Aerosmith

Few rock bands have left a mark on the genre quite like Aerosmith. Formed in Boston during the early 1970s, they rose to become one of the best-selling rock acts in history, blending hard rock muscle with blues-soaked riffs and a swagger that influenced generations of artists who followed.

At their peak, they were inescapable, delivering arena-filling rock anthems and a sound built around the interplay between Steven Tyler's elastic, acrobatic vocals and Joe Perry's gritty guitar work. Their career spans several decades and includes commercial peaks in both the 1970s and again in the late 1980s and 1990s, when a remarkable resurgence brought them to a whole new global audience.