Aerosmith

Aerosmith – Honkin’ On Bobo – 2004 Aerosmith goes back to its roots and becomes…The J. Geils Band?If you go wayyyy back into the Geils catalog you’ll discover that they were one of the best blues bar bands in the country. Also from Boston, their live record Full House is Continue Reading

Aerosmith – Just Push Play – 2001 Just Push Play is, without a doubt, the ugliest record that Aerosmith has ever recorded.Still following the formula, utilizing outsized orchestrations whether or not they are appropriate, the band just comes across as tired. And we are not the beneficiaries of anything good Continue Reading

Aerosmith – Nine Lives – 1997 So, it’s been more than a year since I was doing the Listening Post for the Toxic Twins from Boston. I actually listened to this record once, but it was playing in the background while I was out in the backyard playing with Zoe Continue Reading

How do the boys from beantown follow up their masterwork? Aerosmith – Get a Grip -1993 (buy it) Livejudging Get a Grip: 1. Intro: Great. Nod your hat at the very tune that got you here. Nice.2. Eat the Rich:Oh, back to the big-ass riffage that you were known for Continue Reading

….a template for how to capitalize on the fluke success of the first hit hybrid of Rap/Rock… Aerosmith – Pump – 1989 (Buy it) Here’s the way post-Listening Posts work: After I’ve made my way through the catalog of a band I back up my computer to the EHD. Then Continue Reading

Run-DMC re-energized the flagging brand and they return with a mega selling album. But is it any good? Aerosmith – Permanent Vacation – 1987 (Buy It) There is something familiar about this….this opening track…lemme check wikipedia…it’s so….well, it’s obviously a stronger, more assured piece of songwri- Oh, right. Got it.So, Continue Reading

Joe Perry’s back! Does it matter? Aerosmith – Done With Mirrors – 1985 (Buy It) The band is “Done with mirrors”, they would have us believe. They like the amateur puns, these guys. In this case, we are to believe that they are done with using mirrors to cut their Continue Reading

Halfway through the Aerosmith catalog we finally reach the ’80s…… Aerosmith – Rock in a Hard Place – 1982 (buy it) Joe Perry takes his big licks and leaves the band for his own form of superstardom. Anyone remember The Joe Perry Project? Yeah, yeah, but do you own the Continue Reading

We continue the journey (hey! Journey! Maybe……) of blues/rock with the boys from Boston. Aerosmith – Night in the Ruts – 1979 (buy it) Night in the Ruts (Right in the Nuts, get it? Huh? Actually I didn’t until just now…..damn, I hate being stupid.) starts off with a big, Continue Reading

A break from politics….which really busted up my music appreciation summer…and back to the catalog of Aerosmith. Aerosmith – Draw the Line – 1977 (Buy it) I’ve listened to this record twice now. Once at a coffee shop and again on a ride home. Both times I had a dramatic Continue Reading