The song that Steven Tyler thought ruined the aerosmith

Towards the end of the 70s Aerosmith More than a bad period passed. Steven Tyler And Joe Perry At a certain point they were really at short irons, so much so that in 1979, after a large dispute in the backstage, the band’s guitarist left the group by putting together a new musical ensemble, the Joe Perry Project.

Steven Tyler he was struggling with a rather heavy addiction with drugs, but he wanted the Aerosmith they continued to live. In 1982 the album came out “Rock in a hard place” without the contribution of Perry and not even (if not in a song) of the other guitarist Brad Whitford. The future was not rosy and the band seemed to be an old tool from the seventies, now burned by the new musical. To bring peace between Tyler and Perry thought their manager, Tim Collins. In 1985, for the album “Done withMirrors “the group returned to deploy historical training, even if that was not an unforgettable album.

The return of

Aerosmith The ancient glories came only one year later, in 1986. When A posse rap of Run-dmc he put their hand to theirs “Walk This Way” and involved them in the reworking. It was a great success also thanks to the video that accompanied the song. Strengthened by the renewed attention, aerosmith began to work on a new album with the author Desmond Childa novelty for the band that until then had written each song by itself. “Permanent Vacation”This is the title of the album that the group published in 1987, brought the band back to great success, thanks to songs like “Rag Doll” And “Dude(Looks Like a Lady) “.

However, the collaboration with Child gave life to a song that
Steven Tyler
He believed he could even ruin his career with the
Aerosmith
. That song is the ballad
“Angel”
. A song that did not convince the group at all, the bassist
Tom Hamilton
He said that the song “was too weak”. The manufacturer
John Kalodner
He declared that Tyler told him that he had “ruined his career making him write ‘Angel’ with Desmond Child”.

But, you know, the streets of rock are infinite, the song became a classic and the fans of the group asked was always performed live. The single took the road in the US sales charts up to third position, becoming the most successful song of the

Aerosmith
ever … at least until the appearance of
“I Don’t Want To Miss a Thing”
in 1998.