AEROSMITH Guitarist: 'I Never Thought The Band Was Broken Up'

February 12, 2010

Ian Harvey of U.K.'s Express & Star spoke with AEROSMITH guitarist Joe Perry about the band's current status and THE JOE PERRY PROJECT's upcoming U.K. tour with BAD COMPANY. When asked if AEROSMITH is still a band, Perry replied, "I never thought the band was broken up. It's hard because with the Internet now there are so many different people who will say something. They'll take a guess at something and somebody's taken that as gospel."

He added, "We've always said the band has never broken up, Steven's never left the band. He wanted to take off and do a solo thing and take some time off. I think that the shocker was that he never talked to anybody in the band about it, so we were kind of taken aback by that. We figured if he wants to take time off then we'll find somebody to sit in and sing until he does come back and that's pretty much it. We're still friends, we're still planning on getting back together and playing and touring and doing another record, I just don't know when.

"We're talking to some different people and right now I'm not sure which way it's going to go. All I know is if AEROSMITH doesn't go out soon and sing with Steven, we'll probably go out and have somebody else sing."

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