Steven Tyler Was 'Snorting Everything' 3 Years Ago

By PopEater Staff Posted Apr 27th 2011 05:30PM

Aerosmith lead singer turned 'American Idol' judge Steven Tyler struck a candid pose with two magazines this week. The 63-year-old rock star didn't hold back about his renewed image (thanks, 'Idol'!) or his struggles to get sober in interviews with both PEOPLE and Rolling Stone.

"I'm on top of the world. I'm Hollywood's little f***in' sweetheart, basically," Tyler told Rolling Stone. In a cover story for the magazine, Tyler acknowledged that he took the 'Idol' job -- which has proven to be quite the smart career move -- as a response to his bandmates trying to get rid of him.

"F**k yeah. Not to show them, but that I can't be held hostage anymore. I will be my own hostage. The band can't throw me out."

In that same interview, Tyler spoke in rich tones of getting high with another aging rock star, Joe Perry, in 2008 while they were trying to record an Aerosmith album together.

"Joe was high and he couldn't play," he said. "I couldn't sing, really, because I was snorting everything, and it f---- up your throat."

Tyler, who has a long history of hard core partying, has been sober for a year and half now after. He has made eight trips to rehab over the year and told PEOPLE that he's lucky to be alive.

"Left up to my own devices," he said, "I probably would have been dead several times over."

So is Tyler high on anything right now? Just the excitement of 'Idol,' he said.

"If you think going out in front of high-def cameras and millions of people I'm not high on adrenaline, you're crazy." He went on to say, "I'm stoned when that curtain drops," though he clarified, "I just don't snort the curtain dropping. I don't snort J. Lo either, though I do breathe her in."

Tyler also said he could "use next week" but wouldn't because of how proud he is of all his progress.

Tyler's memoir, 'Does the Noise in My Head Bother You?' will be out May 3.

Tags: American Idol, Steven Tyler

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Wednesday 27 April

By greatone

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Next week he will be whining bout privacy

By duckinnut

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My neighbor Steve,why didnt you share?

By Angiebaby

Life is so unfair. He was snorting a few years ago and he looks fabulous. I haven't snorted anything in over 30 years and I look like a used up, washed out crackhead. A fat used up, washed out crackhead, but still a crackhead....

By Daniel

LOL. Except there's obviously some medical intervention on the "he looks fabulous" part.

Saturday 25 June

By tooshort1954

Don't be so down on your self. When you give it all up for you. You will see the person you are and what you want to be. You can do it if you really want it. You need to look in the mirror every morning and say wow look at that great looking woman in the mirror. You look so good I am not going to use today and tomorrow I will be so proud of myself. I can do anything I want.
God Bless you.

By Smith

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God, And LOOK what he LOOKS LIKE! ITs Enough to turn anyone straight! OLD LADY WITH A BAGPIPE! LOSER

By Sherry

I give him the thumbs up! Kicking the habit is hard !! and for him to look as hot as he does..You'd never know he was using!!!
I think he's hotter than any younger stars out there!

By Yanni

Steve I am so happy for you , stay focus on good things and everthing will be alright. You have my support .

LUV YAH

By the_fool

Snorting everything up his nose. I'd hate to see him at dinner time. Snorting up something like chicken, rice and corn on the cob.

By djk2

Steven looks like he wears more makeup than J-Lo. He also needs to clean up his potty mouth!

By Sinbad

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He is still on Drugs!

By guest

Sinbad, how can you tell? And, may I ask, are you the one and only funny guy Sinbad?

By Jimmy jam

Tyler told Howard Stern that he snorted Lunesta...HOLY COW!

By teresa germajesty

Let's face it life in the fast lane as a rockstar is amazing.trying to live life sober is just tooo boring for 97% of former rockstars so they go back to it.just like an old boxer climbing back into the ring to recapture his former glory .

By Hope Summers

What Steven did in his past is his business. I still love him. And reguardless what he did he still looks good

By Gregory

Why doesn't he just have the sex change and be done with it already!

By roundi57

I agree. He should have kept the drugs and quit the plastic surgery and Botox..doesn't even look like a man.

By judi

JEALOUS......JEALOUS....JEALOUS. Steven ROCKS. You are a nobody!!!!!

By Caroline

I've loved this man since 1977! He was hot then, and he's hot now. Everything about this guy ROCKS.

Friday 29 April

By timmy

He'll be alright. Don't judge. I've seen Aerosmith 4 times. They're fabulous. That crazy bastard pulled my first gf onstage to kiss her. So I'm not knocking the dude. However, ladies you might want to bath in peroxide once you deal with this guy...

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