Tom Hamilton

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WHAT IS YOUR BIRTHDAY?
December 31

WHAT IS YOUR STAR SIGN?
Capricorn

DO YOU HAVE ANY SIBLINGS?
An older sister - Perry, and an older brother - Scott, and a younger sister - Cecily.

WHAT IS YOUR PARENTS OCCUPATION?
My father was in the Air Force and theb became a Corporate Excutive. My mother is a housewife.

WHEN DID YOU FIRST PLAY BASS?
I started out guitar at the age of 12. However, as there was only one band in the town I lived, and they needed a bass player, I took up the bass.

WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST BAND?
My first band was SAM CITRUS and THE MERCILESS TANGERINE. I was 14. We played Stones and Beatles covers.

DO YOU PLAY ANY OTHER INSTRUMENTS?
I can play the keyboards - a little.

WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST BASS?
My first bass was a fender precision. I borrowed it from a friend and then later bought it from him.

WHEN DID YOU MOVE TO BOSTON?
I was going to study drama and had been accepted into two acting schools. However, I always wanted to be in a band so, when we opportunity came up, I decided to go to Boston with Joe Perry instead.

WHAT BANDS WERE YOU IN PRIOR TO AEROSMITH?
I was in four bands before AEROSMITH: SAM CITRUS and THE MERCILESS TANGERINE, PIPEDREAM, PLASTIC GLASS, and THE JAM BAND, all with drummer Dave Scott and Joe Perry.

HOW DID YOU COME TO FORM AEROSMITH?
I had been in bands with Joe Perry for four years when we saw Steven playing at The Barn in the summer of 1970. THE JAM BAND broke up and Joe and I moved to Boston. At the same time, Steven's band fell apart so we joined together.

WHEN WAS THE FIRST TIME YOU CUT SOMETHING IN THE STUDIO?
With AEROSMITH at Intermedia in Boston

WHEN WAS THE FIRST TIME YOU WENT ON TOUR?
With AEROSMITH

WHAT DID YOU LEARN FROM PLAYING LIVE THAT SURPRISES YOU?
I learned that my amplifier was too small.

WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST GIG BEFORE AEROSMITH?
At a theater in Buffalo which was when I learned that my amplifier was too small.

WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST AEROSMITH GIG?
At Nipmuc Regional High School.

NAME FIVE THINGS THAT NOBODY KNOWS ABOUT YOU?
* I like to learn languages - I can speak some french and spanish
* When I was younger Joe Perry used to call me Tom Hamboneltan
* I can make my eyeballs vibrate
* I collect WWII Paraphernalia
* Something I don't even know myself

WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE PLACE IN THE WORLD?
Home and Paris

WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE FOOD?
Anything freid

WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE CAR?
Ferrari 275 GTB

WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE AEROSMITH SONG?
"The Farm"

WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE TV SHOW?
Movies at the Swedish Hotel

WHAT MUSIC DO YOU LISTEN TO AT HOME?
U2, Oasis, The Shadows, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Who, and Soundgarden

WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE MOVIE?
"Bladerunner"

WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE BOOK?
'The Arm of Krupp' by William Manchester

WHAT IS YOUR MOST PRIZED POSSESSION?
1974 Ferrari Dino

IF THERE WERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU COULD BE IN THE WORLD WHAT WOULD THAT BE?
An actor

WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE SPORT?
Tennis


IF THERE IS ANY OTHER TALENT YOU WOULD LIKE TO POSSESS WHAT WOULD THAT BE?
The skill of persuasion

IF YOU HAD TO DESCRIBE YOURSELF AS AN ANIMAL WHAT ANIMAL WOULD THAT BE?
Today I feel like a porcupine - anyone that gets near me is in trouble.

 

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