Aerosmith
Ethan Miller, Getty Images Aerosmith's 'I Don't Want to Miss a Thing' is a song about trying to keep the Earth from being blown up. It's a manipulative song; the title/hookline definitely scans like a fake testimonial from someone paid to say how awesome it was when Bruce Willis stopped the mean old asteroid in a circa-1997 Michael Bay ad campaign. In tonight's episode of 'Idol,' the song was performed by Jessica Sanchez.
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Kevin Winter / NBC Universal / Getty Images With Aerosmith reportedly close to wrapping up their highly anticipated new album, inspiration and feedback has been coming from not only album producer Jack Douglas, but also 'Edward Scissorhands,' er, Johnny Depp, who knows a thing or three about a good riff.
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Frazer Harrison, Getty Images The season finale of 'American Idol' will feature a performance from judge Steven Tyler's full-time band. According to Joe Perry, the rockers will debut the first single from their upcoming new album during the May 23 Fox broadcast.
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Mary Ouellette, SheWillShootYou.com Who knew that the hottest concert ticket in town would come in the form of the after party for the ‘Dark Shadows’ movie. The new Tim Burton flick starring Johnny Depp as a displaced vampire, features a performance scene by shock rocker Alice Cooper circa 1972 (reportedly thanks to some special digital enhancement). The premiere festivities served up a celebration party fit for a rockstar with the two joining forces with some of classic rocks biggest names serving up some serious all-star jams.
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Frederick M. Brown, Getty Images We know, we know. We didn't believe it either when we read the headline. But it's apparently true -- unless a previous trip to the building is one of the things he doesn't remember about the '70s and '80s, Steven Tyler recently made his very first visit to the Playboy Mansion.
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Fin Costello, Getty Images 'Sweet Emotion' by Aerosmith earns the top spot on our Top 100 Classic Rock Songs list by embodying such an overwhelming portion of the intangible things that make the rest of the songs on our countdown so timeless. It also rocks to high heaven.
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YouTube Resident rocker Juliet Simms, who sounds like a young Janis Joplin thanks to her whiskey-soaked, smoky pipes and the fact she pretty much oozes buckets of confidence, ripped through Aersomith's 'Cryin'' on tonight's (April 23) quarterfinal performance episode of 'The Voice.' She was the last contestant to perform and she brought the house down.
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Frazer Harrison / Kris Conner, Getty Images Aerosmith bassist Tom Hamilton has a pretty interesting explanation for how he and his bandmates wound up making statements that got singer Steven Tyler "pissed off" and responding with "demeaning" comments of his own during their recent '60 Minutes' interview: The reporter's cleavage made them nervous.
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Frazer Harrison, Getty Images When Aerosmith announced its 'Global Warming' tour with Cheap Trick last month, most people expected that the shows would be in support of a new album. Hopes were high that the new album would be out in July. The band was even talking it up in interviews. However, bassist Tom Hamilton recently said that the album would not be released in time.
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Frazer Harrison, Getty Images A shout-out on 'American Idol' would have been plenty to lift the spirits of 10-year-old cancer patient Cole Grace, but while hospitalized earlier this year the Rhode Island kid found himself face-to-face with Steven Tyler. During an interview with WPRI, Grace shared what he and the Aerosmith rocker talked about.
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