Aerosmith: The Fall and the Rise of Rock's Greatest Band

by Martin Huxley

The fall and the rise of rock's greatest band.

Genres: Nonfiction, Music

208 pages, Paperback

First published February 15, 1995

Reviews

[TrumanCoyote · Rating 4 out of 5]

Suffers inevitably a bit from its topicality; would've been even more compelling as a straight (and longer) bio of the band rather than mainly an account of their rehab. Anyway, Joe Perry comes across as the most interesting and thoughtful member here, with lots of choice (and piquant) quotes.

And one more thing, Martin: "Uncle Salty" was the best thing on that album (and "Walk This Way" was just some novelty song). Ya bozo!

[Robert Anzures · Rating 4 out of 5]

As an Aerosmith fan, I enjoyed this book a lot of quotes from the band members, which makes me feel that the author did its homework and that it is very accurate

[Randy Grossman · Rating 2 out of 5]

When I was young I was pretty excited about this rock band. I quickly bought up their first 4 albums (actually on 8-track!) I kinda lost track of them after that and as they plummeted into the lost world of drugs and alcohol, I probably leaned more to progressive rock and acoustic rock styles. Their story is a sad realization that many of our rock idols over did themselves in that lifestyle and thereby encouraged many people to consider the same...without the finances to support these bad habits. It is a decent testament that they survived and cleaned up some, but even with that they did not seem to warn the public of the dangers with any great alarm. Honestly I still like SOME of their songs, but I can't see myself listening to a full album from start to finish by them. Too many songs with content I personally would not care for.

[jacky · Rating 3 out of 5]

I took this out of our public library sometime in high school. I remember reading parts of it, but I don't think I read it cover to cover because I don't know that much about Aerosmith.