Aerosmith may well be the most divisive rock act out there. In some circles, they’re considered required listening, put on almost the same level as Led Zeppelin. In other circles, they’re placed about a half step up above those embarrassing hair metal bands like Poison and Bon Jovi (though on either side of the spectrum, you have to admit that Dream On is a darn good tune).

Love’em or hate’em, there’s no denying that they must have some interesting stories to tell, so even their fiercest critics are likely to gobble up Steven Tyler’s upcoming autobiography. That’s the thing about eighties rock, you don’t have to like the music, but you can’t help but admire anyone who managed to survive the decade!

Of course, Steven Tyler’s bio will not be penned by himself, but by ghost writer David Dalton. Dalton has previously written books on James Dean, and Jim Morrison, and has written numerous articles about Marianne Faithfull, The Beach Boys, and Bob Dylan... is it just me, or does this Dalton fellow seem attracted to stories of excess?

There will be a draft of the book due in June, but we’ll probably have to wait and see when the finished product is actually released. The HarperCollins imprint Ecco bid a cool two million on the rights to the book last year, though, so we can be sure they’ll be in a hurry to hit the shelves as soon as possible. Plus, Steven Tyler has always been incredibly open when sharing stories of his past. If you watch some interviews, he’s half bragging and half apologizing for his party days, so we shouldn’t expect him to pull a Bobby Brown and back out at the last second. With the publisher and the author both eager to get the book out there, a summer release date wouldn’t be surprising.

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