jayzus dat boy can talk gear! lol!

Slan - that was hilarious!!

Tracie - I read it but didn't understand much of it!

Chrispy - how's the band going?

I'm all for the guys in Aerosmith finding a new singer and doing a tour or two, but I REALLY wish they wouldn't call it Aerosmith. I know Joe and/or Brad were gone from 1979-1984, but the circumstances were different then and it made sense for the others to keep the name Aerosmith.

At this point in the band's career, I think a tour with another singer will do more harm than waiting two years or so for Steven Tyler to take care of whatever he needs to take care of and get back into touring shape. I know the guys are getting old, but come on.

To find success with another singer I think they need to not call the band Aerosmith and not play a typical Aerosmith set (maybe play something from the years 1978-1986).

My top choice for a replacement right now would be Hagen, who is singing in the Joe Perry Project right now. Here's a video of the JPP doing Walkin' The Dog:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chKHeEq-R7M

He sounds just like a mid-80s Steven Tyler to me.

Hi y'all. Juuuuust in case any of you email me or post here to me, I'm in the process of shifting house so will be off line for about a week or so while we wait for a new internet connection at the new place,so please don't think I'm being rude or ignorant. I will be back as soon as is humanly possible.

In the meantime,Joe...keep on rockin' like a good thing rocks!!! And everyone else(you know who you are) stay safe and keep your legs together!!!

P.S. The fridge will be fully stocked at all times while I'm away,so feel free to help yourselves(Just make sure to leave at least ONE bottle of Jack Daniels for me!). Bye for now.

from Chris (guitarmeister2005)

Hi Alan back :)

Chellburto concerto, of course I can talk gear...why would this suprise u?!! :)

Skippy, the band thing didn't work out after all but thanks for asking, I'll keep trying!

Completely agree with you DTS. I too am all for them not breaking up if they have more music in them to offer. But it's just not Aerosmith without Stevn tyler. He's just one of those rare singers that everyone identifies with the band. I was very excited a couple years ago when Jimmy Page was trying out singers for Zeppelin, but I felt the same way about that. Call the band something else. Zep will never be Zep without Plant.

These are my two cents regarding Aerosmith. I too would rather that they not call the band Aerosmith. It's not like the vocalist is dead, he's just having personal problems. I would of preferred John Corabi over Vince Neil. I like the early Crue music, but once Vince left, the band went a different direction with Corabi. The music was a bit ahead of its time I think. Too bad the fans didn't give that version of the Crue a chance. Now it seems all they do is play greatest hits. IIMOP I don't know I haven't been to a Crue show in awhile.

Anyway getting back to Aerosmith, I've lost track of time but I remember they had signed a big recording contract, like 10 CD's in ten years or whatever. I think the move by Joe Perry is based on a business move and nothing else. Like others have done in different business settings, if your stuck in a contract and you can't get out of it after the milk has gone sour and your only recourse if you want out is to sell the sour milk. You fulfill your contract and get the suits of your back. Of course, the fans run away. Business is Business its just that at times people are just hiding behind their suits when they know they are doing the wrong thing.

Aerosmith signed a $30 million deal with Sony in 1991. They were still with Geffen at the time; their first album under the Sony deal (Nine Lives) didn't come out until 1997. They still owe Sony one more studio album under that contract.

Honkin' On Bobo, their blues covers album that was released in 2004, was originally supposed to come out in the mid-1990s. If I could rewrite history a bit, I'd have that come out in 1995. Nine Lives could still come out in 1997. Steven Tyler would put out a solo album after that, containing stuff like I Don't Want To Miss A Thing and the few poppy songs that were hastily written/recorded as new material for greatest hits albums.

Just Push Play (2001) could remain the same. The band's Rockin' The Joint live album, recorded at a show in 2002, would have been released as a CD and DVD of the complete show that same year (instead of the partial release that we got in 2005). Joe Perry's two recent solo albums would form the basis for the next Aerosmith album, which we still don't have, in 2004 or 2005.

Wouldn't things be so much better that way? But they missed their chance...it's too late to do that stuff now.

I love this band so much, I really do, and they've done so many groundbreaking things in the past...they "created" rap/rock with Run DMC, they were the first band to appear on the Simpsons, they were the first band to release a full-length song for free on the internet (in 1994, five years before Napster). But they've done a lot of stupid stuff too. Aside from Aerosmith, how many bands do you know of that have been around for 40 years and haven't released a proper live album or video that contains a full set from one show? Ugh...

Good day all,

Haven't seen this posted here yet, and I know there are some Bonamassa fans around so I thought I'd share.

Joe Bonamassa set to release new album 'Black Rock'

This will be his tenth solo album, and has nothing to do with his new supergroup, and I believe the article said B.B. King joined in on one track. Release date is March 23, 2010!

K3nj1: Joe Satriani white album (ep) it's on my site

Heya JR, been a long time...
Roo

OK have a look at this guy Guthrie Govan - fastest fingers in the west he is charming and witty and plays a nice little slow riff then speeds it up 10 times so quick you blink and you miss it.

Would he be quicker than our Joe?

Hey Guys.

Joe Satriani Tribute at "The Live Lounge", Market Street, Hyde, Cheshire, UK. tonight.....

Should be a good one.....

"Live in Paris: I just wanna rock" sounds very 'live' (as in rather hollow/ambient) but Joe's totally on fire! Wow! The weekend rocks!
CF is cool and fun, but this is the part of Joe's universe I love. I'm gonna play Overdriver at 11 a couple of more times in my studio, tear some walls :-)
Joe manages still to put some different accents in old songs to keep them interesting, and I love the PSATMOR live versions the most. The middle part of Out Of The Sunrise is a bit like Joe playing with Particle (a group I like too). And Time Machine is really out there. Impressive use of FX on many tracks these days. If anyone would ask me: "I want to get to know this Satriani, what to get?", I'd recommend "Live in Paris".
Though LISF is and was favourite, the defining Joe :-)
Or maybe since today..............