On November 6, 1970, Steven Tyler, lead guitarist Joe Perry, bassist Tom Hamilton, drummer Joey Kramer, and rhythm guitarist Ray Tabano rocked Nipmuc Regional High School in Upton, Massachusetts.
In ’71 Tabano was swapped out for Brad Whitford and the lineup remained mostly the same throughout their incredibly long career.
The name of the band and the Get Your Wings logo was inspired by Harry Nilsson’s 1968 album Aerial Ballet, which gave us “One (is the loneliest number).”
“We were listening to this record and I started really getting off on the lyrics,” Kramer told Joe Benson on the Ultimate Classic Rock radio show. “We started kicking around this work ‘aerial,’ and ‘aerial’ eventually came into ‘aero’ – I don’t know how that happened.”
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