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September 28,
2000
More about the
party from Mach Bell...
Here's what Mach Bell has written since last time.
To see these posts before I put them here go to: http://imusic.com/cgi-bin/bbs/bbs.cgi?x=joeperry
A few minutes later the lights came up, Joe
Perry hit the stage and he and Cheap Trick launched into HELLO THERE LADIES
AND GENTLEMEN. Joe played a nice harmony to Rick’s signature lead line,
garnering approving shouts from the gathering. Bun E. whomped out a big intro
into BIG EYES. Meanwhile in the shadows, Steven Tyler lowered himself over the
dining room rail and onto a big road case by Joe’s amp. He was hungry to
sing. Joe ignored his colleague and launched into a riff to a song I don’t
know – but Cheap Trick did! It was kind of a Milk Cow Blues thing, but
different. Finally Steven was called to the stage. Tyler took the microphone
and saluted Joe Perry, saying: "Here's to a man that has gone the
distance …and then some …Here's to a man that has proven that there
ain’t NO substitute for Arrogance!" (This last remark brought howls
from the audience, and once again shows what a classy guy Tyler really is.)
The ensemble lurched into I’M DOWN. I was sitting on the floor at the foot
of the stage at this point , next to Steven’s wife Teresa. We gaped as
Steven tore into this great Beatles song like you would not believe. Zander
and Nielsen , obviously all charged up, doubled- up on Rick’s side stage mic
( a la Harrison and McCartney.) Singing thick rockin’ harmonies. Joe was all
arched back, foot pumping energy. Tyler was hitting those Little Richard-style
notes with ease. On this small stage he didn’t have room to monkey around.
He had no scarves on his stand. Just pure dynamite vocal delivery. As the
incredible number finally ended Teresa and I just stared at each other in
disbelief. Tyler is always worth watching – but hearing a fresh voiced, well
rested Tyler rip into a great song was such a rare treat. We felt we were
really feasting on a great part of rock history tonight. Joe Perry stepped to
the microphone and called his son Adrian up onto the stage. Somebody thrust a
Tele into Adrian’s hands as Joe lit into DAYTRIPPER…To be cont’d
I was thrilled by what happened next. One of
Cheap Trick’s people stood center stage and said "Mr. Joe Perry,
sometimes we get separated from a loved one. But, sometimes they
return......." Rick Nielsen reached behind his guitar line and pulled out
a guitar – handing it to Joe. "Remember this one Joe?" Rick asked.
Perry almost fell over backwards as he stared at the sunburst Les Paul. Joe
slowly pulled himself together, muttering something about how "some drug
dealer" had ended up with the old Paul. Nielsen shot back "We must
buy our drugs from the same guy." Joe turned to the guests and said
"If any of you remember me from back in the seventies, this is the guitar
you remember... I cut all those albums with this guitar." Tyler’s eyes
were on stalks "Hey Joe, remember all the songs we wrote on that
guitar?" Joe replied by letting the music do the talking, simply playing
his classic Walk This Way riff. … While Joe wired up his old friend, Steven
Tyler brought a guy named Marty Davis ( introducing him as a singer from the '
Almost Famous' movie) and Joey Kramer up onstage. The band (now 9 members
strong) launched into the Rolling Stones ALL OVER NOW. Joey got comfortable on
the drums and Joe launched into TRAIN KEPT A ROLLIN’. Adrian Perry played
good rhythm guitar on this one. He is maturing and looking more and more like
his pop. I spoke with Adrian briefly before the show. He told me he plays
regularly at the clubs on the Sunset Strip in Hollywood. TRAIN turned into
quite the guitar rave-up, with Joe Perry and Rick Nielsen dredging up every
Jeff Beck lick they could remember (that's a lot of licks).... By now
everybody in the place was nearing exhaustion. Joe Perry’s party had been
revving in very , very high gear for about 6 hours non-stop at this point…..
To be cont’d
Our ears were buzzing. I looked across the
room and saw Laurie Cabot and her coven of witches in a dark corner . They
were still busy doing their last few Tarot readings and incantations. Over in
another alcove Joe’s birthday present pile had grown into a tower. Gorgeous
women were crashed out all over the joint. Taj Tyler, Robin Zander (jr.),
Roman Perry and the rest of the peanut gallery were sprawled out on the
carpet…. The remaining guests were feeling like a bunch of wrung out
dishrags… But Joe wasn’t done celebrating quite yet! Adrian, Kramer and
Tyler were excused from the stage … Cheap Trick and Joe plunged AIN’T THAT
A SHAME. It was a pretty faithful version of the Budakon hit. I had to laugh
during the extended ending. Remember that great long finale? Where everybody
in the band gets to solo? For some reason Perry just couldn’t quite find his
solo spot – and Cheap Trick just kept grinding it out – at least doubling
the length of the outro – round and round-waiting for Joe to get with the
program and insert a lick or two in the right spot. Joe finally caught on,
much to the glee of Rick and the boys (and the rest of us!). As the cheers
rang out- Cheap Trick rocketed into a high-flying version of their smash hit
SURRENDER. Everyone sang along as the incredible show finally drew to a
close….To be continued…
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September 27,
2000
About Joe
Perry's Birthday Party
(from the Boston Herald)
Perry enjoys Cheap Trick on b-day
by Gayle Fee and Laura Raposa
Tuesday, September 26, 2000
It was like a birthday bash for ``Richie
Rich'' at Mount Blue in Norwell the other day. Because what other kid would
have a rock-climbing wall, amusement park rides, a brass band sent by the
Boston Pops and Cheap Trick playing at their party????
Aerosmith axeman Joe Perry. Of course.
Joe, who turned the big 5-0 on Sept. 10,
celebrated his move onto the back nine with a closely-guarded list of 220 -
from mom, Mary, and soul brother Steven Tyler to a few guys he hasn't seen
since his early days of rockin' at Hopedale High!
``I hadn't seen those guys in 35 years,''
said Joe. ``One of them had pictures of me practicing guitar in his mom's
living room.''
Oh, we'd pay good money to see those!
And speaking of guitars, Joe's prized 1957
Les Paul, which he hocked for $6,000 during the lean and not-so-lucid 1970s,
was returned to its ever-so-grateful former owner by Slash of Guns 'N' Roses.
``A ton of people have owned it, but Slash has had it for 10 years,'' Joe
said. ``I've been trying to get it back, but he wouldn't give it up because of
the history.''
Apparently, Joe wailed on the Les Paul while
working on ``Walk This Way,'' which the Guns guy thought was rather special.
``I guess he thought since I turned 50 and
all, he thought he'd send it back,'' said the birthday boy, who did more fancy
schmancy pick work on his Les during the night.
Whatta guy, that Slash!
As for Cheap Trick, Joe's all-time fave band
hopped the band's plane, Aeroforce One, from New Orleans and performed an
ear-blowing set of oldies like ``I Want You To Want Me'' and ``Ain't That A
Shame.''
Which just goes to prove that when Joe Perry
rings up the Dream Police, they rush to respond!
``If you don't like the playlist, blame Joe
Perry,'' Tricker Rick Nielsen told the crowd. ``He made it up.''
During the second set, the band was joined
by Joe and at various times by Steven Tyler, who did ``Train Kept A Rollin' ''
and ``I'm Down''; Joe's kid, the Stanford pre-law student Adrian, on bass;
Aerosmith sticksman Joey Kramer; and Marty Frederickson, who performed as
Jason Lee's pipes in ``Almost Famous.'' They ended the jumpin' jam with
``Surrender.''
``It was really the coolest,'' said Joe, who
earlier in the day cut into a gargantuan guitar-shaped cake and conducted the
brass band with his Keith Lockhart-signed baton.
Also spotted gnawing on barbecue and cake
were a posse of Perrys - wife Billie and the boys, Tony and Roman, and Joe's
sister, Annie; fellow Aerosmithers Tom Hamilton and Brad Whitford and their
lovely wives, Terri and Karen; local rockers James Montgomery and Johnny A and
his rockin' wife, Beth; Joe's buddies, construction guy Lee Kennedy,
management type Keith Garde and his first guitar teacher, Steve Rose;
astrologer to the stars Karen Thorne; official state witch Laurie Cabot and
many, many more.
So, Joe, how's is it being 50????
``Not bad,'' he said.
Which in Joespeak means truly Amazing.
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About Joe
Perry's Birthday Party from AF1
Fourteen days after his real birthday, Joe Perry found himself surrounded by his
fellow band mates, family and friends at Mount Blue for an amazing celebration,
amassed by his wife, Billie! What started out as an intimate party of 50 or so
band members, family and close friends in the Perry's back yard, quickly
escalated to 150-200 partygoers at Mount Blue on September 24!
The soirée was filled with magicians, Marilyn Monroe look-alikes and Austin
Power and Elvis Presley impersonators! There was even rides for the kids,
stuffed pigs - everything you can imagine! Aerosmith's friend and cigar maker,
Lars Teten, presented Joe with a specialized Joe Perry cigar to mark his 50th
Birthday! With all the excitement surrounding the guitarist's 50th, one of his
only birthday wishes was for one of his favorite bands, Cheap Trick, to jam
onstage! Since the band was on the guest list, Joe's birthday wish became a
reality!
Cheap Trick saluted Joe and his guests with two sets; Joe took the stage during
the second set, rockin' to tunes including "Hello There," "Big
Eyes," "You're All Talk," and "Ain't That A Shame!"
After blowing away the guests with that jam session, Joe and Cheap Trick
corralled Steven onstage where they rocked out to "I'm Down" and
"It's All Over Now" with Joey on drums! And just when you thought it
couldn't get any better - the band segued into "Train Kept A Rollin'"
and closed the night with a rousing rendition of "Surrender!"
Without a doubt, Joe's 50th Birthday was amazing and all had an unforgettable
night.
aeroforceone.com
About Joe
Perry's Birthday Party (Mach Bell)
The last singer of the Joe Perry Project, Mach Bell, who of course was at Joe
Perry's party at Mount Blue, has posted about it at a message board at www.imusic.com
(look below for details) and this is what he has written about it so far, It's a lot
to read but very interesting:
My ears are still ringing after yesterday's
Joe Perry Birthday extravaganza. It will take several posts to detail the
events. Coming up the hill to Mt. Blue, Steven and Joe's restaurant- where the
gala was held, our eyes were met with a small amusement park set- up outside .
The Rock Climb, a mini-scrambler and a big funhouse were all lit up , crowded
with rock star's little kids. Julia and I made our way to the guest table,
where we were given commemorative JP50 guitar picks , shirts and laminated
passes. A large tent was set up just outside the Mt. Blue front door. Many of
the dining booths had been moved out to this open area. A long buffet table
was set up in front of huge portable bbq pits and smokers. A bar served
alcohol as well as non- alcoholic drinks. A sketch artist was busy in the
corner drawing caricatures of the guests. Joe Perry 50 was spelled out in a
big floral arrangement. Moving inside, we found a crate full of special Joe
Perry cigars, packaged with a cool insert showing the many faces of Mr. Perry.
I stuffed my pockets. We moved past another area heaped with birthday gifts,
and walked on into the main dining room. Since all the booths were out in the
parking lot, this area had been turned into a very rockin' small stage and
dance floor. Sound and lighting was piled high. It looked to be a combination
of Aerosmith and Cheap Trick gear.An army of sexy waitresses, dressed in low
cut black dresses seemed to almost outnumber the guests as we were barraged
with trays of Hors d'oeuvres. Suddenly I was lifted up into a bear-hug.
"Hargrove! - put me down!".... next up - the guest list.
Danny Hargrove, Julia and I made our way
back out to the front in time to see the birthday boy arrive. Joe was dressed
in black denim jeans and jacket. He has grown his hair long again. Other Perry's
in attendance were Joe's wife Billie, his sons Adrian, Tony and Roman, Joe's
mom Mary, his sister Anne and his Uncle B. Steven Tyler arrived, dressed in a
wildly striped corduroy suit. On his arm was his wife Teresa and his son Taj.
Teresa's twin sister Lisa was also there with her husband. - Tom Hamilton, in
leather pants, arrived with his son. Brad(in a bright orange shirt) and Karen
Whitford brought their youngest boy, Harrison followed by Joey( steel studded
leather vest) and Apri Kramer. From the Joe Perry Project we had bass men
David Hull and Danny Hargrove- Drummer Joe Pet and his blonde bombshell date
Lori and yours truly. Rick Niellsen (sp?) was darting around , his beard in a
long braid with price tags tied to the end. Tom Peterson and Bun E. Carlos,
both looked healthy. Robin Zander was with his 7 year old son Robin. Boston guitar man
Johnny A., Bluesman James Montgomery, WBCN'n Oedipus and Carter Alan, Salem
witch Laurie Cabot and her coven, tycoon Lee Kennedy, a bunch of nameless
fashion model types and celebrity impersonators Austin Powers, Elvis and
Marilyn Monroe added to the scene. I believe Richie Supa (Chip Away the Stone)
was there. Ted Nugent, Mark Parenteau, Tommy Mottola and John Kalodner were
among the very few no shows....to be cont'd
By now the Joe Perry Project players had
staked out a couple booths in the corner of the tent. David Hull, who has been
gigging with James Montgomery all summer, was in fine shape- all smiles. Joe
Pet has just opened up a small recording studio on Boylston st. near Berklee.
Hargrove gave up the bottle(!) last May. He has shed about 25 pounds and was
looking fantastic. Both he and Pet are gigging around town sporadically. Talk
turned to Ronnie Stewart. Nobody has seen him in years. Longtime JPP lightman
Woody Bavota rolled in and joined us. He runs a web TV production facility
now. Soon Joe Perry drifted into the Project corner, followed by Tyler. I
spoke to Joe, caught up on his water skiing activities and his Aston -Martin.
Steven interupted - Tyler wanted to get his picture taken with the Joe Perry
Project. We obliged. Steven was raving about the new Aero-album. "We did
it all in Joe's basement" he claimed. I asked Perry what he thought about
the Raven "Best of the JPP" CD. Perry said he thought it was
"pretty good" and was glad to see that someone still cared. Joe was
also enthused about the latest Aerosmith record. "Mach, you gotta come by
the house and hear it". Joe told me they are shooting for an April
release. I asked Joe if he sings on the new album - Joe hung his head and said
"one song". I also asked Mr. Perry if he had received the "Joe
Perry Quilt"(made from dozens of Aerosmith and JPP shirts) from his #1
Texas fan- Renata. "Oh yeah - it's incredible!" Joe enthused.
Suddenly a bunch of tuxedoed horn players marched into the tent. They started
playing the Olympic fanfare as a huge Les Paul shaped birthday cake was
wheeled through the throng...to be continued.
As the guests started singing "Happy
Birthday to you" Julia and I slipped out of the tent to get some air. I
had been snapping a bunch of photos with my digital camera, and we reviewed
the results. I was looking forward to photographing the evening jam session.
Teresa Tyler joined us. I asked Teresa why she and the Tyler family hadn't
visited our house last Halloween. "Oh, Steven got all dressed up as a
woman last year, and by the time we got to your hill he had to turn back
because his feet were killing him!" As I laughed- Teresa looked down at
my camera. "Oh - that's neat. I would love to get one of those , but I
have this strange problem with cameras , whenever I use a camera the batteries
go completely dead... My twin sister has the same weird problem - we just kill
batteries by being around." That's spooky, I thought...hmmm. We all made
our way back into the tent where the Chefs were pulling a big pig out of the
smoker. I reached for my camera , went to grab a shot and... I swear to you -
the camera battery had gone totally dead! I decided to chill out by the beer
wagon for a while - Teresa's powers had me a little nervous. A few Coronas
mellowed me out. I looked up and saw Hargrove waving me into Mt. Blue. The
rock and roll was about to begin.
All together there may have been 150 or 200 guests at Joe’s party. We had all
arrived at 3 in the afternoon. Now it was 7pm and the crowd had thinned a bit.
It felt very intimate in the Mt. Blue dining room. It was easy to move right to
the front of the stage as Cheap Trick blasted off with ON TOP OF THE WORLD
TONIGHT.... I had spoken with Robin Zander a bit earlier in the day. His band
had just finished up a tour and he was heading back to his home in Florida after
this special " Joe Show ". Robin’s blonde 7 year old son (also named
Robin) told me he liked Cheap Trick – but he is a bigger fan of the Tampa Bay
Buccaneers. The CT band sounded incredibly tight. The sound crew was showing no
mercy tonight, the sound pressure in the small room was massive. Rick told us
that Joe Perry himself had penned tonight’s Cheap Trick song list. SOUTHERN
GIRLS was the next big hit. Joe Perry and Billie stood smiling just to my right.
Finishing up that great tune, Nielsen called Joe up on stage. First Rick
presented Joe with a copy of his (Rick's) Guitar Collection Book. All the CT
guys had signed it, and Nielsen had written " Joe: Thanks for the guitar
lessons!" inside the cover. Rick proceeded to tell the crowd how Perry is
well known for his "love of crappy, cheap guitars." Robin Zander then
handed Perry a very small vinyl gig bag, out of which plopped a little bronze-
colored, single- bout solid body. Perhaps an old Silvertone – also signed by
all the Tricksters. Joe looked gleeful as he left the stage with his new
treasures. DREAM POLICE was next up and we loved it. Robin Zander, looking
handsome and wearing a red sparkle top and black trousers announced the next
song, as THAT 70’s SHOW THEME. I’m not too familiar with that show, but the
song smoked. Zander strapped on an electro-acoustic guitar. THE FLAME was next.
Zander’s voice was just so powerful on this one , amazing. (At this point I
started looking for the nacho chips and some Mt. Dew) Neilsen barreled right
into "I WANT YOU TO WANT ME" as we roared our approval. Cheap Trick
took a short break while a half stack and a Joe Perry model Les Paul were set up
on the far right side of the stage…. To be cont’d.
Great so far...If you want to keep up with these stories...go to:
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Destiny's
Child, Fatboy Slim, Aerosmith See "Angels"
More on the new Aerosmith
song from MTV
Destiny's Child, Fatboy Slim, and Aerosmith
are among the acts contributing new music to the soundtrack to the forthcoming
movie "Charlie's Angels."
Aerosmith just finished a new song titled
"Angel's Eye" for the album, which is due out on October 17. The
disc will also include Destiny's Child's "Independent Woman," which
was recorded specifically for the film, and a new Fatboy Slim track, among
others.
Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore, and Lucy Liu
star in "Charlie's Angels," which was helmed by music video director
McG and is currently due in theaters in November.
In other Aerosmith news, singer Steven Tyler
is reportedly recording an album on the side called "Mob Story: A Hip-Hoprah"
under his real name, Steven Tallarico. The project is being produced by Jack
Douglas, who (not coincidentally) is also producing the soundtrack to the
mob-oriented TV series "The Sopranos." Tyler's project also features
appearances from Sopranos stars Vincent Pastore and Tony Sirico and Kamal from
the Jerky Boys.
Release information, including a label, is yet to be determined.
Meanwhile, Aerosmith is said to be shooting
for a March release for its next album. The band went into the studio a few
months ago to do pre-production with producer Matt Serletic, who did the
chart-topping "I Don't Want To Miss A Thing" (see "The
Aerosmith Song You May Never Hear"), but the word is that the group is
now producing the bulk of it on its own.
MTV.com
September 26,
2000
The Doors Tribute Album (with
Aerosmith)
Sorry
I didn't get to posting this on Monday
After some record company trouble (Marilyn
Manson and Bush for example are no longer on the album) the tribute
"Stoned Immaculate: The Music of the Doors" will now soon be
released. Possibly in November. This album will include Aerosmith's version of
"Love Me Two Times".
Here's the tracklist:
1. Break on Through - Stone Temple Pilots
2. Riders on the Storm - Creed
3. Light My Fire - Train
4. Peace Frog - Smash Mouth
5. L.A. Woman - Days of the New
6. Love Me Two Times - Aerosmith
7. Wild Child - The Cult
8. Roadhouse Rap - Jim Morrison
9. Roadhouse Blues - John Lee Hooker and Jim Morrison
10. Is Everybody In? - William Burroughs
11. Hello I Love You - Oleander
12. Touch Me - Scott Stapp (Creed)
13. Children of Night - Exene Cervenka
14. Love Her Madly - Bo Diddley
15. People Are Strange - Marvelous 3
16. The Cosmic Movie - Jim Morrison
17. The End - Days of the New
September 23, 2000
Aerosmith's
New Track "Angel's Eye"
Aerosmith has a new track entitled
"Angel's Eye," that will be featured on the soundtrack for the
upcoming movie Charlie's Angels! As AF1 previously reported, Steven and
Joe were remixing a new track in New York this past week - turns out, it will
be for the flick starring Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore and Lucy Liu!
Look out for "Angel's Eye" on the soundtrack of Charlie's Angels set
to be released on October 17!
aeroforceone.com
Aerosmith on
the Doors tribute album
Visit Jason's Aerosmith Page
News on Monday for an update on the doors tribute album.
The Road To
The Rock Hall
Aerosmith are on the road to the Rock and Roll Hall of
Fame as they have been confirmed as one of 16 artists nominated for possible
induction into the Class of 2001! The nomination will be the second for the
Boston Bad Boys as they were considered for induction last year. Other artists
joining Aerosmith on the ballot include Black Sabbath, New York Dolls, AC/DC,
Michael Jackson, Paul Simon, Steely Dan, amongst others. A panel of 800 music
industry professionals will cast their votes over the next several weeks with
winners to be announced in November or December. We know Aerosmith is long
overdue to be honored in Ohio - stay tuned for all the latest updates! For
more information on the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, visit their Web site @ www.rockhall.com.
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Tom Hamilton Sighting
Did anyone else catch Tom Hamilton cutting in
line for Seussical The Musical in Boston?!? Apparently, Tom was spotted making
his way into the theatre to catch the musical based on the works of Dr. Seuss.
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Steven Tyler @ VMAs
Steven looked quite dashing at this year's MTV
Video Music Awards in New York. The Demon of Screamin' strolled out in a
purple and gold ensemble with a purple velvet top hat to match! Sharing the
podium with hip-hop mogul Dr. Dre, Steven made a quirky comment about the
highly controversial Eminem (whom Dr. Dre produces), referring to a verse in
Em's "The Real Slim Shady," in which Eminem rhymes about Carson
Daly, Fred Durst and Christina Aguilera. If you missed it, you can check it
out during MTV's rebroadcast of the annual awards show. Back to the
podium...Steven presented the Best Group Video Moonman to Blink 182 for their
teen pop spoof, "All The Small Things."
aeroforceone.com
September 21,
2000
Simon,
Jackson lead Hall inductees
NEW YORK (AP) — Michael Jackson and Paul
Simon, both seeking solo enshrinement after earlier being inducted into the
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum as group members, lead the latest list
of nominees.
Simon was inducted in 1990 as a member of
the 1960s folk duo Simon & Garfunkel, while Jackson made it in 1997 as
part of the family act he left behind, the Jackson 5.
The list of nominees for the Cleveland hall was released Monday
The 16 other nominees include the Australian hard rockers, AC/DC; punk poet
Patti Smith; rocker Bob Seger; the flamboyant cult favorites New York Dolls;
Southern rockers Lynyrd Skynyrd; and I'm Sorry singer Brenda Lee.
Eight acts are reappearing on the ballot after failing to win election in the
past: rock bands Aerosmith,
Queen and Black Sabbath; New York rocker Lou Reed; jazz-rockers Steely Dan;
doo-wop favorites The Flamingoes; soul performer Solomon Burke; and La
Bamba singer Ritchie Valens.
Musicians are eligible for nomination to the hall 25 years after the release
of their first recording.
Ballots have been mailed to artists, producers, journalists and music industry
executives who decide on the inductees. An induction banquet is generally held
each March.
usatoday.com
September
20, 2000
Cyrinda on
Howard Stern
Cyrinda Foxe was on Howard Stern this morning
promoting her web site and selling the pix of Steven for $9.95. Stern wasn't
buying it and pretty much called her a Gold digger.
She and her lawyer were on the phone tying
to justify her release of her nude picture of Steven on her website. Howard
totally nailed her, told her it was obviously revenge, and that it was a total
invasion of privacy. She kept saying that Steven told her do "Do whatever
you want with the picture." Actually right at this moment, Howard and
Robin are verbally beating her up! Cyrinda is such a LOSER!!!
She came up with this lame answer that Mia
approves (though she doesn't speak to her much lately) and Steven approves
since he's not suing her anymore.
Says that Steven owes her a chance to jump
start her business. what is her business? Writing books about Steven and
selling nude pix of him!
Said it's his fault she had to give up her
career and become an addict
Actually sounds like a pretty funny
interview if it wasn't so pathetic.
Howard talked to Steven beforehand and had
reservations about the whole thing.
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September
19, 2000
Merry
Perry
Aerosmith's Joe Perry is having a birthday next week and word has it that
Robin Zander, Rick Nielsen, Tom Petersson, and Bun E. Carlos - a.k.a. Cheap
Trick - will be playing at his party at Mount Blue, the restaurant/club
Aerosmith co-owns in Norwell. You can envision all the rocker dads and mums
singing along to ''Surrender'': ''Mommy's all right!/Daddy's all right/They
just seem a little weird.'' ...
BostonGlobe.com
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Rock & Roll
Hall of Fame Nominees
The 16 nominees have been
announced for the class of 2001. They are:
Aerosmith
AC/DC
Ritchie Valens
Michael Jackson
Paul Simon
Brenda Lee
Bob Seger
Flamingos
Steely Dan
Lynyrd Skynyrd
NY Dolls
Patti Smith
Black Sabbath
Queen
Lou Reed
Solomon Burke
Members of the music industry will now vote
from this list, voting continues until mid-October. The top 5 to 7 names with
the most votes will be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
Inductees will be announced in November and the induction ceremony will be
held early next year. Let's hope Aerosmith makes it this time!
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From The
Sound Kings September 2000 Newsletter...
We are still rocking out at Prism Sound
Studio's working diligently on our forth-coming debut CD. The 12 song set of
old favorites and as of yet unheard newer songs is sure to make you get "jiggy"
with it and fall in love all over again.
The CD is laid out like so:
Intro
Udo
Growing Up With An Invisible Friend (with Joe Perry of Aerosmith)
Rocketship Built For Two
TruckPuckAboveLove
Dancing
I Hate Your Little Friend
That's Me
Rest In Pieces
Verniaphobia
1000 Skies
Drive
invisible (unplugged)
We would now like to take a few moments to
thank those of you who checked out our feature on icast.com earlier this week.
The response was astounding. Though there was a typographical error on their
part about us recording with Steve Perry as opposed to Joe Perry (sorry Joe),
everything was super-swell. Obviously Steve Perry would be cool too......15
years ago when he had "Oh Sherry" as well as countless hits with
Journey......but Joe Perry is a Rock n Roll legend, c'mon.
As always, thanks and keep being you,
Eryk, Mike, Dennis, Jim
www.mp3.com/thesoundkings
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September 16,
2000
Jimmy Crespo news (from
Rhythm Junkies to Rough Cutt)
A SNEAK PREVIEW OF ROUGH CUTT
FOR THE NEW MILLENNIUM
With the new millennium already eight months
upon us, some things in life need to be altered. Maybe a new hairstyle for
some people, change of scenery for another, perhaps even a career change.
Or a name change??? Enter Rough Cutt
"Mark II": Comprised of original vocalist Paul Shortino, guitarist,
Jimmy Crespo, keyboardist, JT Garrett (all three having previously worked
together in the Rhythm Junkies), bassist Sean McNabb and drummer, John Homan,
the 21st century version of the band is as lethal and as mind expanding as
ever.
The band is currently working on Sneak
Preview, a seven track Ep that is designed to reintroduce the band to the
general public. Recorded at MT Studios and produced by the band themselves and
Matt Thorr (ironically enough, Rough Cutt's original bassist), the music is
true to form, blues based melodic metal that Rough Cutt fans love and expect.
The track listing is as follows: "I
Believe", "Feel The Rain", "Speak Your Mind",
"Change Your Heart", "Must Be Love", "Sacred
Place" and "Fallen Angel"
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September 14,
2000
The Joe
Perry Project Back Together?
Cowboy Mach Bell, the lead singer for Joe
Perry's band "The Joe Perry Project" (the band he made after he and
Aerosmith split in the late 70's) might be playing together again this Sunday!
Bell wrote the following on the web site IMusic (www.imusic.com)
on Tuesday, September 12th:
"Hey guys!, Wow that was a hell of a summer! Great news, The Joe Perry
Project will finally get back together a week from this Sunday Perry has
invited Danny Hargrove, Joe Pet and me to his (after) birthday party. Billie
Perry hired Cheap Trick to entertain- so I'm hoping for some hot jamming after
Trick finish their set. Of course Aerosmith and who-knows- who-else will be
there too, but this will be the first time the JPP will have a chance to pick
up where we left off in 1984!"
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September 10, 2000
Joe
Perry B-Day
Today is Joe
Perry's Birthday. He is 50! Happy Birthday Joe!!
September 8,
2000
Steven Tyler on
the MTV Video Music Awards
Yes, Steven did appear at the MTV Video Music
Awards last night! About 18 minutes into the show Steven came out with rapper
Dr. Dre and presented an award to the band Blink 182 for "Best Group
Video."
I didn't see it myself but the women who saw
it said he looked great, he wore a purple velvet like long coat and big purple
top hat and even showed some chest...
Steven also tried to make a joke about the Eminem song "The Real Slim
Shady." You know, that line:
Shit, Christina Aguilera better switch me
chairs
so I can sit next to Carson Daly and Fred Durst
and hear 'em argue over who she gave head to first
Well...Steven kind of flubbed up what he was
saying and they bleeped "Head" so you really didn't get the joke.
And, Dr. Dre said "Uh....Okay.."
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September 7,
2000
Aerosmith on Top
Of The Pops 2
Aerosmith were on Top Of The Pops 2 in England,
6.30 yesterday evening, with Love In An Elevator live 1997. It should be
repeated this Saturday/Sunday afternoon...
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VH1 SPECIAL!
Ok All be ready for this one! VH1 is having
a special Hard Rock show ready to show us what Rock is all about!
VH1 will be showing the 100 Greatest Artists
of Hard Rock!
The show is broken down into five one hour shows that will air from Monday,
November 13 through Friday November 17.
I am sure YOU will enjoy this program and see where YOUR favorite artists are
on the list.
The artists were voted on by other hard rock
musicians, critics and others in the know about hard rock music. The artists
on the show range from heavy metal, punk, alternative and more so its sure to
hit on everyone's favorites.
Don't Miss This One, and don't forget to
tell a friend!
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September 2,
2000
Small mention
of Aerosmith in USA Today regarding Godsmack's new album
Godsmack, Awake. This
second album was produced by frontman Sully Erna and Mudrock, who helped shape
the self-titled debut that spawned four rock hits. They crank the anger and
aggression quotient up a notch on tunes that harken to influences like Aerosmith
and Led Zeppelin. Oct. 31.
usatoday.com
VH1 Sound
Affects
On the VH1 show "Sound Affects" Slash was on and talked about the time
he first heard "Rocks", and how that inspired him to learn to play
guitar. They also played some clips of Aerosmith during his 5 minute segment.
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Album news...
nothing we didn't already know though...
Producer
ousted from Aerosmith recording
Matchbox Twenty producer Matt Serletic has been ousted from the producer's
chair on Aerosmith's next album, Rolling Stone reports.
Instead, singer Steven Tyler and guitarist
Joe Perry are working with longtime song collaborators Mark Hudson and Marti
Frederiksen at Perry's home studio. Guitarist Brad Whitford told a Boston
radio station recently that nine songs have been completed for the unnamed
album, and they hope to have the record in stores by March.
The disc will be the first since 1997's
"Nine Lives."
Meanwhile, Tyler has reunited with former
Aerosmith producer Jack Douglas on a bizarre-sounding project called "Mob
Story: A Hip-Hopera," according to Rolling Stone. Tyler is adding vocals
to the project under his original name, Steven Tallarico, alongside
"Soprano's" Vincent Pastore and Tony Sirico, as well as Kamal, a
member of the phone prank crew The Jerky Boys.
... and from Ralphy's Music And Stuff Forum...:
AEROSMITH ARE
WORKING ON A NEW ALBUM
Four years after the album "Nine Lives"
Aerosmith is back in the studio again to work on a new release. Matchbox
20-producer Matt Serletic has been retained for production and the mixing and
recording will be done by Aerosmith-frontman Steven Tyler himself. The band
plans to record the new songs until october and than mixing them in november
and december. The album could be ready by March of next year. Aerosmith plans
to sell it through the internet first, even before it hits the shops.
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