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October 31, 2008
Classic Rock Briefs For October 31, 2008
Halloween Song From Bruce Springsteen Available Online
Embracing the spirit of Halloween, and applying his songwriting talent for the benefit of his fans on this spookiest day of the year, Bruce Springsteen has written a Halloween song that has been posted on his website for visitors to download.
Being a Jersey boy, Springsteen grew up hearing the legend of the “Jersey Devil,” which inspired him to entitle this new track “A Night With The Jersey Devil.” There’s also a video available on the site which features Springsteen hamming it up a bit for the occasion.
Springsteen recently announced that he and his wife have decided to cancel their annual display of Halloween decorations at their Rumson, NJ home this year due to safety concerns for the large crowd that typically shows up to check it out. Maybe they will decide to decorate big for Christmas this year. Check out Bruce Springsteen’s website to access the Halloween song and video.
AC/DC ‘overwhelmed’ by CD’s success
It appears that the phenomenal success of their latest album, Black Ice, has taken the Australian hard rockers by surprise. Frontman Brian Johnson was quoted as saying, “It’s overwhelming, and quite hard to take in.” He then added, “Even an old dog like me has a few more surprises in life, I guess.”
Black Ice is the number two debut album of the year, just behind Lil Wayne’s Tha Carter III. With over 780,000 copies sold in the U.S. so far, and two months left to the year, I think Black Ice may have a shot at matching Lil Wayne’s 1 million copies or perhaps even beating that number. Full Story.
Aerosmith’s Joe Perry Supporting McCain for President
Since we have heard so much lately about certain well-known classic rockers getting upset by the McCain campaign’s use of their music during events and for TV commercials, I thought we’d offer up a little pro-McCain news to help balance things out a bit.
Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry says he and his band mates typically steer clear of the political scene, but this time he decided to speak up after he learned that former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani and California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger had endorsed McCain.
“I’ve been a hardcore Republican my whole life. My mother and father drilled into me from the very start that if you work hard and be positive, you’ll get what you’re working for. I guess I’m living proof of that,” Perry said. Full Story.
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September 11, 2008
More Rockers on Television Today
Update: Apparently, “breaking news” caused Joe Perry and son Roman to be bumped from the broadcast that they were scheduled to appear on and the segment is reportedly scheduled to air during the week of September 15.
This time there should be no need to lose any sleep or fiddle with your DVR or Tivo to catch Aerosmith guitar man Joe Perry and his son Roman, who will appear on The CBS Evening News With Katie Couric later today.
According to Blabbermouth, Perry and his son will appear on the news broadcast to talk about “Guitar Hero: Aerosmith.” With the extraordinary popularity of these kinds of video games lately, I’m not surprised to see a major media outlet setting aside some time on their evening news to cover it.
Not too long ago, the popular and quite controversial Comedy Central animated series South Park devoted and entire episode to this genre of video games, so it is certainly something that a lot of people are paying attention to.
The CBS Evening News With Katie Couric airs at 6:30 PM Eastern Time, and according to the TV Guide website, 6:30 Pacific Time, but check your local listings to be sure, if you don’t want to miss this.
March 11, 2008
Joe Perry Sidelined For Knee Surgery
It appears that the two shows Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry performed with his sons recently may have aggravated an existing problem with one of the 57-year-old rockers knees and forced him to schedule surgery on March 18.
The surgery has resulted in the postponement of a show on April 5 in Niagara Falls, New York.
Perry, has been suffering with a problem knee for around two years and had been putting off treatment to avoid disrupting Aerosmith’s schedule.
February 12, 2008
Joe Perry & Sons Talk To Local News Station
Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry invited a Connecticut TV news station into his Duxbury, Massachusetts home recently for a short interview.
This time, it was all about Joe’s sons, Adrian and Tony who have formed their own rock group known as TAB and are already winning over some critics with their first album.
As you might expect, Perry seems quite proud of his rock ‘n’ roll progeny and admits that he often has to "bite his tongue" and keep his comments to himself in order to let the boys find their own way on the path to wherever their musical careers happen to take them.
Perry also admits that 30 years ago he did not expect to see his kids playing rock like their dad and also reveals that he did not expect to still be performing at this age himself.
To check out the video interview, visit NBC 30
January 31, 2008
Aerosmith’s Joe Perry In Interview
A fairly lengthy interview with Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry has appeared on the The Pulse magazine web site.
In the interview, Perry talks about performing with his son’s band and how proud and impressed he is with the work of his boys. He has performed a bit with his sons and has plans to do it again next month 
at the Foxwoods casino in Connecticut.
Perry also discusses how Aerosmith got involved with Guitar Hero 3 and about the how the guys behind the Guitar Hero game are actually rock fans who Perry says think a lot like him, and how Guitar Hero is partly an effort to get good music out there for today’s young people.
As you might expect, there is some discussion of Aerosmith, including what the members of the band have been through in recent years, how they have managed to stay together for so long and their plans to work on their new album this year.
On the lighter side, Perry is asked about his famous (or infamous) appearance with American Idol contestant Sanjaya Malakar on the season finale of the popular talent competition last year.
To check out the text of the entire interview check out The Pulse magazine.
In other Aerosmith news, fans may want to check out Tom Hamilton’s interview on Boston’s local Fox station this morning.
