
Something I noticed with each book, Joey's and then Steven's and now Joes....
They have all said this is MY truth,
and I take that to mean they aren't deliberately lying, it is just the best they can recall from certain situations or incidents. They obviously listen to the people around them that were supposed to be for want of better words sane and conscious that are and were arseholes feeding them shit.
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Post by seangod on Sept 25, 2014 20:01:59 GMT -5
Just imagine how that guitar would sound on Kings And Queens live... Eargasm!!!
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