'I once had three Porsches and sold them all so I could snort up half of Peru.'
Steven Tyler is a natural born survivor. The charismatic front man of Aerosmith for more than three decades, he has soared the dizzying heights of fame and plumbed the dark depths of drug addiction - and is miraculously still performing.
Laura Jackson chronicles Tyler's incredible rollercoaster journey and reveals the lurid tales of sex and drugs, the creative partnerships and tensions in the band, the family conflicts and the women in his life, and his battle with Hepatitis C - not forgetting the music. Aerosmith are now a multi-platinum-selling act, and Tyler is unquestionably one of the most distinctive and vibrant personalities in rock. This is his story.