aerosmith

Bassist says the new group started recording together "just for fun."

'Get a Grip' lead single proved the rockers could withstand the changing musical tides.

Brad Whitford, Tom Hamilton and Joey Kramer cooked up the proggy epic while Steven Tyler and Joe Perry were indulging in their vices.

Power ballad became their biggest hit to date, even though Steven Tyler claimed it "ruined his career."

Singer's named isn't listed among 50 accused, but details match well-known events in his life.

Without classic members Joe Perry and Brad Whitford, the band lost much of its bite.

Instant-classic title track arrived just before the band's perilous downward spiral.

The band celebrated their 50th anniversary.

Concert marked the band's first live show in over two years.

What could have been.

Joe Perry says band is "looking over the next two or three years at releasing this stuff, decade by decade in different formats."

Band scraps its June and July residency dates and will resume in September.