Winnipeg Free Press

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silly rookies naturally rado8 Texas bobs bar took 5 Miles Aero Smith lives through returns to Youthful Insp by Elysa Gardner los Angeles times Syndicate Boston Steven the flamboyant voice of Aero blows into guitarist Joe perrys spacious suburban Home like a shaggy haired after shouting out greetings to his band mates wife and toddler Tyler Bounds downstairs to the base which Perry has converted into a Home As the relatively sedate Perry Burns Vanilla Tyler finally sits Down on a looking ready for the two principal characters in one of the most colourful and longest running chapters in Rock music Are Here to discuss important matters a High profile change of record labels and As Well As drug relapse i want to say its like the ice on the Ocean has melted and the Sun came but its so much More than says Aero Smiths formal resurfacing began March when the group released its first studio Alburn in four fittingly titled nine the collection Marks the bands return to Columbia where it launched its career in the Early it didst take Long for the original contract to pay Aero Smith was soon Selling out thanks to such massive hit singles As dream on and walk this and drawing comparisons to the rolling in the Early years of drug abuse and personal tension began to take their record sales and Perry and rhythm guitarist Brad Whitford left to pursue other in the guitarists rejoined the which also includes bassist Tom Hamilton and drummer Joey the following the bands future seemed so Bleak that its contract was not renewed by Aero Smith accepted an offer from the upstart Geffen records that led to one of the great Rock recoveries with the release of the late80s albums permanent vacation and Aero Smiths sales surpassed those of its first glory but As a new decade a funny thing says Tyler our manager Tim Collins heard rumours that Label owner David Geffen thought that we didst have another album in and his staff were divest ing themselves of a lot of music from the Perry and i think they saw us As part of just As Aero Smith started question ing Jefferis Columbia came Given that the members of the band would be nearly 50 by the time the new contract kicked Many Industry observers scoffed at the resulting but the labels Faith seemed vindicated in when get a Aero Smiths final studio album on shot to the top of the charts with sales of seven million in the while the thrashing rockers and Power ballads on Aero Smiths latest album hardly seem like a departure for the Tyler says that Colum Bias support has played an important role in building the bands conf positive affirmation fans the flames of says the flashing his Cheshire cat to help them write the songs on nine Tyler and Perry turned among longtime standby Desmond who collaborated with them on such hits As crazy and dude looks like a and Glen who produced and co wrote alanis Morissette jagged Little Pill but while they were having fun writ ing in the Miami there was also some involving allegations made by former manager who started working with the band right before its late80s though he acknowledges that he indulged in drugs with the Collins eventually helped put them on the Road to sobriety a Little More than a decade ago introducing Perry to people who had who told us that the drugs had to according to Collins arrangement with the band was in that Collins had agreed he would step Down from his position at any time if he was asked last before his third five year con tract had expired for reasons that neither Tyler nor Perry will the morning after we approached Tyler went to the press and Ive been lie number number he said that Label and a new album the band members dont see Eye to on sobriety Collins As Tyler and most others saw was that someone in Aero Smith had fallen off the most Likely the Collins gave never accusing Tyler outright but suggesting that he had heard reports of drug related i can Tell you that i have not seen Steven Tyler do drugs in Over 10 Collins but Many peo ple came to me and told me he was using Tyler was hav ing mood swings in the haying difficulty with fighting with the it was my Job to go to and say whats going whether it was drugs or he was not acting Tyler admits that when Hes in his creative As he Calls he tends to put less emphasis on accommodating in All five members of Aero Smith last summer checked into a drug rehabilitation clinic for what Perry Calls a con flip Resolution we Only went to a drug clinic because the Guy who runs it is the person we wanted to facilitate Pur Perry backing up tylers assertion that everyone in Aero Smith has stayed at the end of the Tyler id like to remember All the Good stuff that Tim did for but when my seven Earold daughter has a Sleepover party and her Best Friend my daddy Doest want me to come Over cause your father is doing and then my daughter confronts me that but while the Collins controversy is clearly a Thorn in their Tyler and Perry say that there feeling better than Ever about their career these 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