Editing Aerosmith (section)

===''Rocks'', ''Draw the Line'', and ''Live! Bootleg'' (1976–1978)===
[[File:Aerosmith 2.jpg|thumb|right|upright=0.75|During the 1970s, [[Steven Tyler]] (left) and [[Joe Perry (musician)|Joe Perry]] (right) became known as "[[Toxic Twins|The Toxic Twins]]" due to their extensive drug use]]
In 1976, Aerosmith's fourth album was ''[[Rocks (Aerosmith album)|Rocks]],'' which music historian Greg Prato described as "captur[ing] Aerosmith at their most raw and rocking".<ref name="Rocks Review">{{cite web|title=''Rocks'' – Review|first=Greg|last=Prato|website=[[AllMusic]]|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r171|pure_url=yes}}}}</ref> It went [[Music recording sales certification|platinum]] swiftly<ref name="RIAA&nbsp;— Searchable Database" /> and featured two Top 40 hits, "[[Last Child]]" and "[[Back in the Saddle]]", as well as the ballad "[[Home Tonight]]", which also charted.<ref name="Aerosmith Chart Positions">{{cite web|title=Aerosmith Chart Positions&nbsp;– Singles|website=[[AllMusic]]|url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p3508|pure_url=yes}} | access-date=April 1, 2008}}</ref> ''Rocks'' would eventually go on to sell over four million copies.<ref name="RIAA&nbsp;— Searchable Database" /> Both ''Toys in the Attic'' and ''Rocks'' are highly regarded,<ref name="Toys in the Attic Review" /><ref name="Rocks Review" /> especially in the hard rock genre: they appear on such lists as ''Rolling Stone''{{'}}s [[Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time|500 Greatest Albums of All Time]]<ref>{{cite magazine|title=The RS 500 Greatest Albums of All Time|magazine=Rolling Stone |url= https://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/5938174/the_rs_500_greatest_albums_of_all_time/2|access-date=April 3, 2008| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080402070111/http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/5938174/the_rs_500_greatest_albums_of_all_time/2|archive-date=April 2, 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|title=The RS 500 Greatest Albums of All Time|magazine=Rolling Stone |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/5938174/the_rs_500_greatest_albums_of_all_time/3|access-date=April 3, 2008| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080401132249/http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/5938174/the_rs_500_greatest_albums_of_all_time/3|archive-date=April 1, 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref> and are cited as influential by members of [[Guns N' Roses]], [[Metallica]], and [[Mötley Crüe]].<ref name="Aerosmith">{{cite web|title=Aerosmith|work=Slash. Rolling Stone Issue 946| url=https://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/7235473/57_aerosmith| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060521070940/http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/7235473/57_aerosmith/| url-status=dead| archive-date=May 21, 2006}}</ref><ref name="Blabbermouth.net">{{cite news|title= Metallica Pay Aerosmith A Backstage Visit|work=[[Blabbermouth.net]]|url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=7772|url-status=dead| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20111210073723/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=7772|archive-date=December 10, 2011}}</ref> [[Kurt Cobain]] also listed ''Rocks'' as one of the albums he thought were most influential to [[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]]'s sound in his [[Journals (Cobain)|journal]] in 1993.<ref name= "joyfulnoiserecordings.com">{{cite web|title=Top 50 by Nirvana|url=http://www.joyfulnoiserecordings.com/journal/top-50-by-nirvana/|access-date=May 8, 2013|url-status= dead| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20141018034220/http://www.joyfulnoiserecordings.com/journal/top-50-by-nirvana/|archive-date=October 18, 2014}}</ref> Soon after ''[[Rocks (Aerosmith album)|Rocks]]'' was released, the band continued to tour heavily, this time headlining their own shows, including large stadiums and rock festivals.<ref name="Aerosmith: Biography: Rolling Stone" />

In 1977, Aerosmith released their fifth album, ''[[Draw the Line (Aerosmith album)|Draw the Line]]''. Its recording was affected by the band's excesses, but the record still had memorable moments.<ref name="Aerosmith Chart Positions"/> The [[Draw the Line (song)|title track]] charted just shy of the Top 40 and remains a live staple, and "[[Kings and Queens (Aerosmith song)|Kings and Queens]]" also charted.<ref name="Aerosmith Chart Positions"/> The album went on to sell two million copies.<ref name="RIAA&nbsp;— Searchable Database" /> The band toured extensively in support of the album, but [[drug abuse]] and the fast-paced life of touring and recording began affecting their performances. Tyler and Perry became known as "[[the Toxic Twins]]" due to their notorious abuse of drugs on and off the stage.<ref name="Aerosmith: Biography: Rolling Stone"/><ref name="rockhall"/> Tyler later commented, "I've spent $64 million on drugs"; Perry scoffed later, "There's no fucking way in the world you could spend that much money on drugs and still be alive. It makes a good headline – but, practically speaking, that was probably a very small portion of where we spent our money."<ref>Yates, Henry: "Heavy Load"; ''[[Classic Rock (magazine)|Classic Rock]]'' #206, February 2015, p138</ref>

While continuing to tour and record in the late 1970s, Aerosmith appeared in the ''[[Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (film)|Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band]]'' movie.<ref name="allmusic" /> Their cover of [[The Beatles]]' "[[Come Together#Covers|Come Together]]", from the [[Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (soundtrack)|soundtrack]], was the band's last Top 40 hit for nearly 10 years.<ref name="Aerosmith Chart Positions"/> The double vinyl ''[[Live! Bootleg]]'', issued in 1978, captured the band's rawness<ref>{{cite web|title=''Live! Bootleg'' – Review|publisher=CDUniverse.com|url=http://www.cduniverse.com/search/xx/music/pid/1087816/a/Live!+Bootleg.htm}}</ref> during the ''Draw the Line'' tour. The standalone single "[[Chip Away the Stone]]", also released in 1978, charted at number 77.<ref name="Aerosmith Chart Positions"/>