"We drank a lot because of the blow and we got blown a lot because we drank a lot." The wired story of Aerosmith's drug-fuelled classic Rocks

Aerosmith posing for a photograph in the mid-70s.

Their third album, Toys In The Attic, had changed everything for Aerosmith in 1975, going Gold and rising to No. 11 in the Billboard chart. In 1976, with the follow-up, Rocks, the band would take things to yet another level.

While the Toys… album has subsequently outsold it two to one, notching up eight million sales thanks in a large part to it containing Sweet Emotion and Walk This Way, Rocks actually charted higher, peaking at No.3, and highlighted a year when the band had five hit singles.