Quotes
"One thing that I hope we all maintain Uma coisa que espero que consigamos manter is our willingness to be vulnerable when we're going to an album project, vulnerable to the kind of criticism that we give to each other, vulnerable to the kind of pressure that we put on each other, vulnerable to the competition that goes on." - Tom Hamilton
"I don't know if it's anything to put in words. I guess we just feel like we have a potential that we haven't reached yet musically. Because you keep doing it, and you keep learning new things, and you go, 'Wow, I want to do that on the next record!' That's all I can really thing of. I think when you see some of these bands get into their second decade, and they get fat and pudgy and bored, and they keep playing the same songs, it's not because they ever ran out of ideas, it's because they're doing other things in their lives that are killing their creativity. If the creative thing was there for your first couple of albums, it's always there - always there" - Tom Hamilton, when asked about what the band feels they have left to prove;
"Steven's got a lot more time to be obsessed with sex now that he's not fucked up"
"When a band has been successful for their first few albums, then (the record company says) let's not let the band get in the way of making the next one good!" - Tom Hamilton, about the record companies.
"I think I deserve to ask MTV a question. Do I have any roast Beef in my teeth?, I just ate."
"I think what we wanted to do, without ever really saying it, was to be the American equivalent of all the great British bands like Cream, the Yardbirds and Led Zeppelin. They were all so classy and powerful sounding. We couldn't think of an American band like that. We wanted to be the first one"
"Steven and Joe had an argument the first night about Joe playing too loud, and so began an Aerosmith tradition"
"John McLaughlin and the band would meditate before they started playing, and as you might imagine, we weren't into meditating. We'd already found our own way to meditate, chemiacally" - Tom Hamilton about opening for Mahvishnu Orchestra
"I remember when Joe left, he gave an interview that really hurt me. He said, 'Aerosmith is not ready for the Eighties.' That hurt. It hurt because he was right. I though about that on New Year's Eve, when we were playing this great gig at home in Boston. It was my birthday, and I was thinking that Aerosmith is a band ready for the Nineties. We have a future now. For a while we didn't have one. It's one hell of a nice thing to have".
"Ayone who is clearly thinking knows we didn't go out and tourture some cow. We used a general anesthetic followed by a few hours in the recovery room. IT'S FAKE!!! The cow doesn't have anything stuck through it's udder!" - Tom Hamilton talking about "Get A Grip" cover art.
Outside the band
Tom has also appeared in the following albums/projects:
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Album |
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Renegade |
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Side project of Joey, Tom, Jimmy Crespo and two other musicians outside Aerosmith: Marge Raymond and Bobby Mayo. Clique here for more info. |
Alice Cooper |
Trash |
Tom played in the title-track. |
