Aerosmith – LIVE AND ACOUSTIC CD

At the beginning of the 1990s, Aerosmith were celebrating a high point in their career. In the wake of 1987’s Permanent Vacation, which had gone 5 x platinum and spawned the Top 20 singles ‘Dude (Looks Like A Lady)’, ‘Rag Doll’ and ‘Angel’, their 1989 follow up Pump was an even greater success. With four hit singles, all on heavy rotation at MTV, Pump was certified 7 x Platinum in the U.S. alone, and earned Aerosmith their first Grammy award, for the song ‘Janie Got A Gun’. In addition, ‘Janie’ also received two MTV Video Music Awards, and is still regularly featured in lists of all-time great videos. In support of the album, the group embarked on the year-long Pump Tour, which saw Aerosmith play 166 shows across the U.S., Europe and Asia. The tour featured a staggering selection of support artists, including Metallica, Poison and Skid Row. The band also played many high-profile TV and radio shows, including The Howard Stern Show and Saturday Night Live. On the latter, they appeared in a ‘Wayne’s World’ sketch, during which they discussed the fall of the Soviet Union and performed ‘Janie Got A Gun’ and ‘Monkey On My Back’; Entertainment Television would later rank this appearance as the No. 1 moment in the program’s history.