Rock Star Breakups

How does Steven Tyler quit a band that he's been with for 40 years? Pretty passive-aggressively, if at all. According to his band mates, Tyler stopped answering their phone calls following an October concert in Abu Dhabi, which is not unusual behavior for the frontman. Guitarist Joe Perry recently told the Las Vegas Sun that, "as far as I can tell," Tyler has quit. But the pseudo-split didn't last long: Perry and Tyler are now denying the story, with Tyler telling TMZ.com: "There's absolutely no validity to rumor that Aerosmith is breaking up, mutha f**ka!"