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World Series of Rock: 50 Years Later: Aerosmith

Created by industry powerhouse, Belkin Productions, the World Series of Rock was a record-setting, day-long, multi-act summer rock concert series held at Municipal Stadium in Cleveland, Ohio, from 1974 to 1980. Learn more about the concert series and the

Aerosmith

Aerosmith sound like the Yardbirds, Led Zepplin and the Rolling Stones having a battle of the bands at a low-key dive bar.

In other words, the Boston-based bad boys - let by the combustible, magnetic duo of frontman Steven Tyler and guitarist Joe Perry - ooze confidence, danger and rebellion. The secret to their success? Gigantic riffs, swaggering grooves and plenty of devil-may-care attitude. More at rockhall.com...

Books

The following are books available for use in the Library Reading Room.

Does the noise in my head bother you? : a rock 'n' roll memoir by Steven Tyler, with David Dalton
Call Number: ML420.T954 A3 2011
Dream on : livin' on the edge with Steven Tyler and Aerosmith by Cyrinda Foxe-Tyler and Danny Fields
Call Number: ML429.F69 A3 1997
Hit hard : a story of hitting rock bottom at the top by Joey. Kramer, William Patrick, Keith. Garde
Call Number: ML419.K73 A3 2009

Publication Date: 2009
Rocks : my life in and out of Aerosmith by Joe Perry, David Ritz
Call Number: ML419.P477 A3 2014
Walk this way : the autobiography of Aerosmith by Aerosmith with Stephen Davis
Call Number: ML421.A37 A3 2003

Audio

The following are sound recordings available at the Library and Archives.

A little south of sanity : 100% natural - nothin' left but the squeal by Aerosmith
Call Number: CD AERO LITT 1998
Done with mirrors by Aerosmith
Call Number: CD AERO DONE 1985
Just push play by Aerosmith
Call Number: CD AERO JUST 2001
Pandora's box by Aerosmith
Call Number: CD AERO PAND 1997
Toys in the attic by Aerosmith
Call Number: CD AERO TOYS 1993

Video

The following are DVDs available for viewing at the Library and Archives.

You gotta move by Aerosmith
Call Number: VID AERO YOU 2004
The making of Pump by Aerosmith
Call Number: VID AERO MAKI 1990

YouTube Videos

The story of Aerosmith

EXTRA MINUTES - AEROSMITH (Extended interview with Steven Tyler)

Aerosmith iHeartRadio Music Festival 2012 Live

Archival Collections

Listed below are notable collections and items from the Rock Hall's Archives. You can find more by searching our catalog here.

Laurie Harris Aerosmith Photographs
Collection contains 6 identical copies of a Geffen Records promotional photo of the band. The photograph was taken by Norman Seeff in 1993. Five of the six photographs appear to be signed by band member Joe Perry.

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