Aerosmith's next album was 1976's Rocks, which "captured Aerosmith at their most raw and rocking".[49] It went platinum swiftly[39] and featured two FM hits, "Last Child" and "Back in the Saddle", as well as the ballad "Home Tonight", which also charted.[50] Rocks has sold four million copies to date.[39] Both Toys in the Attic and Rocks are highly regarded,[43][49] especially in the hard rock genre, and appear on such lists as Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time,[51][52] and are cited by members of Guns N' Roses, Metallica, and Mötley Crüe as having large influences on their music.[53][54] Kurt Cobain listed Rocks as one of the albums he thought were most influential to Nirvana's sound in his journal in 1993.[55] Soon after Rocks
was released, the band continued to tour heavily, this time headlining
their own shows and playing to several large stadiums and rock
festivals.[10]
Aerosmith's next album was 1977's Draw the Line. The album's recording was affected by the excesses of the band members, but the record still had memorable moments.[50] The title track charted just shy of the Top 40 and remains a live staple, and "Kings and Queens" also charted.[50] The album went on to sell 2 million copies.[39] The band toured extensively in support of the album, however drug abuse
and the fast-paced life of touring and recording began affecting their
performances. Lead singer Steven Tyler and lead guitarist Joe Perry
became known as "the Toxic Twins" because of their notorious abuse of drugs on and off the stage.[10][56] While continuing to tour and record into the late 1970s, Aerosmith acted in the movie version of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.[9] Their cover of the Beatles hit "Come Together" was included in the album's soundtrack and would be the band's last Top 40 hit for nearly 10 years.[50] The live release Live! Bootleg, originally released as a double album, was put out in 1978 and captured the band's rawness[57] during the heyday of the Draw the Line tour. The stand-alone single "Chip Away the Stone" was also released in 1978 and charted at number 77.[50]
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