One month after the AC/DC concert that spawned their album’s title track, Aerosmith documented everything they had. The result — a reference cassette labelled “Aerosmith Demo Songs Tape 2/21/96 Tape 1 of 2” — is the most complete snapshot of the Nine Lives project at any single point during the Miami period. Where the earlier … More The South Beach Sessions Tape: Aerosmith’s Nine Lives Takes Shape, February 1996

A private collector’s tape offers a rare window into the raw material that existed before Glen Ballard formally took the producer’s chair. The tape is a second-generation cassette, later transferred to digital, containing eleven tracks in various states of completion. Quality varies throughout: some stereo elements survive but the sound is often faded toward mono, … More The Album Before the Album: Aerosmith’s 1995–96 Demo Tape

In late 1995, A&R legend John Kalodner heard Brother Cane’s “And Fools Shine On” — a #1 Mainstream Rock hit — and tracked down the songwriter. “He really loved the song and said, ‘Who wrote this song? I want to hook this guy up,’” Marti Frederiksen recalled during a 2020 Rock ‘n’ Roll Fantasy Camp … More How Marti Frederiksen Wrote His Way Into Aerosmith and the solo sessions with Perry