The Anatomy of a Collapse and Resurrection: Aerosmith’s Darkest Era (1980–1984)
Executive Overview By the dawn of the 1980s, Aerosmith—once hailed as America’s premier hard rock band—was collapsing under the weight of catastrophic substance abuse, crippling financial mismanagement, internal violence, and creative paralysis. Following the commercial and critical peaks of 1975’s Toys in the Attic and 1976’s Rocks, the Boston quintet descended into a rapid spiral. … Read more
