Friday, May 30, 2014

Aerosmith's Joe Perry Hoping to Change Things Up with Summer Set


Beginning on July 10th of this year, world renowned guitarist Slash and legendary rock band Aerosmith will be embarking on a summer tour that they will be calling 'Let Rock Rule'. During the course of the tour, Aerosmith lead guitarist Joe Perry is wanting to throw in some lesser known tunes into the set list.

The band is currently on tour in Europe and has been keeping mostly to the same set list that they have been using since last year though recently in Moscow they played "Freedom Fighter", a song from their 2012 album Music From Another Dimension for the first time live.

In a recent interview with Rolling Stone, Perry said, “We’re going to do a few off-the-wall ones that there will be some discussion about,” also stating that the current set list has “started to get very heavy on the ’70s, with a lot of album cuts. Once we’re back in the States, we’ll definitely do more from the new album and things from the ’90s we haven’t played in a long time. Off the top of my head, that might include ‘Monkey on My Back’ or maybe even ‘Hangman Jury.’”

Since former Guns N' Roses and Velvet Revolver lead guitarist Slash and his solo band Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators will be opening for a lot of the American dates of the tour, Perry is very much looking forward to jamming with him during the shows. "I want to go out and play with him at least a couple of times," Perry says. "It's always fun to play something different. He might also play during our set. We're known for doing 'Mama Kin' together, but there are other songs he likes. Rocks is one of his favorite records. I'm sure he's got a couple of songs he wants to play, and we'll oblige him. We're really good friends and it's going to be a really good tour."

Perry is also hoping to also release an autobiography titled Rocks: My Life in and Out of Aerosmith that will "set the record straight" on the story of Aerosmith this coming October

“We’re going to do a few off-the-wall ones that there will be some discussion about,” adding that the setlists have “started to get very heavy on the ’70s, with a lot of album cuts. Once we’re back in the States, we’ll definitely do more from the new album and things from the ’90s we haven’t played in a long time. Off the top of my head, that might include ‘Monkey on My Back’ or maybe even ‘Hangman Jury.’”

Read More: Aerosmith Looking To Introduce Deep Album Cuts On Upcoming Tour | http://ultimateclassicrock.com/aerosmith-perform-deep-cuts/?trackback=tsmclip

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