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Steven Tyler Snags $2M for Memoir

HarperCollins lands "sex, drugs, rock-n-roll" tell-all

By Elizabeth Wolff,  Newser User

Posted Aug 7, 2008 11:36 AM CDT

(Newser) – HarperCollins will pay $2 million to publish Steven Tyler's memoirs, Crain's New York Business reports. The 60-year-old's tell-all will delve into his childhood, his kids, “and all of the sex, drugs, and rock ’n’ roll imaginable,” the publisher said in a statement to the New York Times.



Aerosmith's Steven Tyler shows off his trademark smile at a basketball game in Boston.
Aerosmith's Steven Tyler shows off his trademark smile at a basketball game in Boston.   (AP Photo/Winslow Townson)
Steven Tyler, right, and Buddy Guy perform last October.
Steven Tyler, right, and Buddy Guy perform last October.   (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)
Slash, left, and Steven Tyler perform together in May.
Slash, left, and Steven Tyler perform together in May.   (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
Steven Tyler landed a $2 million memoir deal with HarperCollins.
Steven Tyler landed a $2 million memoir deal with HarperCollins.   (AP Photo/Nathan Strange, file)
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