Influenced by bands such as the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, the Yardbirds, Led Zeppelin, and the New York Dolls,[247][248] Aerosmith proved to be a major influence themselves on subsequently massively successful bands and musicians;[249] according to Perry, Eddie Van Halen once told him that his band Van Halen "started out on the suburban L.A. club circuit, playing Aerosmith songs".[247] Aerosmith's influence was evident on the next generation of hard rock and heavy metal bands,[53][54][247] namely Mötley Crüe, Ratt, Guns N' Roses, Tesla, L.A. Guns, Cinderella, Faster Pussycat, Skid Row, Extreme, Warrant, the Black Crowes, and the Quireboys, as well as Metallica, Metal Church, and Testament. Especially, Guns N' Roses and Velvet Revolver guitarist Slash has stated that Aerosmith is his favorite band,[250] and Mötley Crüe's Nikki Sixx has expressed massive admiration for the band and its early records in both The Dirt and The Heroin Diaries. Members of Nirvana,[55] Mother Love Bone/Pearl Jam, Stone Temple Pilots, Staind and Godsmack are also self-professed early Aerosmith fans.[251]
The interplay between Joe Perry and Brad Whitford has been inspiring
to many bands, especially Guns N' Roses. Joe Perry has received wide
recognition and praise as a lead guitarist, and has shared the stage
many times with Jimmy Page and Jeff Beck, who Perry cites as primary influences. He and Tyler were asked by Page to induct Led Zeppelin into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame;
during the ceremony, which took place in 1995, Tyler and Perry
delivered their speech and joined the band onstage for a brief set.
During Beck's and Metallica's induction in 2009, they invited Perry and
Page to play the Yardbirds/Zeppelin/Aerosmith classic "Train Kept A-Rollin'". Other collaborations, either by individual members of the band or by Aerosmith as a whole, have included Alice Cooper on his Trash album, Guns N' Roses (who opened for Aerosmith during their 1988 tour and had covered "Mama Kin" on their first release) and B'z.
As a testimony to their importance in American popular culture as a
whole, Aerosmith have also collaborated with popular non-rock artists,
such as Run-DMC, Eminem ("Sing for the Moment"), and Carrie Underwood, and performed with 'N Sync, Britney Spears, Mary J. Blige, and Nelly for the Super Bowl XXXV halftime show.[29][119][252][253] Country artists Garth Brooks and Mark Chesnutt both scored hit singles with covers of Aerosmith songs; Brooks in 1995 with "The Fever", a reworking of Aerosmith's 1993 song,[254] and Chesnutt in 1999 with a cover of Aerosmith's 1998 song "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing".[255]
Like many of their 1970s contemporaries including Led Zeppelin and Alice Cooper, the members of Aerosmith were prone to excess and debauchery. Drug consumption was rampant; the recording sessions for 1976's Rocks and 1977's Draw the Line were especially noted for their substance indulgence, including heroin. In the words of Bebe Buell, "They [Aerosmith] were like a gang of kids with their own planes, Porsches, millions of dollars, limitless resources. [...] Mick Jagger and Jimmy Page
had control, but these boys did not care. They won the prize, hands
down, for the rowdiest rock 'n' roll band in that era. No question."[247]
In the mid- to late-1970s, the band enjoyed tremendous popularity in
the United States and in Japan, though they failed to make a big
impression in Britain. Still, they were among the most popular hard rock
acts in America in the late 1970s, along with Heart, Kiss, Ted Nugent, ZZ Top, and Boston.[247] Their massive popularity waned, however, following Joe Perry and Brad Whitford's
departures. Following both guitarists' return to the band and its
complete drug cleanup, Aerosmith made a prodigious return to success,
once described as "the single most successful comeback in the history of
heavy metal, if not all of popular music."[249]
During both the 1970s and the 1987–1995 era, Aerosmith undertook
grueling world tours that numbered in the triple digits numbers of
dates, headlining or co-headlining festivals along the way, such as the Texxas Jam in 1978 and 1987, the Monsters of Rock festival at Castle Donington in 1990 and 1994, and Woodstock '94.[256][257][258][259][260][261]
Initially resistant to this medium, the band later became renowned
and received numerous awards for pioneering expansive, conceptual music
videos, such as those for "Janie's Got A Gun" (directed by future Fight Club director David Fincher), "Livin' on the Edge", "Cryin'", "Amazing", "Crazy", "Falling in Love (Is Hard on the Knees)", and "Pink".[69][262]
The band's music has also been featured in several video games, such as episodes of the Dead or Alive and Grand Theft Auto series, and some video games are centered on the band, like Quest for Fame and Revolution X. Aerosmith was the first band to have its band-centered Guitar Hero title, Guitar Hero: Aerosmith, which is considered to be the best-selling band-centric video game across both the Guitar Hero and Rock Band platforms.[263][264]
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