# RIP Aerosmith and thanks for the great Rock N Roll!

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**Category:** Cafe Society
**Tags:** music
**Created:** [August 3, 2024, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-aerosmith-and-thanks-for-the-great-rock-n-roll/1005178 "2024-08-03T02:17:31Z")
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### Author: ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)
#### Post date: [August 3, 2024, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-aerosmith-and-thanks-for-the-great-rock-n-roll/1005178/29 "2024-08-03T13:07:15Z")

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> [@kenobi\_65](#):
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> They’re specifically retired from _ **touring** _, according to that article (and another one I saw earlier today). I imagine that that probably also means they’ve retired completely, but they very specifically did not actually say that in the official statement.
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> That said, they haven’t released a new studio album in 12 years, and it’s hard to picture how Tyler would be able to sing in the studio, if he’s not able to sing on stage, but who knows?

My best guess is that it means that the band still exists as a legal entity, for the purpose of collecting royalties etc. And that this leaves the door open for releasing old, as-yet-unreleased material (demos, alternate versions, etc.). But I don’t know much about the music business.

Aerosmith has been mentioned several times over in the “[What one band is the epitome of classic rock for you](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-band-is-the-epitome-of-classic-rock-for-you/1005151)” thread. If the question were restricted to American bands, I think they’d be a solid first choice.

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