Interviewed On 107.7 THE BONE AEROSMITH Guitarist

Steven Seaweed of 107.7 The Bone, the San Francisco Bay Area's rock station, conducted an interview with legendary AEROSMITH guitarist Joe Perry on October 14, 2009. Watch the chat in eight parts below. AEROSMITH played their first shows since early August, when an injury to singer Steven Tyler ended the band's summer tour, on Sunday (October 18) in Honolulu and Tuesday (October 20) in Maui, Hawaii. The Maui gig was done partly to settle a class-action lawsuit filed by enraged fans when the band canceled a 2007 concert there. The shows come during a tense time for the veteran act, with Joe Perry claiming in recent interviews that Tyler has not spoken to the rest of the group since breaking his shoulder in a fall from a stage in Sturgis, South Dakota two months ago.Perry, who released a solo effort called "Have Guitar, Will Travel" earlier this month, has indicated in current interviews that Tyler is holding up AEROSMITH's future plans, including the recording of a new album. Perry told the Associated Press that Tyler has "got to get his act together."The Honolulu Advertiser saw no sign of tension between Tyler and Perry on Sunday night, adding that Tyler "took every chance to sidle up next to Perry . . . and declared he 'loved' the guys in the band. If there was any discomfort between the two, or any of the band, it didn't show on stage or in the music."Perry will hit the road next month in support of his CD, taking along his JOE PERRY PROJECT touring band.Newly announced Joe Perry tour dates (subject to change):

Nov. 10 - New York, NY - Fillmore New York at Irving Plaza

Nov. 11 - Sayreville, NJ - Starland Ballroom

Nov. 14 - Boston, MA - House of Blues

Nov. 15 - Clifton Park, NY - Northern Lights

Nov. 19 - Windsor, ON - Colosseum at Caesars Windsor

Nov. 21 - Indio, CA - Fantasy Springs Casino

Aerosmith Awards and achievements

Despite Aerosmith's fame and achievement in the 1970s, it wasn't while their return in the late 1980s and 1990s that they in full swing winning awards and main credit. In 1987, Aerosmith won the Soul Train Music Award for Best Rap - Single for the re-mix of "Walk This Way" with Run-D.M.C.. In 1990, Aerosmith won their first Grammy award, for Best Rock presentation by a Duo or Group with Vocal, and went on to win a total of four such awards (all of them in the 1990s) for "Janie's Got a Gun", "Livin' on the Edge", "Crazy", and "Pink". Aerosmith is moment only to U2 in the number of awards won in that group.
In addition, Aerosmith's music videos won many awards all through the 1990s. Aerosmith position as the fourth most successful artist of all-time at the MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs), with ten such awards to date.

In the ground of skills and video games, Aerosmith has got many achievements. In 1994, Aerosmith launched the song "Head First" on the Internet, which is measured to be the first full-length business product available online. In 2008, Aerosmith became the first artist to have an whole Guitar Hero video game based around them with Guitar Hero: Aerosmith.
Aerosmith also holds a number of chart and album sales achievements, plus the second maximum number of number one singles on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart for a group with nine, the only number one debut on the Billboard Hot 100 by a rock group with "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing", and the most gold and multi-platinum albums by an American group. Aerosmith is the bestselling American group and the bestselling American hard rock band.