Aerosmith bassist Tom Hamilton has told Billboard that the band’s next studio album will be a back-to-basics affair that will “challenge its members and inspire longtime fans”.
"We're going to delve back into our musical roots and try recording some blues songs and maybe some blues-based rock riffs," he said. "So, everybody is turning back inward toward their individual instruments with that in mind. It's funny because I've been doing it on my own but now when we get on stage together, I see everybody else doing it. We’re interested in getting into projects that are not the once-every-two-years, blockbuster, career making or breaking album-type mode that we've been in. We're probably going to take a bunch of blues songs, cover them, learn to play them together, and see about using stuff like that. I think in that process, it's going to generate new ideas. We've been calling it a blues album but really it's just going to be an Aerosmith rock album and maybe a lot of blues."
Aerosmith are currently touring the US to promote a 'best of' album.