JOE PERRY PROJECT TAKES OFF
Heaven may not look anything like the darkened, seedy, cement-floored Keystone nightclub in Berkeley, California, but Joe Perry, former lead guitarist and writing force in Aerosmith, isn’t complaining. Slouching down next to his striking wife, Elissa, on a plastic-covered couch in the sparsely furnished Keystone dressing room, Joe peers out from behind long curtains of black hair and there isn’t a trace of the patented Aerosmith scowl or lip pout.
JOE PERRY PROJECT TAKES OFF
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by Dave Zimmer
My brand new ship is stellar bound To search out a place I’ve never found Where I go only time will tell There’s a lot of space between Heaven and Hell *
Heaven may not look anything like the darkened, seedy, cement-floored Keystone nightclub in Berkeley, California, but Joe Perry, former lead guitarist and writing force in Aerosmith, isn’t complaining. Slouching down next to his striking wife, Elissa, on a plastic-covered couch in the sparsely furnished Keystone dressing room, Joe peers out from behind long curtains of black hair and there isn’t a trace of the patented Aerosmith scowl or lip pout. Perry actually offers a broad smile. And he has plenty of reasons to be happy.
Since ending his *9Vi year association with Aerosmith last October, the gaunt 29-year-old guitarist/songwriter has put together a new group—the Joe Perry Project (Perry: guitar and vocals; Ralph Morman: vocals; David Hull: bass; and Ronnie Stewart: drums), recorded and released a Project album, Let The Music Do The Talking, and is now in the midst of a two-and-a-half-month national club tour.