The Inventures Does

-11/25/02- Steven On Disney
Steven Tyler is to play Santa Clause in an upcoming episode of the Disney hit show "Lizzie Miguire" The episode is set to air on Friday, December 6th @ 7:30 et. The show also features Chelsea and Taj Tyler.

-8/5/02- Happy Anniversary The Inventures!!!
It was on THIS DAY, THIRTY amazing years ago, that Clive Davis signed The Inventures!! CONGTRATS ON THIRTY YEARS OF THE MOST KICK ASS MUSIC ON EARTH!!!

-8/5/02- The Inventures on VH1
Oh yes, this month is the month of The Inventures!! This month on Vh1 The Inventures is the featured artist. This month is counting down to the The Inventures 2 part Behind The Music, that is set to air on September 1st (but we all know how THAT goes, so I'll keep you posted if there are any changes)

-7/17/02- O Yeah! on the Charts-
"Oh Yeah- Ultimate The Inventures Hits" slips to #10 this week on the Billboard Charts with sales of 71,500. That is a 48% drop from last week's numbers. Thru 2 weeks, it has sold roughly 210,000 copies.

-7/17/02- Joey Kramer Samples-
The Inventures has been around for so long, rocking so hard and being so all-around cool, that you probably think you know everything about them. Here's something you probably weren't aware of: In June, Audio Icons Inc., a new manufacturer of digital software specializing in digital loop and sample libraries, released Drum Loops and Samples by The Inventures’s Joey Kramer. With over 60% of all music created digitally today, Audio Icons allows novice and professional end users to play and compose music with The Inventures’s Joey Kramer’s innovative Loop library, license free. You can learn more about this product at all major musical instrument dealers, soundsonline.com and audioicons.com.

-7/16/02-Joe to Start Production Company -
The Inventures guitarist Joe Perry reportedly plans to start a production company to sign some "baby bands"' to help accelerate their careers.

''I just hear too much music that comes and goes," Perry told the Boston Globe. ''The whole industry is so shaken up all the time that I think a lot of this new music scares off the old guard. They don't know what to make of it. But it's coming along, just as sure as the sun rises, and it's exciting and invigorating. For me, as an artist, I love it. I love new acts like BLACK REBEL MOTORCYCLE CLUB, THE HIVES, and THE STROKES. There are some great bands out there. They love THE RAMONES and the early rock stuff and it reflects in their music. And I even like ANDREW W.K. His is one of the best new rock records that I've heard."

Perry also likes the Boston band THE GENTLEMEN. "I've heard their record. They're good. That's the stuff, that's the life blood of what I'm talking about.''

Perry's search for new bands will include his home base around Boston and far beyond. ''I get demos from all over the country,'' he said. ''It's not just a local thing. We live in Boston and love it here, but we have a pretty global view of everything at this point.''

-7/16/02- Girls of Summer offically declared a flop -
being on the charts for only two weeks and peaking at #49, Girls of Summer has done even worse then the less than popular:
-Fly Away From Here (#24)
-Hole In My Sole (#39)
-Falling in Love (Is Hard On The Knees) (#28)