A pesar de ser conocidos como "Los chicos malos de Boston", lo cierto es que las raíces de la banda no se encuentran en el estado de Massachusetts, sino en el vecino New Hampshire, concretamente en el pueblo de Sunapee. Allí fue, a orillas del lago Sunapee, donde comenzó la historia de Aerosmith en el verano de 1970 con Steven Tyler (vocalista), Joe Perry (guitarra), Tom Hamilton (bajo), Joey Kramer (batería) y Ray Tabano (guitarra) —quien sería sustituido al cabo de poco tiempo por Brad Whitford—, como protagonistas. Una vez formado el grupo, este se trasladó en busca de oportunidades a Boston, lugar en el que compartieron apartamento y comenzaron a hacerse un hueco tocando  en  locales nocturnos. No fue hasta 1972, durante una actuación en el club Max's Kansas City de la ciudad de Nueva York, cuando llamaron la atención de una  discográfica, Columbia, lo cual les reportó el billete para grabar su álbum debut. Aerosmith vio la luz un año más tarde, y su fusión de Rock 'n' Roll, Blues y R&B presente en temas como Mama Kin, Walkin' the Dog o la célebre balada Dream On fue comparada  con el estilo de The Rolling Stones, y no sólo con el estilo. De hecho, la dupla Tyler-Perry fue bautizada  sarcásticamente como "Gémelos tóxicos" en alusión a sus adicciones y al nombre autoimpuesto de los satánicos Jagger-Richards ("Glimmer Twins").

En 1974, Get Your Wings los consolidó como una de las bandas emergentes a tener en cuenta en la escena norteamericana, y un año después, Toys in the Attic, su trabajo de estudio mejor valorado por la crítica, los catapultó definitivamente al estrellato con la ayuda de dos de las canciones más famosas de la banda, Sweet Emotion y Walk this Way. Como si de unos intrépidos montañeros se trataran, en 1976 alcanzaron la cima con Rocks, pero continuando con el símil, el descenso posterior fue tortuoso.

Tras dos álbumes poco exitosos, Draw the Line (1978) y Night in the Ruts (1980), y agotadoras giras, el desgaste y la tensión entre sus miembros provocó las marchas de Perry, primero, y de Whitford más tarde. No obstante, Tyler decidió seguir adelante con nuevos compañeros, de forma que en 1982 vio la luz  Rock in a Hard Place, otro fracaso. Cuando parecía que Aerosmith había llegado a su fin y sería sepultado por las nuevas bandas y tendencias musicales, se produjo la reconciliación entre Steven y Joe. Así pues,  con  la formación original reunida una vez más, grabaron un nuevo trabajo de estudio, Done With Mirrors (1985), pero si pretendían recuperar el tiempo perdido necesitarían algo más. Ese "algo" fue una colaboración con una pareja de moda de hip hop, Run DMC, con quienes reeditaron el tema Walk this Way. La jugada les salió tan redonda que sus siguientes discos se contaron por éxitos rotundos: Permanent Vacation (1987), Pump (1989), Get a Grip (1993) y Nine Lives (1997).

Sin embargo, las mieles del triunfo también llevaron la relajación a la banda, y con ella, los problemas, como el fantasma de las drogas. Pero afortunadamente el "malestar" volvió a ser pasajero, y la balada compuesta para la película Armageddon (1998), I Don't Want to Miss a Thing, alcanzó el primer puesto del ranquin Billboard Hot 100, disipando así todas las preocupaciones de Tyler, Perry y compañía de cara al nuevo milenio. En 2001 lanzaron al mercado con fuerzas renovadas Just Push Play, su decimotercer álbum, y tres años después, Honkin' On Bobo, un disco de versiones Blues con el que quisieron rendir tributo a sus ídolos y recuperar la esencia de sus orígenes.

]]> http://sleepingunderthesubwoofer.wordpress.com/?p=267 Wed, 01 Oct 2008 14:58:26 +0000 kimboisnumber1 http://sleepingunderthesubwoofer.com/2008/10/01/steven-tyler-sues-bloggers/

Steven tyler filed a lawsuit against some online punksters on September 24th. And, although he doesn't know who they are, he says they were posting blogs as if they were him and his wife. they also posted comments about Steven's not-so-fresh momma, which pushed his buttons.

Apparently, the defendants took Tyler's instruction to "walk this way, talk this way" a little too seriously when they allegedly impersonated Tyler in two different blogs "in a manner that represents to the public that the statements contained therein [were] being made by [Tyler] when in fact they [were] not." On the first blog, thirty-two diary entries were posted by "ST," with the first entry appearing in December 2007. Each post contained pictures of Tyler, as well as facts describing Tyler's relationship with either Brady, his children or his mother. While Tyler's impersonators revealed intimate details about "ST's" love life, Tyler, in his complaint, claims that "the impersonated statements related to [Tyler's] mother are perhaps the most hurtful given that she recently passed away." On the second blog, seven entries posted by "EB" were written from Brady's perspective and contained fabricated thoughts and commentary. Upon discovering the blogs, Tyler's attorney notified Google that the blog entries were being written by an impostor, and requested that Google take down the blogs. Google promptly complied.

Tyler filed his lawsuit in California, which is not surprising given California's generous statutory right to recover for the unauthorized use of another's "name, voice, signature, photograph or likeness." The lawsuit alleges three causes of action: (1) public disclosure of private facts, (2) "false light," and (3) common law misappropriation of likeness. In support of these claims, Tyler asserts that the defendants knowingly circulated private and fabricated facts about his life without consent in a manner that served no legitimate public interest and would be highly offensive to a reasonable person. Tyler claims that the defendants circulated the sham blog entries in order to gain personal and commercial benefits. Tyler further alleges that he sustained, and will continue to sustain, general and special damages (including damages to his reputation, personal feelings and loss of publicity value) as a direct and proximate result of the defendants' malicious and fraudulent conduct.

While Tyler's complaint understandably lacks details, the facts Tyler provides indicate that his case does not have "what it takes" to reach a victorious outcome. Given Tyler's fame and the public's genuine interest in the rich and famous, many of the disputed statements are likely to be considered newsworthy and of legitimate concern to the entertainment news-following public. Further, it is unclear what personal benefits an anonymous blogger could receive from a blog that did not advertise any product or include self-promotion.

The multitude of obstacles Tyler will face in proving this far-fetched lawsuit makes this blogger wonder if the outcome will leave Tyler walking away from the lawsuit with a "three mile smile"-- or maybe just "cryin'."

--Laura Jill Robinson

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Or if you feel it's not enough and I somehow need to prove to you that Steven Tyler is a rock god, check out my short video clip from Sweden Rock Fest '07 that I managed to snap before my camera died. 1 minute - not that's enough.

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LOOK! ... he DID it!

Against the recommendation of agents and friends, Paul McCartney performed his tremendous set in front of fifty thousand anxious fans in Tel Aviv, Israel, yesterday.

Y'see, some terrorist nut said he was gonna kill the former Beatle/Wing if he played. Of course, Macca's no stranger to death threats -- they go back to even before the 1966 Memphis cherry bomb incident. But, backed up with 5,000 security, he didn't have anything to worry about, and certainly didn't show any worry onstage!

Before the show, he went to Bethlehem and lit candles at the Church of The Nativity, wishing for peace between Israel and Pakistan.
"I am bringing a message of peace and I think that's what the region needs," he said. "It's my own small way I can bring my message."
So kudos to Sir Paul for his fantastic show as well as his bravery and compassion! He's still an inspiration to every rocker -- and a good time was had by all.

RATS!! The Hard Rock Amusement Park in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina has filed for bankruptcy protection! Yeah, it happened on Wednesday after the Park closed much earlier than they expected!

Fortunately, a park spokesman says they're still gonna open the Led Zeppelin "Whole Lotta Love" and Eagles "Life In The Fast Lane" roller coasters again next year.

Man, don't these cats understand?? You've gotta give it about three to five years for it to start turnin' a healthy, continuous profit! And they could've kept that bankruptcy wolf away from their door if the suits had spent only according to expected receipts. Geez ... (and they call themselves "businessmen"? Look -- thousands of great acts gave it all they had to make it, and this park was an ultimate tribute. So DON'T TAKE AWAY THE ROCKFEST!)

Awww, c'mon ... you've gotta be kiddin', right?

Apparently, the honchos at Geffen Records and Sony Television are tellin' us "C'mon ... get happy!", and are (groan!) working on an updated Partridge Family TV show. Sure ... like we need (OH NO!!! That ... that could mean we might end up with another [dare ya say it, RelicmanOkay, I will ...] DANNY BONADUCE!]) ...
nevermind. If it happens, then forget Wall Street; this'll be the end of the world as we know it ... lol

The Relic and all the Rockaholics send their condolences and best wishes to Patricia Keiter's family upon her passing Wednesday at 79. Why was she so important? Well, lemme tell ya the Lubbock, Texas lady's name again: Patricia ... HOLLEY ... Keiter. She was Buddy's sister!

And if you've read any blogs that've had entries from Aerosmith's Steven Tyler and his "girlfriend" that talk about his ... er, "intimate" activities, fergiddabouddit!  It's bogus!  And the real rocker is suing the two freaks who are posing as Tyler.  (Can you believe they're even hittin' on the death of his mother?  How low can you go, jerks??)  Hope he burns their axxes!

Okay ... that's it for this edition.  Tune in tomorrow for more, including updates and a coupla ketchup pieces (read it phonetically, yardbirds!).  Until then, (okay, okay ... "CATCH up" ... "ketchup" ... get it?  Geez ...) remember:

Keep yer eyes on the skies, your nose to the wind, your heart with the music ... and
I'll see ya on the flip side.

Aerosmith - Toys in the Attic (1975, Columbia Records)

Track Listing:
1. "Toys in the Attic" ... 3:06
2. "Uncle Salty" ... 4:10
3. "Adam's Apple" ... 4:34
4. "Walk this Way" ... 3:40
5. "Big Ten Inch Record" ...2:14
6. "Sweet Emotion" ...4:34
7. "No More, No More" ... 4:34
8. "Round and Round" ... 5:05
9. "You See Me Crying" ... 5:12

Band:
Steven Tyler – Lead Vocals, Harmonica, Percussion, Keyboard
Joe Perry – Guitar, Backing Vocals, Bass, Percussion
Brad Whitford – Guitar
Tom Hamilton – Bass
Joey Kramer – Drums, Backing Vocals

Produced by: Jack Douglas

One of my favorite albums, and I'm ashamed it look me so long to buy it (probably around '99 or '00). Every song is a classic. "Walk This Way" and "Sweet Emotion" are legendary, but there's so much meat on this album. "Big Ten Inch Record" is a fun play on words and "You See Me Crying" is a great (hair?) ballad and "Round and Round" (not the Ratt song!) is one of the band's heavier songs. A blue print album for the next decade's hair metal scene.

Highlights: All of it.

www.aerosmith.com
www.myspace.com/aerosmith

Resulta que no es la primera vez que le pasaba. Ya en 2007 tuvo que pedir que retiraran de la red varias publicaciones suyas. 

Especialmente le han dolido aquellas que hacen referencia a su madre, que recientemente ha fallecido.

Y es que parece que no... en la red no se puede decir cualquier cosa.

Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler on Wednesday sued unknown bloggers who the singer said impersonated him on the Web, writing about the death of his mother and other "intimate details" from his life.

In a lawsuit filed in Los Angeles, Tyler, 60, said he didn't know the real names of those who have impersonated him and girlfriend Erin Brady on the Web, but he believes the same group was responsible for similar postings in 2007.

So, children, if you plan on being Steven Tyler for the upcoming Halloween season, throw the fucking costume away. He'll sue the shit out of you. You see that Big Wheel? That XBox? Gone.

Google removed the sites in December of 2007 after Steven raised hell -- but shockingly, they reappeared on the web anyway.

Not for nothing, but this game could change people's lives. And here's why.

I put the game on in my recording studio and my daughter Ella picked up the guitar and started hitting the cords and jumping up and down like a rockstar. She then picked out a song and became a rockstar. She played the game for hours and posed in front of the camera in her black and white leggings, her rockstar tshirt and her pigtails shaking back and forth. I couldnt stop laughing. My friends were on the floor, but she wasnt done.

She climbed up on my desk grabbed the mic and did a better performance than half of the people that walk into our recording studio. She really thinks she is a rockstar. and thats just half of the story.

The next day we went into Hollywood for lunch at this great Italian joint inside Fred Seagals. As we sat down my luantic daughter grabbed two knives and started banging on the table, " I am IRON MAN, dadadadadada dundadadun. the people started to look over as I said Ella chill out, we are at a restaurant baby. The waitress came over and couldnt believe it, so did a bunch of other customers. But thats not all. Ella decided it was showtime and busted out her version of our favorite song, " Momma told me, yes she told me, Id meet girls like you, She also told me stay away you'll never know what you'll catch...." in the middle of her verse this guy looks over wearing black leather pants with a boa around his neck and a bandana around his long black hair. He was in a business meeting at the next table. He hears this version of Surrender and says, "You gotta be kidding me?" I said nope, she does this all day long. I said to him, 'you want to hear her sing one of your songs? He said which one? Depends on her mood but maybe she'll give you "Train kept a rollin, or Walk this way" You see the guy was Steven Tyler the best rock and roller of all-time and my kid was rocking the house - all because of Guitar Hero. And because her daddy is a really cool daddy. She stopped singing after all the applause to say, "daddy I gotta go peepee' You see my daughter, Ellabelle Rose Forster is three... yes 3.

From a storming debut of British rock juggernauts Led Zeppelin to the powerhouse comeback statement of America's biggest rock band; Aerosmith's Pump. There's something that stops Aerosmith being recognised as much as they should be other here, it could be that they became victims of the MTV posturing their rejuvenation sparked or simply that all that big rock balladry went out long ago. It could be that there's nothing like an over-the-top film tie-in hit to turn off the critics. Of course; it could simply be that they've still not topped this album since its release in 1989.

Something, I can't remember what, led me to Aerosmith's Big Ones - the compilation of their Geffen albums sometime around 1996 before the release of Nine Lives. From their this was my next purchase and the radio fodder of singles What It Takes and Love In An Elevator didn't really prepare me for what this album contain, with the exception of the sleaze of ..Elevator. From the kick off this album is a power house full of heavy riffs and thumping drums underpinned with melody and basically great songs.

Young Lust is exactly what you'd expect from an Aerosmith song with such a title; charging guitars and storming rhythm as Tyler sings the words that sums the album up entirely:

"a little bit o' nasty
you look a little sleazy
but don't get any on you

young lust
you better keep your daughter inside
or she's gonna get a dose of my pride
yeah, everybody talks about it"

As an opener it perfectly sets up what follows. Young Lust starts almost with a falter before picking up an energy that carries it along and rams it straight into F.I.N.E and sets up the rest of the album.

The songs (with the exception of Janie's Got A Gun) don't deal with heavy issues, it's lust and the energy of youth perfectly captured by men nudging their middle ages but injected with a fresh sense of urgency since cleaning up their act and at the very peak of their game. Joe Perry lays down startling lead and solo after startling lead and solo while showing off more versatility (check out the slide work of Monkey On My Back) than most guitarists of the MTV late 80's rock scene.

This album is the sound of a band getting back their edge. While Permanent Vacation threw them back into the limelight and the charts, it really didn't sound like the hard edged rockers that had produced the classics like Rocks and Toys In The Attic. Here they retain the precision that came with their comeback but they lose the shine and gloss in favour of something harder, grittier and raunchier. Most importantly, the best songs on the album are written without outside help showing that while their addictions may have robbed their earlier fortunes, it never took their ability to create great music. Every member makes his presence known on this album be it Joey Kramer's never-miss drums, Tom Hamilton's co-creation of Janie's Got A Gun or Brad Whitfords nail-it-down rhythm guitar and titling of the album (thankfully stopping it being called Here's Looking Up Your Old Address) every band member brings this album kicking and screaming into touch.

While at the time of release Janies Got A Gun was heralded for tackling the taboo of child molestation, today the lyrics no longer shock in the same way. Musically though the track is a milestone. String arrangements, distorted guitars and THAT Korg intro showed a band moving forward and willing to take risks with their sound (if only they hadn't tried the rap folly of Just Push Play on 2001's album of the same name). With musical interludes expertly splicing the gap from the sublimely fast paced to the bluesier laid back numbers, the pacing of this album means the listener loses interest and even the now-obligatory power ballad What It Takes is a cut above the average.

There's not a song that gets skipped when this album hits my cd player and I strongly recommend this album gets the listening it deserves. Maybe steer clear of the Spinal Tap like Making of Pump dvd in which Tyler suggests that he and his comrades are "like ladder makers" without a trace of irony. It's just a shame they never pushed it further.

Check out:

Young Lust and F.I.N.E rightly lodged together

Don't Get Mad, Get Even; boogie-woogie-raunch-rock as it should be

This is for Sanity Found (Happy 30th Birthday - yesterday), Leaving Evangeline's friend Amy who undergoes surgery on Monday, and Amber (weathering her own storm, but still celebrating with friends).  Here's to friends!

The Original by Bill Weathers (likely the best version):

Club Nouveau (probably my favorite version):

How about Steven Tyler of Aerosmith singing with a church choir (never thought I'd see it):

The African Children's Choir (we had them sing at our high school when I was principal):

From the movie Lean on Me (1989)( I would have liked this to happen at my high school):

El día de hoy les vengo a traer una pequeña reseña de lo que es esta buena banda, una de mis favoritas, Aerosmith, Stephen Victor Tallarico más conocido como Steven Tyler empezaba en la ciudad New Hampshire (Nueva Inglaterra, E.U.A.) con una agrupación bajo el nombre de "The Strangers” (como baterista) por ahí del año 64 que después se llamaría "Chain Reaction", mientras Joe Perry junto a Tom Hamilton integrantes de “Jam Band” coinciden en el año de 1970 con este proyecto que los llevaría a ser reconocidos ampliamente en la escena de rock mundial.

Steven Tyler y Joe Perry

En sus inicios la banda con estilos de Blues y Rock tocando en bares de Boston sacan su primer LP llamado “AEROSMITH” con el principal éxito  "Dream on" se empezaron a dar a conocer dentro del medio con una buena agrupación aun sin tener el estilo que los caracterizaría, posteriormente llegaría otro disco llamado “GET YOUR WINGS” con no mucho ruido ya que el próximo marcaría su éxito y reconocimiento, el disco cuyo nombre fue “TOYS IN THE ATTIC” en 1975 muy importante en la historia de Aerosmith ya que a sido considerado unos de los mejores en la historia del Rock con el ya conocido tema “Walk This Way”.

Todo marchaba de excelente manera pues el grupo se encontraba en una parte muy alta y reconocida, ya con un estilo propio surge “Rocks” en 1976, hasta ahí todo iba bien ya que después la agrupación callo en un bache pues no le gusto mucho a los Fans de la época las siguientes producciones combinado a los excesos de Tyler y Perry hacia las drogas y el alcohol que provocaría la Salida de este ultimo por algunas discusiones formando “The Joe Perry Project”. “Rock In A Hard place” un disco sin muchas ventas sale en el año 84 supliendo en las guitarras Jimmy Crespo y Rick Dufay a Joe Perry que en un romántico día de san Valentín ( =P ) del mismo año se reúne con sus excompañeros, arrancando el exitoso reinicio del grupo que arrojo discos como "Done With Mirrors", "Permanent Vacation" de rolas como “Dude” o “Angel” (rola que me encanta y precisamente suena ahora mientras escribo =) ). Posteriormente llegarían "Pump" (de rolas como “Janie`s Got a Gun"),  “Get A Grip” en 1993 con “Livin On The Edge” y “Crazy” siendo uno de su mas grandes hits y de los videos mas populares también, ya que contó con la aparición de su guapa hija (dueña de mis sueños =D) la actriz Liv Tyler que serviría también para darse a conocer aun mas en la escena de la actuación y el modelaje.

Liv Tyler

Con la banda a tope se desprende “Big Ones” (que me hace recordar mis viejos cassettes que intercambiaba en la primaria) disco recopilatorio de éxitos. Le seguiría “Nine Lives” en 1997, una millonaria autobiografía llamada "Walk This Way", escrita con Stephen Davis, un disco en vivo “A Little South Of Sanity” y el éxito "I Don't Wanna Miss a Thing" hecho como tema principal de la película “Armageddon” protagonizada nuevamente por Liv Tyler.

En 2001 lanzan “Just Push Play”,  de ahí para acá la banda se a dedicado a sacar discos recopilatorios como ”Young Lust” (2001), ”O, Yeah! Ultimate” (2002), “Hokin` On Bobo” (2004, con versiones en Blues), “Devil's Got a New Disguise” (2006), en este 2008 a surgido otro disco más de recopilaciones llamado ”Gold Collection” además de tener participaciones en con algunos de sus temas en el Videojuego “Guiatar Hero” y también en un divertido capitulo de la llamarada Moe en “Los Simpson”.

Aerosmith, una buena banda con un sello y estilo propio, ya lo dijo una vez Tyler "tienes que copiarlo hasta que lo logres" esa es la base yo creo para llegar a ser de un influenciado a alguien que influya, pues ahora conocemos muchos grupos que han tomado el ejemplo musical de ellos. Estaría chido el poder escuchar algún nuevo álbum creo que ya se extraña algo así. los dejos con una de mis rolas favoritas “Cryin”.

cause what you got inside
Aint where your love should stay
Yeah, our love, sweet love, aint love
If you give your heart away

last night i went out to dinner in the north end with some folks from work.
 
we walked by the hard rock and there was this big, enthusiastic crowd outside - everyone trying to peer into the venue.

people were all fired up.  on the street were vans from fox news and waaf.
 
i say to some 20 year old kid: what's going on here?
 
the 20 year old kid: steven tyler is here...isn't that awesome?
 
me: confused expression.  silence.
 
the 20 year old kid: dude - steven tyler.  don't you know who steven tyler is?
 
me: of course.  i am just stunned that this many people give a shit.

With that said, what people remember is "Johnny Carson." Klosterman put the man in quotes because what he became and what he stood for in itself was this subconscious "concept" that in itself defines something huge. He represents a moment that everyone was a part of.

Now, where this all comes together is in the way Klosterman describes the current way of life as we live today. You have a zillion options everywhere you go, so many things to choose from. He even kind of compares this to relationships. Apparently Steven Tyler of Aerosmith once said that the thought of being with one woman a thousand times is more interesting than thousands of one time flings with different women. While his epiphany is endearing and sweet, most men will likely disagree because most people believe it's much better to have choices, plenty of options. What people don't realize is that choice alienates us, and the more choices we have, the lonelier, and the more isolated we become. How many times have you stood before a shelf in a drug store, wondering what toothpaste or deodorant to buy? We've all trained ourselves to believe we like to have a choice. But the more I think about it, the more I'm sure that indecision, doubt, and all of the other insecurities that plague us are connected to the fact that we just give ourselves way too much to choose from.

With that said (because, I'm sure you're asking yourself how all of this relates back to Johnny Carson), it's hard for everyone to have "that moment" together nowadays, since there are so many choices. Everyone was watching Johnny Carson back when he was on TV, and if you were watching something else, well, it was more so that you just weren't watching Johnny Carson. Now, there's a handful of household late night names - and another handful that somehow squeezed in their 15 minutes of fame (like that Carson Daly clown.) And outside of that, the range of shows you could be watching at 11:30 pm are kind of infinite. But, those live moments, the one single moment that we all share, without having the option to Tivo it or watch it later on Youtube is gone. We're all kind of alone in our moments now, and we reach them at different times. There was a time when there was one ad for soap, one ad for cereal - there was only one brand, one name to trust, one concept to understand, and nothing more.

Nobody's Fault

First of all, a little about my Guitar Hero ability, to get some perspective on how easy the game is. I'm stuck on the last tier of Guitar Hero III (Raining Blood, Number of the Beast, One, Cliffs of Dover) on Hard, and just started Expert and so far can play through the first few tiers without much difficulty. Picking up Guitar Hero: Aerosmith, I decided to start out on Hard and hope that I wouldn't get stuck. I think I got through without failing a song once, though a few restarts were necessary. I've started playing on Expert and haven't gotten too far, but it's more a result of a lack of free time than genuine difficulty. The vast majority of the songs aren't too challenging (I got 100% on Dream On on Hard on my first try, and that's the second last encore), and so far moving up from Hard to Expert hasn't proved too difficult (the video above is on Expert, and I can only find one or two parts that differ at all from Hard, though I haven't actually played that far yet).

As for the song list, it's half Aerosmith, half other bands. Obviously, you're only even going to consider buying this game if you like Aerosmith. I only have their O, Yeah! Ultimate Aerosmith Hits greatest hits album and I've heard Rocks, and that was enough for me to enjoy the track list, arguably more than Guitar Hero III's track list. But that's mostly a personal call. For me, I found that I liked most of the Aerosmith songs, and the game only got dull during the other songs like "Dream Police" or "All The Young Dudes", which aren't similar to Aerosmith by any stretch of the imagination and scream "POWER BALLAD!!!!" a little too loudly for me. Only four songs are covers and another four Aerosmith songs are re-recordings (by Aerosmith, don't worry), including "Dream On" and "Mama Kin", the latter of which has the "smoking tea" line edited down to "smokin'", which kinda throws off the song musically, because it's obvious there's another word there.

Like Guitar Hero III, the animated story parts are incredibly lame, but are fortunately only at the beginning and end. Instead, there are brief interviews with the band in between tiers where they talk about the part of the band's history the game loosely covers (it ignores the druggy stuff and break-up, but that's understandable), though these are only worth seeing once.

Unfortunately, the band from Guitar Hero III makes a return as well, and are just as hideous as they were last time. There's also a second guitarist added to make the band match five people like Aerosmith, and she's just as ugly and jerky as the other characters, even if she does garner some diversity points. Another complaint is that buying guitars in the game seems kind of spotty, since I've bought a few that it won't let me use.

It's worth noting that, unlike GH III, there is no co-op career mode, which is lame. And some of the motion-cap is a little creepy, since it varies from Joe Perry's mouth barely moving like he overdosed on botox to Steven Tyler's mouth moving so loosely it looks like his lower jaw is in danger of falling off.

Also, the game has both the original and Run-DMC versions of "Walk This Way":

Walk This Way

As far as the Wii version goes, I'm sure Wii owners will be happy to hear that they didn't get shafted this time. The game is in stereo, there are a ton of special guitars I suspect weren't in Wii's GH III, and a few other additions, like extra animations for star power that I think were left out for the Wii version of GH III.

I'm not sure it's the same for all versions, but the Wii version, graphically, looks rushed and pretty bad. There have been times where the crowd or band would be heavily pixilated, making the background look worse than N64 quality.

By far the biggest complaint against the game would have to be the price, especially for the Wii version. Paying $50 for the game is kind a stretch by itself, but a $100 game/guitar controller set is not only more expense than Guitar Hero III, even when it was new, but still too expensive, especially when you consider that the controller in the Wii version isn't even wireless and doesn't really have any excuse to cost as much as the PS3 and 360 versions.

Overall, it's a pretty fun game, as long as you like Aerosmith, but it's also worth waiting for the price to come down.

Keely-shaye, 44 anos, tava curtindo uma prainha com o maridão, lá no Hawaii. Adoro a confiança dela. Outra que é assim é a filha do Steven Tyler, Mia Tyler. Elas vão que vão! São grandes e não obesas. Uma coisa meio renascentista. Go girl!