The Joe Perry Interview
Steven Rosen, Guitar Player, 1979
UNLEASHING HIGH-ENERGY rock and roll led by Steven Tylers vocals and the often dueling guitars of Joe Perry and Brad Whitford, the members of Aerosmith have made their mark on the young American rock audience. Though today they regularly perform before crowds numbering 80,000, Aerosmiths formative years were spent in poverty, living in the basements of Boston.
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