14 DAY TRIAL // Rocker Steven Tyler, frontman of Aerosmith, is again checking himself into rehab to treat an addiction to painkillers that sprung from the injuries he sustained over the past couple of years. Tyler himself confirmed the news to E! Online, while also insisting he was bent on a quick recovery to return to the music stage with the band he’s made history over the past 4 decades or so.
This is the second time Tyler seeks professional help for substance addiction in as many years, E! informs. However, this time, the rocker is determined to make good on his promise of learning how to deal with his pain without the help of drugs and, this way, be able to return to making music faster. In the same statement to the press, Tyler also confirms that, despite allegations to the contrary, Aerosmith will continue in the same format of ever.
“With the help of my family and team of medical professionals, I am taking responsibility for the management of my pain and am eager to be back on the stage and in the recording studio with my bandmates Joe Perry, Joey Kramer, Tom Hamilton and Brad Whitford,” Tyler says in the statement released to E! Online. This way, he’s also confirming once more that Aerosmith has not disbanded or, at best, decided to move forward without him, as speculation in the media had it just a short while ago.
“I love Aerosmith; I love performing as the lead singer in Aerosmith. I am grateful for all of the support and love I am receiving and am committed to getting things taken care of,” the rocker staes, thus effectively putting to rest all rumors that he was being replaced in the band or, even worse, thrown out because of his issue with pills. The addiction for which Tyler is now seeking treatment was reportedly kicked off by his breaking his shoulder in August this year during concert, E! adds.
Earlier this month, former Geffen Records executive John Kalodner was telling the media that, while Aerosmith would continue making music, it would be doing so without Tyler, thus moving into a different direction. A possible replacement for him at the time was considered Lenny Kravitz, though nothing more came of that afterwards.