"Y'know, I never realised how much I really love my band": Steven Tyler talks American Idol, dysfunctional behaviour, Johnny Depp and the history of Aerosmith

Steven Tyler studio portrait.

As Steven Tyler recovers from a fractured larynx and returns to the road with Aerosmith, we head back to 2011, when he sat down with Classic Rock to tell us about his then-recently released memoir, Does The Noise In My Head Bother You?, and to yarn about American Idol, the band, going solo, not going solo, bad behaviour and more. 

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