<![CDATA[ Latest from Guitar Player in Aerosmith ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/tag/aerosmith Wed, 13 May 2026 19:05:51 +0000 en <![CDATA[ “Joe took it really badly.” Aerosmith producer Jack Douglas, who died May 11, on the time Steve Hunter replaced Joe Perry on “Train Kept A Rollin’” ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/aerosmith-producer-jack-douglas-who-died-may-11-on-the-time-steve-hunter-replaced-joe-perry-on-train-kept-a-rollin X2BNjNXDwuhKaXau9JDtm Wed, 13 May 2026 19:05:51 +0000 <![CDATA[ “All the power was coming from the English bands, we were drawing on that”: Why Joe Perry says Aerosmith’s debut album was an important learning curve ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/joe-perry-on-aerosmiths-debut-album UTiomg69sSwgPBH8Doy2ba Thu, 16 Apr 2026 19:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Cynical and nauseating.” Nuno Bettencourt, Joe Perry and Steven Tyler paid tribute to Ozzy Osbourne. Darkness guitarist Dan Hawkins called it “another nail in the coffin of rock n' roll” ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/ozzy-tribute-at-the-mtv-vmas-2025 hhpEcQCg9WxEif7yXSw4Nh Tue, 09 Sep 2025 16:45:47 +0000 <![CDATA[ “We headlined. He went on first, and he kicked our ass…" Joe Perry and Brad Whitford on the time Aerosmith were schooled by Rory Gallagher ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/joe-perry-and-brad-whitford-on-getting-schooled-by-rory-gallagher-in-1974 EPmwVDF8Em2CfvjTQtj7BH Wed, 13 Aug 2025 11:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I know there's gotta be at least another Aerosmith gig.” Joe Perry says the Boston rockers aren’t finished yet ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/joe-perry-hints-at-aerosmith-return QHhNxsqpvMHABg4LSuiJQB Tue, 01 Jul 2025 16:04:34 +0000 <![CDATA[ “We were underdogs that still had to prove ourselves.” Aerosmith feared their label would drop them if 'Toys in the Attic' wasn’t a success. Fifty years on, Joe Perry discusses the riffs that saved them from oblivion ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/aerosmiths-toys-in-the-attic-50-years-on sPngtu3pWQspwGaEqLWz7d Wed, 09 Apr 2025 19:07:11 +0000 <![CDATA[ "It’s as if all of Jeff Beck’s genius is right here on one album. There’s a taste of everything.” Joe Perry riffs on Beck, the Yardbirds and "The 10 Records That Changed My Life" ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/music/joe-perry-10-records-that-changed-my-life S6uVhw5B7oykzGuX78R2vK Sat, 05 Apr 2025 13:21:15 +0000 Mon, 07 Apr 2025 13:28:54 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I went out to have a cigarette. The door opens and it’s the producer. He looks at me and says, ‘You feel like playing?’”: Steve Hunter tells how he spontaneously tracked the guitar solo for Aerosmith's "Train Kept a Rollin' " ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/steve-hunter-train-kept-a-rollin dVGBadEbfjFQPxyWbY5zCY Wed, 25 Dec 2024 13:44:52 +0000 Thu, 02 Jan 2025 19:17:29 +0000 <![CDATA[ "It does a great job in front of any amp and has become an MVP in the studio.” Joe Bonamassa and Joe Perry name the best guitar gear of the year. Their choices surprised us ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/joe-bonamassa-and-joe-perry-gear-of-the-year ojnyft5fenbgsrVySpKAvD Wed, 04 Dec 2024 15:48:28 +0000 Thu, 12 Dec 2024 12:10:38 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I took a bass string, put it on the guitar, and tuned it in unison an octave lower than the A string so I'd still be able to play with all six strings.” Joe Perry reveals his unusual techniques behind writing classic Aerosmith riffs ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/joe-perry-on-classic-aerosmith-riffs LtAAQk5tEgYAEudaN4Minb Sun, 24 Nov 2024 16:13:45 +0000 Mon, 25 Nov 2024 04:23:26 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Brad said, ’Your Les Paul? I know where it is.’ He pulled out a guitar magazine with Slash's collection.” Joe Perry reveals the full story behind the Les Paul ’Burst he lost to the Guns N' Roses guitarist ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/joe-perry-on-his-slash-les-paul uJHuEP2GtUC98cVNDr59UA Thu, 14 Nov 2024 13:17:32 +0000 Tue, 22 Apr 2025 08:19:15 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I’m a stone-cold Gibson man... but the guitar I miss the most from that era is the Strat I recorded Walk This Way with”: Joe Perry talks about the guitar that got away from him – and it’s not a Les Paul ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/joe-perry-walk-this-way-strat mSJgZqxqvsK7VFrkHpTMT5 Fri, 07 Jun 2024 15:26:54 +0000 Tue, 07 Jan 2025 11:09:19 +0000 <![CDATA[ “There’s a riff that represents my twisted idea of how Aerosmith might sound in 5/4”: How Guthrie Govan channeled his inner Steve Reich, and Steve Cropper, on the Aristocrats' humorous, musically dazzling new album, Duck ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/guthrie-govan-the-aristocrats-duck e55UifJWPFx3osedHgXwed Wed, 06 Mar 2024 19:53:42 +0000 Tue, 07 Jan 2025 11:03:34 +0000 <![CDATA[ 50 Years Ago, Rock and Roll Experienced One of Its Greatest Years: Here’s Why ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/1973-albums nnhgLe7PfkoTKcQx2JjeYG Thu, 06 Jul 2023 17:59:44 +0000 <![CDATA[ Joe Perry Says He Recorded the Majority of Aerosmith's Early Material with Fender Stratocasters ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/joe-perry-says-he-recorded-the-majority-of-aerosmiths-early-material-with-fender-stratocasters sRmppTANattjTzpqWTgTPb Mon, 20 Mar 2023 15:14:51 +0000 Tue, 07 Jan 2025 11:08:53 +0000 <![CDATA[ Watch Led Zeppelin and Aerosmith’s Epic Live Performance at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/watch-led-zeppelin-and-aerosmiths-epic-live-performance-at-the-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame BztLo9D6LrK88uFL3LqJ4W Tue, 11 Oct 2022 13:16:26 +0000 <![CDATA[ How Alvino Rey Introduced the Guitar World to Effects in the 1930s by Making His Instrument Talk ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/gear/how-alvino-rey-introduced-the-guitar-world-to-effects-in-the-1930s-by-making-his-instrument-talk Mqa42eWyNDeRE7GrXKL5vZ Wed, 13 Apr 2022 15:56:16 +0000 <![CDATA[ Watch Aerosmith Perform Their First Major Hit Live on TV in 1974 ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/watch-aerosmith-perform-their-first-major-hit-live-on-tv-in-1974 rubswVJCuysWcgXFcacZek Tue, 19 Oct 2021 18:21:41 +0000 Tue, 19 Oct 2021 20:25:49 +0000 <![CDATA[ Brad Whitford: "I Have My Doubts About Aerosmith Ever Really Performing Again" ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/brad-whitford-i-have-my-doubts-about-aerosmith-ever-really-performing-again 7icnaAva8zSPyH2r83mQBQ Mon, 07 Jun 2021 15:48:29 +0000 <![CDATA[ How Slash Found - and Lost - Joe Perry's 1959 Les Paul ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/how-slash-found-and-lost-joe-perrys-1959-les-paul yhDxnhysDAUsWrPYuRnRdd Thu, 10 Sep 2020 14:51:15 +0000 <![CDATA[ Who Really Played Aerosmith’s “Train Kept A Rollin’” Solos? ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/who-really-played-aerosmith-train-kept-a-rollin-solos 5mP6yZDboCenZKwSTgo8ca Mon, 06 Jul 2020 15:49:56 +0000 Mon, 06 Jul 2020 17:49:28 +0000 <![CDATA[ Aerosmith's Joe Perry and Brad Whitford Discuss Gear and the Band's Future ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/aerosmiths-joe-perry-and-brad-whitford-discuss-gear-and-the-bands-future x7Ddq8gSbvWcsF95y97keT Mon, 03 Jun 2019 08:32:11 +0000 Thu, 16 Apr 2020 08:33:55 +0000