To his credit, Joe Perry looks determined these days to shake his bandmates in Aerosmith to their senses. In a new video interview posted on Billboard.com, the guitarist says some members of the band or, rather, one in special have been taking their fans for granted.
"The thing that bothers me the most is how it (time off) affects the fans ….,” Perry told Billboard. “The only reason you're there is because of the fans. You owe them a lot, and when you start taking them for granted it's just wrong.”
Perry continued: "I think that a lot of what happened with Aerosmith over the last two or three years has been a case of that. And I'm not talking about everybody in the band. I think at this point the four band members are willing to not play for a while until the fifth member gets together and decides to come and join us again."
Perry’s comments come on the heels of revelations that he and frontman Steven Tyler haven’t spoken for weeks. Nonetheless, he insists that Aerosmith is nowhere near the point of splitting up.
“Aerosmith is taking a breather,” he said.
The veteran guitarist went on to confirm that Aerosmith will perform at a Formula One race event in the United Arab Emirates on November 1. The group is also scheduled to perform a private concert at a software convention in San Francisco later this week, to be followed by two shows in Hawaii later this month.
"The thing that bothers me the most is how it (time off) affects the fans ….,” Perry told Billboard. “The only reason you're there is because of the fans. You owe them a lot, and when you start taking them for granted it's just wrong.”
Perry continued: "I think that a lot of what happened with Aerosmith over the last two or three years has been a case of that. And I'm not talking about everybody in the band. I think at this point the four band members are willing to not play for a while until the fifth member gets together and decides to come and join us again."
Perry’s comments come on the heels of revelations that he and frontman Steven Tyler haven’t spoken for weeks. Nonetheless, he insists that Aerosmith is nowhere near the point of splitting up.
“Aerosmith is taking a breather,” he said.
The veteran guitarist went on to confirm that Aerosmith will perform at a Formula One race event in the United Arab Emirates on November 1. The group is also scheduled to perform a private concert at a software convention in San Francisco later this week, to be followed by two shows in Hawaii later this month.
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