Overnight update: Steven Tyler showed up at Irving Plaza Tuesday night for Joe Perry’s show, announced he wasn’t leaving Aerosmith, and joined in on “Walk This Way.” So there.
From Tuesday afternoon: The war of words among Aerosmith’s members is going to get a little stranger.
This morning, Joe Perry declared that Steven Tyler, the band’s leader and songwriter, had quit. Perry suggested that the band would find a new lead singer and go on. This, after 39 years.
However, I am now told that Tyler is about to make an announcement saying he never quit, doesn’t intend to quit and wants to go back to work. It might be true. Or it might be like in any divorce. The husband is always advised not to exit the domicile.
In any case, sources say the division in the band has less to do with Tyler’s massive personal problems than with disagreements over the band’s management and future.
Tyler, now managed by UEG’s John Greenberg and Jason Flom, doesn’t want to work with the band’s present manager, Howard Kaufman. Perry and the other Aerosmith guys do. That’s a problem. The two sides also have different lawyers.
Tyler, it’s said, is also being advised by his own Yoko Ono, girlfriend Erin Brady. She’s an unpopular addition to Tyler’s life both personally and professionally. “Erin thinks Steven is going to be the biggest solo artist of all time,” former tour manager Henry Smith told me today. He added: “It’s not going to happen.”
Add to all this the fact that legally Aerosmith probably cannot just replace Tyler. And then there’s that question of whether Tyler really has a solo career at age 61. Like Mick Jagger, he is forever branded with his band’s name.
Stay with us here, because before anyone walks this way, more will happen. And I don’t want to miss a thing!
November 10th, 2009 at 10:28 pm
Aerosmith hasn’t put out a decent album in over a decade. As to Steven Tyler having a solo career at this point…….Good F*cking Luck with that. I bet his new girlfriend wasn’t even born when Aerosmith started playing, so someone close to Steven should tell her to shut the F*CK UP.In all honesty it seems Aerosmith should just fade away. As to Joe Perry constantly talking about the subject to the press, he seems only to be doing so because no one give a f*ck about his SOLO album. Please just go the f*ck away Aerosmith you are doing nothing but tarnishing your legacy(it’s a stretch to even call it that, they had what maybe 3 good albums at best).
November 11th, 2009 at 5:02 pm
You should be aware that the Boston Herald/Inside Track used material from one of your articles about Steven Tyler without proper attribution.
http://www.bostonherald.com/track/inside_track/view/20091111pals_steven_tylers_toxic_ways_are_out_of_control/
“You may recall that, a few years back, Erin got into an ugly brawl with one of the daughters of a VIP at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Florida.
And insiders told Friedman that Tyler and Brady have several odd habits – including practicing how little they can eat in one day. ”
I assume this “Friedman” is you.
November 16th, 2009 at 12:20 am
I have been an aerosmith fan all my life (35 yrs) and I agree, I haven’t heard anything new in a long time. If they don’t agree on management then maybe they don’t agree on music either. If this is true then it does need to end but not like this. They have done so much for rock and role I would hate to see this turn into a John and Kate episode. You guys are awesome! Remind every one of this. So what ever happens do it with respect for you and the life long fans.
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