On this Sunday’s edition of ’60 Minutes,’ members of Aerosmith retrace the band’s long and winding road to fame — including a scary tumble by Steven Tyler off a stage a few years ago in Bogota, Columbia. Tyler has since admitted he was high on prescription drugs at the time.
“To be honest, I was expecting it,” Aerosmith’s Joe Perry tells CBS correspondent Lara Logan. In fact, the other band members were so angry that they did even check in on their frontman for weeks, despite the fact that Tyler had suffered a broken shoulder and a head injury.
“Everything dramatically changed in an instant because he was … in my mind, irresponsible,” says bandmate Brad Whitford.
Here’s a preview of the forthcoming segment on ’60 Minutes,’ which airs at 7 p.m. Sunday, March 11.
Of course, with time, Aerosmith got past the incident. The group is putting the finishing touches on a new studio recording, its first full-length original set since 2001. A lengthy concert tour will follow this summer.
“This band’s better than it’s ever been,” Tyler says. “It’s not because I’m old now and the band’s been around forever and it’s our last tour. Bullshit! It’s because this band is that good.”
Here’s a look back at our previous thoughts on Aerosmith. Click through the titles for complete reviews …
SOMETHING ELSE! FEATURED ARTIST: AEROSMITH: As Steven Tyler confirmed rumors that there will be a new Aerosmith album released this spring, we took a moment to reevaluate things. Here are a group lesser-known deep cuts from this cool-rocking band, most (but not all!) of which come from their creative peak in the 1970s. Well, and one minor hit that still holds rather fond memories.
AEROSMITH – HONKIN’ ON BOBO (2004): Horribly titled, but quite good. Honkin’ on Bobo was largely made up of rock versions of blues tunes, it was recorded in live sessions with all five members in the room at once, and it saw the return of producer Jack Douglas. More than that, though, it saw the return of the classic Aerosmith sound. The arrangements, while still often over the top, were stripped down from the bombast of their last few records, and it really had the feel of old-school Aerosmith.
AEROSMITH – ROCKS (1976; 2011 reissue): To be sure, the songs do rock and creep deep inside the brain cells and refuse to leave moments after hearing them, but a sense of cryptic chaos administers the event. Lead singer Steven Tyler’s rubbery vocals mumble and rumble with mystery, and the band is hungry, so hungry, it appears as if they are singing for their supper. These guys are wired! Loud, sleazy and erupting with power and venom, you can almost taste whatever chemical substances the band was inhaling when they created the record. For good reason, some folks consider Rocks to be Aerosmith’s best album.
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