The Phoenix, MA
March 18, 2008
Joe Perry’s kids get their rocks off in TAB the Band
Rock and roll may be about rebellion. But sometimes the apples don’t fall far from the tree. At least that’s the sense you get with TAB the Band, a blues-influenced hard-rock trio whose “apples” are two of Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry’s kids, lead singer/bassist Adrian Perry, 26, and guitarist-backing vocalist Tony Perry, 21. It was not, the Perry brothers say, inevitable that they would end up in a band together. Or even in a band at all. Adrian is at Georgetown University Law School; Tony just transferred to Boston University after studying film for two years in New York. (Drummer Ben Tileston, 20, is a long-time friend and neighbor of Tony’s — he’s also attending BU.) But it’s clear that rock and roll is in the Perry blood.
TAB the Band, who play Bill’s Bar this Friday, released two EPs last year and their debut full-length, Pulling Out Just Enough To Win, which they recorded at Aerosmith’s Vindaloo studio in Hanover, this past January. At the end of February, they played a private charity gig with their dad at the Hard Rock Café — doing a few of their own songs, Aerosmith blues-rockers, Joe Perry solo numbers, and a ripping cover of the Beatles’ “Helter Skelter.” “It’s great to be here with my boys and my next-door neighbor,” said Joe from the stage….
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