Many of us may have been introduced to Steven Tyler in his role as judge on TV’s phenomenally successful American Idol. If so, whoa, listen to his no-holds-barred memoir DOES THE NOISE IN MY HEAD BOTHER YOU? In truth, this bio is as much of a record of rock ‘n’ roll as it is of Tyler himself. We’re taken to an earlier time and place then brought back again to the present. While we enjoy hearing his remembrances, especially as read by Jeremy Davidson, how Tyler lived through it all is just short of amazing.
Arguably one of rock’s most famous best known frontmen Tyler seems to understand exactly what being a rock star means - at times watching him on Idol one almost thinks he’s presenting himself as he wants to be perceived. Is this the true Steven Tyler? According to his memoir it is. As has been said what we see is exactly what we get, and there’s a great deal to get in this audio.
Tyler describes his youth as being a mountain boy, summers at his family home in Sunapee, New Hampshire, where he spent time killing birds with his sling shot and BB gun. Despite that bucolic existence by the age of 15 he was getting high and determined to become a rock star. It was 1969 in Sunapee when he saw Joe Perry and Tom Hamilton perform with their band - that was the beginning.
Five musicians went to Boston in the late sixties and became the group we were to know as Aeromsith. That band’s rise is now history: sold more than 100 million records, won umpteen Grammys, American Music Awards, Billboard Awards, MTV Awards and, yes, an Oscar.
Today we find the group’s dynamo Steven Tyler on one of our most watched TV programs where he continues to entertain and intrigue - a rock star like no other, DOES THE NOISE IN MY HEAD BOTHER YOU? is his story. Enjoy!
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