Steven Tyler

Under the guidance under the direction of Frank Connelly, their first manager, they spent some time in Boston's club circuit. They then began working with Steve Leber (New York) and David Krebs (New York). In 1972 they signed a recording agreement and debuted their first album. The album was followed in 1973 by Get Your Wings. Toys in the Attic. Rocks. and Draw the Line. These albums contributed to Aerosmith gain international recognition. The albums that inspired them were the basis of legendary hits , including "Dream On", Walk This Way and "Sweet Emotion". Aerosmith's five first albums all went multi-platinum. Toys in the Attic and Rocks were also multi-platinum. As the decade went by however, the group's hectic lifestyle of traveling, recording, and living together began to wear the band down. Due to their famed use of heroin and stimulants, Tyler and Perry were identified as the Toxic Twins. Their relationship is well documented in many of Aerosmith's video recordings and also in the Aerosmith Behind the Music. Tyler was more committed to the group, and seemed to dislike Perry's aloof attitude. Perry, however, loved Tyler's love for the females in her life. The dynamic of tension between Tyler, Perry, and their former girlfriends was key to the gradual decline of Aerosmith around 1980.