Does the Noise in My Head Bother You?: A Rock 'N' Roll Memoir (55 page)

Tallarico, Giovanni, 13

Tallarico, Lynda, 7, 8, 11, 16, 29

Tallarico, Mia Abigail Tyler, 111, 192, 202, 213, 228, 280, 301, 320, 321, 375, 376

Tallarico, Michael, 13

Tallarico, Pasquale, 13

Tallarico, Phyllis, 16

Tallarico, Susan Rey Blancha “Susie” (mother), 2, 6-7, 8, 13, 16, 19, 24, 26, 124, 143, 156, 243, 331, 356, 357, 359

Tallarico, Taj, 18, 257, 263, 277, 285, 301, 316, 318, 332, 376

Tallarico, Teresa Barrick, 224, 227-30, 232, 234, 236, 238, 252, 257, 258, 262, 275, 278, 284, 285, 301, 304, 313, 316, 319, 375

Tallarico, Victor (father), 11, 14-15, 27, 362, 367

“Taste of India,” 285, 308, 332

Ten Years After band, 65

10th Street Entertainment, 366

Thin Lizzy, 209

Timmons, Bob, 276, 277, 279-80, 283

“Tits in a Crib” (alternate title for “One Way Street”), 117

Tokyo Spiders, 188-89

Townshend, Pete, 48, 80, 99

Toxic Twins, 157, 209, 247, 336, 354

Toys in the Attic
album, 90, 156, 157, 159, 171

“Train Kept a-Rollin’,” 62, 79, 91, 93, 94, 153, 155, 175, 297

The Trampers, 108

Twitty and Smitty band, 63, 123

Tyler, Liv, 129, 218, 282, 294, 301, 321, 375, 376

U2, 291

Vanilla Fudge band, 116

Velvet Underground band, 115

Ventures/Dick Dale, 40

“Walk This Way,” 90, 159, 364, 365

Walk This Way
album, 231

Walk This Way
(Davis), 202

“Walkin’ the Dig” (misprint title), 117

“Walkin’ the Dog,” 105, 110, 117

Warren, Diane, 291, 292, 293, 294, 295

“When I Needed You,” 60, 63, 75

Whitesnake band, 154

Whitford, Brad, 92, 102, 105, 108, 114, 167, 174, 189, 195, 213, 215, 219, 237, 239, 249, 282, 289, 290, 335, 359, 360, 362

The Who, 45, 52, 68, 75, 97

“Who Do You Love,” 39

William Proud band, 50, 63, 72, 73

Woodstock Festival, 65, 66, 67, 68, 101, 173, 362

“Write Me,” 115

The Yardbirds, 43, 45, 58, 60, 62, 63, 64, 79, 82, 87, 93, 326, 358

“You Should Have Been Here Yesterday,” 63, 75

The Young Rascals, 57

Zappa, Frank, 169-70, 327, 376

Zeitels, Steven, 305-6

About the Authors

Born Steven Victor Tallarico on March 26, 1948, in Yonkers, New York,
STEVEN TYLER
is the iconic songwriter, composer, and voice of Aerosmith—America’s greatest rock ’n’ roll band—and is considered one of rock’s most recognizable and dynamic frontmen.
Rolling Stone
magazine has cited him as one of the greatest singers of all time.

After coming together in Sunapee, New Hampshire, in the late sixties, five musicians made the decision to move to Boston, live together, and become the band we know today as Aerosmith: Tyler as frontman, guitarist Joe Perry, bassist Tom Hamilton, guitarist Ray Tabano, later replaced by Brad Whitford, and drummer Joey Kramer. The band has sold more than 100 million records across the globe and won numerous prestigious awards—multiple Grammys, American Music awards, Billboard awards, and MTV awards—and was inducted into the Rock ’n’ Roll Hall of Fame in 2001.

Aerosmith has infiltrated rock history with their memorable appearances in
Wayne’s World
and
The Simpsons
, at the halftime show at Super Bowl XXXV in 2001, and in their own Aerosmith version of Guitar Hero. Their number one single, “Don’t Want to Miss a Thing,” was nominated for an Academy Award® for best song for the movie
Armageddon
. In December 2010, Tyler performed for President Obama and the First Lady in a special tribute to Sir Paul McCartney at the Kennedy Center Honors. In January 2011, Tyler joined Jennifer Lopez, Randy Jackson, and host Ryan Seacrest as a judge on the Fox TV phenomenon
American Idol
.

WWW.STEVENTYLER.COM

David Dalton, a founding contributor of
Rolling Stone
, is the author of some fifteen books, including
James Dean: The Mutant King
,
El Sid: St. Vicious, Piece of My Heart
,
Mindfuckers
,
Painting Below Zero
,
Faithfull with Marianne
,
Been Here and Gone
, and
Bob’s Brain: Decoding Dylan
, which will be published in late 2011.

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Credits

Cover design by Allison Saltzman

Cover photograph by Melissa Mahoney © Steven Tallarico

Title page photograph by Michael Harnois

Copyright

DOES THE NOISE IN MY HEAD BOTHER YOU?
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