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\"BIUL_Aerosmith\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Here’s the thing about Aerosmith. They lost touch with their artsy-fartsy roots.<\/p>\n

What exactly do I mean by that? Well, let’s have a gander at the classic Aerosmith logo.<\/p>\n

\"aerosmith\"<\/a>This was designed by founding Aerosmith member “Crazy Raymond” Tabano, and it’s still in use over forty years later. It bears the unmistakable stamp of its time, much like Rick Griffin’s type treatments and art. It’s evocative of the “pre-graffiti” days of rendering a design sweet enough to be airbrushed on the side of a boogie van. It’s certainly far more interesting than any recent iteration of the band.<\/p>\n

Tabano and Steven Tyler were childhood pals in Yonkers, of all places. But let me tell you from experience; it is impossible to reside in close vicinity to NYC and not absorb fine art through osmosis. I can’t speak for the present, but when I departed the northeast last century, one was considered doltish and dull if you didn’t have at least a base knowledge of classical culture. You can’t swing a Monet in New York City without hitting a Manet. It’s as close as we get in America to Paree.<\/p>\n

So it was that a raunchy band from Boston could land themselves a cover drawn by the greatest caricaturist of the 20th century, Al Hirschfeld.<\/p>\n

\"Draw<\/a>

Draw The Line<\/p><\/div>\n

Draw The Line\u00a0<\/em>was recorded in an abandoned nunnery. When \u00a0Jim Goad played me the title cut, and asked me to guess the artist, I drew a total blank even after<\/em> Tyler began to sing. That’s Aerosmith!<\/em><\/p>\n