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1UP COVER STORY | WEEK OF JUNE 25 | VIDEO GAME MUSIC FESTIVAL
Aerosmith Can’t Catch a Break
Cover Story: The surprisingly long chronology of the famous band’s roles in video games.
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om Hamilton, Joey Kramer, Joe Perry, Brad Whitford, and Steven Tyler — Aerosmith, one of the most prolific American rock bands that’s still around today. Believe it or not, Aerosmith has been around video games in one way or another for almost 20 years. For a group of rapidly aging rockers who didn’t really project a love of video games, they were oddly willing to be in them. Sure, tons of popular music acts have their songs licensed for use in games, but as an in-the-flesh band, Aerosmith has had more game appearances than you’d think. It’s just that none of them were very dignified.
