Drummer says Aerosmith won't play for John Kerry

Presidential candidate Senator John Kerry wins the election on Tuesday, he probably shouldn't invite AEROSMITH to play for him. Kerry wanted AEROSMITH to play the Democratic convention in Boston in late July, but the band was on tour in Japan, so frontman Steven Tyler said they'd play the inaugural if Kerry won. However, drummer Joey Kramer told Launch that there won't be any such appearances. "The band will not be performing for John Kerry. Unfortunately, he (Steven) volunteers his own services, and he volunteered the services of the band, but unfortunately at the time, I think he forgot to discuss it with the rest of us. And everybody has their views and feelings politically — obviously, we don't all agree — and so, you know, we couldn't come to a, a decision, and so it was decided not to get done."
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Was Aerosmith his first choice?

If it was any other election year, I'd have to reconsider my choice of candidate... 20 years ago maybe, but has he listened to them since??

Sorry, Boss trumps Aerosmith.
No contest.

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at the Super Bowl:

GARTH: "Say, it's almost game time. Don't you think you should play my new video now?"

NBC: "We aren't going to play your video. Who told you that?"

GARTH: "That was the deal--you play the video and I sing the anthem! Well, you can forget it now!"

NBC: "We'll have to get someone else then. Say, isn't that Jon Bon Jovi in the stands? Send somebody down to ask if he'll fill in...He said yes? Great! Happy trails to you, Garth!"

GARTH: "OH, SAY CAN YOU SEEEEEE...."

:headbang:
rocknation

Just what I was thinking when I read this. Who the hell needs Aerosmith when they have The Boss?

Can we still win this election without him?

Shouldn't this be posted in Late Breaking Drivel?

Sometimes it feels kinda immature to make fun of an adversary's appearance, but that was just funny!

Now that was funny!

but it was funny...

or Bruce Springsteen. Or Jimmy Buffett. Or Bonnie Raitt. Or Stevie Wonder. Tons of great musicians support Kerry.

Maybe we'll get lucky and have a Neighborhoods reunion!

myself

then Gang Green and the Fools

RCM

That would be excellent. So many good Boston bands.

They're from Boston and they're back together. Actually they're way too hip for Kerry. Springsteen wouldn't be bad.

eom

Just played TT's not long ago. Jeff C. being one of my oldest friends in the world. And speaking of another old musical friend from the same town, see below...

Old high school pal of mine's band. Fairly legendary in their own way. Though Clint also has a media gig, so maybe it's verboten. But they've reunited and will be opening for a Pixies' reunion show in a couple of weeks. I expect they'd be glad to play.

Good to hear that they are playing again.

I'd love to hear the Freeper reaction to that!

This summer at the Siren Fest on Coney Island. They're still amazing.

And I've got tickets for The Pixies in December.

It's been a good year for shows (and reunions)!

I know, I know...I'm probably the only person here who loved Extreme.

Met them at Heathrow on the way back from the Sex Pistols gig at Crystal Palace a couple of years ago. They were very friendly, nice guys. Great live band too.

Of getting fired for a long, long time. In fact, he has been fired a few times and brought back. Or just ignored.

I have a feeling that there will now be a few discussions between the real powers, The Toxic Twins.

Mr. Kenny Aronoff to the batter's box?

We're all understandably upset about overlooking little Joey's political leanings. We're sooooo sorry. Loser!

I got to meet him in junior high school!

The LEGENDARY Joe Morello...

http://www.drummerworld.com/drummers/Joe_Morello.html

doesn't like Kerry.

The idea that Kerry wanted them for the Democratic Convention must
be a rumor started by Karl Rove. :)

talked there were repukes in the band.

They should just hire a session musician and do it anyway.

By the way....did I mention that REM would be a great choice?

Hell an R.E.M./Bruce & E-Streeters combo would be orgasmic!

It should be fantastic after a Kerry win. I've loved REM since Murmur in 1981.

I noticed that he is appearing with John Edwards tonite in Florida at 10:45 pm easter. I, for one, will be glued to C-SPAN at that time, hoping they carry it.

:evilgrin:

Just a thought...

Inaugeration!

And as for some drummer of aerosmith's..what a loser..stay home, Loser!

Joey can stay home and cry in his Busch Beer.

Some liberal kid from Berklee College in Boston could fill in for Kramer
without even knowing a lot of the the material.

They are washed out, they keep making the same song over and over again (they just change the title), and have exhausted their creative resources.

They suck major ass. I couldn't care less if they don't play for Kerry. It's their loss, actually.

It's beyond me what anyone sees in those arseholes.

Maybe he can join a jam session with Bruce and the others.

Bruce Springsteen.

They'd be more than happy to play...

and they could play their wicked ass version of 'Sweet Emotion' that puts Aerosmut to shame...

I don't think he even qualifies for their annual plastic surgery month

Let the sorry mutha play for Bush's homecoming back at Crawford.

of the interesting percussion touches on their good material (a long time ago)

give a rats a$$ about little joey kramer if it weren't for Steven Tyler.

Dude looks like a lady nonwithstanding

The traditionally apolitical (at least publically) band has become quite outspoken this year (Bobby and Mickey specifically, from personal experience). JFK's a fan. Aerosmith pales in comparison. I think it's a good thing their subpar drummer is a Bushbot. Kerry deserves better.

they already know Johnny B. Goode.

I think "He's Gone" would be an appropriate tune.

Nothin' left to do but smile, smile, smile...

singing Landslide.

Don't forget Patti LeBelle!

Wynton Marsalis

Would'nt it be awesome if he had U2 play at his inaguration!!!

But the right thing to do is stick with the Boss since he's been so much help throughout the campaign. At least offer it to him and if he declines, then get U2


IMSA

with michael stipe and mike mills from rem-they called themselves 'automatic baby' and did a cover of u2's one with stipe on vocals

Aerosmith had it's dog day and it is (and has been for decades) long gone...

Get. Over. Yourself.

A true original, just like John F. Kerry.

I mean, the drummer doesn't exactly hold any band together (no offense to drummers!).

btw, Aerosmith is one of the best. hard-rock bands. ever.

The DRUMMER! Enough said.

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a drum stool BADDA BING !!!!!!! who fucking cares arrowswish was a poor man's rolling stones for 5 minutes in 1969

and maybe the Dixie Chicks! They can come on right after Bruce!

don't blame Mr. Tyler just because his drummer's a *! Joe Perry and S. Tyler can be on stage with someone else. Mr. No-name can stay home!

What do you call a guy who hangs out with musicians?
A:
A drummer

If a bass player and a drummer fell from a plane at the exact same time who would hit the ground first?
A:
Who cares?

A. When he drools equally from both sides of the mouth

They're brittany spears when she hits fifty and she's still singing "oops I did it again."

No wonder the Repugs have had such a nice run of it!

I surfed there at freerepuglick dot com over a coupla days' time, being new enough here to be curious at all the RANTS about 'freepers.'

Well, suffice to say, I found most everything I hit in just a light surf pretty banal.

And yet the more I read here, particularly in the forums, the more I see the cultural divide in terms of intellect.

Sure, there are smart Repugs. But not too many unless they comprise that other great constituency: the deceived!

While it may be impolitic to say this stuff so loudly, that too is nothing but a reflection of the hegemony of fucking dumbasses led by fucking liars.

A recent find that is quickly becoming my domestic Fave Repug Big Lie:

Irving 'Grandaddy of It All' Kristol:

Irving Kristol, in his role as co-editor of The Public Interest, was arguably the single most important proponent of supply-side economics. But years later, he suggested that he himself wasn't all that persuaded by the doctrine: ''I was not certain of its economic merits but quickly saw its political possibilities.'' Writing in 1995, he explained that his real aim was to shrink the government and that tax cuts were a means to that end: ''The task, as I saw it, was to create a new majority, which evidently would mean a conservative majority, which came to mean, in turn, a Republican majority -- so political effectiveness was the priority, not the accounting deficiencies of government.''

In effect, what Kristol said in 1995 was that he and his associates set out to deceive the American public. They sold tax cuts on the pretense that they would be painless, when they themselves believed that it would be necessary to slash public spending in order to make room for those cuts.
But one supposes that the response would be that the end justified the means -- that the tax cuts did benefit all Americans because they led to faster economic growth. Did they?

Paul Krugman finsihsing demolishing the Big Lie that is Repug policy at: http://www.faireconomy.org/econ/taxes/KrugmanTaxCutCon.html

Just kidding.

Everyone has their political views, so I assume that those band members who favor Bush will be sending their children to Iraq soon, no?

"Why does Aerosmith hate America?"

she 's the queen of boston alternative rock and quite a cute lil' leftie

Dixie Chicks

And Whoopi could tell BUSH jokes!!!

I can't wait!

Seems like they should be rewarded with an inaugural appearance.

We get Ashcroft to sing. :D

Let the eagle soar!

... can be replaced in 10 minutes. If I were him, I'd keep my stupidass mouth shut and pray to keep my job :)

His Biological Dad drummed for Tommy Rowe, I had my own band (drummer) for three years and still drum and so does Tipper and
my vet hubby plays everything pro before disability for MARTY ROBBINS.
My son kicks double bass like no one I have ever seen ! He's fill in ! That drummer would be so fired if he heard my 35 yer old. HE keeps better time with his feet than most people can with their hands.

playing at Kerry's inaugeration.

I'll say fuck this moron who doesn't want to "play" for Kerry. But what is it with the hatred for Aerosmith?

I saw something like this in the lounge once.

Where's all the hate comin' from, man?

and the 2001 Super Bowl Halftime Show with Britney Spears.

I didn't even watch that Super Bowl crap - couldn't.

But still, when I'm shooting pool and having a few, "Draw the Line" kicks.

I mean, the wealth of good music they have made far outweighs the pop bs they put out. And some of their "newer" music is pretty good too.

Sheesh, Metallica covered Bob Seger a few years back Talk about a travesty. Bleagh.

"There's something right with the world today, and everybody knows it's wrong"

I can't tolerate most of what is called "classic rock" these days, but the show they did in my neck of the woods back in July was nothing short of outstanding and I've seen a lot of bands in my time.

I wouldn't expect much more from a drummer. ;-)

And not just the soundtrack for Alicia Silverstone Videos?

Oh yeah....Dream On blows.

instead of old broken down publicity hounds

They're not what they used to be but I don't understand someone wishing they had died. That's just not good. There are so many good musicians that are gone that I wish we still had. Let's just say we don't like their music any more and leave it at that.

OOO, the drummer doesn't want to go. Tyler needs his band at any concert about as much as he needed them when he sang the national anthem for the Red Sox. Memo to Steven Tyler's backup gig: stop being ass clowns!

Iris Dement, also.

with the Dixie Chicks, Bruce, and REM.

The knocking speeds up!

F*ck him...He can replaced in 5 minutes.

RL

I'm glad to hear that Steve Tyler respects the politics of his colleagues.

If I was told that I was going to have to play for Dumbyass, I'd quit.

n/t

NT

Oh, wait. They put that one out about 15 years ago. Must be the fourth album...

Since I've been up all night,
I do wanna take her home tonight......

John Mellencamp... yeah.
I thought so too.

They "played" along with Brittney Spears and -N- Sync!
:puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke:
THAT'S when I stopped being an Aerosmith fan.
But, if Kerry's people want them there and Kramer balks -
the solution? AEROSMITH UNPLUGGED! Steven Tyler is alright with a tambourine, ya think?

When the Station nightclub burned down killing over 100 people Areosmith was asked if they could do a benifit for the fire victims and their families. Their answer was a resounding NO.

All politics aside though, I never liked their music.

Vote Kerry -- Edwards and send Cheney back to Transylvania.



Paul5

Their heyday is long gone and I am not saying this 'cause the drummer dissed Kerry.

They were shit 20 years ago, and they are still shit.

Why anybody would want to showcase that shit is beyond me.

Since the drummer is out in Aerosmith. Why not Team up with the remaining members of Run D.M.C. and play "Walk this Way" with the two rappers from dmc.

Blue Man Group: Time to Start ( from The Complex)

David Bowie : Changes ( I like that idea! )

Gorillaz : Tomorrow Comes Today

Matrix Soundtrack: Prime Audio Soup ( Set Me Free! )

Peter Gabriel : Steam or Sledgehammer

Crystal Method: High Roller or American Way

The Police : Walking on the Moon.


K.

Yawn...

I'm sure there are plenty of other much better bands more than willing....

...from a nursing home anyway.

that can replace them...

The National anthem in the first game of the World series in Boston was horrific anyways.

*** Holds lighter up in air to strains of Keep On Rockin' In The Free World ***

What? No? Gotta lose the "kinder, gentler machine gun hand" line?

OK, then, um...John Tesch, maybe...eeep. No, I've got it: just Christina Aguilera's navel. It'll look great on 50'-high screens. And if it's mic'd properly, it'll just make these neat, squishy, unifying patriotic sounds!

Why Sen. Kerry would be making overtures to Aerosmith when he's got McCartney, Springsteen, Mellencamp, Pearl Jam, REM, Dixie Chicks, Rait, Hornsby and Allah Knows Who Else ready to go to bat for him... well, it's just not right. But at the end of a long and utterly insane campaign, I'll give him a pass.

could reunite. They're from Boston too, aren't they?

Nothing would get under the skin of repubs more.

supporters of Kerry's campaign, there's absolutely no reason to worry about whether Aerosmith wants to play. Personally, I think they're far over-rated.

When you've got the likes of Springsteen, REM, Jackson Browne and on and on... who needs Aerosmith?

We pay them to entertain, not to think for us.

"drummer Joey Kramer told Launch that there won't be any such appearance"


It doesn't seem like so much to expect that a band playing at the inauguration of a president support the cause. Esp. in this election - where there were so many great bands involved in Rock the Vote and all.

Led Zepplin wanna be's

We're going to get all broken up because a washed up 70's band won't play the innauguration? Oh no. What WILL we do?

:puke:

Fuck Aerosmith, they're past their 'use by' date anyway !!!


:hippie:

Play the "Hero" song

they perform all the time at events and Im fairly confident they would perform and with studio players in the back it would have the same impact and this is from a life-long aero-force one member that owns all there albums.

Good to know the drummer's a moran!

I didn't even know that name until now.

However, Steven Tyler - I know that name.

Hmm, can you call "Rent-A-Drummer"?

Oh wait, they only had her before to 'attract African-American votes'...hehe

Too much of a loser band?

To sing insipid drivel like "RagDoll" or "Love in an Elevator."

Kerry is intelligent. Get a band that is more reflective of your meaningful understanding of the world around you.

Aerosmith have treated GIRLS like sex object packages of meat...I abhore that and many of our Democrats are WOMEN who get disgusted at the exploitation of fellow women.

You won't catch Bruce or REM doing any of that shit. Plus, their lyrics are infinitely better and so is their music. I think Joe Perry is a good guitar player, but that band bores me to tears.

Surprising, Aerosmith whore sthemself out to anyone with a check.