Aerosmith's 'Rocks': A Track-by-Track Guide
Aerosmith finally broke through with 1975's Toys in the Attic, but their collective creativity was still peaking. So they went right back into their private studio, the Wherehouse just outside of Boston, to rehearse fresh material before moving the proceedings to the Record Plant in New York City. There was a lot to live up to, beyond the success of Toys in the Attic. January saw Columbia Records re-release “Dream On,” and the three-year-old single finally caught on as a rightful anthem on U.S. rock radio right alongside Lynyrd Skynyrd’s “Free Bird” and Led Zeppelin's "Stairway to...