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Joe Perry

guitarist for Aerosmith

United States • b. 1950-09-10

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Biography

Joseph Anthony Pereira (born September 10, 1950), professionally known as Joe Perry, is an American musician best known as a founding member, guitarist, backing and occasional lead vocalist of the rock band Aerosmith and has appeared on every studio album except Rock in a Hard Place. Perry also has his own solo band called the Joe Perry Project, and is a member of the all-star band Hollywood Vampires with Alice Cooper and Johnny Depp. He was ranked 84th in Rolling Stone's list of The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time and in 2001, was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as part of Aerosmith. In 2013, Perry and his songwriting partner Steven Tyler were recipients of the ASCAP Founders Award and were also inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. In October 2014, Simon & Schuster released Rocks: My Life In and Out of Aerosmith, written by Perry with David Ritz.

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Discography

Records they worked on — most-collected first.

Credited work

3,928 releases · 358 albums · active 1953–2026

  • Performance · 15,811
  • Other credits · 1,191
  • Production · 659
  • Engineering · 69

Studios: Record Plant, N.Y.C. · Little Mountain Sound Studios · Power Station · A&M Studios

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