In a recent conversation with SPIN, Aerosmith guitarist, Joe Perry, said that he’s gotten more requests for the deep cuts since Aerosmith announced their Deuces Are Wild Las Vegas residency at the Dolby Live at Park MGM. After a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic, America’s greatest rock band will resume the career-spanning residency. It kicks off on June 17 and continues through December 11. A couple of excerpts from the interview follow...
SPIN: How much do you pay attention to your peers who are kind of miraculously still out there. Paul McCartney, Jeff Beck, The Who, the Stones.
Joe Perry: "I mean, it seems like yesterday I was watching The Who back in 1968. Just for a little perspective on this. I remember it was either ‘68 or ‘69. I was at the Boston Tea Party [a synagogue-turned-rock club], out by the ticket window. Fleetwood Mac was playing. A couple of friends of mine had an extra ticket to see the Stones. They told me ‘this could be the last tour.’ You know with Keith and everything. I said, I think I’m going to stay and watch Fleetwood Mac."
SPIN: Is there an album or song that you look back and hear “okay, that’s where I really became my own musician, I’ve made this sound my own.”
Joe Perry: "Toys In The Attic, probably. [At that time] I felt like we were starting to get comfortable working in the studio, you know, learning the actual technical part of recording music. Then I actually felt like I could play. It was always rough for me. I felt like I struggled for a long time. But once we hit that stride with Toys, then Rocks it was like ‘Phew, we made it through the first year of college without failing out.’ I mean, the record company was pretty much ready to drop us after the first one [Aerosmith] didn’t really make a lot of noise. It was kind of touch-and-go there for a while."
Aerosmith: Deuces Are Wild tickets are available here.
Dates:
Friday, June 17, 2022
Monday, June 20, 2022
Thursday, June 23, 2022
Sunday, June 26, 2022
Wednesday, June 29, 2022
Saturday, July 2, 2022
Tuesday, July 5, 2022
Friday, July 8, 2022
Wednesday, September 14, 2022
Saturday, September 17, 2022
Tuesday, September 20, 2022
Friday, September 23, 2022
Monday, September 26, 2022
Thursday, September 29, 2022
Sunday, October 2, 2022
Wednesday, October 5, 2022
Saturday, November 19, 2022
Wednesday, November 23, 2022
Saturday, November 26, 2022
Monday, November 29, 2022
Friday, December 2, 2022
Monday, December 5, 2022
Thursday, December 8, 2022
Sunday, December 11, 2022
Aerosmith drummer Joey Kramer has "regrettably made the decision to sit out the band's concerts in 2022 so he can focus his full attention on his family during these uncertain times," according to a statement from the band. Kramer was estranged from Aerosmith in 2019 but returned in 2020.
While the statement notes that "he and the band look forward to his future performances with Aerosmith," (drum tech) John Douglas will be stationed behind the drum kit while Kramer "takes a temporary leave of absence."
