Aerosmith Who Sued His Own Drummer

JAKARTA - Members of the legendary rock band Aerosmith; Steven Tyler (vocals), Joe Perry (guitar), Tom Hamilton (bass) and Brad Whitford (guitar) issued statements in response to a lawsuit filed by their drummer, Joey Kramer. The drummer claimed he was banned from appearing with Aerosmith at the Grammy Awards.

Kramer - the original Aerosmith member - last performed with the band that sang Crazy in April 2019 before suffering a shoulder injury. Other reports indicated that he also had an ankle injury.

Over the past eight months, Aerosmith has performed with interim drummer, Kramer's tech drummer, John Douglas.

Earlier, Tuesday, January 21, celebrity gossip site TMZ reported that Kramer filed a lawsuit against his bandmates which he said would not allow him to appear at the Grammy Awards next Sunday. Kramer said, "removing his name from the proper place on the stage to celebrate Aerosmith's success is simply wrong."

Tyler, Perry, Whitford and Hamilton responded to Kramer's lawsuit in a statement to People, it read: "Joey Kramer is our brother; his well-being is very important to us. But emotionally and physically he has not been able to perform with the band, according to his own admission, for 6 years. the last month. We miss him and have encouraged him to rejoin us to play many times, but it looks like he doesn't feel ready to do it yet. "

The statement continued: "Joey has now waited until the last moment to accept our invitation, when we, unfortunately, did not have time for the necessary practice during the week leading up to the Grammys. We are taking no chances, for him, for ourselves and for the fans. us if we make him perform without sufficient time to prepare and train. "

"For these reasons, he chose to file a lawsuit on the Friday night before the Grammys which is the deadline for us to prepare to appear at this important event. With that decision, unfortunately he is not able to appear. But of course we invited him to be with us for the sake of our Grammys and MusiCares awards. We bonded together more than our time on stage. "

A source close to the band confirmed to People that Kramer had to be "put to the test" for Aerosmith's Grammy performance. However, said the source, this was the result of Kramer's failure to attend a number of planned exercises.

"They (Aerosmith) invited him to return for the past six months since he was out injured," said the source. "He said, 'Yes, I'll come and train' and (he) kept on not showing up. On Grammys and MusiCares nights, he wanted to come back."

According to the source, Aerosmith felt that Kramer was "unable" to perform at his best, after they listened to the demo sent by the drummer.