AEROSMITH Drummer Talks Cars

November 18, 2005

Sport Z Magazine, "the definitive Z Car and G35 enthusiast magazine," recently conducted an interview with AEROSMITH drummer Joey Kramer. An excerpt from the chat follows:

SZM: It seems that you've been an automotive enthusiast for quite some time. How did you get started in the hobby?

Joey Kramer: "I've been into cars since I was 11 or 12 years old. I built models when I was a kid. I always knew that the first car I wanted was a Corvette. That was my first love; it probably still is … I particularly love the mid years (66's and 67's). I have a definite soft spot in my heart for Corvettes and I'm actually involved with Corvette Mike in New England."

SZM: Back in the early '70s when Aerosmith was just starting to form, did you or any of the guys in the band own an early Z car?

Joey Kramer: "Tom, our bass player, had a 240Z. It was white with a red interior. As I remember he loved that car. He sold it to a guy — Ray Tabano — who was in the band when we first started it. [Once] we did the 'Stars Cars' in Creem magazine, I believe sometime in 1975. There would be a full-page picture [of Tom's 240Z] if you can get your hands on a copy. The whole band did full page shots of our cars at the time. The car I used for that particular photo shoot was my '75 Corvette."

SZM: Would you consider yourself a hands-on guy or just an enthusiast? Do you ever get involved with working on your car or performing any of the modifications?

Joey Kramer: "I'm an enthusiast. I like to drive. A car definitely has to look good. That's a big part of it for me. I love to drive and I like to drive fast when the time is right. I'm not in to driving fast when the time is wrong and endangering other people's lives as well as my own, so there's a time and place and I'm real careful about that. Down here in South Florida the driving is pretty intense. Conversely, up north when I'm in Boston over the summer it's a whole lot better. There's a whole lot more of what we would call back roads — twisty roads, bendy roads — that are fun to drive whereas down here it's all flat and it gets pretty boring after a while. As a result, my Ferrari kind of sits in the garage a lot unless I'm taking it to the track."

Read the entire interview at SportZMagazine.com.

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