Aerosmith is one of the best bands in the world!
The band has million of fans all over the world and their songs will live forever in our hearts!
These are some facts you should know about the band!
- Aerosmith are an American rock band!
- The members of the band are: Steven Tyler,Tom Hamilton,Joey Kramer,Joe Perry,Brad Whitford.
- Also, Ray Tabano, Jimmy Crespo and Rick Dufay were members of the group in the past.
- The genres the band represents are Hard rock,blues, rock glam and metal.
- Aerosmith is the best-selling American hard rock band of all time, having sold more than 150 million records worldwide, including over 70 million records in the United States alone.
- The band has been active since 1970.
- Steven Tyler created a band called Strangeurs—later Chain Reaction—in Yonkers, NY, 1964 and Perry and Hamilton formed the Jam Band.
- In 1970 they all played in the same gig and after that they decided to join forces.
- Steven Tyler agreed that he would do it only if he could be lead singer. Before that he was a drummer for the other band.
- Kramer was the one that gave the band their name ‘’Aerosmith’’. He was writing it all the time on notebooks when he was in school.
- If they didn’t have the name ‘’Aerosmith’’ they would have been called ‘’The Hookers’’ or ‘’The Spike Jones’’.
- They were influenced by bands such the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, the Yardbirds, Led Zeppelin, and the New York Dolls.
- Aerosmith are also influencers when it comes to music. Bands such as Mötley Crüe, Ratt, Guns N’ Roses, Tesla, L.A. Guns, Cinderella, Faster Pussycat, Skid Row, Extreme, Nirvana and others were huge fans.
- Aerosmith also holds several chart and album sales feats.
- Over the course of their career primarily 1990 and after), Aerosmith has also collected six American Music Awards, four Billboard Music Awards, two People’s Choice Awards, sixteen Boston Music Awards, and numerous other awards and honors.
- “In the state of Massachusetts they celebrate “Aerosmith Day” .
- “Dream On” is a power ballad by Aerosmith.
- The song was written by lead singer Steven Tyler, this song was their first major hit.
- They have 25 gold albums, 18 platinum albums, and 12 multi-platinum albums, they hold the record for the most total certifications by an American band and are tied for the most multi-platinum albums by an American band.
- They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2001, and were included among both Rolling Stone’s and VH1’s lists of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.
