AEROSMITH Frontman Comments On Rehab Stint

May 29, 2008

AEROSMITH frontman Steven Tyler checked himself into a rehab facility earlier this month after a series of surgeries and post-operative physical therapy (to correct long-time foot injuries resulting from his trademark athletic performance onstage).

"The doctors told me the pain in my feet could be corrected but it would require a few surgeries over time," 60-year-old Tyler said in a statement released earlier today (Thursday, May 29). "The 'foot repair' pain was intense, greater than I'd anticipated. The months of rehabilitative care and the painful strain of physical therapy were traumatic. I really needed a safe environment to recuperate where I could shut off my phone and get back on my feet. Make no mistake, AEROSMITH has no plans to stop rocking. There's a new album to record, then another tour."

AEROSMITH guitarist Joe Perry spoke briefly with Blender magazine about Tyler's rehab stint. Perry said, "I actually haven't talked to (Steven) in a while. We spend most of our time off the road split up that's just how it goes." When asked if he knew what Tyler had gone in for, Perry replied, "I'm not sure, but I hope he's doing okay."

Perry himself is walking with a cane after recently having total knee-replacement surgery. He told Blender, "I'm about eight or nine weeks out from it...I'll be up and running probably within the next month. We have some press to do for Guitar Hero and hopefully I'll be able to make some of those events."

Guitar Hero: Aerosmith is due out on June 29, and will be available for Playstations 2 and 3, the Wii and Xbox 360.

Tyler, clean and sober since 1986, checked himself into Las Encinas Hospital in Pasadena, California and sought the help of celebrity drug counselor Dr. Drew Pinsky.

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