Steven Tyler was at all times livin’ on the sting.
The rocker’s daughter opened up about his “extremely wild” previous — and revealed why the Aerosmith frontman, 77, at all times wrapped scarves round his microphone throughout gigs.
Mia Tyler, 46, the youthful sister of actress Liv Tyler, 47, mirrored on her dad’s days as a rockstar throughout Monday’s episode of the “Sibling Revelry” podcast.
Whereas discussing her father’s previous, Mia claimed she knew why her father accessorized his mics with lovely scarves, revealing it wasn’t for the style.
“The story of why he has scarves on his microphone is because he liked to hide his pills and whatnot,” Mia alleged on the podcast. “So he could do them live on stage.”
She additionally claimed scarves weren’t the one place Steven was allegedly hiding issues.
“He would have little pockets sewn so he could be on stage and just take whatever it was that he was [ingesting],” Mia acknowledged.
The Submit reached out to Aerosmith’s consultant for remark.
The rocker has struggled with substance abuse points prior to now and suffered a drug relapse almost three years in the past after being sober for a decade.
His band disclosed that Steven had “voluntarily” entered a rehab facility in Might 2022.
“As many of you know, our beloved brother Steven has worked on his sobriety for many years,” the group, together with Joe Perry, Tom Hamilton, Joey Kramer and Brad Whitford, mentioned on the time.
“After foot surgery to prepare for the stage and the necessity of pain management during the process, he has recently relapsed and voluntarily entered a treatment program to concentrate on his health and recovery,” the band’s announcement learn.
The relapse got here as Aerosmith was set to re-launch their residency in Las Vegas, forcing the band to cancel the primary set of dates in June and July 2022.
Steven had beforehand mentioned his drug use.
In 2019, he informed Haute Dwelling that whereas doing medication gave him a “certain rawness,” additionally they inhibited his “greatness.”
“All the magic that you thought worked when you were high comes out when you get sober,” the singer shared simply months earlier than his relapse. “You realize it was always there, and your fear goes away.”
In September 2023, Steven suffered vocal wire harm that “led to subsequent bleeding” at an Aerosmith present in New York.
The band as soon as once more was compelled to postpone their Peace Out: The Farewell Tour after studying their frontman’s damage was “more serious than initially thought.”
Steven by no means recovered from the vocal wire damage, which pushed Aerosmith to retire from touring in August 2024.
“We’ve at all times wished to blow your thoughts when performing. As you understand, Steven’s voice is an instrument like no different. He has spent months tirelessly engaged on getting his voice to the place it was earlier than his damage. We’ve seen him struggling regardless of having the most effective medical staff by his aspect.
“Sadly, it is clear, that a full recovery from his vocal injury is not possible. We have made a heartbreaking and difficult, but necessary, decision – as a band of brothers – to retire from the touring stage,” Aerosmith’s assertion learn partly.
The Submit completely talked to Jack Douglas, the producer of Aerosmith’s 1975 album “Toys in the Attic,” who shared that Steven wrote “Walk This Way” after watching an iconic movie and weighed in on the band’s future.
