# Tyler Quits Aerosmith? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 10, 2009, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tyler-quits-aerosmith/516967 "2009-11-10T00:06:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2009, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tyler-quits-aerosmith/516967/1 "2009-11-10T00:06:37Z")
Saw this on my news page just a few minutes ago? Drug/booze problems? Thanks Q ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2009, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tyler-quits-aerosmith/516967/2 "2009-11-10T00:08:45Z")
Hell, maybe he’s just tired. Or the drug in question is geritol. Centrum Silver, something like that. He’s past 60 now, for God’s sake. ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2009, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tyler-quits-aerosmith/516967/3 "2009-11-10T00:13:32Z")
I think he recently re-entered Rehab, but yeah, at 60 he could be tired as well. Q ---
**Author:** ![Savannah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Savannah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Savannah)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2009, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tyler-quits-aerosmith/516967/4 "2009-11-10T01:26:26Z")
Bruce is 60 and he’s still going strong. It’s cleaner living, I think. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2009, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tyler-quits-aerosmith/516967/5 "2009-11-10T01:27:58Z")
Article from the LA Times music blog, Pop and Hiss: [Curtains for a Steven Tyler-led Aerosmith?](http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2009/11/curtains-for-a-steven-tylerled-aerosmith.html) ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2009, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tyler-quits-aerosmith/516967/6 "2009-11-10T02:49:03Z")
I would suggest the remaining members conduct their search for a new lead singer on a reality show, seeing as how it worked out so well for INXS. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2009, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tyler-quits-aerosmith/516967/7 "2009-11-11T05:49:00Z")
Someone suggested Todd Rundgren. Hey, he already did it with [the Cars](http://www.thenewcars.com/). And he did raise Tyler’s kid when Todd’s girlfriend Bebe “I’m Not A Groupie, It’s A Total Coincidence That All My Boyfriends Just Happen To Be Rock Stars” Buell went slutting off with Tyler for a tour and came back pregnant. So taking over his band responsibilities wouldn’t be a stretch. ---
**Author:** ![Serenata67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/serenata67/32/10646_2.png) [@Serenata67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Serenata67)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2009, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tyler-quits-aerosmith/516967/8 "2009-11-11T14:07:08Z")
I could see Todd Rundgren doing it. Not the same, mind you, be he could do it. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2009, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tyler-quits-aerosmith/516967/9 "2009-11-11T14:13:19Z")
Bummer… way to tip the canoe. ---
**Author:** ![cgg419](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cgg419/32/2847_2.png) [@cgg419](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cgg419)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2009, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tyler-quits-aerosmith/516967/10 "2009-11-11T14:17:21Z")
Starting to look fishy now :dubious: [Steven Tyler: I am not leaving Aerosmith!](http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=130178) ---
**Author:** ![Chopper9760](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/cdc98d/32.png) [@Chopper9760](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chopper9760)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2009, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tyler-quits-aerosmith/516967/11 "2009-11-11T14:22:39Z")
I saw Aerosmith in Portland 4yrs ago and it was clear that Steven Tyler is no longer up to the task of touring. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2009, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tyler-quits-aerosmith/516967/12 "2009-11-11T14:51:14Z")
They all should have quit around 1977, IMHO. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2009, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tyler-quits-aerosmith/516967/13 "2009-11-11T15:10:54Z")
> [@lieu](#): > > Bummer… way to tip the canoe. I admit, I lol’d. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2009, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tyler-quits-aerosmith/516967/14 "2009-11-12T23:07:27Z")
> [@cgg419](#): > > Starting to look fishy now :dubious: > > [Steven Tyler: I am not leaving Aerosmith!](http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=130178) Let’s hope not. If so, they might as just well throw in the towel. Aerosmith without Stephen Tyler ain’t Aerosmith. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2009, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tyler-quits-aerosmith/516967/15 "2009-11-22T01:09:39Z")
Some updates: [Joe Perry on Tyler’s appearance at Perry’s concert:](http://soundcheck.freedomblogging.com/2009/11/20/with-aerosmith-fractured-joe-perry-goes-it-alone/15379/) > [@](#): > > The Project is now his primary focus, but questions about Aerosmith still loom large, especially after Tyler’s unexpected guest appearance on “Walk This Way” during a Nov. 10 Project gig in New York, where Tyler announced he was not leaving Aerosmith. > > “I had no idea he was going to be there,” Perry explains, “and I didn’t see him after that. I haven’t heard from him since.” Perry speculated that Tyler may have dropped in to assert that he isn’t “giving up his seat at the table.” Also, [some recent comments by Tyler following the Perry gig:](http://www.spinner.com/2009/11/21/steven-tyler-aerosmith/) > [@](#): > > Following his impromptu white-flag appearance at Joe Perry’s solo show in New York last week, Aerosmith lead singer Steven Tyler says he is taking time off from the band, but insists it’s no big deal. > > A rep for Tyler tells the press that the lead singer’s hiatus from Aerosmith won’t be substantial. > > According to the rep, Tyler is merely recovering from a shoulder injury and is also using the time to work on his autobiography. So there’s still some uncertainty about Tyler’s commitment to Aerosmith and whether he plans to rejoin them any time soon.