Below are news listings from various sources. The latest news is listed at the top.
 If you hear of any Aerosmith news send it my way. I will post it here.

June 26, 2000

A 'Not The Same Old Song And Dance vol. 2' on the way?

The following is an excerpt from an article with a reference to yet another Aerosmith tribute album! This one will be put together by Bob Kulick, the man behind last year's "Not The Same Old Song and Dance."

[...] After Union's current Scandinavian tour ends, guitarist Bruce Kulick will resume work on his solo album and book. He'll also play guitar on "Lord Of The Thighs," which will appear on his brother Bob's upcoming second Aerosmith tribute album [...]


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 Aerosmith singer joins Lit

This article was found in this weeks Kerrang!! Magazine

AEROSMITH frontman Steven Tyler has guested on a new track by Orange County rockers Lit. The song 'Over My Head' is set to the first single and video from the soundtrack to new animated US movie 'Titan AE'.
Lit met Tyler through longtime Aerosmith producer Glen Ballard, who also handled 'Over My Head'. Says Lit bassist Jeremy Popoff: "Ballard showed up at the studio with Steven Tyler - who, to us, is an icon. We've always wanted to meet him. He came down, we ate dinner and chatted about rock'n'roll, drugs and everything else. It was an incredible night. Then he came in and did backing vocals on the song. You can definitely hear his voice on the track. Especially if you know he's on there. If not, you'd probably think, 'Jeremy's singing really high'!"

Aerosmith are currently in the studio, working on their new, as-yet-untitled album. On the band www.aerosmith.com website, bassist Tom Hamilton says: "We're in full-on production mode and we are aroused, excited and otherwise gushing about what is coming out of the speakers at the moment."
Lit are currently on tour in the US with No Doubt.


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Aerosmith at the Circus

It's not as if spotting Aerosmith is like spotting Thomas Pynchon - the dudes do live around these parts and they're not hermits. Still, we'd like to note that singer Steven Tyler and guitarist Joe Perry were among the throng at last night's Hootie & the Blowfish show at the South Shore Music Circus in Cohasset. So the Aerosmith guys are fans of Hootie? Dunno, but the opening act, handpicked by the Hooties, is a band called Virgil Cain, and its members are Aerosmith roadies.


Boston Globe

June 25, 2000

Steven Tyler mention in Spin Magazine

In the July 2000 issue of Spin Magazine, page 95
Rob Thomas, lead singer in Matchbox Twenty, is speaking about his surprise that the song 'Smooth', that he wrote and sang with Carlos Santana became a hit. Thomas said that one night Aerosmith's Steven Tyler called him and serenaded him with the chorus to 'Smooth'.

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June 23, 2000

Robert DeLeo writing with Aerosmith from Yahoo!News

Stone Temple Pilots' Robert DeLeo Writing Songs For Ozzy and Aerosmith
(6/23/00, 10 a.m. ET) - "Personally I just got out of the studio a while back just writing some songs with Ozzy Osbourne. So I was just doing that. I've written some songs with Aerosmith and possibly with [Hole's] Courtney Love. . . It's a challenge to be able to write for someone else. It's easy to write for yourself. It's always a challenge to write for somebody else." So says Stone Temple Pilots' bassist Robert DeLeo, who shared with LAUNCH his latest spare-time activity.
DeLeo is carving out quite a niche for himself as a songwriter, believing that there may come a day when Stone Temple Pilots are finished and songwriting could become a great second career.
"I think that's what I see probably happening somewhere down the line," he said. "I hope I'm not always going to try to be in a band and be 50 years old and you know. . . the music business is really fickle."
At press time, possible release dates for DeLeo's Aerosmith and Ozzy tracks were unavailable.
-- Darren Davis and Chad Dougatz, New York


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More on Pope's CD World Voice 2000

The following are parts from an Article from rollingstone.com that I thought could be interesting. For the full article go to http://www.rollingstone.com/sections/home/text/default.asp



We're not sure which ones will end up on the album, but some of the stars insisted on doing a few," Garson said. "We've been going to all of the artists to tape their parts, and, of course, film them for a DVD that will be released around the same time as the album, as well as a coffee table book chronicling the sessions."

Garson said there was no set criteria in choosing artists. "I was just trying to get the best of the best, and I think I was somewhat successful,"

Garson said he was thoroughly entertained through most of the sessions, and singled out Tyler's recording as one of the standout moments. The Aerosmith singer apparently began making up his own music, and scat-sang the Pope's prayers. "'Has anyone ever sung the works of the Pope?' Steven asked me, and then he went into a two-minute song, totally made up on the spot," Garson said. "After he was finished he said, 'I'll never do that again, but do you think the Pope will like it?'"

Garson said the usually reticent Joe Perry didn't have his axe to hide behind, and instead contributed his rarely heard vocals on the prayer of his choice.

"After each session," he said, "I had each artist sign a card to the Pope, and we plan to all get together and deliver it in person."

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Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Article

Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Whittles Down Potential Nominee List To 31
June 22, 2000, 2:10 pm PT

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame balloting reached the semi-final stage this week.

The 635 eligible artists have been whittled down to 31 potential nominees, and sources say that the music industry voters have been asked to select the final 15 to appear on the ballot from this list: AC/DC, Aerosmith, Black Sabbath, Jackson Browne, Solomon Burke, Chicago, Dick Dale, Miles Davis, the Dells, the Flamingos, Michael Jackson, Carole King, Kraftwerk, Brenda Lee, Lynyrd Skynyrd, MC5, Willie Nelson, New York Dolls, the O'Jays, Gram Parsons, Gene Pitney, Queen, Lou Reed, Bob Seger, Paul Simon, Patti Smith, Steely Dan, the Stooges, Donna Summer, Richie Valens, and Tom Waits.

Patti Smith was actually a last minute addition. Smith, who represents the only first-time eligible artist, was not included on the list of first-time eligible nominees (allstar, May 16). It's possible the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame corrected it after reading about the omission in the press.

King, along with her songwriting partner/ex-husband Gerry Goffin, was inducted as a non-performer in 1960. Burke has made the final ballot eight times before; Pitney (six); the Flamingos (four), Black Sabbath (three), Steely Dan, the Stooges and Richie Valens (twice each); and Aerosmith, Brenda Lee, Lynyrd Skynyrd, the O'Jays, Queen, and Lou Reed (once each).

Previous final nominees who failed to make this ballot include Chuck Willis, Ben E. King, Johnny Ace, Esther Phillips, Joe Tex, Mary Wells, the Dominos, Darlene Love, and the Meters.

-- Bob Grossweiner and Jane Cohen


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June 22, 2000

Tyler and Perry on Pope's CD-- World Voice 2000 !!

The following info was found in an article in today's Chicago Sun-Times, page 4.

Steven Tyler and Joe Perry are among the featured artists on the upcoming "World Voice 2000" record on which artists recite prayers written by Pope John Paul II.

"Steven Tyler and Joe Perry [of Aerosmith] were great. They both read a couple of prayers. At one point Steven said, `Has anyone sang any?' and he broke out into song, singing the pope's words."

"World Voice 2000" will be released in September on Columbia Records. The CD will contain about 30 readings, and it will be produced in English, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese. Some proceeds from sales of "World Voice 2000" will provide economic assistance for the continuation of the Vatican's International orphanage program.

To read the whole article go to the following URL:
http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/pope22.html


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June 21, 2000

Happy Birthday Joey Kramer!

It's Joey Kramer's 50th birthday today! Happy Birthday Joey!!

Adrian Perry (Found posted in the Aerosmith newsgroup)

Adrian Perry on UPN 38 Superstation
Next Friday Night 2:30 AM
June 23/24

with Lou Reed, Mick Taylor (Ex Stones)

Visual Radio Television on TV 38
www.vrtv.cjb.net


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June 19, 2000

Aerosmith Blues Tribute Album

A girl who was working the Blues Fest in Chicago recently gave a heads up on an upcoming Aerosmith blues tribute album. She had the opportunity to interview the oldest living blues legend, Pinetop Perkins, age 87. He mentioned that he had just been in L.A. laying down some vocals for "Walk This Way". And he had nothing but good things to say about our Boys! How cool is that?

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Joe Perry on a country album (Eli Zoske Reports...)

 I've never heard anything about this, but I'm 20 and work at a country radio station and last night at work I was bored (naturally) and I was reading the CD liner notes of Yankee Grey's new and only album "Untamed" and I noticed "Joe Perry appears courtesy of Columbia Records."

I looked closer and saw that he played slide guitar on the currently unreleased track "Tell Me Something I Didn't Know". Then in the thank you's, keyboardist Jerry Hughes thanked "...,Joe and Billy Perry,..." Then, I knew that it had to be him (even though Billie's name is misspelled). I listened to the song and you can definitely hear Joe's guitar stylings on it. It's just very basic riffs repeated over and over. There are a couple of spots that they let him loose a little bit, and at the very end, you can definitely hear Joe's "voice".

This is from Amazon.com: Yankee Grey, with their layered vocals and tight instrumental approach, can't decide if they want to be Restless Heart, Boston, or Exile, with a Charlie Daniels-like boogie and fiddle flourish. [ Buy This album ]

My opinion, first of all I was surprised that they got Joe to do that, , second of all, for a country song, it actually almost rocks. I know that's hard to say for a long time Aero fan, but Yankee Grey isn't a bad sounding band.

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June 17, 2000

Liv Tyler in Russia

Kostya Ryzhov reports:    Remember, last summer I told you about Liv Tyler's visit in St. Peterburg, Russia. She took part of the first European show of Onegin, a movie based on the Novel of the Russian poet Pushkin. There was TV first show of this film last week. The Pushkin's masterpiece is a Novel of poems. In the book all heroes are speaking in poems with each other. But it was very difficult to translate all monologues on English with the rhymes preservation. So there was only one episode with poems translation. That was Tatiana's (Liv Tyler) love letter to Onegin (Raif Fains). Onegin was reading the letter and there were original poems.

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June 16, 2000

About the Reflections benefit, and Joe Perry at KISS concert

The Boston Herald
Inside Track
by Gayle Fee & Laura Reposa
Thursday June 15, 2000

 Aerosmith main man Steven Tyler, and '60 Minutes II' funnyman Jimmy Tingle - just a couple of guys who have seen the light - brightened up the place the other night at the Victory Program's sold-out fund-raiser at the Sheraton Boston. Tyler not only sang 'Amazing Grace,' but after he heard that his stickman, Joey Kramer, donated $100,000 to the drug and alcohol abuse program's building campaign, the rocker whipped out his checkbook and wrote another $100,000 check. Which everyone thought was totally Amazing. 

While the other Aerosmithians were delivering $100,000 wet kisses at the Victory Program the other night, axman Joe Perry, wife Billie and the kids were rockin' at the KISS show at the Tweeter Center. But they didn't Rock 'n' Roll All Night. The Perrys left halfway through the show.

Elnhil reports more about Reflections 2000 benefit

It was a benefit as you know. So, Mary Richardson (a local Boston News person hosted) Mayor of Boston spoke, Jimmy Tingle a comedian spoke and a New Age author Marianne Williamson spoke. Steven sang at the end of the night. One song. Only Amazing Grace. It was unreal!!! Wished I had taped it. (Standing Ovation)

It was really about Recovery not so much Aerosmith. So, Steven and Joey were just there supporting the cause. I also said hi to Joey. Very nice. He and Steven both donated 100,000 dollars each to this Victory Program. Victory Programs is housing for recovering alcohol and substance abuse victims. They also support aids and hiv. (There are I think 12 or so Victory Houses in the Boston area.) It was a great time. I was really floored by Steven's extraordinary presence and patience and kindness towards his fans. I kind of stood back and watched and he barely had time to eat his own dinner because fans were all over him. He was gracious. I actually got three autographs. (huge fan!!!)

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June 14, 2000

Elinhil reports about Reflections 2000 benefit

I went to the Reflections Benefit last night at the Sheraton in Boston. I was honored to met Steven Tyler. He was friendly and charming. He was very attentive and gracious to all his fans. People were lined up all night for autographs and pics . He signed every one and never turned a person away. In between signing and pics he hugged or kissed his wife Theresa. He sang Amazing Grace at the end of the night. It was absolutely breathtaking!!!! Then stayed on to sign for at least 45 mins after the show. He is an Amazing person!!!!      Elinhil

June 13, 2000

Tamfam6 reports: I heard a commercial on WZLX, a Boston radio station that always plays and gives latest Aero news, that Steven would be making a guest appearance at a fundraiser called Reflections 2000, a Victory Programs Inc..

This event has April Kramer as one of the chairpersons and the funding is to support substance abuse recovery. It is being held  today, June 13th at 6pm. The website for more info is www.vpi.org.

During the advertisement for the fundraiser, Steven gave the phone number and website and added "www.vpi.org (as in gasm)!


(The pictures above were taken from www.vpi.org)

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June 11, 2000

Rockers roll as gig hits sour note


by Gayle Fee and Laura Raposa
Sunday, June 11, 2000

Departing WZLX-FM classic rocker Charles Laquidara almost pulled together the ultimate parting gift for his longtime listeners: a concert featuring Aerosmith, the J. Geils Band and Boston at the FleetCenter.

Laquidara said the star-studded show of local rock legends which he was calling ``Boston Rocks'' would have been a benefit for the Franciscan Children's Hospital, his fave charity.

``It would have been a thank-you show from the groups of Boston to the people of Boston,'' said the DJ who bids aloha to his 'ZLX morning shift this fall. ``And my way of saying thank you.''

And what, pray tell, were you going to bring to the table, Don Ho???

``I was going to emcee it,'' he said.

OK.

Anyway, Charles claims the FleetCenter cheeses agreed to host the bash on June 30 and promoter Don Law agreed to pitch in. And, more importantly, he had scored commitments from the bands.

But of course the whole shebang blew up because - would you believe? - Boston frontman Tom Scholz opted out because he was working on an album.

Excuse us, but isn't Aerosmith working on an album???? Apparently, an Aerosmith/Geils double bill wasn't good enough for Charles!

``I just can't do a show called `Boston Rocks' without (the band) Boston,'' said Laquidara. ``It was so close to being a done deal I could taste it.''

So chew on that.


boston herald

June 2, 2000

 Album News

Aerosmith NOT on Gone In 60 Seconds Soundtrack

As you know the rumors of Aerosmith being on the upcoming Gone In 60 Seconds movie soundtrack, doing the song Painted on My Heart have went back and forth. Well, CDworld.com has just put up the track listing for the upcoming "Gone In 60 Seconds" soundtrack album, & The Cult is the doing the song "Painted on my Heart" instead.

1} The Cult- "Painted On My Heart"
2} Gomez- "Machismo"
3} Armada- "Rap Groove"
4} Moby- "Flower"
5} The Chemical Brothers- "Leave Home"
6} Ice Cube- "Roll All Day"
7} Apollo Four Forty- "Stop The Rock"
8} A3- "To Sick To Pray"
9} BT [Featuring M Doughty]- "Never Gonna Come Back Down"
10} Method Man & Redman- "Da Rockwilder"
11} Citizen King- "Better Days (And The Bottom Drops Out)"
12} Cavier- "Sugerless"

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