is he good player?
i was never into aerosmith i think joe perry's playing style is "lazy"
or am i wrong?
please discuss Joe Perry and recomend aerosmith songs with great guitar solo,if there is one???

I don't know if I'd call his playing "lazy" but it's certainly uninspiring. He's one of those blues-rock guitarists who look cooler than what they are actually playing {see: Saul Hudson}.



HEY-OH!

i call bullshit.

perry's stuff in the seventies was great. and the next time you talk shit about saul you'd better be wearing a cup. "appetite" is on its way over, and its got a pipe wrench.

SleezyG said:

I agree with what you said about Slash, though Joe Perry never did much for me.

The only pipe "Appetite" is bringing over consists of crack.Joe Perry is an unremarkable guitar player at best. And so is Slash. Both have never played anything that I thought was musically interesting OR that I haven't heard someone else do better.

hes superb live, I had the good fortune to go see Aerosmith in dublin at the start of the month and i was 5 foot away from the man, hes got a fucking great style of playing and his vibrato is cracking and not to mention his riffs, i mean think of all the superb aerosmith songs, thers a fair few that he came up with! id say hes along the lines of jimmy page he writes amazing riffs sure hes not the best lead player around but hes just the right guitarist for led zep,
as is joe for aerosmith

Here's what Eddie Van Halen had to say about Joe Perry: "I don't like him because I don't think he likes me. I walked up to shake his hand, and he looked at me and walked away. As a guitarist I don't think he's that good. He lacks feel."

Taken from a 1981 Guitar World interview.

Has anyone tried his hotsauce?

Joe Perry has the image down pat - he's probably one of the coolest-looking cats to pick up an electric guitar. As far as playing goes, I dig him, though I'm more partial to Brad Whitford's playing.

I actually dug Joe's playing on the Run DMC collaboration of "Walk This Way" more than on the original version.

I remember having the single of Run/DMC version. On the b-side it was Joe Soloing over the 'walk this way' riff for 3 mins or so. AWESOME! And you are correct, his playing there was better than the 'toys in the attic version'.
Joe is more a great riff writer than great soloist. Still he had had his moments:
Angel,Dude looks like a lady:Permanent Vaction
Train Kept a rolling:Get your wings (there is a rumour that a session man played he solo! )
You see me crying:Toys
Same old song and dance:Get your wings