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Tyler Says Both he And Perry Fell Off The Wagon

April 28th, 2011 | By ryan-kazr in Uncategorized | No Comments »

According to Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler, he wasn’t the only long-sober member of the band who fell off the wagon in recent times. In a new interview with Rolling Stone, Tyler said that he and guitarist Joe Perry got high together in 2008 while attempting to record a new album. Tyler revealed, “It was just like 30 years before. I whipped out mine, he whipped out his and we got high together again. I say to Joe, ‘Wow, man, how you been, it’s been, what, 17 years since we got high together? Joe, you’ve been f***ing running away from me ever since.’ “

The drugs, however, derailed the sessions for the album, with Tyler saying, “Joe was high and he couldn’t play. I couldn’t sing, really, because I was snorting everything, and it f***s up your throat. It was the wrong time.”

Perry did not respond to an Associated Press request for a comment.

Tyler’s alleged fall from sobriety led to an injury onstage, a canceled tour, and tensions within Aerosmith in late 2009. The band patched up their differences early last year and toured, after Tyler spent 90 days in rehab.

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