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: Classic Rock Revisited editor Jeb Wright recently conducted an
: interview with Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry for the
: "Decades Of Distortion" show on the Arkansas City,
: Kansas radio station KACY 102.5 FM.
:
: When asked if there is any truth to Classic Rock magazine's
: recent report that Perry asked Paul Rodgers if he would be
: interested in replacing Steven Tyler in Aerosmith, Joe said,
: "I mean, obviously that would be a thought, because he is
: one of my favorite singers of all time, and I got a chance to
: meet him at Classic Rock Awards [in London] a couple of months
: ago. But I think that he's a really... him being English from
: that earlier generation, I don't think that it would work. I
: mean, it's more than just somebody who can sing. I would love to
: do - and I probably will - do some tracks with him. As a matter
: of fact, I think The Joe Perry Project is gonna open a tour with
: them in April in England. The original Bad Company is gonna get
: back together and they asked me to open the show. So we will be
: playing together, but I don't think that he'll be... We're young
: kids to him. I just don't think it's the right chemistry.
: Technically, I know he's got the chops - I mean, I know he can
: sing anything he wants - but I think that it's a little bit more
: than just if he can sing the songs."
:
: Regarding whether Aerosmith would consider hiring a female
: singer to replace Tyler, Perry said, "Oh, definitely! No
: one in the band's brought that up, but sometimes they need a
: little... You've gotta think out of the box. Oddly enough, a lot
: of the bands I was in before I had Aerosmith, I had female
: singers in the band and it was really good - a lot of great
: songs. So that's definitely a possibility."
:
: As previously reported, an attorney representing Tyler sent a
: letter to Aerosmith's manager, Howard Kaufman, telling Kaufman
: to "immediately cease and desist from engaging in acts and
: conduct to the harm and detriment of your own client, Aerosmith,
: and our client who is one of its members," according to
: Billboard.com. The move was seen as Tyler's way of issuing a
: warning to the group and its management should they go forward
: with plans to enlist a new lead singer while Tyler completes a
: stint in rehab and possibly pursues his own solo project.
:
: Tyler's lawyer, Skip Miller, told Billboard.com that he's called
: a meeting of what he described as Aerosmith's
: "shareholders" for February 9 to discuss recording a
: new album and touring Europe and South America later this year.
: Miller's letter to Kaufman states, "We reserve all of our
: legal rights and remedies in this matter, including, without
: limitation, pursuing legal action for damages and other
: appropriate relief."
:
: Despite this, Miller said, "Steven Tyler does not want
: lawsuits. We do not want to go in that direction. The direction
: we want is Aerosmith, with Steven Tyler, touring in Europe,
: touring Latin America, releasing a new album ... It's just
: amazing to me current management would be taking any other
: position."
:
: At press time, Aerosmith's management had neither commented on
: the letter nor issued a reply.
:
: Tyler and his bandmates fell out last fall after a cancelled
: tour and Tyler's stated intention to work for two years on a
: solo project led the rest of Aerosmith to consider finding a new
: singer. Tyler subsequently entered rehab for an addiction to
: painkillers and presumably is still there, although he has shown
: up at various locations like a karaoke bar and a Home Depot in
: the Palm Springs area.
:
: Miller said that at a meeting in January between Kaufman and
: Tyler's lawyers, Kaufman reportedly said that Aerosmith
: "would be better off without Steven." Tyler's lawyers
: have accused Kaufman of "playing band members off against
: one another instead of seeking to ... unify them for the overall
: good of the band," adding that recruiting a new singer
: "ultimately could destroy Aerosmith."
:
: Classic Rock magazine reported over the weekend that Perry had
: also approached Chris Cornell and Billy Idol about singing with
: the band.
:
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