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Joe Perry

(this info is from www.rockthisway.de)

FULL NAME: Anthony Joseph Perry
NICKNAME:
Joe Fuckin' Perry
Joe Freakin' Perry
the King of Cool
BIRTHDAY: September 10, 1950
PLACE OF BIRTH: Lawrence, Mass.
INSTRUMENTS: Guitars, Backup vocals
OTHER BANDS:
Flash
My Hopedale Band
Plastic Glass
Pipe Dreams / Jam Band (with Tom Hamilton)
Joe Perry Project
FAMILY: Click for Joe Perry's Family Tree
HEIGHT: 5'11"
HAIR COLOR: Black
EYE COLOR: Brown

FAVORITE...
SPORT: Water-ski
COLLECTS: Knives

JOE PERRY ON MUSIC
Second best album of 1993: Tom Waits "Bone Machine"
Favorite albums of 1994:
"Voodoo Lounge" by the Rolling Stones
"Dirt" by Alice in Chains
Joe's top albums of 1997:
Oasis - Be Here Now
Aerosmith - Nine Lives
Bob Dylan - Time Out of Mind
Loreena McKennitt - Book of Secrets
In 1994, Joe Perry stated that this would be his "dream" festival:
Led Zeppelin
Jimi Hendrix
Deep Purple
AC/DC
and of course Aerosmith! He said Aerosmith would headline
Most awesome concert he's ever missed: Stevie Ray Vaughn and Jeff Beck
Likes (and has performed onstage with): Melissa Etheridge and Carly Simon (not at the same time!)
"What bands do you like today (1997)?"
I like Alice in Chains and Stone Temple Pilots, Rage Against the Machine, and Pearl Jam. But sometimes they're so self-absorbed, I don't understand that. There's a band Rasputina, girls who play cellos, it's arty and weird. Pretty interesting. I like DGeneration. They have a New York street kind of thing, and this band KISS that's on the road.
Favorite song to play during the Get a Grip tour: "Livin' On The Edge"
Some bands he likes:
Jimi Hendrix, The Yardbirds, Chuck Berry, Robert Johnson, Deep Purple, Beatles and Led Zeppelin

Various Joe Perry Facts
Joe has Pet Tarantulas!

Has three solo albums (Let the Music Do the Talking, I've got the Rock'n'Rolls Again, Once a Rocker, Always a Rocker) with the Joe Perry Project

The album "Rocks" is dedicated to his father

His father is Portuguese and his mother is Italian

His father was an accountant and his mother was a P.E. teacher in school and then an aerobics instructor!

Used to work at and ice cream parlor called The Anchorage where Steven used to come in

He started playing guitar at age 6 and never had guitar lessons.

He wrote and performed the theme music for the TV cartoon "Spider-Man"

Worst airplane experience: "A 25 hour flight from Sydney to L.A. with no Grey Poupon mustard."

What's always in his refrigerator: "Hot sauce"

Favorite item of clothing: "Pants. Don't leave home without them."

His speciality in the kitchen: "Indian curry"

His first guitar was a ukelele that his uncle made.

Also worked as a janitor in a Boston synagogue.

Is an amateur pilot. (and likes to hang out in the cockpit on his flights)

Joe Perry was in the band the least amount of time. Although Brad Whitford joined the group later than Perry, Perry was away longer with his solo project.

If he couldn't live in Mass., he'd would live in Maui

Stupidest thing he's ever done on stage is strip naked (I've been told it was a g string and he only changed clothes on stage - not that I personally care..)

Weirdest place he's ever been naked is on stage in Lubbock, Texas

Favorite venue to play: Orpheum Theater-Boston, MA

Favorite Simpsons character: Homer

Best sight in Boston: Logan Airport

Last thing he does before he goes on stage? "Pee"

When the Joe Perry project was over, he considered taking a sideman position with Alice Cooper

In 1984, he sued Leber-Krebs and won

Has a pool shaped like the body of a guitar, it doesn't have the neck however.

Sings Walk On Down (off of Get a Grip), Bright Light Fright (off of Draw the Line), and South Station Blues (off of Pandora's Box - from the Joe Perry Project) and "Falling off" from "Nine Lives"

Was so out of it that he had no idea that Columbia Records had released Greatest Hits until a fan approached him in a supermarket and asked him to autograph a copy.

Does he like reading Aerosmith reviews after a show? "Yes, particularly when they talk about the music."

The "last book he read" was Timemaster by Robert Forward

Favorite resaurant in the world: Redbones in Somerville, MA (and the pizza in Mama Kin's Bitchin' Kitchen).

What would he have done if he hadn't been in Aerosmith: Be in the Joe Perry Project

Favorite designer: "I'm not really attached to any one particular designer. I'm more into t-shirts and jeans."

Adrian Perry (Joe's oldest son, born on January 25th 1981, from his first marriage, with Elyssa Jerret) is also a musician. He is currently singer/guitarist/songwriter in the band 60/40 breakdown. You can find more info on them at http://www.6040breakdown.com. He has previously played in such bands as Dexter and The Feds. <<