Clockwise from top left -
Steven Tyler - Lead Vocals
Tom Hamilton - Bass
Brad Whitford - Guitar
Joe Perry - Guitar
Joey Kramer - Drums
"the Bad Boys from Boston"
"America's Greatest Rock and Roll Band"
Genres considered - Hard Rock, Blues Rock, Heavy Metal, Pop Rock, Glam Metal, R&B
Best-selling American hard rock band of all time
Over 150 million records sold worldwide
Over 69.5 million record sold in the U.S.
Record for the most total certifications by an American group - 25 Gold, 18 Platinum, 12 Multi-Platinum, 1 Diamond
4 Gold singles ... 1 Platinum digital single
21 Top 40 singles on Billboard Hot 100
9 No.1 singles on Billboard Mainstream Rock
4 Grammy Awards
6 American Music Awards
10 MTV Video Music Awards
Inducted into Hollywood's Rock Walk (1990)
Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2001
mtvICON Award (2002)
Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (2003)
Rocks No. 176 ... Toys in the Attic No. 228
Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (2004)
"Dream On" No. 172
"Walk This Way" (with Run-D.M.C.) No. 287
"Walk This Way" (original) No. 336
No. 57 on Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Artists of All Time (2004)
Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Guitar Songs of All Time (2008)
"Walk This Way" (original) No. 34
VH1's 100 Greatest Rock Songs (2000)
"Walk This Way" No. 35 & "Dream On" No. 47
No. 30 on VH1's 100 Greatest Artists of All Time (2010)
Steven Tyler & Joe Perry were inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2013.
MusiCares Person of the Year Award (2020)
Accolades were most pronounced in the late-1980s and 1990s
- 9th most successful artist/3rd most successful group of all-time at the MTV Video Music Awards
- All-time leader in Best Rock Video (4 awards) & Viewer's Choice (3 awards)
- 4 Billboard Music Awards
- 2 People's Choice Awards
- 16 Boston Music Awards
Aerosmith's history is impressively long, dating from the early 1970s to the present day. Read in full on Wikipedia.
Aerosmith is influenced by The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, the Yardbirds, and Led Zeppelin to name a few.
Aerosmith has influenced such hard rock and heavy metal bands as Motley Crue, Guns N' Roses, the Black Crowes, and Metallica to name a few.
Joe Perry and Steven Tyler, upon request by Jimmy Page, inducted Led Zeppelin into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1995.
Aerosmith was not immune to the 1970s music lifestyle - substance excess and spending excess with the money accrued.
Aerosmith further experienced profound popularity in the U.S. and Japan but not in the UK. Interest slowed when Joe Perry and Brad Whitford departed. However upon return, their popularity resurged.
"...the single most successful comeback in the history of heavy metal, if not all of popular music..."
My favorite Aerosmith song is "Back in the Saddle." My mother's' generation best knows "Dream On." Somewhere in between are songs that find fan favorites at nearly any age and remain popular on radio waves to date.
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