Aerosmith - Prodigy Transcript

SYSTEM Greeter

You are now in Auditorium "AEROSMITH LIVE!". You have READ/WRITE access. You may ask up to 2 questions, until this auditorium reaches its maximum of 1000 questions.

Steven Tyler (Speaker)

...peeks through curtain

Prodigy Crew (Speaker)

Tonight's very special online chat session features all five members of Aerosmith. Submit questions for Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, Brad Whitford, Tom Hamilton and Joey Kramer at any time. We'll be starting at 10 PM (ET).

Prodigy Crew (Speaker)

Good evening and welcome to tonight's live PRODIGY chat with Aerosmith. Please submit your questions at any time. Tonight's session is due to start at 10 PM (ET).

Prodigy Crew (Speaker)

Joe Perry will also be appearing on PRODIGY'S Music Bulletin Board later this month. You can post your questions to Joe on the Music BB any time before Dec. 15. Following tonight's chat, find out more about Joe's appearance online by JUMPING: music bb.

Prodigy Crew (Speaker)

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) dedicates itself to free speech and other important issues related to computer users. For more on the EFF, see the speaker bio section in this auditorium.

Steven Tyler (Speaker)

...peeks through curtain

Prodigy Crew (Speaker)

A number of bands who have opened for Aerosmith have gone on to achieve remarkable success. Among them: AC/DC, Guns N' Roses, Skid Row and the Black Crowes.

SYSTEM Greeter

The Auditorium has reached the maxium number of questions. No more questions are allowed.

Steven Tyler (Speaker)

...ties scarf to mouse

Lisa R (Member Question)

Hi guys, welcome to Prodigy. What I want to know is how do you feel you've managed to stay at the top of your game, put out consistently legitimate rock and roll, have hits and remain focused? --- Lisa Robinson

Brad Whitford (Speaker)

Lisa--get a life....

Steven Tyler (Speaker)

We've done everything right for so many years, we finally learned how to do it wrong the right way

Billie Joel (Member Question)

I personally feel very attracted to Janet Jackson how about any of you?

Tom Hamilton (Speaker)

We've beentrying to do illegitimate music!

Brad Whitford (Speaker)

Lisa---<G><G><G>

Steven Tyler (Speaker)

I'm a Janis Joplin man myself...

Joey Kramer (Speaker)

personally i am more attracted to her brother...he's cuter and has a better nose

Shauni2 (Member Question)

What backup group has been your favorite and how do you go about choosing who your backup group is?

Brad Whitford (Speaker)

I've been writing Jermaine for years...still no response!

Brad Whitford (Speaker)

AC/DC is my favorite...

Steven Tyler (Speaker)

AC/DC and Guns 'n Roses worked out okay too

Joey Kramer (Speaker)

our parents pre-arranged it

Julissa (Member Question)

How did the band get together?

Joey Kramer (Speaker)

we choosew our backup group depending on how much money they give us

Tom Hamilton (Speaker)

all we know is what other people tell us.we trynot

Tom Hamilton (Speaker)

we allmetin new hampshire;moved to Boston and the a week later played our first stdium

Joe Perry (Speaker)

We all get calls in our room & we meet in the lobby...

Joey Kramer (Speaker)

plans for 95 include rest and a new album in the works

Domitroff (Member Question)

How influential do you feel your music has been?

Joey Kramer (Speaker)

we needed the money just kiddung, the demnad was there and we are out there for our fans which are always first and foremost

Joe Perry (Speaker)

We don't think about that. That's up for you to decide.

Tom Hamilton (Speaker)

to be too concerned with who we've affected,good or bad.

Beardman (Member Question)

Hi Guys, What are your plans for 1995? I can't wait for your club to open in Boston!!

Tom Hamilton (Speaker)

get a fourteen year old lawyer

Steven Tyler (Speaker)

It's a time to lick our wounds and get on with business as usual, we start writing the album inMarch, and it ain over 'til the fat lady sings.

Brad Whitford (Speaker)

Steven..how much are we paying the fat lady???

corrosion (Member Question)

joe perrry, what do you have to say to an aspiring 13 year old guitarist?

Joe Perry (Speaker)

Practice!

convicted (Member Question)

Do you plan to remain active in the so-called "information superhighway" as you have recently?

Steven Tyler (Speaker)

We're gonna ride this surfboard all the way to the shore! Ain't no shark teeth in my ass...

VlXEN (Member Question)

What do you think was the message of "Woodstock '94" ? Or do any of you feel it is indicative of a generation which has no voice or message of its own?

Steven Tyler (Speaker)

anytime a group of people-more than 350,000 congregate together, it proves that they are a part of something bigger.

Brad Whitford (Speaker)

woodstock was just a concert ... $$$

Mussler (Member Question)

So, where did you guys get the idea for the "Get A Grip" CD cover?? The actual CD cover is "udderly" hilarious.

Joey Kramer (Speaker)

it was the cows idea

Tom Hamilton (Speaker)

I don't think we should over anylyze it too much.Let's justsay it was a great three day party and leave itat that.

Steven Tyler (Speaker)

It was submitted to us by Geffen Arts and we expanded on it

RomeoRomeo (Member Question)

how do you guys keep staying on the charts year after year?

Joey Kramer (Speaker)

Steven's uncle is the editor of billboard

Steven Tyler (Speaker)

My uncle is the editor of Billboard

Joe Perry (Speaker)

We don't put ourselves on the charts. You do.

Joey Kramer (Speaker)

you guys are what keeps us on the charts

Tom Hamilton (Speaker)

steven,bendoverand crack a smile!

Big Aero Fan (Member Question)

First of all Mr. Tyler i agree with you 100% on what you say about videos... whenever i hear music now, i think of the video!! I think you guyz are the greatest!! Now howdo I go about getting together a band.. where do i look for.. how do i go about it? I know nobody where i live that can play! WHats your advice??

Steven Tyler (Speaker)

I can't, you're head's in the way

Joe Perry (Speaker)

Try turning the TV off once in a while.

Steven Tyler (Speaker)

the more you can dance around with the theme of a video the more you can keep it open to your own interpretation.

Joey Kramer (Speaker)

the best record ius yet to come

horsecrazy (Member Question)

I remember Boston in the early 70's (I worked for WBCN from 1971- 1976...what fun or happy memories (if any) do you have of those early times??

Brad Whitford (Speaker)

close your eyes and listen!

Brad Whitford (Speaker)

Big Aero Fan -- try moving to a bigger city

guy sx (Member Question)

When'd you guys find time to chat on prodigy?

Steven Tyler (Speaker)

We cancelled dinner

Daffydil (Member Question)

How much longer do you think you guys will have the amazing energy you do now?

Brad Whitford (Speaker)

about midnight!

Steven Tyler (Speaker)

As long as you keep buying records. The energy will last as long as we still haven't found what we're looking for.

Steven Tyler (Speaker)

As long as the alternative is getting a job, we'll keep doing this!

Joey Kramer (Speaker)

as long as we have fans that support us as they do now we'll have the energy indefinitley

Steven Tyler (Speaker)

I once made love to Maxanne while making a Public Service Announcement.

Joey Kramer (Speaker)

great memories of the early 70s WBCN really helped break us in the beginning

aerochick (Member Question)

where did the song Dude (looks like a lady) come from- what inspired those lyrics?

Tom Hamilton (Speaker)

hey steven that must have been a PUBIC service announcement

Steven Tyler (Speaker)

Dear Aerochick, I was hanging out with Motley Crue and I was "duded" to death. That mixed with Edddie Murphy's portrayal of a gay Mr. T had us all rolling on the floor. And, voila--Dude Looks like a lady...

YOKO ONO (Member Question)

Joe Perry:::: How much do your guitars cost and what brands do you usually like to purchase ??

Joe Perry (Speaker)

I like Gibsons, Fenders, Chandlers...the list goes on - $500 to $5000, but it depends on how they sound, not what they cost. I don't play guitar for free, just to get it for free.

Mr Skins (Member Question)

This is for Steven, when you are singing songs in concert that you wrote, do you usually think back to what was going on when you wrote it?

Steven Tyler (Speaker)

I don't like to write songs and sing them unless I lived the experience once before and thereby causing an epiphinous state onstage which sends my mind in to the way outersphere causing a simulation of the seventies.

horsecrazy (Member Question)

Do you agree or disagree that rock and roll no longer has anything to do with age? I'm also in my 40's and have friends in their 50's and 60s who go to your and other shows.

Joe Perry (Speaker)

You answered that one.

EFF (Speaker)

What's the best come-on line from a groupie that you've ever heard?

Joey Kramer (Speaker)

that is correct, rock n' roll has nothing to do with your age. It's all in the spirit.

Joey Kramer (Speaker)

cannot repeat that online

Steven Tyler (Speaker)

The reason a dog has so many friends is he wags his tail instead of his tongue--Love, Steven

Steven Tyler (Speaker)

Nice bum, where'ya from?

Steven Tyler (Speaker)

some guy backstage while looking at my wife said tome I want to have your baby, so I decked him out...

Miaa (Member Question)

If you had the power to change anything in the world, what would it be?

Steven Tyler (Speaker)

My underwear

Joey Kramer (Speaker)

to eliminate war worldwide

Slick Dave (Member Question)

Hey Guys, I was wondering what goes through your mind when you step on stage and see thousands of crazed fans?

Steven Tyler (Speaker)

How much it reminds me of the last time I got high

Joey Kramer (Speaker)

how much I love what I do

Joe Perry (Speaker)

The hair on the back of my neck stands up.

Tom Hamilton (Speaker)

If I could change anything,it would be to have less serious questions.

Brad Whitford (Speaker)

look for the exit signs!

NOAHLUSTER (Member Question)

Of all the different venues you have played, which are you favorites?

Brad Whitford (Speaker)

Yeah Mexico City.

Tom Hamilton (Speaker)

Warsaw,Poland

Joey Kramer (Speaker)

K.K.K.katies in Boston

Steven Tyler (Speaker)

the Barn in Georges Mills New Hampshire

the jerk (Member Question)

will your arcade game "revolution x"be out for any home systems?

Tom Hamilton (Speaker)

It'scoming outon ACCLAIM in spring 95

Joey Kramer (Speaker)

we go to Songs r' Us

Net Tech (Member Question)

Do you have a certain "method" in coming up with a new song?

EFF (Speaker)

Hey all, e-mail DNAE43A to join EFF, buy tee-shirts, findout about free speech in Cyberspace.

Tom Hamilton (Speaker)

Ift here was one,we;d get a lot more sleep

Steven Tyler (Speaker)

Yes, I lock myself in a deprevation tank for a week. the first thing that comes to mind, I elaborate on.

Brad Whitford (Speaker)

no method, just madness

Love led (Member Question)

1) what has held this magical bond together

Tom Hamilton (Speaker)

Joey says,crazy glue with a little bit of sand

Steven Tyler (Speaker)

We keep channels of communication open for eachother and know how to tell eachother to politely fuck off

Miaa (Member Question)

Steven, Joe, Brad, Tom and Joey who are your all time idols?

Joey Kramer (Speaker)

my father, spider-man, John Bonham, and the Riddler

ANGIR (Member Question)

If you guys were doing anything other than music, what would it be?

Steven Tyler (Speaker)

the Tazmanian Devil and Cherry Pez

Brad Whitford (Speaker)

Jimmi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Stevie Ray Vaughn

Joe Perry (Speaker)

Learning how to type.

Steven Tyler (Speaker)

Trying to climb out of straight jacket

Joey Kramer (Speaker)

planting daisies in my garden...

Ma Kin (Member Question)

I have been noticing that recently your music is turning to a blues edge, is that what you plan on doing in the near future and for your next album?

Joey Kramer (Speaker)

have a big bowl of wheaties

Steven Tyler (Speaker)

It's always been there, it's just that the cream floats to the top after a while

Tom Hamilton (Speaker)

try again tommorrow

maisey (Member Question)

What do you do when you get blocked creatively, and just can't write? How do you break thru it?

Brad Whitford (Speaker)

donuts and coffee

Steven Tyler (Speaker)

I file it in the "dumb" box and move on

Joe Perry (Speaker)

We always come up with something, it just may not end up on the record. We sel l those to Metallica.

AeroKrist (Member Question)

Band : In what ways do you feel your audience differs today to that of your audience when you first started playing together as a band?

Steven Tyler (Speaker)

We went from zippers to button-fly jeans...

lissaAbbruzz (Member Question)

hi guys we are really glad ya'll are here tonight. we saw you at the beginning of the get a grip tour summer of '93 and then the end in summer of '94. how do you guys stay sane on the road for so long?? lissabeast from nashville

OSKEY2 (Member Question)

I'd like to know what your thoughts are on the AIDS crisis and if you are doing anything to promote awareness?

Steven Tyler (Speaker)

We don't take anything too seriously and always try to remember to keep our noses to the grindstone. It sharpens the boogers

Joey Kramer (Speaker)

AIDS crisis

Tom Hamilton (Speaker)

As Napoleon,the leader of the French army,I have no problem with sanity

Brad Whitford (Speaker)

We did a T-shirt for the Children's Hospital through the Hard Rock Cafe for the Pediatric Aids Foundation. It sold over 200,000 shirts to date and we're really happy to help out fight this terrible disease.

Liz Girl (Member Question)

You are all idols to me, your music is great, you have millions of fans, Even with all of this do you ever wish you had normal lives?

Joey Kramer (Speaker)

This is normal

Joe Perry (Speaker)

I got news for you: This is normal.

Tom Hamilton (Speaker)

whaddya mean,normal

Steven Tyler (Speaker)

I wouldn't trade this life in for anything. As Gump says "Normal is as normal does"

joe Elliott (Member Question)

Damn look at all the Aerosmith fans!

LostPuppy (Member Question)

Wow!! Its great to see you guys on here! Most bands that have been around for a few years have broken up and gone there sperate ways. What has kept you guys together?

Elwod Blues (Member Question)

What was the best moment in your career?

Steven Tyler (Speaker)

Arriving in Budapest with 5,000 people at the airport in a place we've never played before

Brad Whitford (Speaker)

still waiting....

Joey Kramer (Speaker)

You've already missed it...watch for it on MTV

Joe Perry (Speaker)

Support the EFF so we can keep doing this!

Kath1268 (Member Question)

Will there ever be an Aerosmith "Unplugged?" or have I already missed it?

Joe Perry (Speaker)

We did it, and we also taped it in HDTV. So, when HDTV becomes available, it'll already be there.

EGYPT (Member Question)

how was it filming crying in the church in fall river

Tom Hamilton (Speaker)

MTV re-broadcasts it fairly regularly

Joe Perry (Speaker)

It was dirty & dusty, but the fans made us feel at home.

Steven Tyler (Speaker)

Wet. It was a bit of an exorcism. but if you listen real close, you can hear the poltergeists singing the background harmonies..

Raven Dark (Member Question)

Will you be doing an cartoon animated video in the near future? You would be great as cartoons characters.

Prodigy Crew (Speaker)

We've gone over tonight. thanks for being here. We have time for a few more questions. Don't forget to check out the Aerosmith-EFF T-Shirt. JUMP: musicworks.

Tom Hamilton (Speaker)

Joeysays we ARE cartoon characters

Tom Hamilton (Speaker)

The animation process is very painfull,we're just healing up from the Simpsons now

Joey Kramer (Speaker)

Thanks for being here and join us again tomorrow

Joe Perry (Speaker)

Thanks for joining us! It's been a realtime good time.

Steven Tyler (Speaker)

Thanks everybody for sharing the space. And, remember the light at the end of the tunnel, may be you PC screen.

Brad Whitford (Speaker)

let's do it again real soon and thanks!

Tom Hamilton (Speaker)

Really great,you guys!thanks fer the questions!