Aerosmith '72-'82: The Columbia Years

Dive into the glory and the chaos of Aerosmith’s first seven albums—an era of ambition, anthems, and near destruction that forged one of rock’s greatest stories.

By 1972, Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, Brad Whitford, Tom Hamilton, and Joey Kramer had forged a lineup built for legend—and in 1973, their debut album on Columbia Records lit the fuse with the timeless ballad “Dream On.”

What followed was a blistering run: Get Your Wings sharpened their sound, Toys in the Attic and Rocks launched the...