YEAR
2001
INDUCTED BY
Kid Rock
CATEGORY
Performers
Aerosmith sound like the Yardbirds, Led Zeppelin and the Rolling Stones having a battle of the bands at a low-key dive bar.
In other words, the Boston-based bad boys—led by the combustible, magnetic duo of frontman Steven Tyler and guitarist Joe Perry—ooze confidence, danger and rebellion.
Steven Tyler
Tom Hamilton
Joey Kramer
Joe Perry
Brad Whitford
HALL OF FAME
ESSAY
By Scott Schnieder
In a three-decade career unparalleled in both the giddy exhilaration of its highs and the crushing depths of its lows, Aerosmith continues to embody the hormone-fueled liberation of the American teenage rock & roll experience like no other band of its era.
In the 1970s, the Boston-bred quintet played a major role in establishing the fundamentals of hard rock. But despite its seminal role in making rock sound bigger, Aerosmith has never abandoned its original mission as a gritty, unpretentious rock & roll outfit.
