The Joe Perry Project-Let The Music Do The Talking (1980)

In the late 1970s, tensions were running high among the members of Aerosmith, especially between guitarist Joe Perry and singer Steven Tyler. This led to Perry's departure right in the middle of recording the album "Night in the Ruts". Almost immediately, Perry formed his own band, The Joe Perry Project, while Aerosmith recruited guitarist Jimmy Crespo, although he didn't participate in the recording of the aforementioned album. Focusing on Joe Perry's project, almost six months after leaving his main band, he released his first full-length album, "Let the Music Do the Talking". Recorded at the Hit Factory in New York, Perry officially introduced his band, composed of singer Ralph Mormon, bassist David Hull, and drummer Ronnie Stewart. Here Perry distances himself from his previous band, showcasing a powerful and direct hard rock sound with certain funk influences, in a repertoire comprised of dynamic songs such as the powerful title track, the infectious "Conflict of Interest", the rhythmic hard rock tracks "Discount Dogs" and "Shooting Star", the heavy "The Mist Is Rising", and the funk rock "Rockin' Train". Later came the predictable "I've Got the Rock 'n' Rolls Again" (1981) and the hair metal-oriented "Once a Rocker, Always a Rocker", both quite different creatively from this excellent "Let the Music…".