They wrote the one textbook I actually was capable of consuming (and comprehending). As a result, it was the one class I could pass — with flying colors. Truth be told, at age 14, everything I was learning about life — getting chicks, getting laid, getting high and rockin’ hard, I learned from them. And it had my poor mama pacing the floors. Simply put, The Stones “belonged” to the older kids on the block. Aerosmith “belonged” to my crew. Further fueling the firestorm ignited by their platinum-selling 1975 breakout LP, Toys in the Attic, and their massive recent Top Ten single, “Dream On,” the band’s fourth album, Rocks, dropped via Columbia Records 45 years ago this week (May 14, 1976). And with its release, the bad boys from Beantown informed everyone they were flying high — in more ways...
