Turns out that gossip site TMZ.com only provided a very one-sided view of Joey Kramer's attempt to rejoin the band for the Grammys after an extended absence.
Never mind that lots of forumites went crazy with the TMZ report, investing it with a raft of speculation and kooky conspiracy theories.
It even appears that Kramer is not on a Permanent Vacation!
For the rest of the story, we turned to a statement the band released to the paragon of even-handed journalism, People Magazine:
"Joey Kramer is our brother; his wellbeing is of paramount importance to us. However he has not been emotionally and physically able to perform with the band, by his own admission, for the last 6 months. We have missed him and have encouraged him to rejoin us to play many times but apparently he has not felt ready to do so.
Joey has now waited until the last moment to accept our invitation, when we unfortunately have no time for necessary rehearsals during Grammys week. We would be doing a disservice to him, to ourselves and to our fans to have him play without adequate time to prepare and rehearse. Compounding this, he chose to file a lawsuit on the Friday night of the holiday weekend preceding the Grammys with total disregard for what is our limited window to prepare to perform these important events. Given his decisions he is unfortunately unable to perform but of course we have invited him to be with us for both the Grammys and our MusiCares honor. We are bonded together by much more than our time on stage."
Read More: Aerosmith Respond to Drummer Joey Kramer Lawsuit + Statement | https://loudwire.com/aerosmith-joey-kramer-lawsuit-statement/?utm_source=tsmclip&utm_medium=referral
Never mind that lots of forumites went crazy with the TMZ report, investing it with a raft of speculation and kooky conspiracy theories.
It even appears that Kramer is not on a Permanent Vacation!
For the rest of the story, we turned to a statement the band released to the paragon of even-handed journalism, People Magazine:
"Joey Kramer is our brother; his wellbeing is of paramount importance to us. However he has not been emotionally and physically able to perform with the band, by his own admission, for the last 6 months. We have missed him and have encouraged him to rejoin us to play many times but apparently he has not felt ready to do so.
Joey has now waited until the last moment to accept our invitation, when we unfortunately have no time for necessary rehearsals during Grammys week. We would be doing a disservice to him, to ourselves and to our fans to have him play without adequate time to prepare and rehearse. Compounding this, he chose to file a lawsuit on the Friday night of the holiday weekend preceding the Grammys with total disregard for what is our limited window to prepare to perform these important events. Given his decisions he is unfortunately unable to perform but of course we have invited him to be with us for both the Grammys and our MusiCares honor. We are bonded together by much more than our time on stage."
Read More: Aerosmith Respond to Drummer Joey Kramer Lawsuit + Statement | https://loudwire.com/aerosmith-joey-kramer-lawsuit-statement/?utm_source=tsmclip&utm_medium=referral