РІР‚СљSteven and I have talked about it in general, because we both have things going on, but I think thereРІР‚в„ўs some time weРІР‚в„ўll carve in there to get together. With these side projects, I like it because I can just pick up and do it.РІР‚СњР”В«ut Aerosmith will be back on the road in the fall, and Perry says heРІР‚в„ўd РІР‚Сљreally like to put some music togetherРІР‚Сњ with his main band, whose last studio album was Music from Another Dimension! in 2012. IРІР‚в„ўd have to say, weРІР‚в„ўve missed a lot of rocks, just probably through good fortune and maybe a few good decisions, but getting that machine going can be really hard, getting that up to speed. РІР‚СљAerosmithРІР‚в„ўs an amazing machine, but the same five guys have been moving it along for close to 50 years once itРІР‚в„ўs moving in one direction, itРІР‚в„ўs kind of hard to steer it. РІР‚СљI can name my own hours,РІР‚Сњ Perry quips, when asked what he gets out of such side projects. (The album title is a nod to Los AngelesРІР‚в„ўs Sweetzer Ave., where Depp resides.) PerryРІР‚в„ўs latest project is another all-star affair, Sweetzerland Manifesto, a blues-rock album featuring vocals by Cheap TrickРІР‚в„ўs Robin Zander, the New York DollsРІР‚в„ў David Johansen, the Black CrowesРІР‚в„ў Chris Robinson, and legendary rock belter Terry Reid, and executive-produced by Johnny Depp at DeppРІР‚в„ўs home studio. РІР‚СљI still feel like thereРІР‚в„ўs ways to make music that I havenРІР‚в„ўt done yet, and I just keep looking,РІР‚Сњ he says. Incredibly, Perry returned to the road with Hollywood Vampires in record time - РІР‚СљI think I missed four shows, maybe six or seven daysРІР‚Сњ - and heРІР‚в„ўs barely taken a break since. Related: Joe PerryРІР‚в„ўs tips for staying young РІР‚В¦ They thought it was my heart, they thought it was my lungs, and all that checked out.РІР‚Сњ РІР‚СљI got checked out at the hospital, like every test they could РІР‚В¦ I checked out OK, I mean, really good. Luckily, despite reports that Perry had suffered a cardiac arrest, Perry says it was a mere case of РІР‚Сљfatigue and exhaustion,РІР‚Сњ and he quickly recovered. I feel terrible about that, about having them have to go through that and see that,РІР‚Сњ he says. I think it was a lot harder on the people around me, especially my wife. The Perrys have been the ultimate rock РІР‚в„ўnРІР‚в„ў roll power couple ever since, and Perry, now 67, says that when he collapsed backstage two years ago at a Brooklyn concert with Hollywood Vampires (his supergroup with Alice Cooper and Johnny Depp), Billie and his children were his main concern. Maybe IРІР‚в„ўll give Steven a call.РІР‚в„ў She definitely pushed me towards it - because she didnРІР‚в„ўt know what she was getting into, by any means!РІР‚Сњ And she said, РІР‚ВWhy arenРІР‚в„ўt you playing with these guys? WhatРІР‚в„ўs the matter with it?РІР‚в„ў I started thinking, going, РІР‚ВI donРІР‚в„ўt feel as crappy as I did before about the band. РІР‚В¦ I had been out of for, like, three years by then. ThatРІР‚в„ўs my band!РІР‚в„ў I turned the radio up, so she had heard a couple of the songs, but she didnРІР‚в„ўt put the two together. РІР‚СљRight after that, we were driving in Boston and I think РІР‚ВBack in the SaddleРІР‚в„ў came on. And she said, РІР‚ВWow, he really did have a band!РІР‚в„ў

She was into underground punk and all that, and she wasnРІР‚в„ўt into РІР‚Вbands with logos.РІР‚в„ў But I kept telling her, РІР‚ВI had this band, and we played some big shows in the РІР‚в„ў70s!РІР‚в„ў РІР‚В¦ Anyway, she was going through a box of my old stuff, and she found Rock Scene, or Circus, one of those, and she saw an article in there, and Steven and I were on the cover. РІР‚СљShe thought that if I got a break, I could maybe have a career in the business,РІР‚Сњ Perry tells Yahoo Entertainment with a laugh. Without Billie, Aerosmith probably never would have gone on to become the most successful American hard rock band of all time, with 150 million albums sold. (РІР‚СљI still canРІР‚в„ўt get enough of her,РІР‚Сњ he gushes sweetly.) Interestingly, Billie hardly knew anything about her husbandРІР‚в„ўs arena-rock past back then, but it was her words of encouragement that led to AerosmithРІР‚в„ўs historic reunion. It also solidified the tumultuous yet enduring artistic partnership of the РІР‚СљToxic Twins,РІР‚Сњ aka Perry and Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler.Р”В«ut thereРІР‚в„ўs an even more enduring partnership in the legendary guitaristРІР‚в„ўs life: his marriage of almost 35 years to Billie Perry, whom he met in 1983 after he cast her in a music video for his band the Joe Perry Project. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100, the groupРІР‚в„ўs ninth studio album, Permanent Vacation, went five times platinum and further solidified their MTV-superstar status some 30 years ago. Following AerosmithРІР‚в„ўs culture-shifting, zeitgeist-capturing РІР‚СљWalk This WayРІР‚Сњ collaboration with then-rising hip-hop duo Run-DMC, which went to No. When Aerosmith reunited in 1984, five years after the acrimonious departure of founding guitarist Joe Perry, the result was the greatest comeback in rock РІР‚в„ўnРІР‚в„ў roll history.

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