10 Completely Insane Demands That Entertainers Made For Gigs
7. Aerosmith
Perhaps the older the artist, the more demanding this life becomes, and that makes sense in a way doesn't it? Here we have another band that got its start in the 70s and continues to record and tour. With some in the band over 60 it's not surprising that their rider calls for the names and phone numbers of several doctors: a throat specialist, a physician fully qualified in internal medicine, an osteo-podiatrist and a chiropractor. Let's remember that Joe Perry and Steve Tyler were once known as 'The Toxic Twins' due to the sheer volume of drugs and alcohol they consumed. The need to have doctors handy is hardly surprising. One particularly challenging aspect of the band's rider is this, "Under no circumstances is the artist to be delayed arriving or departing the venue due to traffic". We wonder what powers Aerosmith's promoters actually have. From a dietary point of view the band ask for absolutely no pressed meat or cheeses and are vehement in their abstinence: absolutely no alcoholic beverages allowed. In a twist that is not surprising considering Mr. Tyler's flamboyant stage-clothes, the band's VIP room is to be decorated in "Eastern Indian" fashion - the purpose of which is not revealed and can only be guessed at.
Ross Ingall is a 52 year old ordained Canadian baptist minister who has been listening to hard rock and metal quite literally since each was invented. A second career pastor who attended seminary in his 40's, the Rev hosts Too Metal For Church on Metal Nation Radio. Writing both under his own name as well as the psuedonym/nickname Reverend Rock, Ross has been writing music articles on the web since 1999.
