Steven Tyler: 'I Did Way Too Many Drugs'

The following report is courtesy of James McNair from Belfasttelegraph.co.uk:

"When I look at Joe Perry on stage", says Steven Tyler of his band’s lead guitarist, "I see someone who looks as sculpted as one of his horses. I try to be the same because I’m an egomaniac. I see artists that have got frumpy or fat and they look a mere shadow of the Adonis they once were. Everybody’s got a hero they’ve watched go to seed, right?"

Aerosmith are in town to headline Hyde Park Calling, their first full-length UK show in eight years, and on July 1st Joe Perry will play the Concert For Diana. Three years Tyler’s junior, Perry acknowledges that the pair are the worst possible advert for the dangers of drug abuse. "People look at us and think, 'OK, they got away with it - why shouldn’t I?’" he says, square jaw tilting upwards. "The truth is it’s all in the genes. My Italian grandfather on my mother’s side had a full head of hair in his old age, and my paternal grandfather was this wiry Portuguese sailor."

Marrying gutsy, high-octane guitar riffs with Tyler’s liking for a double en-tendre, the group quickly became a loveable tour de force that greatly influenced Van Halen, Guns N’ Roses and scores of other hard rock acts. But Tyler and Perry didn’t earn their Toxic Twins epithet for nothing. Circa 1982’s aptly titled career nadir Rock In A Hard Place, their cocaine- and heroin-fuelled spats almost sunk Aerosmith.

"Of course I did way too many drugs", says Tyler. "I spent a lost week in a hotel room with Roger Taylor from Queen, and he wasn’t the only guy. The highs were incredible but the lows made you feel like someone was sucking the blood from your jugular with a straw. I sunk to my knees and lost everything, but I’m part Italian and my good old-fashioned guilt came up and I had to check in to rehab. The only way out is through."

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[0bsessions]

" Steven Tyler: 'I Did Way Too Many Drugs' "

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Thanks, Steve. We hadn't figured that out from the fact you've looked sixty years old since 1972.

[cjohnson122989]

ha ha, those are good headlines

[Bag0Dimes]

Compared to people like say... Duff he does look like he got away with it pretty well, untill you see older pictures of it... and

0bsessions wrote:

"Dave Mustaine: 'I Wish I Were In Metallica'

Why would Mustaine wish he was in metallica when megadeth have just put out an album better than anything metallica have put out in recent times. Infact since Rust in Peace came out i dont see why mustaine would ever dream of being in metallica.

[jamstation]

well at least they're trying to put people off drugs... .. right?

[0bsessions]

Bag0Dimes wrote:

Compared to people like say... Duff he does look like he got away with it pretty well, untill you see older pictures of it... and
0bsessions wrote:

"Dave Mustaine: 'I Wish I Were In Metallica'




Why would Mustaine wish he was in metallica when megadeth have just put out an album better than anything metallica have put out in recent times. Infact since Rust in Peace came out i dont see why mustaine would ever dream of being in metallica.

For one, that's entirely subjective.
Beyond that, read or watch pretty much any interview with the guy in the past twenty-odd years. He never got over being kicked out and he makes it rather obvious he wishes he were in Metallica.

[hurricanes67]

Duff he does look like he got away with it pretty well, untill you see older pictures of it... and

im not sure i understand what youre saying, but duff looks terrible now

[reggie1975]

Duff circa 1992 is aweful, he's bloated and cant speak properly...he now defiantly shows the hard life he has lived, i think steve tyler is the same....

[euan_soad]

People look at us and think, ‘OK, they got away with it – why shouldn’t I?’" he says, square jaw tilting upwards. "The truth is it’s all in the genes. My Italian grandfather on my mother’s side had a full head of hair in his old age, and my paternal grandfather was this wiry Portuguese sailor.

Well what if people have Italian and Portuguese grandparents, does that mean they'll be okay? Hmm...

Pretty stupid interview though, people already know this stuff.

Oh and Mustaine does wish, he always comes across as a jealous bastard. Don't get me wrong, I love Megadeth but "Metallica stole my songs" and "At least I got to bang his girlfriend. How do I taste Kirk?"

[euan_soad]

* that is straight up jealousy.

[-Rock-N'-Roll-]

0bsessions wrote:

" Steven Tyler: 'I Did Way Too Many Drugs' "

Related headlines:
Paris Hilton : 'I'm Spoiled!'
Roger Clemens: 'I Really Like Money'
Dave Mustaine: 'I Wish I Were In Metallica'

Shut the hell up you dumbcrack.
Thanks, Steve. We hadn't figured that out from the fact you've looked sixty years old since 1972.

[-Rock-N'-Roll-]

-Rock-N'-Roll- wrote:

0bsessions wrote:

" Steven Tyler: 'I Did Way Too Many Drugs' "

Related headlines:
Paris Hilton : 'I'm Spoiled!'
Roger Clemens: 'I Really Like Money'
Dave Mustaine: 'I Wish I Were In Metallica'

Shut the hell up you dumbcrack.
Thanks, Steve. We hadn't figured that out from the fact you've looked sixty years old since 1972.

I can see you know alot about music