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While Aerosmith<\/a> are a band who aren\u2019t exactly strangers to scrutiny, there is no escaping the fact that they released some great rock music.\u00a0<\/p>\n No matter what point in their career they were at, Aerosmith were never able to escape claims that they were ripping off the Rolling Stones. It grew tiring for the band, who were simply just trying to make great rock music, but were unable to be taken seriously by a lot of rock purists. <\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019ve always just played our music <\/a>and haven\u2019t given a shit. Still, the \u2018Cheap imitation of the Rolling Stones\u2019 criticism was constant. And it hurt for the first couple of years,\u201d said Steve Tyler, \u201cIt was constantly Mick Jagger this and Mick Jagger that \u2013 that I copied him, and Janis Joplin too. Mick was the cheapest, easiest shot. \u2018Well, he looks like him, so let\u2019s write about that\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n Granted, those comments certainly affected the band on some level, but they didn\u2019t let them get in the way of them making great music. Tyler still acted with the vigour and flamboyance that he prided himself on, and Joe Perry was constantly laying down great guitar lines for the band to build on top of. No matter what period of Aerosmith you\u2019re listening to, you will hear Perry giving his all to the six-string, both in riffs and solos.\u00a0<\/p>\n His dedication to his instrument stemmed from one thing and one thing only: his unwavering commitment to rock \u2018n\u2019 roll. His influences were scattered across genres and decades, as he was always listening to different bands and artists, each of which gave him an insight into rock music which would eventually play a part in his development as a musician. There are plenty of guitarists he\u2019s a big fan of, but one of his favourites was the formidable Jimi Hendrix. <\/p>\n Jimi Hendrix is, without a doubt, one of the most influential guitar players to pick up a Fender. His ability with the guitar, as well as his excellent live shows, changed the way that people viewed what a guitar player could achieve. His style went from melodic to animalistic at the drop of a hat, meaning his songs were unpredictable and examples of musical brilliance.\u00a0<\/p>\n While all of his songs were great, Perry felt as though the track \u2018Are You Experienced\u2019 was a good representation of everything that he loved about Hendrix. \u201cAre You Experienced by Jimi Hendrix. The title track especially,\u201d he said, \u201cIt summarizes everything that Jimi did inventively on guitar, in his songwriting and in his creativity. There hasn\u2019t been anybody since who\u2019s come close.\u201d<\/p>\n Hendrix is someone who continues to baffle the musical world, even six decades after he was originally making music. He wasn\u2019t a mainstream artist for a long time, but during his short stint as a musical figure before passing away, he did so much for rock that people are still being influenced by him to this day. Jeff Beck, who was one of the biggest guitarists in the world when Hendrix came over to London, saw the Seattle-born shredder live<\/a> and knew things would never be the same. <\/p>\n \u201cHe came on, and I went, \u2018Oh, my God\u2019,\u201d recalled Beck, \u201cHe had the military outfit on and hair that stuck out all over the place. They kicked off with (Bob Dylan\u2019s) \u2018Like a Rolling Stone\u2019, and I thought, \u2018Well, I used to be a guitarist.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Related Topics<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(Credits: Far Out \/ Bent Rej \/ Raph Pour-Hashemi) Sat 15 November 2025 22:00, UK While Aerosmith are…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":287725,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[52047,64,63,134,36483,52048,136],"class_list":{"0":"post-287724","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-aerosmith","9":"tag-au","10":"tag-australia","11":"tag-entertainment","12":"tag-jimi-hendrix","13":"tag-joe-perry","14":"tag-music"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287724","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=287724"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287724\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/287725"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=287724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=287724"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=287724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}