The album also contained several fan favorites including " Lord of the Thighs", " Seasons of Wither", and " S.O.S. This album included the rock radio hits " Same Old Song and Dance" and " Train Kept A-Rollin'", a cover done previously by The Yardbirds. After constant touring, the band released their second album Get Your Wings in 1974, the first of a string of multi-platinum albums produced by Jack Douglas. The album reached gold status initially, eventually went on to sell two million copies, and was certified double platinum after the band reached mainstream success over a decade later. Although the highest charting single from the album was " Dream On" at number 59, several tracks (such as " Mama Kin" and "Walkin' the Dog") would become staples of the band's live shows and receive airplay on rock radio. The album was straightforward rock and roll with well-defined blues influences, laying the groundwork for Aerosmith's signature blues-rock sound. Released in January 1973, the album peaked at number 166. Aerosmith signed with Columbia in mid-1972 for a reported $125,000 and issued their debut album, Aerosmith. " No Surprize" off their Night in the Ruts album celebrates the moment their fame began. Aerosmith was not originally scheduled to play that night at the club, but they paid from their own pockets to secure a place on the bill, reportedly the only band ever to do so at Max's. Krebs and Leber invited Columbia Records President Clive Davis to see the band at Max's Kansas City in New York City. Originally booked through the Ed Malhoit Agency, the band signed a promotion deal with Frank Connelly and eventually secured a management deal with David Krebs and Steve Leber in 1972. Problems listening to this file? See media help.Īfter forming the band and finalizing the lineup in 1971, the band started to garner some local success doing live shows. Sample of " Sweet Emotion" by Aerosmith, from Toys in the Attic (1975) Record deal, Aerosmith, Get Your Wings, and Toys in the Attic (1971–75) Other than a period from July 1979 to April 1984, the line-up of Tyler, Perry, Hamilton, Kramer, and Whitford has stayed the same. Brad Whitford, being from Reading, Massachusetts, had played at Reading's AW Coolidge Middle School. In 1971, Tabano was replaced by Brad Whitford, who also attended the Berklee School of Music and was formerly of the band Earth Inc. Aerosmith played their first gig in Mendon, Massachusetts at Nipmuc Regional High School (now Miscoe Hill Elementary School) on November 6, 1970. Soon, the band added Ray Tabano, a childhood friend of Tyler, as rhythm guitarist and began playing local shows. "A-E-R-O.Aerosmith." The band settled upon this name after also considering "The bananas" and "Spike Jones." Initially, Kramer's bandmates were nonplussed they all thought he was referring to the Sinclair Lewis novelthey were forced to read in high school English class. The name had popped into his head after listening to Harry Nilsson's album Aerial Ballet, which featured jacket art of a circus performer jumping out of a biplane. Kramer said that when he was in school he would write the word aerosmith all over his notebooks.
One day, they had a post-Stooges meeting to try to come up with a name. The members of the band reportedly spent afternoons getting stoned and watching Three Stooges reruns. The others agreed, and a new band was born, although it was still missing a name. Steven Tyler, who had been a drummer and backup singer in Chain Reaction, adamantly refused to play drums in this new band, insisting he would only take part if he could be the frontman and lead vocalist. In October 1970, the bands met up again and considered the proposition. Tyler immediately loved Jam Band's sound, and wanted to combine the two bands. In 1970, Chain Reaction and Jam Band played at the same gig. Kramer, a Berklee College of Music student, decided to quit school to join Jam Band. Kramer had known Steven Tyler and had always hoped to play in a band with him. There they met Joey Kramer, a drummer from Yonkers, New York. Hamilton and Perry moved to Boston, Massachusetts in September. Meanwhile, Perry and Hamilton formed the Jam Band (commonly known as "Joe Perry's Jam Band"), which was based on free-form and blues. In 1964, Steven Tyler formed his own band called The Strangeurs-later Chain Reaction- in New Hampshire.
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