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Podcast: What the Riff Next Gen
Episode: 1989 - October: Aerosmith “Pump”
Description: Aerosmith is a band in two acts. They were a highly successful group in the 70's, but arguments and drugs left the band a shade of its former self by 1980. A second chance was presented when the crossover collaboration between Aerosmith and Run-D.M.C. on "Walk this Way" became a number 4 US hit in 1986. The bad went into drug rehab at the insistence of manager Tim Collins, and had a major hit with their ninth studio album "Permanent Vacation."
Aerosmith demonstrated that their second act was not just a fluke with their tenth studio album, Pump, whi...