Veteran rock band Aerosmith said they were bringing “a little of 1975 back” on a long-delayed album of new material to be released this summer to coincide with a US tour. The band said they were working on finishing up the album – the first of new material since 2001’s ‘Just Push Play’-ahead of the tour, but kept the title under wraps. “The camaraderie’s there, there’s some songs that are new rock, and old rock and middle-of-the-road rock, and blues, piano. Joe Perry singing a couple of songs, I’m playing the drums, Joey sings, just all kinds of stuff,” frontman Steven Tyler told Reuters. Aerosmith, whose previous attempts to make a new album were dogged by a litany of health problems and internal strife, said they had been working with their long-time producer Jack Douglas to bring “a little bit of 1975 back.” Formed in Boston in the 1970s, Aerosmith has sold over 150 million records worldwide and had hits like ‘Walk This Way’ and ‘I Don’t Want to Miss A Thing’. But they said playing at home was the biggest thrill. Aerosmith’s last North American tour, in 2009, had to be scrapped midway through after Tyler, who had a history of drug addiction, fell off the stage and broke his shoulder. He later entered rehab for addiction to prescription painkillers. Tyler’s decision in 2010 to join ‘American Idol’ as a judge ruffled some feathers among his bandmates. But Tyler said his role on the TV singing contest had brought Aerosmith a whole new audience.
