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September 15, 1994 SIDELINES Page 15 Americas Answer To The Rolling Stones Starwood's Goin' Crazy Over Aerosmith Concert awards, etc.), and re-establish the band as one of the This Way," Tyler thanked the crowd for having them back biggest-selling hard rock acts ever. and promised to return. Some 20 years after their debut, By DON CARR On Sept.-3, Aerosmith, who arc currently in the midst nearly 10 years since their comeback and the signing of a Ffinturft Writftr— of a two-and-a-half-ycar world tour, brought their never- new multi-year recording contract that will see the band ending road show to Nashville's Starwood Amphitheater. recording well into their 50s, it doesn't look like Aerosmith A en years ago Aerosmith appeared to be riding on The sold-out show of over 14,000 strong erupted into is going away anytime soon. "I the coattails of its glorious past straight into rock 'n' roll a mass volume of noise as the theater's house lights oblivion. dimmed and a taped intro of "Eat The Rich" blasted from CONCERT NEWS In early 1984 Aerosmith, America's answer to the the loudspeakers. From behind a gigantic zebra-styled Rolling Stones, barely resembled the powerful musical curtain, the group's silhouettes danced to the beat of the force that dominated the 1970s with such multi-platinum music. As the taped intro ended, the curtain dropped to Murphy Center will be overflowed with albums as Toys In The Ante, Rocks, and Gel Your Wingi. reveal Aerosmith, engulfed in an array of lights, who then country music fans here to see Alan Jackson Drug abuse, internal conflict, and problems with their label proceeded to churn out the rest of the opening number. tore at the band, ultimately resulting in the departure in Tyler, 46, who looked unusually casual in black jeans on October 8, Homecoming Day. 1980 of guitarists Brad Whitford and principal songwriter and a black-and-white-patterned shirt, strutted and "It falls smack dab in the middle of Joe Perry. pranced across the stage as he and the band cranked out Homecoming," said Harold Smith, director of Vocalist Steven Tyler, the group's main focal point, hit after hit. Even though he has become slightly remained, as did drummer Joey Kramer and bassist Tom weathered in appearance, his vocals have remained student programming. "I wish we could keep Hamilton. Releasing a greatest hits LP (1980) and a remarkably unchanged. Not surprisingly, Aerosmith within our theme, but I'm not sure that mediocre album of new material entitled ROCK In A Hard concentrated on the material featured during their anything Alan Jackson plays can be Place (1982) the "new" Aerosmith attempted to carry on. "comeback" era. Songs such a1- "Crazy," "Janie's Got A With album sales slumping, rumors of continued drug Gun." "Cryin' " and "Dude Looks Like A Lady" had the considered 'Roaring 20s'." abuse, and a near-fatal motorcycle accident to Tyler, the crowd dancing and singing along throughout the two-hour Jackson's appearance mau draw a larger end loomed all too near for this once-legendary band. performance. crowd to the MT3U Homecoming game at In 1985, during a stop in their hometown of Boston, Perry was in fine form as he ripped out one riff after 1:30 that afternoon. Tyler invited Perry to check out one of Acrosmith's shows. another, holding down the music while Tyler did his thing. The meeting rekindled the duo's friendship and desire to Though his playing style has not really changed over the "Ticketmaster will be handling the make music together, and within months, after recruiting years, Perry has the knack of being able to keep his tickets," explained Smith. "We're going to get Whitford back on board, Acrosmith's original lineup was approach fresh and entertaining. While his playing a Ticketmaster computer installed in the box back and determined to reclaim their spot at the top of the complimented the entire set, it was during the Aerosmith rock world. classics "Seasons Of Whither" and "Sweet Emotion" that office." After striking a deal with Geffen Records, the group he raised the show to another level. MTSU will be a temporary Ticketmaster released their "comeback" album Done With Mirrors. The only lull in the show came in the form of outlet for this concert only. Though the album didn't exactly light up the album charts Kramer's obligatory drum solo. This is one rock "tradition" it did manage to revive the band back from the dead and that really needs to be put to rest. I may be alone in this "We're doing this at the request of the serve as a springboard (along with MTV and a thought but why not replace it with an extra song? During promoter," said Smith. "It's a lot like the way collaboration with Run DMC) for one of the most the set Kramer remained more impressive when he, along we handled the Garth Brooks concert." astounding comebacks in rock history. Acrosmith's next with Whitford and Hamilton, hammered out the three releases Permanent Vacation (1987), Pump (1990) foundations of Acrosmith's set, than when he pounded Tickets for the Alan Jackson concert are and most recently Get A Grip (1993) would sell nearly 12 aimlessly on his kit and did the "can you clap as fast as I on sale now. - Staff Reports million copies, yield no less than eight Top 10 singles, can drum" routine. receive numerous awards and accolades (Grammys, video Closing the show with a revved-up version of "Walk The Master of Nightmares Weaves a New Collection Stephen King's L,atest Rnthology of fdhort $tories Will Not Disappoint Now as Steven fans we are used to King's best short-story collection ever. number of oddities King saw fit to throw in. critics telling us that our "King" (pun Unlike The Skeleton Crew and Night Shift, There is a screenplay, "Sorry, Right By J.W. 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