TEAM RNS PRESENTS

TITLE: Honkin' On Bobo

RIPPER: Team RNS

234kbps avg - Blues
0hr 43min total- 76.9mb

RELEASE DATE: 2004-03-30
RIP DATE: 2004-03-18

02 Shame, Shame, Shame            2:14
03 Eyesight To The Blind          3:09
04 Baby, Please Don't Go          3:23
05 Never Loved A Girl             3:12
06 Back Back Train                4:23
07 You Gotta Move                 5:30

10 Temperature                    2:50
11 Stop Messin' Around            4:29
12 Jesus Is On The Main Line      2:48

Aerosmith was one of the most popular
hard rock bands of the '70s, setting the
style and sound of hard rock and heavy
metal for the next two decades with
their raunchy, bluesy swagger. The
Boston-based quintet found the middle
ground between the menace of the
Rolling Stones and the campy, sleazy
flamboyance of the New York Dolls,
developing a lean, dirty riff-oriented
boogie that was loose and swinging and
as hard as a diamond.
In the meantime, they developed a
prototype for power ballads with "Dream
On," a piano ballad that was
orchestrated with strings and
distorted guitars. Aerosmith's ability
to pull off both ballads and rock & roll
made them extremely popular during the
mid-'70s, when they had a string of gold
and platinum albums. By the early '80s,
the group's audience had declined as the
band fell prey to drug and alcohol abuse.
However, their career was far from over
in the late '80s, Aerosmith pulled off
one of the most remarkable comebacks
in rock history, returning to the top
of the charts with a group of albums
that equalled, if not surpassed, the
popularity of their '70s albums.

In 1970, the first incarnation of
Aerosmith formed when vocalist Steven
Tyler met guitarist Joe Perry while
working at a Sunapee, NH, ice-cream
parlor. Tyler, who originally was a
drummer, and Perry decided to form a
power trio with bassist Tom Hamilton.
The group soon expanded to a quartet,
adding a second guitarist called Ray
Tabano; he was quickly replaced by Brad
Whitford, a former member of Earth Inc.
With the addition of drummer Joey Kramer,
Tyler became the full-time lead singer
by the end of year. Aerosmith relocated
to Boston at the end of 1970.

After playing clubs in the Massachusetts
and New York areas for two years, the
group landed a record contract with
Columbia Records in 1972. Aerosmith's
self-titled debut album was released in
the fall of 1973, climbing to number 166.
"Dream On" was released as the first
single and it was a minor hit, reaching
number 59. For the next year, the band
built a fan base by touring America,
supporting groups as diverse as the
Kinks, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Sha Na Na,
and Mott the Hoople. The performance of
Get Your Wings (1974), the group's
second album and the first produced by
Jack Douglas, benefited from their
constant touring, spending a total of 86
weeks on the chart.

Aerosmith's third record, 1975's Toys
in the Attic, was their breakthrough
album both commercially and artistically.
By the time it was recorded, the band's
sound had developed into a sleek,
hard-driving hard rock powered by
simple, almost brutal, blues-based riffs.
Many critics at the time labeled the
group as punk rockers, and it's easy to
see why  instead of adhering to the
world-music pretentions of Led Zeppelin
or the prolonged gloomy mysticism of
Black Sabbath, Aerosmith stripped heavy
metal to its basic core, spitting out
spare riffs that not only rocked, but
rolled. Steven Tyler's lyrics were
filled with double entendres and clever
jokes and the entire band had a
streetwise charisma that separated them
from the heavy, lumbering arena
rockers of the era. Toys in the Attic
captured the essence of the newly
invigorated Aerosmith. "Sweet Emotion,"
the first single from Toys in the Attic,
broke into the Top 40 in the summer of
1975, with the album reaching number 11
shortly afterward. Its success prompted
the re-release of the power \ballad
"Dream On," which shot into the Top Ten
in early 1976. Both Aerosmith and Get
Your Wings climbed back up the charts
in the wake of Toys in the Attic. "Walk
This Way," the final single from Toys in
the Attic, was released around the time
of the group's new 1976 album, Rocks.
Although it didn't feature a Top Ten hit
like "Walk This Way," Rocks went platinum
quickly, peaking at number three.

In early 1977, Aerosmith took a break
and prepared material for their fifth
album. Released late in 1977, Draw the
Line was another hit, climbing to number
11 on the U.S. charts, but it showed
signs of exhaustion. In addition to
another tour in 1978, the band appeared
in the movie Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts
Club Band, performing "Come Together,"
which eventually became a number 23
hit. Live! Bootleg appeared late in
1978 and became another success,
reaching number 13. Aerosmith recorded
Night in the Ruts in 1979, releasing the
record at the end of the year. By the
time of its release, Joe Perry had left
the band to form the Joe Perry Project.
Night in the Ruts performed respectably,
climbing to number 14 and going gold,
yet it was the least successful
Aerosmith record to date. Brad
Whitford left the group in early 1980,
forming the Whitsford-St. Holmes Band
with former Ted Nugent guitarist Derek

As Aerosmith regrouped with new
guitarists Jimmy Crespo and Rick Dufay,
the band released Aerosmith's Greatest
Hits in late 1980; the record would
eventually sell over six million
copies. The new lineup of Aerosmith
released Rock in a Hard Place in 1982.
Peaking at number 32, it failed to match
the performance of Night in the Ruts.
Perry and Whitford returned to the band
in 1984 and the group began a reunion
tour dubbed Back in the Saddle. Early in
the tour, Tyler collapsed on stage,
offering proof that the band hadn't
conquered their notorious drug and
alcohol addictions. The following year,
Aerosmith released Done with Mirrors,
the original lineup's first record since
1979 and their first for Geffen Records.
Although it didn't perform as well as
Rock in a Hard Place, the album showed
that the band was revitalized.

After the release of Done with Mirrors,
Tyler and Perry completed
rehabilitation programs. In 1986, the
pair appeared on Run D.M.C.'s cover of
"Walk This Way," along with appearing in
the video. "Walk This Way" became a hit,
reaching number four and receiving
saturation airplay on MTV. "Walk This
Way" set the stage for the band's
full-scale comeback effort, the Bruce
Fairburn-produced Permanent Vacation
(1987). Tyler and Perry collaborated
with professional hard rock songwriters
like Holly Knight and Desmond Child,
resulting in the hits "Dude (Looks Like a
Lady)," "Rag Doll" and "Angel."
Permanent Vacation peaked at number 11
and sold over three million copies.

Pump, released in 1989, continued the
band's winning streak, reaching number
five, selling over four million
copies, and spawning the Top Ten
singles "Love in an Elevator," "Janie's
Got a Gun," and "What It Takes."
Aerosmith released Get a Grip in 1993.
Like Permanent Vacation and Pump, Get a
Grip was produced by Bruce Fairburn and
featured significant contributions by
professional songwriters. The album was
as successful as the band's previous
two records, featuring the hit singles
"Livin' on the Edge," "Cryin'," and
"Amazing." In 1994, Aerosmith released
Big Ones, a compilation of hits from
their Geffen years which fulfilled their
contract with the label; it went double
platinum shortly after its release.

While Aerosmith was at the height of its
revitalized popularity in the early
'90s, the group signed a lucrative
multi-million dollar contract with
Columbia Records, even though they still
owed Geffen two albums. It wasn't until
1995 that the band was able to begin
working on their first record under the
new contract  nearly five years after
the contract was signed. The making of
Aerosmith albums usually had been
difficult affairs, but the recording of
Nine Lives was plagued with bad luck.
The band went through a number of
producers and songwriters before
settling on Kevin Shirley in 1996. More
damaging, however, was the dismissal of
the band's manager Tim Collins, who had
been responsible for bringing the band
from the brink of addiction. Upon his
firing, Collins insinuated that Steven
Tyler was using hard drugs again, an
allegation that Aerosmith adamantly
denied. Under such circumstances,
recording became quite difficult, and
when Nine Lives finally appeared in the
spring of 1997, it was greeted with
great anticipation, yet the initial
reviews were mixed and even though album
debuted at number one, it quickly fell
down the charts. The live A Little South
of Sanity followed in 1998. Three years
later, Aerosmith strutted their stuff
on the halftime special on CBS with the
likes of Mary J. Blige, Nelly, *N Sync,
and Britney Spears, just prior to issuing
their heart stomping Just Push Play in

yea, new aerosmith, blues style!