Aerosmith Drummer Sues Band for Excluding Him Ahead of Grammys

Rolling Stone ^ | 1/21/2020 | Jon Blistein

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

This stinks. It has the odor of Steve Tyler all over it. Though, I've never met Tyler, I have met Brad Whitford and Tom Hamilton. They didn't seem to me the type of chaps who would pull this crap on, what is essentially, a family member. Both of them have had to sit out a number of tour dates due to injuries or surgeries in the past but never had to audition to rejoin the band.

Tyler does seem the type.

[1Old Pro]

Must be more to this story.

[a fool in paradise]

Person of the year? They’ve had a hit this century?

[null and void]

Q: What do you call a guy who hangs around with musicians?

A: A drummer.

[MarineBrat]

Q. What’s the difference between a drummer and a pizza?

A. A pizza can feed a family of four.

[heavy metal]

check out legendary child released in 2012...

[real saxophonist]

[null and void]

*ouch*

[Sgt_Schultze]

Pete Best, “You can do that?!”

[subterfuge]

Lol! I love musician jokes.

Q: How do you know when a drummer is knocking on your door?

A: The knocking gets faster and louder.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

Funny stuff!

[joethedrummer]

Q: How do you get a drummer off your porch?

A: Pay hm for the pizza...

[USAF1985]

This sounds like the main plot of “The Rocker” (”I only drum naked!”)

[freepertoo]

I read something the other day I never knew, although I’ve been a Ringo and Beatles fan forever. Ringo is left handed. His grandmother tried to ‘break’ him of being left handed and when he was given a drum kit, it was a right handed kit. So, Ringo plays left handed on a right handed drum kit. His sound is distinctive (John Lennon said Ringo is the best drummer a song ever had), and now I know why! I thought I knew just about everything about the Fab Four!

[CtBigPat]

Q. How do you know the drum riser is level?

A. The drummer is drooling out of both sides of his mouth.

[real saxophonist]

Ringo Starr? He couldn't swing if he was hanging!

-Branford Marsalis, in DownBeat magazine

[shotgun]

There was post on FR a few months back about the guy who was a drummer for a lot of the Seattle Grunge bands, including Nirvana, in the early 90’s. He never stuck with any of them and went on to join the Army and became a decorated SPEC OPs warfighter.

[Carpe Cerevisi]

Q: What do you call a guy who hangs around with musicians?

A: A drummer.

I'm sure Neal Peart (may he rest in peace) may disagree with that one.

[HonorInPa]

John Lennon also said, when asked if Ringo was the best drummer in the world - “He’s not even the best drummer in the Beatles”.

Ringo’s son, Zac Starkey, is phenomenal, and has been touring with The Who for years. Think a slightly more controlled and way more technically polished Keith Moon.

[Harpotoo]

Looks like the are joining the Van Halens and Metallica.