John Douglas, the current live drummer of Aerosmith, was recently interviewed by Jeremy White where he explained the reason former band drummer, Joey Kramer, has left the band.
The drum tech was asked about the real reason behind Kramer’s leave. He revealed:
“Originally, he got injured the night before the show in Vegas, this was back in 2019. So that’s what started it, and then he had some, his wife Linda passed away suddenly and tragically last year. So there’s just the decision he had to make it wasn’t easy.”
The band is now on their farewell tour, and evidently, Douglas doesn’t feel like making a farewell tour. He shared why while answering if the tour is going to be like a never-ending farewell tour:
“Well, for me, I hope so. Because when they announced the farewell tour, I’m like, ‘Farewell? Man, I just got here!’ So, selfishly as the guy honored to be playing with him, I would love to go much, much longer.”
He then shared his thoughts as a fan of the band and resembled the farewell to the other bands’:
“And selfishly, as a fan, I don’t want this band to go away, or much the same as I feel about all the classic bands that I grew up with. There’s a lot of farewell tours going on right now, and I hope they go on forever I hope they go on as long as The Eagles’ farewell tour which is, what, in their 20th year or something.”
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Selfishly, as a lifelong fan of the band, I want Joey Kramer on the Peace Out tour! So while we wait for Mr Tyler to fully recover, let’s make that happen!!!