Night in the Ruts

In his book Rocks: My Life in and out of Aerosmith, Perry shared:

Nineteen seventy-nine had to be one of the lowest years of my life … The five of us were able to come up with a bunch of song ideas. That happened at the Wherehouse in Waltham. Then when we went to Media Sound in New York to record the tracks, Steven (Tyler) was there to help out with the arrangements and the recording. I thought we cut some of the the best tracks we’d ever done … When it came time for lyrics and vocals, though, Steven began to drift away. Slowly, progress ground to a halt. I started to get annoyed, then aggravated, then out-and-out pissed. I’d been working these tracks along with Tom, Brad and Joey. They were hot … But nothing could be finished without Steven. Weeks went by. Then months … we still had to finish the album that would be called Night In The Ruts. We went to work every day, spending a forture on hotel bills and studio time with nothing to show for it. We were still waiting for Steven to do his job – write the lyrics and sing them. I couldn’t comprehend why Steven was taking so fuckin' long. A fruitless pattern was set: We’d wander into the studio in late afternoon. We’d hope Steven might have completed a song, but he hadn’t. So we waited some more.

Night in the Ruts peaked at #14 on Billboard’s 200 chart:

Night in the Ruts is certified Platinum by the RIAA: