Did drugs ruin Aerosmith?

[HuskerDU]

You know, when they quit doing 'em!

[Kucinich4America]

1. Exactly.

Aerosmith's last true album was "Done With Mirrors". Everything after that was a pop band called AeroShit. Though at least "Permanent Vacation" and "Pump" had a few tolerable songs each.

[HuskerDU]

3. AeroShit!

Hahahaha! Yeah, I saw 'em summer '86 before they could bombard me with the utter crap they've recorded since. I like the song titles like 'It's Amazing' (that people are buying this crap!) and 'Get a Grip' (PEOPLE!!!)

[Danger Mouse]

2. Aerosmith ruined Aerosmith the moment Steven Tyler thought attempting to sing was a good idea.

[Rabrrrrrr]

4. While I am happy whenever people stop using drugs, I agree - it really ruined their music

when they became sober.

While I utterly and completely disagree with the statement that drugs help one's creativity, I do sometimes wonder if they at least make one more able to sift out the shit that isn't really cool.

[SPKrazy]

5. dunno

but

i still think they rock

they still got it man

[Tuesday Afternoon]

6. .

[Mojambo]

7. I hate Aerosmith with the heat of a thousand white hot suns. n/t

[madrchsod]

8. only a thousand?

3 good songs and the rest is filler for the cat box

[graywarrior]

9. No

I mean yes.
No, I mean no.
I don't know.

[riverdeep]

10. They definitely sucked afterwards.

I don't think doing drugs should be the preferred way of going into a creative place, but for some people, it's all they know. So when they stopped doing them, they sucked. It probably also helped them to shut out the pressures and keep from being on edge. Also, the time for their style of music, blues-based hard rock and roll, had passed. It was no longer in ascension in the mainstream, but on the decline. They responded by compromising to their new surroundings with pop swill. These two things=suckitude.

[HuskerDU]

11. I should have put a big smiley in my OP!

I'm just kiddin' around. Crank up the 'Smith or leave 'em be, it's all good.

:hi:

[Swede]

12. I like the old and the new.

[BulletproofLandshark]

13. No, hooking up with Glen Ballard did.

I can't imagine what their thought process was there, hiring the guy that produced Alanis frickin' Morrisette's Jagged Little Pill album. Guess they didn't give a shit about being edgy or rebellious any more.

[HuskerDU]

14. Nah, they had already recorded plenty of fluffy pop before

that happened. At one time, Aerosmith was a legit rock-n-roll band complete with danger, swagger and the goods to back it up. I thank my lucky stars I saw 'em in '86. One of the best concerts I ever saw.

[BulletproofLandshark]

17. I would've liked to see them back then.

Now? Not so much.

[HuskerDU]

20. They'd have to be offering free beer and playing across the

street from my house for free for me to go see 'em now.

[Kat45]

24. I saw them in '73, when their first album came out.

This was before it hit big, though it was big here in Boston. That year, they did concerts in college gyms, and that's where I saw them. It was a great show! I've also seen them a number of times since then, most recently probably in the late '90s. They were still good then, IMHO.

[Robeson]

15. They were always schlock.

[HuskerDU]

16. I like old 'Smith. And if you don't like 'Rocks' then I probably

wouldn't like the music you listen to.

[Robeson]

18. You probably wouldn't.

[DainBramaged]

19. Everyone sucks

The 2007 DU screed.

[HuskerDU]

22. It's a joke man. You know- did drugs ruin this band?

In this case by NOT doing 'em!:P

[asdjrocky]

21. Were they ever good? n/t

[Downtown Hound]

23. I would say that Steven Tyler became cooler after he quit using

but his music did go downhill. But his relationship with Liv blossomed after he quit and he became a much better person from everything I've seen. So I'd say that overall it was a good thing.

[Orsino]

25. Success spoiled 'em.

When you're not hungry in some way, you're not gonna rock persuasively.

[montanto]

26. I was gonna say,

drugs MADE aerosmith!!

[ProfessorGAC]

27. Dianne Warren Ruined Them

Or at least whoever talked them into to doing her vapid songs.
The Professor