Aerosmith’s plans to record new material are on hold as the band tries to track down guitarist Joe Perry. Frontman Steven Tyler tells Rolling Stone magazine he’s keen to get back into the studio with his bandmates – but has no idea where his songwriting partner is. He says, “I’m trying to rally the guys together (but) we’re having trouble getting Joe. I don’t know where he is.” But Tyler hopes he and Perry can put their recent differences behind…

From the Taunton Daily Gazette: MIDDLEBORO — A rock star on a high-end Italian motorcycle gets rear-ended, and Middleboro becomes the momentary center of the media universe. Police scrambled to field phone calls Thursday afternoon, after word spread that Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry had been sent to the hospital after a fender-bender at the intersection of routes 44 and 105. The phone rang off the hook at the police station, and at least one Boston TV station sent a news…

candianfreepress.com NEW YORK — Joe Perry says there’s still life in Aerosmith, but after an unlikely turn of events, he focused his energy on his latest solo project, “Have Guitar, Will Travel.” While the record was in the planning stages, it was the cancellation of the Aerosmith’s tour because of lead singer Steven Tyler’s stage accident that propelled Perry to finish his fifth solo effort, out this week. Perry says it came together in record time, using his other band’s…

gear4music.com Electric guitar player Joe Perry has spoken of how he ended up playing the instrument the wrong way round. Speaking to MusicRadar, the Aerosmith star revealed that he was a big fan of acts such as Roy Orbison and Elvis Presley during his youth. Perry revealed that his passion for music led to his parents buying him an acoustic guitar at an early age. A 45 single that came with the instrument told him to hold a plectrum with…

reuters.com Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry gets to spread his wings on his fifth solo CD, “Joe Perry… Have Guitar Will Travel,” which he hopes to release in November. Perry, who sings on four of the tracks, also expects to tour early next year under the guise of the Joe Perry Project. The album follows a self-titled, Grammy-nominated effort that came out in 2005 and sold 31,000 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan. His first three solo albums, all credited to the…

oklahoman.com The Oklahoman’s Gene Triplett recently talked to Aerosmith lead guitarist Joe Perry about a variety of topics, including the rocker’s knee replacement, the effect of video games on the band’s popularity and new music. Perry, who turns 59 on Sept. 10, had to have an artificial knee put in last year in order to keep on playing and touring with Aerosmith. Along with his knee replacement, a series of injuries and illnesses suffered by his bandmates have delayed the…

www.billboard.com Aerosmith’s next album might be “on the bench, in pieces,” waiting for the group to resume recording after it finishes touring in mid-September, but guitarist Joe Perry’s next solo album is just about ready to go. Perry tells Gary Graff of Billboard.com that he’s just finishing mixing the follow-up to 2005′s Grammy Award-nominated “Joe Perry” and expects it to be mastered next week. He plans to release a single in late July or early August, with the album coming…