OT: Perry Talks About Album Delay

[Voyager]

Aerosmith’s Joe Perry Talks New Album Delay, Tour With ZZ Top

4/7/09, 3:52 pm EST

There’s been good and bad news for Aerosmith fans this past week. After announcing that the release of their new album, their first since 2004’s blues covers record Honkin’ For Bobo, was delayed until later this year, the Boston band revealed they’d be joined by fellow Rock and Roll Hall of Famers ZZ Top on tour this summer. Rolling Stone caught up with guitarist Joe Perry prior to last weekend’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony — where Perry was on hand to watch friends Jeff Beck and Run-DMC enter the Hall — to talk the album’s postponement and Aerosmith’s summer road trip.

Perry says the band has been working on a proper follow-up to Just Push Play for the past two or three years. Aerosmith hoped to complete the album before their tour, but various health ailments, like Perry’s knee replacement surgery and Steven Tyler’s pneumonia, stalled recording. “The time we had allotted to make this record, we couldn’t do it. But it’s a work in progress and we’re gonna shoot for it when we finish with this tour,” Perry said, adding that Brendan O’Brien will serve as producer after previously working with the band as mixer on 1993’s Get A Grip.

Perry was also excited about the prospect of touring with ZZ Top, one of the few groups from Aerosmith’s era that have remained intact: “That’s just amazing to be able to play with them because it’s going to be a kickass show.” Perry also promises to reinvigorate the set lists this time around. For much more from Perry, including news on his solo album and more details about Aerosmith’s upcoming tour, check out the next issue of Rolling Stone, on stands next week.

Damn those Perrys and their album delays!!!

[mdaemon]

The "OT" on the subject gave it away

[Rip Rokken]

Joke or not, it remind me of that recent quote in Nora's thread by Nuno Bettencourt:

"Yeah, we’ve worked on some things... I’ve been trying to get him to put that record out he’s been working on.

He’s definitely working on stuff. At some point I’m going to have to break into his house and take it and put it onto the Internet."

If comments or leaks like this are any kind of calculated buzz to get people talking, they need to be careful or they'll turn SP into another Axl Rose. I don't think anything close to that will happen if the album gets released in the next year, but sales of "Chinese Democracy" proved you can lose people if you dangle carrots in front of their noses for too long.

[bluejeangirl76]

If comments or leaks like this are any kind of calculated buzz to get people talking, they need to be careful or they'll turn SP into another Axl Rose. I don't think anything close to that will happen if the album gets released in the next year, but sales of "Chinese Democracy" proved you can lose people if you dangle carrots in front of their noses for too long.

Quality point, Rip. Presently, Perry himself isn't running around yelling that he's going to release so much as a fart, but I think you have a point, that if enough other people keep this up, it won't look good. I think on the whole, most people are paying little to no attention to these idle comments by people like Nuno, etc. And by "most people" I do not mean the tiny faction that are hanging on every little mention of the man's name like a life preserver. I'm talking about the average Joe population.

In reality, no one is keeping track of these comments, and who is saying what, or how many of Perry's friends are "confirming" things. The most you'll have is the random John Doe drinking with his buds and talking about music and one guy will say, "Yeah I read something about that guy working on an album..." and that's about all, at the moment.

And yeah, the buzz will be bigger if Perry says something and it gets mentioned in Rolling Stone or something. But the general public probably doesn't care that Randy Jackson ate lunch with Steve Perry a year ago and made an idle comment about working on stuff.

[Michigan Girl]

Aerosmith’s Joe Perry Talks New Album Delay, Tour With ZZ Top

4/7/09, 3:52 pm EST

There’s been good and bad news for Aerosmith fans this past week. After announcing that the release of their new album, their first since 2004’s blues covers record Honkin’ For Bobo, was delayed until later this year, the Boston band revealed they’d be joined by fellow Rock and Roll Hall of Famers ZZ Top on tour this summer. Rolling Stone caught up with guitarist Joe Perry prior to last weekend’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony — where Perry was on hand to watch friends Jeff Beck and Run-DMC enter the Hall — to talk the album’s postponement and Aerosmith’s summer road trip.

Perry says the band has been working on a proper follow-up to Just Push Play for the past two or three years. Aerosmith hoped to complete the album before their tour, but various health ailments, like Perry’s knee replacement surgery and Steven Tyler’s pneumonia, stalled recording. “The time we had allotted to make this record, we couldn’t do it. But it’s a work in progress and we’re gonna shoot for it when we finish with this tour,” Perry said, adding that Brendan O’Brien will serve as producer after previously working with the band as mixer on 1993’s Get A Grip.

Perry was also excited about the prospect of touring with ZZ Top, one of the few groups from Aerosmith’s era that have remained intact: “That’s just amazing to be able to play with them because it’s going to be a kickass show.” Perry also promises to reinvigorate the set lists this time around. For much more from Perry, including news on his solo album and more details about Aerosmith’s upcoming tour, check out the next issue of Rolling Stone, on stands next week.

Me too!!!

[lights1961]

areosmith live over rated...ZZ TOP AWESOME. Seen both bands...
R