The Aerosmith Chick

aerosmith has always been one of my favorite rock bands and till date they are one of the few bands of their time who came up with great music videos without SELLING OUT!!! steven tyler and crew have quite a few good music videos under their belts and i guess most people are at least familiar with the ones featuring alicia silverstone (aka the Aerosmith chick!).

my first exposure to aerosmith music videos came from some locally compiled disk that i had come across and i was surprised to see that alicia silverstone had appeared in three of their music videos all of which were from the get a grip album. i guess she is the only actress other than stephanie seymour (who had appeared in two guns n' roses videos: don't cry and november rain) who had appeared in multiple music videos by the same band. seymour was dating axl rose at the time those songs were recorded which makes complete sense behind her appearances in those videos. alicia, on the other hand, was not related to any members of aerosmith at any point which makes the selection rather interesting.

the first video featuring alicia silverstone was that of cryin'. the video features a teenage girl who has a falling out with her boyfriend after she catches him cheating. rather than describing the plot of the video, i will leave you with a link to the video itself. it's a great song with a great video. the video was a smash success on MTV, becoming one of the most requested videos in 1993, and earning the band several awards at the Video Music Awards.

the next song to feature alicia silverstone in the video was amazing. this video features a teenage boy and girl, both depicted as two cyberspace kids who escape to a world of virtual reality together, both not realizing the other isalso doing virtual reality. it's a pretty cool video with an amazing joe perry guitar solo that builds the song's momentum.

the last song to feature the actress was crazy. it also featured liv tyler, steven tyler's daugher. crazy was the first aerosmith song that i had heard and it got me into their music. the video depicted the two actresses as two schoolgirls who skip class and run away, driving off in a convertible. 

i still wonder what aerosmith were thinking when they decided to cast alicia silverstone in three music videos from the same album. well, to date it still remains one of the most unique music video ideas and the videos themselves continue to be some of the coolest music videos ever released!