AEROSMITH Drummer To Take Part In Online Chat
May 13, 2011AEROSMITH drummer Joey Kramer will take part in an online Twitter chat on Thursday, May 19. Get inside Joey's head as he goes more in depth about his fall from grace and path to sobriety.
Details:
Date: Thursday, May 19
Times: 1:00 p.m. ET & 7:00 p.m. ET
Where: AeroForceOne.com
How to participate:
* Log in to Twitter
* In the "What's Happening" box on your profile, type your question.
* Add the hashtag #JoeyKramerHitHard to your post and click "tweet"
Example: After all you'd been through, wasn't it easy to give up? What kept you motivated? #JoeyKramerHitHard
Kramer's autobiography, "Hit Hard: A Story Of Hitting Rock Bottom At The Top", was released on June 30, 2009 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 1997, amidst AEROSMITH's sold-out world tour and No. 1 album release, Joey revealed in an interview his ongoing struggles with depression. The response from fans and people battling those same internal demons was overwhelming. Joey who has been the drummer in aerosmith since it was founded in 1970 and the first member of the band to release his own book now tells the complete story: the early days of the band, glamorous drug-addled events leading up to their eventual sobriety, battles within his family and among bandmates, and the explosive internal dynamics in AEROSMITH that continue to unleash a fury of endless creativity.
This is not just another rock and roll memoir. In addition to the never-before-told AEROSMITH war stories that abound in the book, "Hit Hard" unpacks the history of a rock star who was both fragile and tough, who after years of insane wildness became willing to accept help and finally kick a serious alcohol and drug addiction, only to find that the real terrors and hard work were still ahead. It's the story of an average kid from an average American suburb who went through physical and emotional trauma. It's about years of depression and the nervous breakdown at the height of the band's comeback success. Ultimately, it is about how Joey recognized his confusion between love and abuse, awakening to the kind of self-acceptance and compassion that makes healthy relationships possible in the "real world."
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