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Podcast: What the Riff Next Gen
Episode: 1975 - April: Aerosmith ”Toys in the Attic”
Description: With their third studio album Aerosmith really came into their own. Toys in the Attic would be their most commercially successful studio album in the United States, and would spawn two enduring rock anthems.
Aerosmith came out of Boston in 1970 with Steve Tyler on lead vocals and harmonica, Tom Hamilton on bass, Joe Perry on guitar, Brad Whitford also on guitar, and Joey Kramer on drums.
Toys in the Attic was immediately successful and made Aerosmith into international stars. Their first top 40 hit, "Sweet Emotion," came off this album, and its success encouraged listeners to chec...