Hometown Aerosmith fans are different from other Aerosmith fans, and that mainly has to do with Joe Perry. It's tough to overstate his strange grip on the local psyche. Tyler is a star who belongs to the whole world, but Perry, that dude belongs to Boston.

Sometimes great tunes happen to bad times, and when the bad time is over, not all the tunes get to move on with you.

But bringing people together is what music has always done best.

Girls take up a lot of room. I had a lot of room for this one.

You can't beat the beehive for glam punkette attitude.

But the answer is simple. Love is a mix tape.

I will always love the Clash, because I loved them so much when I was fourteen, and I love how you can start a conversation with almost literally any dude about the Clash.