50 Fun Facts About Aerosmith

In which city was Aerosmith formed in 1970?

The band shared a house at 1325 Commonwealth Avenue, where they played an outdoor show in 2012 for their Boston roots.

What nickname is given to the songwriting duo of Tyler and Perry?

It came from their notorious drug use on and off stage in the late 1970s.

What is Aerosmith's fan following known as?

The Blue Army Tour in 2015 sent the band to smaller markets they had rarely played.

Which instrument did Steven Tyler play in his pre-Aerosmith band Chain Reaction?

He adamantly refused to drum in the new band and insisted on being its frontman.

What was the name of the group Joe Perry and Tom Hamilton played in before Aerosmith?

They moved it to Boston in September 1969 and met drummer Joey Kramer there.

Whose album Aerial Ballet gave Joey Kramer the idea for the band name?

His bandmates first thought he meant the Sinclair Lewis novel Arrowsmith.

What were the band reportedly watching before the meeting at which they chose their name?

Other names considered included the Hookers and Spike Jones.

Which guitarist did Brad Whitford replace in 1971?

Tabano was a childhood friend of Tyler; Whitford came from Berklee and a band called Earth Inc.

Which Columbia Records president saw the band at Max's Kansas City and signed them?

The band paid out of their own pockets to get on the bill that night, reportedly the only act ever to do so there.

What was the highest-charting single from the 1973 debut album, peaking at only No. 59?

Re-released in 1976, it reached No. 6 and became their best-charting single of the decade.

Which producer made Get Your Wings and the band's string of 1970s multi-platinum albums?

He returned for Rock in a Hard Place, Honkin' on Bobo and Music from Another Dimension!

Get Your Wings included a cover of Train Kept A-Rollin', previously done by which band?

Perry and Jimmy Page later played it together at the 2009 Rock Hall inductions.

Which 1975 album was Aerosmith's breakthrough and remains their best-selling US studio album?

It is certified nine times platinum in the US and gave them their first Top 40 hit.

What was Aerosmith's first Top 40 hit?

Its success prompted the re-release of Dream On and Walk This Way, both of which went Top 10.

Early on, Aerosmith were derided as knockoffs of which band, thanks to Tyler's resemblance to its singer?

Toys in the Attic was the record that put the Mick Jagger comparisons to rest.

What did the band call their home base in Waltham, Massachusetts?

They recorded, rehearsed and did business there from the Toys in the Attic era.

Which grunge frontman listed Rocks as one of the albums most influential to his band's sound?

He wrote it in his journal in 1993; Guns N' Roses, Metallica and Motley Crue also cite the album.

Aerosmith's cover of which Beatles song was their last Top 40 hit for nearly a decade?

The 1978 film flopped but the single charted before the band's late-70s collapse.

What did Joe Perry's wife throw at Tom Hamilton's wife backstage in 1979, triggering Perry's exit?

The argument that followed ended with Perry leaving, or being fired, depending on whose memoir you read.

Which guitarist replaced Joe Perry as a full-time member in 1979?

Rick Dufay later replaced Whitford; the pair are the only non-original members in the band's history.

Which 1982 album was the only one recorded without both Perry and Whitford?

It reached only No. 32; Tyler collapsed on stage during the tour after getting high with Perry backstage.

Which rap group's 1986 cover of "Walk This Way" revived Aerosmith's career?

It reached No. 4 on the Hot 100 and introduced the band to a new generation.

Which manager pledged in 1986 to make them the world's biggest band by 1990 if they got sober?

He was fired before Nine Lives, with band members saying he had nearly broken them up.

Which 1987 album did Tyler call the first one we ever did sober?

All three of its singles, Dude (Looks Like a Lady), Angel and Rag Doll, went Top 20.

Which songwriter got a credit for changing a single word of a title to Rag Doll?

The working title was Rag Time; Tyler was furious about the credit, but the outside-writer approach paid off.

Who produced the band's two late-1980s comeback albums?

He added the Margarita Horns to Love in an Elevator and The Other Side.

Which song won Aerosmith their first Grammy?

Its video also won two VMAs and made several all-time greatest lists.

Which band opened for Aerosmith on the 1988 comeback tour, testing the headliners' new sobriety?

Slash has called Aerosmith his favourite band; GN'R covered Mama Kin on their first release.

Aerosmith's 1990 Saturday Night Live appearance came in which recurring sketch?

E! later ranked it the number-one moment in the show's history; they debated the fall of communism.

Which actress starred in the Cryin', Amazing and Crazy videos, earning the tag the Aerosmith chick?

Liv Tyler, the singer's daughter, co-starred in the Crazy video.

Which 1993 album was the first Aerosmith record to debut at No. 1?

It sold more than 20 million copies worldwide despite critics' gripes about interchangeable power ballads.

Which Nine Lives single won the band their fourth Grammy in 1999?

The album's producer was switched from Glen Ballard to Kevin Shirley mid-project.

Aerosmith's only Hot 100 number one came from which film soundtrack?

I Don't Want to Miss a Thing was written by Diane Warren and debuted at the top for four weeks.

Who wrote "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing"?

The song earned an Academy Award nomination and a country cover hit for Mark Chesnutt.

Which Walt Disney World park opened a roller coaster starring Aerosmith in 1999?

A Paris version ran from 2002 to 2019 before being replaced by an Avengers attraction.

Aerosmith co-headlined the Super Bowl XXXV halftime show with which boy band?

Britney Spears, Mary J. Blige and Nelly joined the finale of Walk This Way.

Which Just Push Play single was on the charts when Aerosmith entered the Rock Hall in March 2001?

They are the only band inducted with a song active on the charts at the time.

Honkin' on Bobo (2004) was an album of what?

It reunited the band with producer Jack Douglas and was recorded in live sessions.

Which 2008 video game is considered the best-selling band-centric title?

Perry worked closely with the developers; Revolution X was an earlier 1990s arcade tie-in.

Which singer was reportedly approached to replace Tyler during the 2009 feud, and declined?

Tyler's lawyer sent a cease-and-desist letter over the search for a new frontman.

Tyler angered Perry in 2010 by signing on, without telling the band, as a judge on which show?

Perry said he found out on the internet, like the rest of the world.

Which country singer featured on the 2013 single "Can't Stop Lovin' You"?

It was the fourth single from Music from Another Dimension!, produced by Jack Douglas.

What was the name of Aerosmith's Las Vegas residency that began in 2019?

The title nods to both casino gambling and their 1994 single.

Why did Aerosmith cancel the Peace Out farewell tour and retire from touring in August 2024?

Tyler had badly injured his vocal cords during the third show of the tour in September 2023.

Which artist collaborated with Aerosmith on the 2025 EP One More Time, their first UK number one?

It was also their first release outside Columbia in more than three decades, on Capitol.

Joe Perry formed the Hollywood Vampires with Alice Cooper and which actor?

Perry collapsed on stage with the band at Coney Island in 2016 and made a full recovery.

Which drummer's business, Rockin' & Roastin', sells what?

Joey Kramer opened locations in Newry, Maine and North Attleborough, Massachusetts.

Aerosmith's first number one on the UK chart came in which year?

The Yungblud EP did what I Don't Want to Miss a Thing and Get a Grip never managed there.

Which song did Eminem sample Aerosmith on?

It draws on Dream On; the band also collaborated with Run-D.M.C. and Carrie Underwood.

Garth Brooks scored a 1995 hit with which reworked Aerosmith song?

Mark Chesnutt did the same in 1999 with I Don't Want to Miss a Thing.