As guitarist with US rock band Aerosmith, Joe Perry's partnership with front man
Steven Tyler turned the band into one of the biggest acts of the 1980s and '90s,
with record sales of over 150 million and an induction into the Rock and Roll
Hall of Fame. Inspired by the British invasion groups and blues rock pioneers
like The Yardbirds and John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers, Perry (real name
Anthony Joseph Pereira) grew up in Boston and started playing at a young age
before his Jam Band joined forces with Tyler's group Chain Reaction in 1970, and
as Aerosmith they went on to score ...