Walk This Way: The Autobiography of Aerosmith - Softcover

Aerosmith; Davis, Stephen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0380795310 ISBN 13: 9780380795314

Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks, 1999

Synopsis

"We believed that anything
worth doing was worth overdoing."
Steven Tyler

Aerosmith

Five unparalleled musicians who shook the music world out of its '70s doldrums, changing the sound of rock forever -- the band who made living on the edge an art form.

Walk This Way

An almost day-by-day account of the high and low life of a rock 'n' roll monster in the words of the guys who made it happen. The complete story of five incomparable and uncompromising musical artists who pulled themselves up out of nowhere to become rock icons; who crashed and burned spectacularly; and who rose up gloriously from the ashes to reclaim their rightful title as World Champoinship Rockers.

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Review:

From Aerosmith's heyday in the late 1970s, which they spent "gacked to the nines" (as lead singer Steven Tyler puts it), to the Aerosmith of today--clean, sober, and adored by millions--the band has a long, hard history. Walk This Way chronicles the whole story: drugs, booze, and all.

Prefaced with the now familiar rock-star "intervention," when Steven Tyler's loved ones cornered him in his manager's office in 1986, the autobiography traces Aerosmith's twisted road, from their New Hampshire roots to their success in Boston to the worldwide fame that they long craved and currently enjoy. Tyler kicks off this rock & roll exposé, briefly recounting the history of his ancestors in Italy and sharing incidents from his own Northeast childhood. The book is written in interview style, with all five band members talking candidly about the good times--and the bad. We also hear from girlfriends, wives, friends, and various hangers-on.

The story of Aerosmith and their constant ups, downs, and detours never fails to grab you and force you to read another page--if only to see what train wreck awaits around the next corner. Walk This Way is a must-read for devoted fans of Aerosmith as well as anybody who wants to live the full-on '70s rock-star life--without having to go through rehab. --Paul DeBruler

From the Back Cover:

With a new postscript celebrating forty years of Aerosmith

From the great American band—Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, Tom Hamilton, Brad Whitford, and Joey Kramer—that lived by the motto "Anything worth doing is worth overdoing" comes the story of rock godhood: the life, the music, the truth, the hell, the lost years, and the raunchy sex. And, of course, the drugs.

Hang on, it's a hell of a ride!

About this edition

• Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0380795310
• ISBN 13: 9780380795314
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 544