Many fans consider the album released on May 3rd, 1976 to be Aerosmith at it's raw, Rockin' best. The follow-up to Toys in the Attic did not disappoint, thanks in part to the group members bringing the live performance chops they honed during the lengthy 1975 tour into the studio with them.  The release has been cited as inspirational by many musicians including Slash, who said that hearing the the album convinced him to start playing guitar.The group's 4th studio release arrived just before the band's increasingly wild lifestyle would start undermining their ability to hold things together in the studio and on the road.

 

Other noteworthy May 3 events include...

 

1919 Pete Seeger born. 

1928 James Brown born.     

1953 REO Speedwagon bassist Bruce Hall born. 

1955 Sex Pistol's Steve Jones born.   

1968 Jimi Hendrix records Voodoo Chile

1971 Grand Funk Railroad invites 150 to a press conference in New York. 6 show up.     

1971 Led Zeppelin opens a European tour in Copenhagen.

1976 David Bowie opens a six night series of concerts at Wembley Stadium during his Station to Station tour.

1976 Paul McCartney and Wings open a US tour inFort Worth, Texas.

1973 1976 Paul McCartney opens Wings Over America Tour in Dallas.     

1977 Led Zeppelin sets single act attendance record at King Dome in Seattle (76,229).   

2006 Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour debts on satellite radio.

2009 Bruce Springsteen, John Mellencamp and dozens more perform at 90th birthday party for Pete Seeger at Madison Square Garden.

2012 Paul McCartney and wife Nancy Shavell avoid a near crash when the pilot of a helicopter transporting them in bad weather from London to the couple's Sussex home gets disoriented and almost clips trees.

2014 John Fogerty joins Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band on Proud Mary at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival.

2021 Yes releases Union 30 box set.