The 1978 Show That Destroyed Aerosmith's Reputation — What The Cameras Hid

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• CR

  @craigdowney3128 · 3 weeks ago

  The '78 tour was the very first concert I ever went to.  Oct. 78 (tickets were a b-day gift from my mom) they may have been dealing with their demons at the time but this show is still a high point in all the shows I've seen since.

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• JU

  @juliehudson6539 · 2 months ago

  I saw Aerosmith in December of 1977 AC DC opened up the show I had never heard of ACDC and they blew Aerosmith off the stage Aerosmith was horrible that night and they were my favorite band I think this video captures the time

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• PA

  @patdwyer5204 · 2 months ago

  Concert in March 1978 at TheTower Theater(Easter night Philly) was great.

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• RO

  @rodlee3825 · 1 month ago

  I’ve heard rumor from people that was there at them shows in 70s and Aerosmith was just playing out horrible.  One term I’ll never forget is” they can’t play their instruments live”.

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• BL

  @BluesBender · 1 month ago

  There were some bright spots in 1978.  It was like, at certain points or certain songs during the 1978 tour, they would decide to actually try.  They had 4 major radio broadcasts in March 78, and there are moments in those shows where they decided to turn it on.  In April 78 they played s great show in Southern California, which was Van Halen territory, so they were actually putting forth effort.

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• MR

  @mrpenya5915 · 1 month ago

  I saw them in Phoenix Arizona that year. I was very young at boarding school., I couldn’t tell what song they’re playing most of the time

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• MI

  @MichaelLee-h4m6l · 3 days ago

  I have been an Aerosmith fan since i was 11 Toys/Rocks were master pieces. Saw them in 1988 at Giants Stadium NJ GNR and Deep Purple opened they both sucked but Aerosmith put on a master piece show they played until a little past midnight and let me tell you it was the loudest concert I was ever at, the hand rail and seats were vibrating my ears were ringing the next day! Great times!

• FR

  @frankdibiaso7336 · 1 month ago

  Saw Aerosmith at the Spectrum in Philly both shows ended badly one with aM-80 and the other a bottle still a blue army fan at 65

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• CO

  @collinmadden · 2 months ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gOQhGvCFDQ&amp;t=95">1:35</a> Why is Brad Whitford on bass and Tom Hamilton on guitar?

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• CH

  @chrismoller4272 · 3 weeks ago

  They were wasted, so what? For all the dysfunction 73-77 was their creative peak . Sloppy . So? The feel was ALWAYS there baby

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• TH

  @TheKongZilla · 1 month ago

  I have one of the largest Aero boot collections in the world. I have a lot of their shows from 1978. Stadiums and theaters. Yea, they were pretty sloppy lol but over the years I’ve learned to love those shows because that’s classic Aero. lol

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• PE

  @peterwynberg · 3 weeks ago

  August 1978, Giants Stadium .<br>Co Headlining with Ted Bugent. Took forever to get onstage.<br>Tyler had to Threate To Piss on the &nbsp;crowd, if we didnt stop throwing Frisbeess at them. Worst Performance EVER!!😮😢

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