The best-selling American hard rock band of all time, Aerosmith have sold over
150m albums around the world and in many ways define the hard rock genre with
lurid stories of life on the road. Formed in Boston when Joe Perry and Tom
Hamilton - then playing together in the Jam Band - met Steven Tyler, Joey Kramer
and guitarist Ray Tabano and decided to form a no-nonsense rock outfit. Signed
to Columbia in 1972, they hit it big with the Toys In The Attic and Rocks album
in 1975 and 1976. Their hard-living party approach took its toll and their story
is littered with internal conflic...