While being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in March of 2001, Aerosmith had a bonafide hit single climbing up the charts with 'Jaded', an infectious slice of pop that was hard to deny. Very few bands can say they had a new hit song decades into their career, yet by 2001 Aerosmith was riding higher than they ever had before. Led by frontman Steven Tyler, and guitarist Joe Perry, the quintet spent the 70s releasing classic hard-rock albums such as Rocks and Toys in the Attic while becoming one of the most popular bands in America. The early 80s saw them releasing some of the most underrated music of their career. Before exploded back onto the scene with Permanent Vacation and spent the next decade releasing hit after hit and becoming, yet again, one of the biggest bands in the world. Inspired by bands like The Yardbirds and Led Zeppelin, Aerosmith became master arbiters of 'blooze rock', in the process inspired legions of bands in their wake. This is the story of every officially released Aerosmith song, interwoven with biographical information and key chapters in their career, showing, that Aerosmith are one of the most important American rock bands ever. AUTHOR: An early obsession with 'Dream On' led Andrew Rooney down the path of full-on Aerosmith fandom, in which they became the first band that he became all-consumed by. Late night arguments with friends still see him arguing their place as, perhaps, the greatest American band ever. When not reading about The Beatles and other music acts, he works in education administration in Milwaukee, Wisconsin