he's aerosmith. if he goes -- ♪ i go -- ♪ love in an elevator so it's magic.his is not the drug? >> oh, no. >> no. lsd is? >> lead singer disorder. >> and you had it, right? >> well, i think we all do, as lead singers, right? i mean, we front the band. so, therefore, why don't they listen to us? we know everything. >> yeah, big ego? >> yeah, of course. >> tough to work with? >> yeah. >> made trouble when you could have made peace? >> yeah. because all my life, being a big mouth, being a type "a" personality, always stopping people and going, no, no, no, wait, wait, wait you got to hear this. let me finish. let me finish. stop. slow down. now i do that for myself. >> but while tyler was busy fighting, touring, and abusing drugs with his band, he says he missed out on the childhoods of his two oldest daughters, mia and liv. in fact, liv spent the first dozen or so years of her life not knowing that tyler was her biological dad. rate yourself as a dad to your older children, mia and liv. you have a complicated relationship there. >> very complicated. i did get so

"that's aerosmith. what are you? crazy?" and rick had the--the foresight to go out and get aerosmith and bring them in, and they were like, "no, we don't want to say their words. "we just want to use their beat, man. and we don't want much of their guitar to play." the way we'd have cut it, you know, the beat would play, and then it'd go "wa, na." and then they'd get to say it. like, the guitar would never get a full lick in. so it would just go, "ra." that's the most you'd hear, that beginning of the guitar, or maybe a little bit more, but never would we-- were we going to play the whole record. rick said, "no, i promise you, it's okay." and they made the record, begrudgingly, and it was rick's genius that made that record so much bigger than the others, and it takes, you know, i mean, that kind of foresight to take something to the next level. so today, you know, walk this way is rarely played live in a concert by run dmc, but then, that was the thing that gave rap its credibility amongst the people who, you know, were dis

. >> i mean, you know -- all the years with aerosmith. he's got this incredible house in the hollywood hills. he's living the life, and it's great. he talks openly about everything. >> jimmy: yeah. does he -- did he always lived in l.a.? >> no, no, no, no. he boston. he's a boston, new hampshire guy. [ cheers ] yeah, new hampshire. [ applause ] he actually -- he met joe perry in new hampshire. that's where they met and formed the band. >> jimmy: like at a camp or something? >> yeah -- yeah. he had a -- well, he had a -- his family had, like, a camp, not like a day camp or a sleep away camp -- they had one of those camps, like, from -- what's the movie? "dirty dancing." one of those places. >> jimmy: oh, yeah. >> and through the -- he wrote a book about his life. through the entire book -- this is late-night, i'll get bleeped anyway. i won't say it. he called joe perry, joe f-ing perry. >> jimmy: yeah. >> they're the toxic twins. toxic twins. he's rock 'n' roll legend. >> i know. >> jimmy: and you sat next to him on a piano, which is -- >>

the lead singer for aerosmith says he's clean and sober now. >> mao's last dancer follows the life of chinese boy to become a ballet dancer. the fan has been banned in china because it spotlights the repress of the chinese government. >> we should never forget it is still very much of a communist state so they're still paranoid about anything could potentially challenge that communist party's political power. >> mao's last dancer is out on dvd today. that's your eye on entertainment, sandra hughes, cbs news, hollywood. >>> good morning and thank you for watching 9news now at 5:00 a.m., i'm andrea roane. >> we're glad you're here. i'm

he's aerosmith. he plays the licks and i go, whoa, wait!the skin tight pants is also a grandfather, although the road to paving a relationship with his two eldest daughters, actress liv and model mia has not been easy. >> you write about how drugs robbed you of spirituality and compassion only to realize you lost liv and mia as well. i cried when they for gave me for past behaviors but i will be working on it for the rest of my life. >> that's what drugs did. it took my children away, my life away, my band away. took my marriages away. i was on my knees. ♪ don't want to close my eyes >> tyler has been sober for a year and a half. even he says he's lucky to be alive. in the book you say you're 63 and it took you to the age of 60 to realize you didn't know anything, and that's okay. >> that's the best part of not knowing something. when you realize it's okay, that's when you reap the rewards. ♪ >> reporter: and the rewards have come. "american idol's" ratings are holding strong. aerosmith record sales are seeing a surge and there are plans fo

this guy's 45 years in aerosmith. dude, one of the greatest bands ever!m sayin'. where else are you getting that? >> jimmy: yeah. >> you ain't getting that anywhere else. there's a ton of shows, kid of, sort of, like this, but, you ain't getting legends. >> jimmy: no, no, no. >> it was like, "hm, okay." >> jimmy: yeah, exactly. and it's good. >> it's good. >> jimmy: what happened to my man? what happened to james durbin? >> oh, dude -- >> jimmy: that's my man. this guy was awesome. i thought he was going all the way. >> dude, i mean, me, too. big hand for james. james durbin. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: james durbin. this guy's great. >> you know what, jimmy? you know what's so crazy? that we're down to the final three now. you got haley, lauren and scotty and i thought, actually, this kid would go all the way but -- i don't know. sometimes i think the public forgets to vote. you always have to vote to keep your favorites in a competition. to get your favorites to win anything, you always gotta remember to vote. every vote counts. >> jimmy: we got t

. >>> aerosmith front man and "american idol" judge steven tyler is out with a new memoir. and he's talking about his use of drugs in the past. >> in the book, does the noise in my head bother you, tyler writes, he spent more than $20 million on drugs over his career. tyler has been in and out of eight rehab facilities but says he is sober now. he sat down with matt lauer and explained paving a new relationship with his two eldest daughters has not been easy. >> they took my children away, took my life away, took my band away, took my marriages away and i was on my knees. ♪ don't want to close my eyes >> tyler has been sober for a year and a half. even he says he's lucky to be alive. >> you write in the book, you're 63 years old, and it took you until the age of 60 to realize you didn't know anything. and that's okay. >> oh, yeah. and that's the best part of not knowing something. when you realize it's okay, that's when you reap the rewards. >> and it's quo ngo coincidence that tyler's upcoming sing cell called "it feels so good." >> you are having a blast, aren't you? >> s