joe perry

If you’re an American Idol addict like so many others, you surely saw the ‘Top 10′ perform a rendition of Billy Joel‘s ‘The Longest Time’ during the intro of tonight’s (March 22) broadcast. ‘Idol’ judge Steven Tyler slammed various contestants last night after their Billy Joel attempts and this performance seems unlikely to change his mind.

Everybody’s got a story to tell, and a story to sell. We can now add Aerosmith guitar legend Joe Perry to the ever growing list of scribes. Just as Bruce Springsteen was revealing he has shelved plans to pen his own memoir, Perry announced via Twitter that he has a book is in the works — but offered up little in the way of details...

Are Aerosmith going retro on their new album, the as-yet-untitled platter that’s due to surface later this year? If ’Smith guitarist Joe Perry‘s recent comments are any indication of the direction the album is taking, that question could be answered with a resounding “yes.”