AEROSMITH Drummer To Discuss Autobiography On Boston Radio

June 22, 2009

AEROSMITH drummer Joey Kramer will publish his autobiography, "Hit Hard: A Story Of Hitting Rock Bottom At The Top", on June 30 through HarperCollins. In the book, Kramer, a founding member and drummer of AEROSMITH, courageously tells the world how he has wrestled with depression as part of the most successful rock band in American history.

In support of the book release, Kramer will appear on two Boston-area radio shows on Tuesday, June 23:

* 9:30 a.m. on WBZ Radio
* 9:45 a.m. on WAAF

Video footage of Kramer talking about the book can be viewed below.

AEROSMITH frontman Steven Tyler's long-awaited autobiography, titled "Does The Noise In My Head Bother You?", will be published on October 27, according to a press release. The book follows Tyler's childhood in the Bronx, his early musical career, his now-historic partnership with guitarist Joe Perry and the rise, fall and rebirth of AEROSMITH. The book will also trace Tyler's romantic liaisons, his relationship with his four children, and his dealings with the sex-and-drug-filled life of a rock star. Tyler commented, "This is not just my take — this is the unbridled truth, the in-your-face, up-close and prodigious tale of Steven Tyler straight from the horse's lips."

Publishing house Ecco, a division of Harper Collins, reportedly paid more than $2 million for Tyler's memoir.

A band memoir, called "Walk This Way: The Autobiography of Aerosmith", was published in 2003.

Tyler, who has been singing for more than 40 years, told The Pulse of Radio that even a recent string of injuries and illnesses wouldn't make him think of retiring. "No, I don't know if I know how to do that," he said. "I know that Joe and I, we questioned it a couple of times about whether, you know, whether we would go out again. We took a year off. I remember I had hep-C (hepatitis-C) and decided to take a year off, and I literally got rid of it. I mean, it's one of the few miracles known to man. I kicked its ass."

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