But despite bandmates’ downbeat descriptions of him, Aerosmith singer insists that’s what it’s taken to make them a big deal
No remorse: Tyler
Steven Tyler accepts he’s “cruel” to his Aerosmith bandmates – but won’t apologise because he believes that’s what’s been needed to make the band successful.
The singer tells 60 Minutes: “I’m going to be big-headed right now. I think my perfectionism and busting everyone’s chops is what got this band to where it is today.
“In the end I get a really good song, and in the end I get the hits. Yeah, I’m that good.”
Faced with accusations from guitarist Brad Whitford that “he could be extremely demanding and sometimes difficult to talk to,” and from drummer Joey Kramer that he “tortured” him, Tyler shows little remorse.
“You’re 100 percent right,” says the frontman. “I’ve said many things to all those guys that I should never have said, that I didn’t mean.”
The band admit they were furious with Tyler after his 2009 stage fall while addicted to prescription drugs – an event which brought them close to hiring a new singer.
Guitarist Joe Perry says: “To be honest, I was expecting it. I was pretty pissed off at that point.” Whitford adds Tyler’s behaviour was “irresponsible”.
But they accept their leader’s point about being “that good” – Whitford says: “It takes somebody so over the top, and in our case, Steven Tyler, who’s this amazingly gifted musician.”
if he was the driving force and what made the band a top bill, what happened to the music and hits when joe perry left the band ? oh yeah forgot about “night in the ruts” and “rock in a hard place” the first of the crap albums that aerosmith has been known for lately. just like the stones they have not written or produced any REAL new material in years. just another retro act that will soon be on the golden oldies circuit with hermans hermits and steppenwolf.
Aerosmith was a rocking band guys loved when they were on drugs in the 70′s. After that period, they really became a band whose music is for broads only and all songs since 80′s are mundane crap that don’t rock at all. In fact, it’s really garbage.