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The Joe Perry Interview

Steven Rosen, Guitar Player, 1979

UNLEASHING HIGH-ENERGY rock and roll led by Steven Tyler’s 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, Aerosmith’s formative years were spent in poverty, living in the basements of Boston.

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