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Few comebacks in rock and roll history have been as amazing as that of Aerosmith. Their triumphant return to the charts in the ’80s not only rekindled the band’s earlier success, but also significantly surpassed it. With their top 20 hits “Dude (Looks Like a Lady),” “Ragdoll,” and the top 10 power ballad, “Angel,” the group proved they had even more fire left in their fight than anyone could have imagined. Leaving behind its reckless lifestyle, the band sacrificed none of their rowdy rock and roll. “Ragdoll” and “Love in an Elevator” built upon Aerosmith’s raunchy blues approach to hard rock, complete with singer Steven Tyler’s howl in the best form of his career. Big Ones includes these rockers along with the spooky Grammy-winner “Jamie’s Got a Gun,” and the slower but still hard-edged “Crazy.” Other high points of the new and improved band are reflected in “The Other Side” and the anthem “Eat the Rich.” –Steve Gdula

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Nominated for a 1998 Grammy award for Best Rock Album and featuring the single, “Falling in Love (Is Hard on the Knees),” nominated for a Best Rock Performance, Nine Lives is Aerosmith’s first album in their lucrative re-signing to Columbia Records. Together over 25 years, the Boston band has always been known for their gritty sex anthems, hard-buckling rhythms, and bic-flicking power ballads. Not nearly as flat-out rock as previous releases, Pump or Get A Grip, Nine Lives experiments with a multitude of instruments, including hammered dulcimer, Indian fiddle, and Chapman stick. This Noah’s Ark approach allows the band to experiment within its rock parameters with the appropriately titled “A Taste of India.” They haven’t sworn off the ballads (“Fallen Angels” is what you’d expect) and they still riff like the Aerosmith of old (“Crash”). –Rob O’Connor

Aerosmith’s 12th Album from 1997 was the First Marking their “re-debut” with Sony/Columbia Music, the Labe (more…)

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Drug addiction couldn’t stop them, nor could the ascension of alterna-rock and the process of aging. Not only are Aerosmith still together, but they’re still recording hit singles. Since their formation in the early ’70s, the band has scored a multitude of platinum albums and Top 40 hits. Moreover, Aerosmith remain a flamboyant, energized live band capable of recapturing that magical, sexual endorphin rush of youthful rock & roll abandon. Yup, on a good night, seeing Aerosmith is like experiencing your first time all over again. So it comes as no surprise that this band’s double live disc is no mere trip down memory lane. Vocalist Steven Tyler still sounds raw, untamed, and on-key, shrieking as passionately as ever and reaching notes Robert Plant and Ozzy Osbourne would sell their kidneys for. And guitarist Joe Perry’s bluesy, blustery rhythms and piercing solos still echo with passion and hunger. The first disc is a bit bogged down with ’90s material, but the b (more…)