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Steven Tyler and Joe Perry perform during the 2025 MTV Video Music Awards at UBS Arena on September 07, 2025 in Elmont, New York
How Joe Perry is changing his guitar setup to battle the early signs of arthritis

By Matt Owen Published

Perry is adapting his setup to make sure he can move around the fretboard with ease

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Joe Perry plays his 10-string B.C. Rich Bich Supreme live with the Hollywood Vampires.
The 10-string oddity that became one of Joe Perry’s most iconic guitars – even though he hardly played it in Aerosmith

By Andrew Daly Published

Perry and B.C. Rich go way back. The Aerosmith guitarist looks back on the most outlandish guitar the brand ever made him, the ’70s Bich 10 Supreme

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Joe Perry plays guitar in front of massive bank of Marshall amps
Joe Perry gives us a decade-by-decade guide to the amps behind his Aerosmith tone

By Andrew Daly Published

Is Joe Perry a Marshall guy, Fender guy, boutique guy, pedal amp guy? Answer: he’s all of the above

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Joe Perry performing live onstage, playing Gibson Les Paul guitar, using Talk Box guitar effect pipe
The story of Joe Perry’s ’59 Les Paul Standard – his lost treasure and ultimate birthday gift

By Andrew Daly Published

Joe Perry was forced to part with his beloved 'Burst in 1979, but it was his Aerosmith bandmate who found it again

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Peter Klett and James Hetfield
Seattle rock guitarist on touring with Metallica and Aerosmith in the early ’90s

By Phil Weller Published

The success of their debut album soon found Peter Klett on the road with two massive bands

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Punky Meadows performs live
Angel’s Punky Meadows on why he didn’t join Kiss or Aerosmith

By Andrew Daly Published

As the band’s final large-scale tour looms, the Superstrat pioneer looks back on how he got started, why he quit, and why he’s not planning to fall silent again

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Steven Tyler and Joe Perry of Aerosmith pose with an S-style electric guitar [left]; A classic BW portrait of Run DMC in 1986
Joe Perry on how Aerosmith and Run-D.M.C. united rock and rap – and the secret role the Beastie Boys played

By Andrew Daly Published

Walk This Way was a seminal moment that gave an iconic track a second lease of life as it crossed genres and became one of 1986's most explosive pop-cultural moments

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Joe Perry and Steven Tyler
That time Joe Perry had to rescue a broken guitar from Steven Tyler in the middle of an Aerosmith gig

By Matt Owen Published

The guitar almost met a gruesome end before Perry stepped in

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Joe Perry performing live onstage, playing Gibson Les Paul guitar, using Talk Box guitar effect pipe
Joe Perry on the painful memory of selling his ’Burst – and why he’ll never forget the moment it came back to him

By Janelle Borg Published

The Aerosmith guitarist was forced to sell his most cherished guitar in the late-’70s and spent years trying to get it back, until Slash made the ultimate guitar collector sacrifice

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Sting performs onstage during a concert at Eventim Apollo on October 26, 2025 in London, England. Guitarist Jeff Beck (L) and bassist Tal Wilkenfeld perform with Steven Tyler at the iHeartRadio Music Festival at the MGM Grand Garden Arena September 24, 2011 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
How Tal Wilkenfeld taught Sting the correct way to play an Aerosmith classic

By Nick Wells Published

Sting was performing alongside Steven Tyler and Jeff Beck at the MGM Grand when Wilkenfeld intervened

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