The Joe Perry Interview
Ted Drozdowski, unpublished, May 2005
TO ROCK 'N' ROLL FANS, Joe Perry's half the front line of the dynamic band Aerosmith, a position he's held since co-founding the group with Steven Tyler in New Hampshire in 1970 and moving to Boston to find fame. To Aerosmith fans, Perry's the group's rock 'n' roll soul - a strong, silent, guitar slinging badass who has always let the music do the talkin'.
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