Black Sheep Hit: Multiple times, with "Dream On", "Angel", and "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" with the latter notably not written by Steven Tyler and was instead written by Diane Warren with the intent that it would be performed by Céline Dion or a musician of a similar style. They actually refused to play several of their songs in concert for years because of this.
Coincidentally, Mark Chesnutt's cover of "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" was a black sheep hit for him around the same time, as he was mainly known for his traditional fiddle-and-steel country, not covers of rock power ballads. In fact, said cover was by far his biggest hit.
Career Resurrection: Drug addiction and internal conflict caused the guitarists to leave the band between 1979 and 1981, during which Night in the Ruts and Rock in a Hard Place tanked and the band got dropped by Columbia Records. Even the return of those guitarists for their critically acclaimed debut on Geffen Records, Done With Mirrors, barely revived the band. But in 1986 Aerosmith came back into the spotlight with a rap remix of "Walk This Way" by Run–D.M.C., and the following year Permanent Vacation, went 5x platinum with the #3 hit "Angel". Aerosmith returned to Columbia in 1997, and topped the Hot 100 with "I Don't Wanna Miss a Thing".
Channel Hop: As mentioned above, after being dropped by Columbia the band signed with Geffen, and once they were back on the limelight Columbia signed them back.
Chart Displacement: A minor case, as "I Don't Wanna Miss a Thing" is their sole #1 in the US, and might be their best known song to general audiences (with "Dream On" as a contender), even if most fans would prefer many of their other hits. A straighter one is how one of their 9 #1s on Mainstream Rock is "Deuces Are Wild", an outtake rescued by a Beavis and Butt-Head album.
Although an already well-known song, "Dude Looks Like a Lady" got more attention in 2018 when the anime adaptation of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind aired, as a result of Narancia's Stand being named after the band and his feminine appearance being a reference to the song.
"Dream On" had a massive surge in popularity on Spotify after it was used in a meme of Kratos hurling himself off a mountain.
Creator Backlash: Joe was not fond of Just Push Play, due to the band rarely, if ever, recording in the same room during its production and robbing them of the type of live energy was necessary for their kind of music.
Brad didn't like "Girls of Summer", the single released to promote their 2002 greatest hits collection O, Yeah! He thought it was too calculated and phony. When the band decided to return to their blues roots with Honkin' On Bobo, Brad definitely seemed the happiest.
The whole band kind of bristles at "Angel" nowadays. Look closely at the band during interviews when the song comes up. They've never said they outright hate it, but they're not enthused about playing it live and don't understand why fans still like it so much after all these years.
Both Night in the Ruts and Rock in a Hard Place are thoroughly ignored by the band, with Joey Kramer even saying that while the latter isn't bad, "it's not a real Aerosmith record because it's just me, Steven, and Tom - with a fill-in guitar player."
Executive Meddling: The band wanted to include a live cover of "Train Kept-A-Rollin'" on Get Your Wings, but producers Jack Douglas and Ray Colcord refused. Eventually, the two sides compromised: Aerosmith played "Train Kept-A-Rollin'" twice, in both a slow and fast version, and Douglas added echo and crowd noises sampled from The Concert for Bangladesh in the second half to make it sound like it was recorded live, the crowd noises also helping transition into the beginning of "Seasons of Wither". Further meddling ensued when the album's executive producer, Bob Ezrin, brought in Lou Reed's guitarists Steve Hunter and Dick Wagner, to perform lead guitars in the "studio" and "live" parts.
The Pete Best: Ray Tabano. He played less than a year with the band before Brad Whitford replaced him, and even before the band recorded anything. Interestingly enough, Ray makes an appearance on the show Pawn Stars, selling a rare Aerosmith tour jacket.
In JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind, Narancia Ghirga's Stand is named Aerosmith. JoJo fans have also speculated that Narancia's androgynous appearance is a probable reference to the song "Dude Looks Like a Lady".
In the Ready Jet Go! episode "Mindy's Meteorite Stand", Jet quotes their song "Walk This Way" while the kids march to music that sounds like the song.
In "Nobody's Fault" you can faintly hear a squeaky door opening during the song's guitar introduction, just a few seconds before the rest of the band starts playing - according to Steven Tyler, this was due to a recording engineer unceremoniously walking in on a take, and the band left it in because they thought it was funny.
At the beginning of "Sweet Emotion", Steven can be heard playing a vibraslap. He hit it too hard on the third try and it snapped in two. They left the sound of it breaking in. Steven also wanted to add some additional percussion, but didn't have any maracas on-hand, so he grabbed a sugar packet and had Jack Douglas turn the mic up.
Nine Lives already had to wait a while as just before recording, Joey Kramer went into a deep depression due to the death of his father, which was exacerbated by their manager playing mind-games with the band. A session drummer was even contacted in case he didn't return. The initial sessions under Glen Ballard didn't please the studio, so the band decided to fire their manager and re-record from scratch with producer Kevin Shirley. And the initial cover with a cat Krishna was criticized by Hindus, leading to a quick replacement.
The "Love In An Elevator" video had some difficulty. The band was worked for 35 hours straight and then were advised that they had to wait 3 days for the director, Marty Callner, to prep the final shot. The final shot went on for several hours and they had to get city permits to film where they were. Callner made a mistake when filing the paperwork saying they'd be done at 10 PM when he meant to put 1 AM. So when he tried to continue the shoot past 10, the police stopped him and told him they'd arrest him if he didn't shut down the shoot.
