Things aren’t looking good for Joey Kramer, drummer for Aerosmith. Seems like his band members are telling him to “dream on”…
“Joey Kramer is suing for breach of contract against six companies jointly-owned by the five band members, alleging he is being blocked from performing with Aerosmith after suffering “minor injuries” last spring, according to a copy of the suit obtained by CNN. The complaint, which was filed last week in Massachusetts, describes Kramer as a founding member of Aerosmith, and the group’s drummer for 50 years. It states that a temporary drummer was brought in after Kramer’s injuries prohibited him from performing with the band for some of its “long and lucrative” Deuces Are Wild residency at the MGM Resorts Park Theater in Las Vegas, Nevada.
‘By the fall of 2019, Mr. Kramer was willing and able to return to Aerosmith for the November-December run of the Residency,’ the suit alleges. ‘Mr. Kramer announced his desire to return and formally made himself available to rehearse with the band and to attend the shows.’
But according to the lawsuit, some members of Aerosmith insisted, via their attorney, ‘that Mr. Kramer not be allowed to rejoin the band until he demonstrated that he was ‘able to play at an appropriate level.”
The band is set to be honored at the 2020 MusiCares Person of the Year event and scheduled to perform at the Grammys this weekend.
Kramer said in a statement to CNN that his lawsuit ‘is not about money, I am being deprived of the opportunity to be recognized along with my peers for our collective lifetime contributions to the music industry. Neither the MusiCares’ Person of the Year Award nor the Grammys’ Lifetime Achievement honors can ever be repeated,’ he said.”
-Lisa Respers France, CNN