-March, 26th
WHAT IS YOUR STAR SIGN?
-Aries
WHEN DID YOU FIRST START SINGING?
At a presbyterian church in the Bronx, where I sang in the choir.
DID YOU HAVE ANY SINGING LESSONS?
That's what the choir was all about. Other than that no, but I did learn how to warm up the old chords from a vocal coach, and that's stood me in pretty good stead.
DO YOU PLAY ANY OTHER INSTRUMENTS?
Keyboards, harmonica, guitar, drums and percussion.
WHAT BANDS
WERE YOU IN PRIOR TO AEROSMITH?
I've been doing the thing since
I was 15, but the main ones were The Strangeurs, Chain Reaction, The Chain and William Proud.
HOW DID YOU COME TO FORM AEROSMITH?
William Proud was playing in a club in South Hampton
doing a summer gig and I realized it was going nowhere fast, so I hitch hiked to New Hampshire and saw Joe Perry playing with the Jam Band and I knew at that point we would play together.
WHEN WAS THE FIRST TIME CUT SOMETHING IN THE STUDIO?
1968 with Chain Reaction, titled "The Sun" on MGM.
WHEN WAS THE FIRST TIME YOU WENT ON TOUR?
It was with The Byrds when I played with Chain Reaction.
WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST AEROSMITH GIG?
Nimpuc Regional High School
NAME FIVE THINGS THAT NOBODY KNOWS ABOUT YOU
There are probably only five things left and I'm keeping those to myself!
WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE PLACE IN THE WORLD?
On top of Mount Halliahkala in Maui where I can watch the sun rise.
WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE FOOD?
Italian
WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE CAR?
My Lotus Super 7
WHAT SI YOUR FAVORITE AEROSMITH SONG?
"No Surprize"
WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE TV SHOW?
I like to watch Southpark
WHAT MUSIC DO YOU LISTEN TO AT HOME?
Everything, from AC/DC to Debussey
WHAT WAS YOUR FAVORITE MOVIE?
"Ferris Buellers Day Off".
WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE BOOK?
"The melancolic death of oyster boy and other unrelated stories"- by Tim Burton
WHAT IS YOUR MOST PRIZED POSSESSION?
My hand made damascus swithcblade- affectionately known as "the big ten inch".
IF THERE WERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU COULD BE IN THE WORLD WHAT WOULD THAT BE?
An astronaut
WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE SPORT?
Doing the horizontal mambo!
IF THERE WAS ANY OTHER TALENT YOU WOULD LIKE TO POSSESS, WHAT WOULD THAT BE?
Painting
IF YOU HAD TO DESCRIBE YOURSELF AS ANIMAL, WHAT ANIMAL WOULD THAT BE?
A panther