Paige+Bouchard

Aerosmith's Impact on the Music toc Industry through the Decades

 Abstract Aerosmith is an American rock band known as the bad boys from Boston and America's greatest rock and roll band. they are still very popular after 40 years. Aerosmith started in 1970 and they are from Boston, Massachusetts. Aerosmith's unique style is rooted in blues - based hard rock, it is also has to come to incorporate of pop, heavy metal, and rhythm and blues. Many rock artists were inspired by Aerosmith. In 1970, guitarist Joe Perry and bassist Tom Hamilton originally in a band together called the Jam Band, met up with singer Steven Tyler, drummer Joey Kramer, and guitarist Ray Tabano, and formed Aerosmith. In 1971, Tabano was replaced by Brad Whitford, and the band began developing a following in Boston. My big question is how they can last for 4 Decade's and still be popular today? For example, Steven Tyler is a judge on American idol. I will be presenting my project by doing a power point presentation on the history of Aerosmith. =

Annotated Bibliography

1. http://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/aerosmith/biography

2. http://www.ratw.com/issues/4/aerosmit.htm http://www.ratw.com/newspaper/Aerosmith/Aerosmith-Article/

3. http://books.google.com/books?id=1-pH4i3jXvAC&pg=PA9&lpg=PA9&dq=commercial+success+of+toys+in+the+attic&source=bl&ots=XIcPKVvZKQ&sig=UdDqk18ojyeRGz0dTHvIGuIhUQk&hl=en&ei=BQmnTcHvJoaltwem4vWFAQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6&ved=0CDcQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=commercial%20success%20of%20toys%20in%20the%20attic&f=false

4. http://www.aerosmithtemple.com/timeline.html contains a timeline of the band and individuals 5. http://www.prezi.com/yjkjbc7gp1v_/**aerosmith**-**timeline**/

Journal 3/7: Class met in the library and learned how to get on the SAILS website. 3/8: Class met in the library again and reserved some books 3/9: Began working on the Abstract. I posted my work on the discussion tab.

3/11: Began to work on my annotated bibliography March 16 201I Ms. Botelho's whole class went down to the library and learned how to get the Sails website and started the project. March 17, 2011. I worked on my bibliography. I added more to my abstract. March 21, 2011. I printed out my bibliography. March 22 2011 I fixed my mistakes on my Bibliography.

3/23-24/2011: Began writing an outline for my project.

3/25: I worked on finding more information about Aerosmith 3/28: I continued finding information and wrote it down on paper 3/29: i worked on more of my Abstract 3/30: I kept copied from my notes into my page on the computer. 4/1: I found out about the awards the band received 4/4: I found information and wrote more on my research paper 4/5: I added more to my research paper 4/6: I typed into my paper 4/11: I added to my bibliography 4/12: I looked for an interesting fact about Aerosmith 4/13: Worked on the computer 4/14: Worked on how Aerosmith was popular in the 80's and 90's 4/25: Worked on the computer putting facts in my paper 4/26: Moved my abstract to my Research paper and found out how many Grammy's they won in the late 1980's and the 1990's 4/27: Research paper 4/28: Continued with writing 10/12 Researched the band and its history up to 2011 Includes timeline

Outline How Aerosmith are formed and their own Bibliography's where they played small gigs how many records they produce how many Grammy they got in the past Decade
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Paige Bouchard
Mr. Koss

English 11/12

March 23, 2012

Aerosmith's Impact on the Music Industry Through the Decades



In 1964, Steven Tyler started his own band called "The Strangers" and, later on, "Chain Reaction". In New Hampshire at around the same time, Joe Perry and Tom Hamilton formed a band called the "Jam Band" which also became known as "Joe Perry's Jam Band". It was based on free-form and blues. Both Hamilton and Perry moved to Boston, Massachusetts in mid-September, 1964. It was in Boston that they met Joey Kramer, a drummer from Yonkers, New York. Kramer had known Tyler and always hoped to play in a band with him. Kramer, a Berklee College of Music student, decided to quit school and join "The Jam Band". In the 1970's, "Chain Reaction" and "The Jam Band" played at the same gig. Tyler said he really loved "The Jam Band's" sound. He wanted to combine the two bands together. In the 1970's Tyler's dreams came true. However, the new band needed a new name. The band members were getting stoned and watching Three Stooges reruns. They proposed a meeting to try to come up with a name. Kramer had said when he was in school he would write the word Aerosmith all over his notebooks, after listening to Harry Nilsson's album Aerial Ballet." The album featured a jacket art of a circus performer jumping out of a biplane." Kramer's band mates were surprised. They all thought he was talking about the Sinclar Lewis novel they were forced to read in high school English class. "No, not the word Arrowsmith." Kramer had to explain- A- E- R-O..... Aerosmith." (Rollingstone) Then they settled upon the name after also considering "The Bananas" and "The Spike Jones."

Now that Aerosmith had a name for the band, some of the members changed. In 1971 Brad Whitford replaced Ray Tabano. Brad had attended Berklee School of Music. He had been in another band, Earth, Inc. He was from Reading, Massachusetts and had played at Reading's A W Coolidge Middle School.(aerosmithtemple) From July in 1971 to April 1984, the band members remained unchanged. They were Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, Tom Hamilton, Joey Kramer, and Brad Whitford.

Aerosmith is an American rock band known as the bad boys from Boston and America's greatest rock and roll band. They are still very popular after 40 years. Aerosmith started in 1970 and they are from Boston, Massachusetts. Aerosmith's unique style is rooted in blues - based hard rock. It has also come to be known as incorporate of pop, heavy metal, and rhythm and blues. Many rock artists were inspired by Aerosmith. In 1970, guitarist Joe Perry and bassist Tom Hamilton, originally in a band together called the Jam Band, met up with singer Steven Tyler, drummer Joey Kramer, and guitarist Ray Tabano, and formed Aerosmith. In 1971, Tabano was replaced by Brad Whitford, and the band began developing a following in Boston.

My big question is how they can last for four decades and still be popular today? For example, Steven Tyler is now judging on American idol. I will present my project by doing a power point presentation of the history of Aerosmith. In the 1970's Aerosmith's first public performance was at Nipmuc Regional High School in Massachusetts.(aerosmithtemple) In 1973 Aerosmith released their first self - entitled album with songs that included "Mama Kin", "Walkin the Dog" , and the more recent song "Dream On". Aerosmith was signed by Columbia Records in 1972 and from there they released the album "Toy's in the Attic," featuring the songs "Big Ten Inch Record", "Sweet Emotion" , and "Walk This Way." This album was their second most successful album to date.(Google)

Drug addiction took control of the band. Perry and Whitford had no control over their addictions so they left the band and were replaced by Jimmy Crespo and Rick Dufay. Between 1980 and 1984, they ended up releasing a lone album which was called "Rock in a Hard Place," which at least went up to gold but failed to match up to their previous successes. Perry and Whitford did return in 1984. Then the band signed a new deal with Geffen Records, but it was not until they released another album In 1987, "Permanent Vacation" that they ended up regaining the level of popularity that they had experienced in the 1970's.



Aerosmith had a number of hits in the late 1980's and 1990's. They also won many awards. The awards they won were for the multi platinum albums "Pump," in 1989, "Get a Grip," in 1993, and "Nine Lives," in 1997. In the year of 1999 Aerosmith was featured at Disney Hollywood Studios at Walt Disney World. Disney opened a ride in Disneyland in Paris, France at Walt Disney Studios Park. The name of the ride was Rock 'n' Roller Coaster. Aerosmith provided the soundtrack and theme for the ride. The band's comeback has been one of the most successful in the history of rock and roll. A year later they recorded "I Don't want to Miss a Thing" for the the soundtrack in the movie //Armaggedon.// It was a number one hit. In 2001 they released the album "Just Push Play" with the songs //Jaded, Fly Away From Here,// and //Sunshine.// In that same year, the band performed at the Super Bowl half time show. (prezi) On September 9, 1999 Steven Tyler and Joe Perry reunited with Run-D.M.C. They were also joined by Kid Rock. They did a live performance of "Walk This Way" at the MTV Video Music Awards. The band then toured Japan to celebrate the new Millennium, or the year 2000. They also recorded the song "Angel's Eyes" for the movie "Charlie's Angels".

To prove that Aerosmith is a long-lasting band through the years, in 2002 the band released a two set disc called "OhYeah The Ultimate Aerosmith Hits". This album reached double platinum sales.(ratw) This fact indicates that the band sold more than two million albums. Also, in 2002 the band went on their "Girls of Summer Tour." They were so popular that many other singers and artists joined them and sang their songs at different time during the tour. For the next few years they continued to be very popular.

In conclusion, Aerosmith has been around for a long time, from 1970 to the present. They still appear at major events, and Steven Tyler is a judge on the very popular television show, //American Idol//. Young people today still listen to the band, and so do people who are older from when the band first started, and played in middle schools and now at places like the Super Bowl. Steven Tyler appeared on the Reality show called Celebrity Rehab on VH1 hosted by Dr. Pinsky about famous Celebrity People in recovery.The show waits until the celebrity gets detoxes and then reenact his former life.

Works Cited

http://www.aerosmithtemple.com/timeline.html contains a timeline of the band and individuals

http://books.google.com/books?id=1-pH4i3jXvAC&pg=PA9&lpg=PA9&

http://www.prezi.com/yjkjbc7gp1v_/**aerosmith**-**timeline**/

http://www.ratw.com/issues/4/aerosmit.htm

http://www.ratw.com/newspaper/Aerosmith/Aerosmith-Article/

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/aerosmith/biography

Fine Arts Component

=Teacher's Feedback= 3/22 Paige, expand on your journal entries. Describe specific achievements and difficulties. What parts of the projects have gone well? What are the challenges? What do you need help with? You have discussed your dad's influence on you so many times. Why haven't you mentioned this in your journal. Discuss the fine art component. How do you plan to incorporate music. You have some great ideas Paige. Share them on your page.

3/27 Paige, I have decided not to grade your abstract yet. Let's look at this in class and see how we can make this your own. It may help to focus more on your outline and then revisit the abstract. This way it will better represent information covered in your paper.

3/28 Paige, I tried to post some relevant sites for you to consider under your annotated bibliography section. For Tuesday's class focus on writing two annotations (or evaluations of the articles). Follow these steps when writing each annotation:


 * Describe the content and focus of the book or article (What information is presented to the reader?)
 * Suggest the source's usefulness to your research (How will you use this information in your paper?)
 * Record your reactions to the source (Can you use this information when writing your paper?)

Check in with me after you finish the first annotation.