Aerosmith Guitarist Joe Perry Announces New Solo Album

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It's been five years since Aerosmith put out any new music and about eight since lead guitarist Joe Perry did solo for a non-holiday release. Kind of a long time to wait for new music from any of the Bad Boys from Boston. However, that is about to change as Perry is about to put out a brand new solo album according to a report from Ultimate Classic Rock.

The album, titled Sweetzerland Manifesto has no release date yet, but it features a great deal of rock n' roll royalty on it such as David Johansen (singer for the New York Dolls), Zak Starkey (Ringo Starr's son) on drums, Johnny Depp, Perry's sons Tony and Roman, Robin Zander (singer for Cheap Trick), as well as Terry Reid.

In a recent statement regarding the album, Perry said:

"It's going to be interesting to see what songs people gravitate to because there's such a wide variety of tunes."

I'm intrigued by the fact that there are two instrumental tracks on the album (the full track listing is below). Then again, Perry is a guitar player and as a guitar player myself I know we kind of tend to like to have our moment in the sun that isn't just 16 bars 3/4 of the way through a song. I like a lot of the people he has playing on his record, so I'll definitely be looking forward to the album's release.

Joe Perry, 'Sweetzerland Manifesto' Track Listing:

Rumble in the Jungle (instrumental)
I'll Do Happiness (featuring Terry Reid)
Aye, Aye, Aye (featuring Robin Zander)
I Wanna Roll (featuring David Johansen)
Sick & Tired (featuring Reid)
Haberdasher Blues (featuring Johansen)
Spanish Sushi (instrumental)
Eve of Destruction (featuring Perry)
I'm Going Crazy (featuring Johansen)
Won't Let Me Go (featuring Terry Reid)