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An inside look at Aerosmith’s ‘Another Dimension’
By Sarah Rodman
| Globe Staff

November 03, 2012

They’ve have had their differences over the years, but the members of Aerosmith are nothing if not perseverant.

After a couple of botched attempts with different producers and a whole host of major band dramas, the Boston rockers will finally release their first album of new material in 11 years on Tuesday with “Music From Another Dimension!”

The band — frontman Steven Tyler, guitarists Joe Perry and Brad Whitford, bass player Tom Hamilton, and drummer Joey Kramer — will celebrate the album’s release with an outdoor show at 1325 Commonwealth Ave., the address where the band members once lived, Monday at noon.

Earlier this year the Globe spoke with Tyler, Perry, Hamilton, and “Dimension!” coproducer Jack Douglas — who helmed the band’s acclaimed early albums including “Rocks” and “Toys in the Attic” as well as 2004’s mostly covers release, “Honkin’ on Bobo”— about the album, its genesis, and various tracks. Many of the tunes were penned by the band, while others were co-written with collaborators including Douglas, Jim Vallance, Desmond Child, and Marti Frederiksen, who also coproduced a few tracks. Top 40 hit machine Diane Warren contributed a song as well.
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The group began writing and recording last summer here in Massachusetts — at the band’s space in Hanover and Perry’s home studio, the Boneyard — and continued work earlier this year in Los Angeles during Tyler’s stint as a judge on “American Idol.”