The video went viral on MTV which seemed to spark an opportunity for a major Aerosmith comeback.Īerosmith’s comeback began with the release of the album Permanent Vacation in 1987. The band fortunes changed unexpectedly when Steven Tyler and Joe Perry made a guest appearance on Run DMC’s version of “Walk This Way.” Run DMC was the biggest rap band in the business at a time when rap music was just starting to reach a mass audience. ![]() We recommend reading the book Babysitting a Band on the Rocks for a fascinating look at what went on during those days. The band was actually playing night clubs in the early 1980. Drug abuse and inner band turmoil had taken its toll. The band’s future was in doubt in the mid 1980s. Aerosmith’s early 1980’s albums were entitled Rock in a Hard Place released in 1982 and Done with Mirrors in 1985. We wont get into all the personal issues here as this is not the place for that. The band ended the decade of the 1970s with two more albums entitled Draw the Line in 1977 and Night in the Ruts in 1979.Ī series of personal issues within the band resulted in a couple of albums that did not do well commercially in the early 1980s. It was an album that many feel was even stronger than Toys in the Attic. The band followed up that smash record with Rocks in 1976. In 1975 they released their breakout album Toys in the Attic. The band followed up that album a year later in 1974 with the album Get Your Wings. Aerosmith’s first album was released in 1973 entitled Aerosmith.
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