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In spring 2023, the band announced its "Peace Out" farewell tour, originally intended to run from September 2023 to January 2024. However, after the first three shows, Tyler suffered damage to his vocal cords and was ordered by his doctors to rest his voice for at least 30 days. The injury was later found to be worse than originally thought; as a result, the rest of the tour has been postponed to 2024. Joey Kramer is not taking part, replaced by John Douglas on drums.

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In spring 2023, the band announced its "Peace Out" farewell tour, originally intended to run from September 2023 to January 2024. However, after the first three shows, Tyler suffered damage to his vocal cords and was ordered by his doctors to rest his voice for at least 30 days. The injury was later found to be worse than originally thought; as a result, the rest of the tour has been had to be postponed and will now run from September 2024 to 2024.February 2025. Joey Kramer is not taking part, replaced by John Douglas on drums.
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Aerosmith is an American hard rock band, sometimes referred to as "The Bad Boys From Boston" and "America's Greatest Rock And Roll Band." Their style, rooted in blues-based hard rock, has come to also incorporate elements of pop, heavy metal, glam, and rhythm and blues, which has inspired many subsequent rock artists. The band was formed in [[HollywoodNewEngland Boston, Massachusetts]] in 1970. Guitarist Joe Perry and bassist Tom Hamilton, originally in a band together called the Jam Band, met up with singer Steven Tyler, drummer Joey Kramer, and guitarist Ray Tabano, and formed Aerosmith. By 1971, Brad Whitford had replaced Tabano, and the band began developing a following in Boston. Their first gig under the name Aerosmith was at Mendon Nipmuc High School.

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Aerosmith is an American hard rock HardRock band, sometimes referred to as "The Bad Boys From Boston" and "America's Greatest Rock And Roll Band." Their style, rooted in blues-based hard rock, has come to also incorporate elements of pop, heavy metal, glam, and rhythm and blues, which has inspired many subsequent rock artists. The band was formed in [[HollywoodNewEngland Boston, Massachusetts]] in 1970. Guitarist Joe Perry and bassist Tom Hamilton, originally in a band together called the Jam Band, met up with singer Steven Tyler, drummer Joey Kramer, and guitarist Ray Tabano, and formed Aerosmith. By 1971, Brad Whitford had replaced Tabano, and the band began developing a following in Boston. Their first gig under the name Aerosmith was at Mendon Nipmuc High School.

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* PowerBallad: Quite a few, including "Dream On", "Crazy" and "I Don't Want to Miss A Thing".
** Even before these were their second standard for hits, they had songs like "You See Me Crying" and "Home Tonight".

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* PowerBallad: Quite This hadn't quite been fully codified as a few, including trope when "Dream On", On" was recorded, but the song was definitely a major influence on the style, then later on they began specializing in these, with huge hits like "Crazy" and "I Don't Want to Miss A Thing".
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Thing". Even before these were their second standard for hits, then, they had songs like "You See Me Crying" and "Home Tonight".
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* KarmicDeath: In "Janie's Got a Gun", the titular character's sexually abusive father is shot dead by his own daughter when she has enough of his cruelty. Even the lyrics agree he had it coming.
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In spring 2023, the band announced its "Peace Out" farewell tour, to run from September 2023 to January 2024.

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In spring 2023, the band announced its "Peace Out" farewell tour, originally intended to run from September 2023 to January 2024.
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* RearrangeTheSong: "Let The Music Do The Talking" was originally released in 1980 by The Joe Perry Project, the band Perry formed after leaving Aerosmith. When Joe Perry returned to Aerosmith for 1985's ''Done With Mirrors'', the band did their own version: The arrangement was extremely similar to the Joe Perry Project version and the chorus was exactly the same, but Steven Tyler rewrote the verses, altering the vocal melody and using entirely different lyrics.

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"Let The Music Do The Talking" was originally released in 1980 by The Joe Perry Project, the band Perry formed after leaving Aerosmith. When Joe Perry returned to Aerosmith for 1985's ''Done With Mirrors'', the band did their own version: The arrangement was extremely similar to the Joe Perry Project version and the chorus was exactly the same, but Steven Tyler rewrote the verses, altering the vocal melody and using entirely different lyrics.



--> Makin' love at seventeen yeah we had the luck\\

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--> ---> Makin' love at seventeen yeah we had the luck\\
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* UncommonTime: The bass riff at the beginning of "The Movie" is in 11/8 and completely off-tempo to the 4/4 that takes over the remainder of the song when the whole band comes in.

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* DrugsAreBad: "Monkey on My Back". Credit for them talking from experience here.

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* DrugsAreBad: "Monkey on My Back". Credit for them talking from experience here. Tom Hamilton has always been particularly vocal about the impact the band's addictions had on them.
-->'''Tom:''' My advice to any band is, if you want to go out and play and have no emotions whatsoever: snort some coke. It strips all the feeling away. When we started out, we took pride in the fact that we could play James Brown songs and make them swing and cook the way they were supposed to. And that approach carried over into our own music. Then we snorted coke and went out and played them at twice their normal tempo. I can't even listen to our ''Live Bootleg'' album anymore.
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** "Eat the Rich"'s intro includes "I got the right key baby but the wrong keyhole", a lyric from "F.I.N.E."

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** "Eat the Rich"'s intro The "Intro" track on ''Get a Grip'' includes "I "You got the right key baby but the wrong keyhole", keyhole" (paraphrasing a lyric from "F.I.N.E.") and the signature guitar riff from "Walk This Way."
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* LicensedPinballTable: ''Pinball/{{Aerosmith}}''.

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* GreatestHitsAlbum: Several

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* GreatestHitsAlbum: SeveralSeveral, ranging from Columbia-only, Geffen-only, or a combination of their output in both labels.


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* LargeHam: Steven, who goes all the way in most songs (whether screaming, singing fast, or changing from high to lower pitch), and barely keeps still on stage.
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* VideoFullOfFilmClips: "I Don't Want to Miss A Thing" for ''Film/{{Armageddon}}''.

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* VideoFullOfFilmClips: "I Don't Want to Miss A Thing" for ''Film/{{Armageddon}}''.
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* IconicLogo: Which went through some ArtEvolution, as [[http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/71qrR-AxtRL._SL1115_.jpg the cover of]] ''[[GreatestHitsAlbum O, Yeah! Ultimate Aerosmith Hits]]'' shows.
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->"So, from all of us at Aerosmith, to all of you out there wherever you are, remember: the light at the end of the tunnel may be you. Good night."

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->"So, ->''"So, from all of us at Aerosmith, to all of you out there wherever you are, remember: the light at the end of the tunnel tunnel... may be you. Good night.""''
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[[caption-width-right:350:Aerosmith in recent years. From left to right: Brad Whitford, Joe Perry, Steven Tyler, Tom Hamilton and Joey Kramer.]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:Aerosmith in recent years. From left to right: L - R: Brad Whitford, Joe Perry, Steven Tyler, Tom Hamilton and Joey Kramer.]]
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* CoverVersion: "Walkin' the Dog" (Rufus Thomas, Music/TheRollingStones), "Train Kept A-Rollin'" (Tiny Bradshaw, Music/TheYardbirds), "Big Ten Inch Record" (Bull Moose Jackson), "Remember (Walking in the Sand)" (The Shangri-Las), "Come Together", "I'm Down", and "Helter Skelter" (Music/TheBeatles)...

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* CoverVersion: "Walkin' the Dog" (Rufus Thomas, Music/TheRollingStones), Music/{{The Rolling Stones|Band}}), "Train Kept A-Rollin'" (Tiny Bradshaw, Music/TheYardbirds), "Big Ten Inch Record" (Bull Moose Jackson), "Remember (Walking in the Sand)" (The Shangri-Las), "Come Together", "I'm Down", and "Helter Skelter" (Music/TheBeatles)...



** "Falling In Love" borrows a lyric from Music/TheRollingStones ("[[DoubleEntendre But you like the way I hold the microphone]]").

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** "Falling In Love" borrows a lyric from Music/TheRollingStones Music/{{The Rolling Stones|Band}} ("[[DoubleEntendre But you like the way I hold the microphone]]").
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* SuicidalGotcha: In "Cryin'", Alicia Silverstone's character steps off a bridge before it's revealed that she's using a bungee rope that stops her fall, after which she gives the finger to Stephen Dorff's character.
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The band (as a whole) also starred in three video games thus far: the arcade LightGunGame ''VideoGame/RevolutionX'', and a ''VideoGame/GuitarHero'' game with their namesake, as well as a short lived virtual music game "Quest For Fame." Apparently, they have made more money off ''Guitar Hero: Aerosmith'' than they have off any of their albums.

The band ran into more problems in the late 2000s. Tensions arose as Tyler took time out to treatment for painkiller addiction and surgery as well as blindsiding the other members by becoming a judge on ''Series/AmericanIdol''. With Tyler & Perry at loggerheads things got to the point where it was reported the band were looking for a new singer, however the band patched things up, started work on a new album and completed a combined South America/Asia tour in late 2011.

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The band (as a whole) also starred in three video games thus far: the arcade LightGunGame ''VideoGame/RevolutionX'', and a ''VideoGame/GuitarHero'' game with their namesake, as well as and a short lived virtual music game "Quest For Fame." Apparently, they have made more money off ''Guitar Hero: Aerosmith'' than they have off any of their albums.

The band ran into more problems in the late 2000s. Tensions arose as Tyler took time out to treatment for painkiller addiction and surgery as well as plus blindsiding the other members by becoming a judge on ''Series/AmericanIdol''. With Tyler & Perry at loggerheads things got to the point where it was reported the band were looking for a new singer, however the band patched things up, started work on a new album and completed a combined South America/Asia tour in late 2011.



* RapeAndRevenge: "Janie's Got A Gun". And it's ParentalAbuse to boot ("Tell me now it's untrue\What did her daddy do?") and "[[{{Patricide}} Man, he had it coming]]".

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* RapeAndRevenge: "Janie's Got A Gun". And it's ParentalAbuse to boot [[AbusiveDad child abuse]] too ("Tell me now it's untrue\What did her daddy do?") and "[[{{Patricide}} Man, he had it coming]]".
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* SkunkStripe: Joe Perry now has it. Steven has one too, but more subtle.
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-->"Dream On"

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* ThemedTattoos: In the video for "Cryin'", Creator/AliciaSilverstone's character has a half heart tattoo on her upper chest with her boyfriend (Creator/StephenDorff) having the other half on the web of his right hand. She's later seen getting it covered up after seeing him cheating on her with another girl.
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* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: "Monkey on my Back".
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* MohsScaleOfLyricalHardness: Mostly 4-6 given their reliance to talk about sex and hardships. "Janie's Got a Gun" is probably a 8 given it gets dark and murderous.
* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: The ballads go from 2-4. The regular rock stuff is 5-6 bordering on 7 in case of fast-paced songs such as "Toys in the Attic".

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