10 Hard Rock Bands That Destroyed Their Own Career

At the start of the '90s, it seemed that Aerosmith were pretty much bulletproof. After being dead in the water with the departure of Joe Perry, their career resurgence during the '80s saw them pulling off a second act in an industry when most people don't even see a second hit. Once they were on top again though, they started to get a whole new set of bad habits.

Towards the end of the decade, these Bad Boys were able to notch up their first ever #1 hit with I Don't Want To Miss A Thing, which became one of the biggest mixed blessings in rock and roll. Though it certainly didn't hurt to have one of the biggest hits you could ask for so late in your career, that opened the door for more outside songwriters to creep in.

As soon as these rock badasses reached the top, Just Push Play came out showing Aerosmith making every wrong decision, from using professional pop songwriters on nearly every track to some of the cleanliest production ever to grace a rock record. While they had used these kind of extensions in the past, this was the first Aerosmith album that actually felt like a cheap attempt at riding the wave of fame. Despite trying to recapture past glory on albums like Music From Another Dimension, that bluesy swagger we once knew is nowhere to be seen anymore.