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Aerosmith A&E Biography Broadcast June 4th, 2009 Taken from our DVD master of the A&E satellite broadcast in XP mode Featuring: Joe Perry.
AEROSMITH is the subject of a new episode of the ; A&E series ; "Biography" airing Thursday night (June 4) at 10:00 p.m.

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AEROSMITH's 'Biography' To Air On Thursday

AEROSMITH is the subject of a new episode of the A&E series "Biography" airing Thursday night (June 4) at 10:00 p.m. ET on the cable channel. According to Boston.com, the band's Svengali-like former manager Tim Collins consents to an interview for the first time since he and AEROSMITH had their bitter break-up in 1996. "I've never done an interview like this, but time heals all wounds," the reclusive Collins told Boston.com. "They said Steven (Tyler) wasn't going to participate and had squelched a lot of people. I just think they're America's greatest rock band, and I wanted to set the record straight. I was only supposed to do 30 minutes, but I let them keep me on tape for 4.5 hours." Collins said his participation in the rock doc even prompted AEROSMITH guitarists Joe Perry and Brad Whitford to talk. Others interviewed include AEROSMITH biographer Stephen Davis, Rolling Stone's Anthony DeCurtis and David Wild, and former Boston Globe critic Steve Morse.

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Steven Tyler

(1948-)

Who Is Steven Tyler?

Steven Tyler took up drums and singing before becoming the bombastic, colorful leader of the rock band Aerosmith. The group would enjoy major chart success with hits like “Dream On,” “Walk This Way,” “Love in an Elevator” and “I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing,” having more than four decades worth of staying power. Tyler also served as an American Idol judge for two years.

Early Life and Aerosmith

Steven Victor Tallarico, better known as Steven Tyler, was born on March 26, 1948, in Yonkers, New York. The son of a music teacher, he started playing drums at a young age, but then focused on singing.

After moving to Boston in the late 1960s, Tyler eventually met up the musicians that would form the rock group Aerosmith. He reportedly met up with guitarist Joe Perry and bassist Tom Hamilton while they were playing in different bands in the Sunapee, New Hampshire, area. Guitarist Ray Tabano (who was later replaced by Brad Whitford) and drummer Joey Kramer joined up with the others to form Aerosmith. The band played its first gig together

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How Steven Tyler and Joe Perry Formed Aerosmith

After more than five decades and over 150 million albums sold, Aerosmith has announced it will embark on its last tour later this year. “It’s not goodbye, it’s PEACE OUT,” the band said in a statement. “Get ready and walk this way, you’re going to get the best show of our lives.”

Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2001, Aerosmith had humble beginnings and can trace its earliest days to a tiny, roach-ridden apartment in Boston’s Allston neighborhood. Here’s how Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, Tom Hamilton, Brad Whitford, and Joey Kramer formed one of the nation’s most successful rock bands.

“Kind of Loud and Obnoxious”

Joe Perry and Steven Tyler, circa 1990

Tyler and Perry first met in the summer of 1966 while Perry was working part-time at a hamburger restaurant on the harbor in Sunapee, New Hampshire. Tyler, then still going by his birth name Steven Tallarico, visited with members of his rock band Chain Reaction, and they trashed the place.

“They were kind of loud and obnoxious and kind of big fish in a small p