Aerosmith

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Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin AEROSMITH BOB DYLAN DR. JOHN ERIC CLAPTON FREDDIE MERCURY GEORGE HARRISON MUSIC HISTORY MUSIC TRIVIA NEIL YOUNG PAUL SIMON November 19, 1990 The National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences strips the 1989 Best New Artist Grammy from Milli Vanilli because Rob Pilatus and Fabrice Morvan didn’t actually…

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The Bad Boys from Boston Play First-Ever Gig

The Bad Boys from Boston performed their first ever gig tonight in 1970. Aerosmith took to the stage at Nipmuc Regional High School in Mendon, Massachusetts. The band became the best-selling rock band of all time, selling over 150 million albums worldwide. With 25 gold albums, 18 platinum albums, and 12 multi-platinum albums, they hold the record for the…

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Offbeat Weekend – Elvis’ First Public Appearance, Aerosmith Bails Out Fans From Jail

This day in 1945 Elvis Presley made his first-ever public appearance in a local talent contest at the Mississippi Alabama Dairy Show singing ‘Old Shep’. Elvis was 10 years old at the time and came second. The members of Aerosmith bailed thirty fans out of jail in 1978 after they were arrested for smoking pot during an Aerosmith concert at…

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August 4, 1972 – Aerosmith Signed to CBS Records

Aerosmith signed to CBS Records for $125,000 after record company boss Clive Davis saw them play at Max’s Kansas City Club New York.  “Great melody over great riffs is, to me, the secret of it all.” ~ Steven Tyler Steven Victor Tallarico (Steven Tyler) was born on March 26, 1948, in Manhattan, New York, and…

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I think if you were to really peek under the hood of what got Aerosmith back again for our second life in the Eighties, you’ll find out that it’s exactly this, it’s the willingness to take a risk. Steven Tyler

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