Aerosmith will be returning to the recording studio in 2009 and plan on releasing an album with all new material. This will be the first album, featuring new material, from the band since 2001. Guitarist Brad Whitford talked to Billboard about the recent news:
"We're sitting on a bunch of material already recorded for a new album," he said. "We haven't gone back into the studio to put the final touches on it and get it done and we still don't know when we're gonna do that. Hopefully it's gonna be sooner rather than later."
Aerosmith vocalist Steve Perry and guitarist Joe Perry recently were recovering from leg injuries that not only sidelined them, but also the band. During the recovery process, Steven Tyler admitted himself into a drug rehab center. The band has been on hiatus since.
"You'd think it was a football team or something," Whitford admitted. "You have more than average concerns about it, I guess. But you can't do anything about it. Like a lot of other things in life, you don't get to call the shots on these things, do you? We're just getting older."
