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Aerosmith formed in Boston in 1970. The band came together when Tyler's band Chain Reaction and Perry and Hamilton's Jam Band merged after playing the same gig in New Hampshire. They moved into a shared home at 1325 Commonwealth Avenue in Boston.
Drummer Joey Kramer suggested the name Aerosmith, which he had been writing in his school notebooks after hearing Harry Nilsson's album Aerial Ballet, whose jacket art depicted a circus performer jumping from a biplane. His bandmates initially thought he was referencing the Sinclair Lewis novel Arrowsmith before he spelled it out for them.
Toys in the Attic (1975) is Aerosmith's best-selling studio album in the United States, with certified US sales of nine million copies. Their overall best-selling release in the US is their 1980 compilation Greatest Hits, which has sold 12 million copies domestically.
"I Don't Want to Miss a Thing", written by Diane Warren for the 1998 film Armageddon, is Aerosmith's only number-one single. It debuted at the top position on the Billboard Hot 100 and stayed there for four weeks. The song was also nominated for an Academy Award in 1999.
In 1986, Aerosmith joined Run-D.M.C. on a cover of "Walk This Way" that blended rock and roll with hip hop. The song reached number 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 and its frequently aired video introduced Aerosmith to a new generation of listeners, reviving a career that had stalled for nearly a decade.
Aerosmith retired from touring in 2024 after Steven Tyler suffered a vocal injury during the third date of their farewell tour in 2023 and was unable to recover from it. The band still plays occasional one-off shows and released a collaborative EP with Yungblud titled One More Time in 2025.