Steven Tyler Pumps More Money Out Of Aerosmith’s Catalog
Steven Tyler has sold an interest in the publishing rights to about 160 Aerosmith songs to Primary Wave, who you may remember as the people who facilitated that Very Special Nirvana Episode of Cold Case. Tyler apparently pocketed $50 million from the deal, according to the New York Post, but it does have a catch:
It only covers songs from Aerosmith’s post-Permanent Vacation career, because Tyler doesn’t own the publishing rights to any of Aerosmith’s earlier music. Can’t wait for the Law & Order: Criminal Intent episode that will manage to shoehorn “Janie’s Got A Gun” and “I Don’t Wanna Miss A Thing”* into its soundtrack!
AERO-SMART MOVE [NYP]
* The latter song will score yet another “let’s try and humanize Mike Logan’s relationships with women” scene, I suspect.
