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Aerosmith- Toys in the Attic 50th- Steven Tyler, Brad Whitford, Joey Kramer, Tom Hamilton, Joe Perry

On its 50th anniversary, we dust off "Toys in the Attic", the breakthrough third album for Aerosmith in  April 1975. Contrary to what you might assume, through their first two albums Aerosmith struggled to get noticed. In this classic rock interview, Aerosmith drummer Joey Kramer reminded me that "Dream On" from their debut by then had been released as a single three times  and flopped twice.

Aerosmith- Toys in the Attic 50th- Joe Perry, Brad Whitford, Joey Kramer, Tom Hamilton, Steven Tyler 4-7

Hard as it may be to believe, on the eve of the release of their third album Toys in the Attic in April 1975, the Boston-based hard rock band Aerosmith was not very well known. Their debut single from the first album, "Dream On", had been released…