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Later on when I started my own bands they were always whisky-drinking, pot-smoking, acid-taking kind of bands. So it was really their music and their attitude that appealed to me. I was exposed to a lot of drugs and all that malarkey from a young age. Well, the thing is, I’d come from that kind of background anyway. But when Aerosmith broke up it broke my heart.īut surely the drug thing was part of the allure, part of the glamour? When John Bonham died Jimmy Page said: “We cannot continue as Led Zep without John”. When Keith Moon died, I understood why The Who split up. I couldn’t fathom the concept of a band like that breaking up over something so stupid. There was a lot of talk at that point about their drug problems. It was only when Joe Perry left the band that I realised. I remember watching Steve Tyler fall over on stage and thinking: “Wow, the guy must be really clumsy”. Van Halen totally blew them away! But I was so innocent. I didn’t know that, at that point, a good Aerosmith show was a rare occurrence. But back then I had no idea about what the band was about. It was disappointing for me – I was expecting them to be more professional. And Aerosmith were fucking horrible! There was only one song in the set that I actually recognised! It was just a huge barrage of noise. Ted Nugent and Cheap Trick were headlining the first day, Aerosmith and Van Halen the second day. In 1978 at the World Music Festival – two days, 15 to 20 bands a day. From there I got every single Aerosmith record. That to me is the quintessential live rock’n’roll album of all time. Next I got Live! Bootleg because it had all their big songs. I got hold of that – this was at a time when I didn’t have any money at all, so to buy a whole record was a big thing. Then the Rocks album turned me upside down. I vaguely remember liking that song but I wasn’t aware of who Aerosmith were. I remember hearing Walk This Way on the radio. Describe the first time you ever heard them.