AEROSMITH Singer Steven Tyler Says He Turned Down LED ZEPPELIN Offer
January 20, 2011, 13 years ago
According to Gibson, AEROSMITH singer and American Idol judge Steven Tyler nearly had another job to add to his resume: LED ZEPPELIN frontman. The musician revealed to Howard Stern, on his satellite radio show, that he was invited to jam with Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones and Jason Bonham, after Robert Plant had made it clear that he wasn’t interested in a long-term reunion in 2007.
After being offered the chance, Tyler said: “I went ‘Hello?’ I went over and played. So not only have I sung to PAUL MCCARTNEY, but I’ve played with Led Zeppelin. I’m in heaven.”
But the Zeppelin-Tyler pairing didn’t last. Tyler said that, after they jammed together, Page offered to bring him into the Zeppelin fold, and that he had to refuse the invitation out of loyalty to Aerosmith.
“I looked Jimmy in the eyes and it came time for him to say, ‘You want to write a record with me?’” Tyler said. “I went, ‘No.’ I’m in Aerosmith. He’s in the biggest band in the world and I’m in a band like that. I have such an allegiance to my band and I love it so much.”
