| 1948 |
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Steven Tyler is born Steven Victor
Tallarico on March 26, 1948 in New York, NY. |
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| 1950 |
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Joey Kramer is born on June 21, 1950
in New York, NY. |
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Joe Perry is born Anthony Joseph Perry
on September 10, 1950 in Boston, MA. |
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| 1951 |
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Tom Hamilton is born on December 31,
1951 in Colorado Springs, CO. |
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| 1952 |
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Brad Whitford is born on February 23,
1952 in Winchester, MA. |
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| 1969 |
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Aerosmith is formed as a combination
of the Jam Band and Chain Reaction. |
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| 1970 |
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Aerosmith gives their first
public appearance at Nipmuc Regional High School in Mendon, MA. |
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The band shares an apartment at 1325
Commonwealth Avenue in Boston. |
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| 1971 |
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Guitarist Ray Tabano leaves the band
and is replaced by Brad Whitford. |
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John O'Toole and Frank Connoly get
involved with Aerosmith, O'Toole provides free practice sessions and Connoly starts
working towards helping make the boys a big time act. |
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| 1972 |
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Steven Tallarico changes name to
Steven Tyler. |
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Aerosmith and Columbia Records ink a
deal (Aerosmith's first big contract) for $125,000. |
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The band records their first album |
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| 1973 |
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The first album, Aerosmith,
is released on Columbia Records and the band begins touring to support the release. |
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The Dream On/Somebody single is
realeased. |
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| 1974 |
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The band records Get Your Wings.
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The Same Old Song And Dance/Pandora's
Box single is released. |
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The Train Kept a Rollin/Spaced single
is released. |
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| 1975 |
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Get Your Wings is certified Gold. |
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The S.O.S. (Too Bad)/Spaced single is
released. |
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Aerosmith's third album Toys in
the Attic is recorded and released. |
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The Sweet Emotion/Uncle Salty single
is released. |
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The Walk This Way/Round And Round
single is released. |
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The You See Me Cryin/Toys In The Attic
single is released. |
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| 1976 |
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Aerosmith becomes a headlining act and
is one of the biggest draws in the country. |
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The band records and releases their
fourth album Rocks which goes platinum. |
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Aerosmith launches a tour of the U.S.
which hits a total of 58 cities. |
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The Last Child/Combination single is
released. |
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The Home Tonight/Pandora's Box single
is released. |
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The Walk This Way/Uncle Salty single
is released. |
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The Dream On/Sweet Emotion single is
released. |
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Dream On reaches #3 in the Billboard
Charts. |
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| 1977 |
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The boys tour Japan for the first time
ever. |
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The Back in the Saddle/Nobody's Fault
single is released. |
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Aerosmith's fifth album, Draw The
Line is recorded and released. |
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The band's second European Tour
begins. |
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Draw The Line is certified platinum. |
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The band starts its longest tour ever,
touring behind the Draw The Line album well into 1979. |
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| 1978 |
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Aerosmith co-headline California Jam
II with Ted Nugent. |
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The band plays at Boston's Paradise as
Dr. J. Jones and the Interns. |
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Aerosmith appears in the movie Sgt.
Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band as the Future Villain Band. |
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The album Live Bootleg is
released. |
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| 1979 |
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Aerosmith releases Night In The
Ruts. |
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Joe Perry leaves Aerosmith and forms
The Joe Perry Project. |
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Jimmy Crespo replaces Perry and the
band goes on tour in support of Night in the Ruts. |
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| 1980 |
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Aerosmith releases Greatest Hits
on Columbia Records. |
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Joe Perry Project release Let The
Music Do The Talking. |
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Brad Whitford leaves the band. |
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| 1981 |
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Brad Whitford and Derek St. Holmes
record Whitford/St. Holmes. |
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Rick Dufay replaces Brad Whitford in
the band. |
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Joe Perry Project releases I've
Got The Rock n' Rolls Again. |
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| 1982 |
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Aerosmith releases Rock In A Hard
Place. |
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| 1983 |
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Joe Perry Project Records Once A
Rocker, Always A Rocker. |
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| 1984 |
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The original Aerosmith reunites. |
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John Kalodner signs the band to Geffen
Records. |
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1985 |
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Aerosmith does a two night stand
starting New Year's Eve at Boston's Orpheum Theater. |
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| 1986 |
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The band records Done With Mirrors
and releases it in November. |
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The first of two live compilations, Classics
Live, is released. |
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Aerosmith records a new version of
Walk This Way with Run-DMC. |
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| 1987 |
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To follow up their prior effort, Classics
Live II is released. |
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Aerosmith releases the album Permanent
Vacation. |
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Permanent Vacation earns a
Triple-Platinum status. |
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| 1988 |
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Aerosmith wins two MTV Music Awards
for Dude Looks Like A Lady (Best Group Video and Best Stage Performance in a Video). |
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The band releases Gems. |
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| 1989 |
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The band's 10th studio album, Pump,
is released. |
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The videos The Making Of Pump and
Things That Go 'Pump' In The Night are released. |
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| 1990 |
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Aerosmith plays a gig in London where
Jimmy Page joins them for 6 songs. |
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The band receives two MTV Music Awards
for Janie's Got A Gun, Best Metal/Hard Rock Video and Viewers Choice Award. |
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| 1991 |
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Aerosmith signs with Sony. |
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Aerosmith wins a Grammy Award for
Janie's Got A Gun. |
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A CD boxed set, Pandora's Box,
is released. |
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Aerosmith appears on The Simpsons TV
show. |
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Aerosmith is inducted into The Boston
Garden Hall of Fame. |
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The band wins an MTV Music Award for
The Other Side (Best Metal/Hard Rock Video). |
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| 1992 |
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Aerosmith makes a Rock The Vote video.
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| 1993 |
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The band records and releases Get
A Grip. |
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The reissue of the band's twelve
Columbia releases as Box Of Fire is released. |
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Aerosmith wins an MTV Music Award for
Livin' On The Edge (Viewer's Choice Award). |
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| 1994 |
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Aerosmith appears at Woodstock '94 by
headlining Saturday night's show. |
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Aerosmith wins a Grammy Award for
Livin' On The Edge as Best Performance by a Duo or a Group. |
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The CD Big Ones is released. |
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Aerosmith wins four MTV Music Awards
for Cryin'! (#1 All Time Favorite Video as voted by MTV viewers, Best Video, Best Group
Video, and Viewer's Choice Award). |
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Aerosmith stars in their own video
arcade game Revolution X. |
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The band tours Latin America for the
first time. |
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| 1995 |
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Aerosmith wins a third Grammy for Best
Performance By A Duo or Group with Vocal with Crazy. |
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| 1996 |
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The band goes through a lot of turmoil
while recording their album Nine Lives. |
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The original cut of Nine Lives is
canned and the entire CD is rerecorded. |
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| 1997 |
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Aerosmith releases Nine Lives.
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The band's autobiography Walk This Way
is published. |
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| 1998 |
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The boys continue the 9-Lives tour.
The second world-wide leg goes to Japan. |
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Steven cuts the track I Love Trash on Elmopalooza!
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Steven Tyler tears his left ACL on the
bands trip to Alaska! He requires surgery and rehab. The band has to cancel much of their
remaining Nine Lives tour and postpones more. |
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Aerosmith plays on the soundtrack to
the hit movie Armageddon. They play four tracks including I Don't Want To Miss A Thing
which charts at #1. |
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Just as the tour is to resume, Joey
Kramer is burned in a freak accident when his car catches fire while being filled with
gas. Once again their tour is delayed again. |
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The band releases A Little South
Of Sanity, a two CD live set. |
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| 1999 |
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Aerosmith ends the 9-Lives tour and
starts a well deserved break. |
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Tour dates for the A Little South Of
Sanity are announced. |
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Aerosmith wins an American Music Award
for Favorite Rock/Pop Band. |
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Aerosmith wins their 4th Grammy for
Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal for Pink. |
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Aerosmith is given the Artist
Achievement Award at the Billboard Music Awards. |
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Aerosmith makes MTV's list of the 100
Greatest Videos Ever Made at #5 for Walk This Way and #48 for Janie's Got A Gun. |
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| 2000 |
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Aerosmith comes in at #11 on VH1's 100
Greatest Artists of Hard Rock. |
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| 2001 |
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Aerosmith performs at the Superbowl
Halftime Show with *NSYNC, Britney Spears and Mary J. Blige. |
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Aerosmith is inducted into the Rock
and Roll Hall of Fame. |
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Aerosmith releases Just Push Play.
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The single for Jaded is released and
reaches #1 on the charts. |
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Aerosmith next release is Young
Lust. |
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| 2002 |
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Aerosmith is selected for MTV ICON
honors to be presented on April 17th, 2002 in Los Angeles |
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Aerosmith releases Oh Yeah. |
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