Joe Perry: Aerosmith 'Looking For New Singer'

NEW YORK — Aerosmith's lead guitarist Joe Perry says the legendary rock band isn't breaking up – although they may be in need a new singer.

Perry said on the micro-blogging site Twitter late Monday that Aerosmith is "not splitting up" but "looking for a new singer to work with" amid growing speculation about the future of the band and the role of front man Steven Tyler.

Tyler has been quoted as saying he is considering a solo career.

Perry said Monday on WKXL, a radio station in Concord, New Hampshire, that Tyler hasn't communicated his intentions with anyone in the band and that he found out about Tyler's solo wishes after going online.

Tyler could not immediately be reached for comment.

The 61-year-old Tyler was injured when he fell off a stage during an Aug. 5 performance in South Dakota, and the band canceled the remainder of its summer tour.

"After the tour got canceled, he just kept drifting off and doing other things. We would hear things from different people. He wasn't talking directly to anybody in the band," Perry told WKXL, referring to Tyler. "So basically, he just made the announcement that he was taking some time off."

Comments

[Economike]

12:08 PM on 12/23/2009

That would be like AC DC replacing Bonn Scott....oh yeah...

[Paris68]

04:00 PM on 11/11/2009

Aerosmith without Steven Tyler?... Yeah, dream on... bah-dum-bum.

[jsar70]

03:09 PM on 11/11/2009

Aerosmith- Steven Tyler=tribute band. No thanks.

[RSKaz]

02:49 PM on 11/11/2009

J.D. Fortune could use the gig. He already has the tats and a habit.

[highground]

12:46 PM on 11/11/2009

if you've ever been to a Aerosmith show you'd understand, keep the band together.

[TakingBackTheUSA]

12:17 PM on 11/11/2009

They can get a new singer if they want, but I don't believe that they can legitimately continue to call themselves Aerosmith thereafter. True, Tyler is just one part of the mix, but he's the dominant persona.

[writerjohnny]

03:56 AM on 11/11/2009

Who's that old woman trying to kiss that old man trying to hold up a guitar?

[Rangergirl]

11:16 PM on 11/10/2009

Journey really lucked out...they sound just the same as they always did....Great....Hopefully if Aero. replaces Tyler.. They will be clean and sober.

[LLNYRN]

09:15 PM on 11/10/2009

Well,

Aerosmith can always go the JOURNEY route.
It's working out pretty well for them.

[JDM73]

09:03 PM on 11/10/2009

It's over, guys. Seriously. Let it go. It's over for the Stones, too, and Aerosmith was never half as good as the Stones were.

[SuperMoncho]

08:56 PM on 11/10/2009

I have a question, Is Joe Perry on cr@ck???

[Poiks]

08:54 PM on 11/10/2009

I'd rather see Britney Spears find a new singer.

[atmeratus x]

08:43 PM on 11/10/2009

Billy Gibbons, Dusty Hill, and Frank Beard can still kick all their butts....

[talkingdog]

08:17 PM on 11/10/2009

Why does anyone care?
Go solo if you want to.
Hire a new singer if they want to.
This isn't communism here!
He can do as he wishes as can they.

Bum bada, bum bada, bum bada!

(stupid)

[KingCujo]

07:26 PM on 11/10/2009

Hang it up now, time to go out in style.