Backstageaxxess.com correspondent Gus Griesinger recently caught up with AEROSMITH guitarist for a rare interview. An excerpt is available below.

Gus: Any prospects of a new Aerosmith CD?

Brad: "Well, we certainly would like to finish it. We started it about three times now over the past five or six years and just can't seem to finish it. Or something happens and it gets disrupted and we stop and we don't return to it. So we are going to, after this touring is over, we are going to try to do it at that point. I guess we will have to see where everyone is at and if everyone is still into it."

Gus: Are there tracks already done? How close are you to the finished product or is it still a while away yet?

Brad: We have a lot of music done, or pretty much done. I don't know if we will keep it. You know what I mean or if it will be on the new record. Myself, I would like the band to start fresh again. Just write all new stuff and at some later point, just put out the stuff that we have. I think it's better to start with new ideas you know? Like it's a new day sort of thing."

Gus: What can the fans expect from you and Aerosmith going forward in 2010?

Brad: "Well, hopefully it's more of the same. We always tried to deliver a high impact, high energy show and just playing the stuff that comes naturally to us. I believe we can maintain that level of excitement for our fans. The last time we were doing this, before our tour ended last year, I thought the band was playing better than ever! That was what made it so difficult when Steven fell down and got hurt. We all had to end there. I'm talking from the inside, but when I'm there, I kind of wish I was in the audience sometimes. It's really good and really well done. There is a lot of passion on that stage for what we do. That's what we are bringing to the game and hope that everyone likes it!"

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