Another day, another rockstar recovering (or at least making a publicized attempt at it). Steven Tyler, lead singer of seminal arena rock group Aerosmith, has entered rehab for an addiction to painkillers, which he alleges to be taking to cope with years of performance-related injuries. Aerosmith has had a pretty tumultuous year, to say the least; rumors have been circulating of breakups and member replacements, and a feud between Tyler and guitarist Joe Perry certainly hasn’t eased band’s the state of affairs. When the group had to cancel a summer tour because Tyler fell off the stage during a performance, injuring his shoulder, the general public started to wonder and worry, and now that this news has surfaced, it doesn’t seem as though an end is in sight.

The 61-year-old Tyler has expressed interest in returning to perform with his bandmates, so an Aerosmith’s farewell tour doesn’t seem apparent. He’s been to rehab and recovered so many times over the past few decades that this one hardly comes as a surprise to people in the know, but also leaves them with a sense that he’ll probably do swimmingly in rehab and return to the stage in no time. He might be adding a notch on the wall of rockstar statistics, but we should applaud his determination to continue doing what he loves; it seems we’ll see an onstage homecoming in no time.

-Zack Kraimer

currently listening to “Apple Blossom” by the White Stripes