Steven Tyler, after rehab

OVER THE PAST 18 MONTHS, STEVEN TYLER has fallen off a stage twice, fought with his Aerosmith bandmates, check into the Betty Ford Center, joind American Idol and written his memoir, tittle Does The Noise
In My Head Bother You? (It's due out in the spring.) "Its been a good year for me, man" says Tyler, 62, checking in from his home in Boston on a short break from Idol, which launches January 19th .

"rehab was just the beginning of the beginning.  I just put my nose to the grindstone.  I was getting rid of the noise, and suddenly the plant grows." Aerosmith tour 2010, but Tyler's frequent pissing contests in the press
with his Toxic Twin, Joe Perry, have left fans concerned about the fate of Aerosmith. But although Idol will put Tyler in one of America's most populer TV shows, his heart still belongs in his band of four decades.  Aerosmith is my love," he says. "I love them more than anything l've put in too many years, regardless of what has gone on.