Sometimes_Isee_dead_people Posted October 21, 2008 Share Posted October 21, 2008 http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/articl...t_id=1003875948octobre 21, 2008 , 10:20 AM ET Gary Graff, DetroitAfter spending most of 2008 dealing with health issues, the members of Aerosmith plan to get back together in 2009 -- to, among other things, complete an album that group has already started recording."We're sitting on a bunch of music we've already recorded for a new album," guitarist Brad Whitford, who's currently on the road as part of the all-star Experience Hendrix tour, tells Billboard.com. "We haven't gone back into the studio the put the final touches on it and get it done and still don't know when we're gonna do that. Hopefully it'll be sooner rather than later."The album will be Aerosmith's first of all-original material since 2001's "Just Push Play;" 2004's "Honkin' on Bobo" was comprised primarily of cover versions. Most of Aerosmith's headlines this year were away from the recording studio and concert stage. Guitarist Joe Perry had knee reconstruction surgery in March.Frontman Steven Tyler, meanwhile, spent time in a California rehabilitation clinic during the spring to recover from his own leg injuries in a drug-controlled environment; he did re-emerge on July 18 to sing "Walk This Way" with Billy Joel and his band at New York's Shea Stadium. "You'd think it was a football team or something," Whitford says with a laugh. But he adds that the health issues should not raise concerns about Aerosmith's mortality."You have more than average concerns about it, I guess," Whitford says, "but you can't do anything about it. Like a lot of other things in life, you don't get to call the shots on these things, do you? We're just ... getting older."Whitford says there's a silver lining to all of this, however. "It's been kind of nice just to be able to have some time and spend time with the family," he says. "I don't think we've ever had this much time off. It's a real difference. I'm not really used to it."Whitford will be on the road with Experience Hendrix until Sunday (Oct. 26); the tour runs through Nov. 7. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sometimes_Isee_dead_people Posted October 21, 2008 Author Share Posted October 21, 2008 2009 will be a great year for rock'nroll since u2, ac/dc, metallica, gnr, u2, aerosmith will be touring Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carsonskitz Posted October 21, 2008 Share Posted October 21, 2008 i remember seeing on here, that they split up ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronaldo9 Posted October 21, 2008 Share Posted October 21, 2008 i remember seeing on here, that they split up ?No, there was a rumor from Metal Sludge a few years ago that Brad Whitford had left the band, but it wasn't true. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shuffle Posted October 22, 2008 Share Posted October 22, 2008 Hoping for a more rocking album than their last albums of originals (Just Push Play), and hopefully a lot better too. Honkin' On Bobo was really good and had a more classic (70s) Aerosmith sound but that was a covers album so it doesn't count. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P.A. Guns Posted October 22, 2008 Share Posted October 22, 2008 I've been waiting for their new album longer than Chi Dem, hopefully it won't be too produced like the last few. But it's been going around that they'll probably just recycle old demos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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