Post by sandi on Nov 13, 2005 16:34:25 GMT -5
AEROSMITH To Start Work On New Album In the Spring
AEROSMITH guitarist Joe Perry has told The Providence Journal that the band will start work on a new studio record in the spring. Ever since the second album of their comeback, 1987's "Permanent Vacation", the band have worked with outside songwriters such as Desmond Child, Diane Warren and Jim Vallance. Perry says he's not sure yet whether that'll happen again, but whatever happens, he's OK.
"It's inspiring. When you bring someone in, they have an idea of what an AEROSMITH song should be, and it's interesting to hear what their interpretation of the AEROSMITH sound is — whatever that is," he explained. "It's always fun to do.
"We've got piles of stuff — some of it works and some of it doesn't. . . . It depends on what the vibe is when we start rolling."
AEROSMITH are currently on tour in support of their latest disc, "Rockin' the Joint". Recorded live at the Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas, the new disc has renditions of hits such as "Same Old Song and Dance", "Draw the Line", "Walk This Way" and "Train Kept A-Rollin'" (and the video side of the DualDisc includes the warhorses "Dream On" and "Sweet Emotion"), but the band also rips through such less-known songs as "Beyond Beautiful", from 2001's "Just Push Play" album; "No More No More", from 1975's breakthrough "Toys in the Attic"; and "Seasons of Wither", said to be singer Steven Tyler's favorite AEROSMITH song, from 1974's "Get Your Wings".
"They're all favorites of ours," Perry said of the songs on "Rockin' the Joint".
"At this point," he added, "you have such a backlog of songs that you could almost go out there and play a whole set of 'new material' that you wrote 5 years ago, 8 years ago, 15 years ago. And it's all new stuff because it never really got played live."
The record is taken from one performance, rather than pieced together from many shows on a tour, as most live records are. The Joint, at the Hard Rock Hotel, is much smaller than most of the giant venues AEROSMITH plays, and Perry says that helped.
"You just feel like you can cut loose a little more when you know it's going to be packed," he said. "You give yourself a little more latitude to play the esoteric songs, the so-called album cuts that we don't often play in the big shows. . . .
"We try and represent each record when we're writing up the set list, but on this particular night — you know you're playing to people who have most of the records."
AEROSMITH guitarist Joe Perry has told The Providence Journal that the band will start work on a new studio record in the spring. Ever since the second album of their comeback, 1987's "Permanent Vacation", the band have worked with outside songwriters such as Desmond Child, Diane Warren and Jim Vallance. Perry says he's not sure yet whether that'll happen again, but whatever happens, he's OK.
"It's inspiring. When you bring someone in, they have an idea of what an AEROSMITH song should be, and it's interesting to hear what their interpretation of the AEROSMITH sound is — whatever that is," he explained. "It's always fun to do.
"We've got piles of stuff — some of it works and some of it doesn't. . . . It depends on what the vibe is when we start rolling."
AEROSMITH are currently on tour in support of their latest disc, "Rockin' the Joint". Recorded live at the Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas, the new disc has renditions of hits such as "Same Old Song and Dance", "Draw the Line", "Walk This Way" and "Train Kept A-Rollin'" (and the video side of the DualDisc includes the warhorses "Dream On" and "Sweet Emotion"), but the band also rips through such less-known songs as "Beyond Beautiful", from 2001's "Just Push Play" album; "No More No More", from 1975's breakthrough "Toys in the Attic"; and "Seasons of Wither", said to be singer Steven Tyler's favorite AEROSMITH song, from 1974's "Get Your Wings".
"They're all favorites of ours," Perry said of the songs on "Rockin' the Joint".
"At this point," he added, "you have such a backlog of songs that you could almost go out there and play a whole set of 'new material' that you wrote 5 years ago, 8 years ago, 15 years ago. And it's all new stuff because it never really got played live."
The record is taken from one performance, rather than pieced together from many shows on a tour, as most live records are. The Joint, at the Hard Rock Hotel, is much smaller than most of the giant venues AEROSMITH plays, and Perry says that helped.
"You just feel like you can cut loose a little more when you know it's going to be packed," he said. "You give yourself a little more latitude to play the esoteric songs, the so-called album cuts that we don't often play in the big shows. . . .
"We try and represent each record when we're writing up the set list, but on this particular night — you know you're playing to people who have most of the records."
Who gives a rat's ass about someone else's "interpretation" of an Aerosmith song? How about an Aerosmith "interpretation" of an Aerosmith song for a change? Tyler and Perry are one of the best songwriting teams of all time. Do they really need the help...or do they use others as a crutch? Personally, I thought they were doing just fine on their own. It's when they started bringing other people in that Aerosmith's songs became polluted.
Although I prefer their older stuff, I still love and enjoy their newer stuff............so whatever they come up with, I'm sure it will be a bit better than crap 
