Is that Robin Trower's James Dewar?

Talk about a ripping show, Trower...

He still brings it

Yes, RIP

Yep, Robin Trower was everything SRV always wanted to be, but more.

I saw Trower in about 1979. He tore that place apart.

And you know who else? Alvin Lee when he was with Ten Years Later promoting Rocket Fuel. That guy was amazing!

Lucky me, I also got to see this guitar genius before he passed on

"Something Rotten" would be cool, it kind of covers many other musicals satirically. I'd love a new Phantom of the Opra, would be awesome. Wicked would also be need, a rethemed WOZ.

The DKs are from 1978. Not exactly "fresh"

You got any better ideas? We'll probably all be dead and burried by the time Stern makes it into this century music wise.

I do!

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Man, that prediction brings back memories of a similar prediction made by another Pinsider back in early 2015. Lemme see if I can find it. Oh, here it is...

Unfortunately he was wrong! RZ is a GREAT theme!

Dead who???

First. Joe "mother f$&@ing" perry is from Aerosmith. Not Boston.
Second since this thread has been nothing about an Aerosmith pin for 50 posts. I'm out.

Saw Rory twice in small clubs, Robin once in an arena, SRV once outdoors at a medium-sized venue--all in their heyday. Really not sure I could pick between any of them--all were fantastic. However, Rory did it all with his hands--that has to count for something. Now if you were to add Jeff Beck to the mix...

If RZ can be a successful theme for pinball then surely DK can as well.
DK is far more interesting and appealing to me than RZ.

There and Back tour at the Greek theatre around 1980. Have you ever seen a show at the Greek? Pretty awesome...

But since this is an Aerosmith thread I did see them once. Along with a half a million other people. They were in pretty bad shape by then. Frank Marino and Mahogany Rush stole the show at Cal Jam II IMO.

No leaked pictures yet?

No official confirmation either.

You gotta be in the good ol' boys club to get the leaks. Just like with Ghostbusters, they were passing around pics for months before release.

Despite all of the negativity that some have for Aerosmith, I still want my Aerosmith LE.

Hate to say it, but if a company like stern was to do a "punk" (emphasis on the quotes here) would be someone like Green Day. It would never happen as they are too smal, but I would personally would love a Teenage Bottlerocket pin, just so I can play "Bigger than Kiss" on a pinball.

Jello would never sign off a corporate pinball anyway.

I also think Daft Punk has a lot of potential.

I've long advocated for a duel theme'd "battle of the bands" style music pin. Have two bands featured on the same pin battling it out Autobots vs Decepticons style.

Who wouldn't be into a Pearl Jam vs Nirvana theme'd pin? Two different LE versions to sell out. Would be amazing.

Who wouldn't be into that? Probably the license holders for both Nirvana and Pearl Jam? Haha

I'd like to see a generic rock themed pin where I could add my own songs, video clips and then swap out translite and cabinet decals without too much effort. I've thought about doing it with my AC/DC, but AC/DC would still be on the playfield and DMD.

Yes! That would be perfect for Van Halen. Left flipper button to select Diamond Dave and right flipper button to select Hagar.

Better yet: Megadeth vs. Metallica.... oh wait, this isn't a fair fight! MEGADETH >>>>>>>>> metallica.....

Good point. Would not be easy to work out the rights, exceedingly challenging for Nirvana sadly. Stern could reach out and give it a shot though.

Another idea I've always had is to do a mixed theme'd machine that was a music / sci fi game. Offspring battles aliens from outer space. Led Zepplan blasted to Middle Ages and must fight through time. Michael Jackson vs Zombies to save the world.

... or MJ vs. Ten-year old boys!

In that perfect Mortal Combat voice -----" Finish Him !!!! "

July is near and so is a new pinball hopefully

Stern should just wait a bit on the next title and focus on pumping out the pins that are on back order.

Headphone kits always do good on music pins... I can't understand why

I keep thinking of the skittles commercial......dream on....dream on....

I hope they get the guys to do lots of custom call outs.....even better, if it is LCD, custom VIDEO clips for the pin.... that could be fun...

and get some quality back into their machines.

A little news of of replay fx. Lyman didn't confirm the title, but said he had more time to code this game than any other pre release and he said he thought the game was going to be awesome. Of course, I wouldn't expect him to say it was terrible, but Lyman is my favorite person coding games and it's great to know he's had a lot of time on the game already.

Since Lyman is coding, the style of the artwork along with whether Stern fixes the playfield ghosting problems will decide whether this game sells at all. Nobody wants a bunch of hand drawn or clip art of androgynous shriveled old men.

I think they'll have the ghosting issues fixed by the time the next game releases. They've done the right thing in delaying production until they could get a handle on things. I expect them to announce Aerosmith around Expo time.

I think this game will do well and have legs to sell for the long haul based on the Borg/Lyman team. When Lyman is the one on the code from the beginning...really good things usually happen. Their recent track record of MET and TWD is very strong. Those are two of the greatest pins of all time in my opinion.

I like to pop in here every month and remind people that nobody, and I mean NOBODY gave a crap about Metallica... until they saw it.

Aerosmith - regardless of quality - is a much more mainstream band with very well known songs.

If rumors are true and this is Borg, Lyman, Dirty Donnie and first color Stern display, a lot of haters are going to be whipping out their wallets.

It just seems that metal heads are more boisterous in the pinball hobby than other types of rock. More mainstream forms of rock don't seem to get much hype in the pinball community, at least not on Pinside.

A combination of Aerosmith, Borg, Lyman, Dirty Donnie and first color Stern display may get me to buy eventually only if the playfields are not defective and the gameplay is good.

Even Ed Robertson from bare naked ladies says "not my favorite band, my FAVORITE pinball machine"

+1000

If that's the combo I'm probably in and I like Aerosmith.

I'm not a big Aerosmith fan but with Stern's A team working on it I certainly wouldn't count it out. I have a feeling it will surprise a lot of people. I was planning to pick up a GB but with all the delays and issues I may just hold off and wait and see what Aerosmith looks like before making a decision either way.

Here, this will save you the wait.

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Lol. If it looks like that it's a pass even if the software and layout is awesome. Hoping with DD on art it is more similar to PBR Can Crusher or Metallica with the band being a secondary element on the pin and more inspired by 70s style artwork.

Looking at that it's already a pass as far as I'm concerned. No $8000 tribute to has been rock stars in my house.

I just put my Toys in the Attic CD back in cold storage where it will probably stay for the next 20 years.

Art could be decent if done right….

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$8k LE is out of the question for me but a $5k Pro with color LCD could be tempting if done right. The game could end up being a sequel to Metallica. Wouldn't be surprised if it feautured a return of Sparky.

I'll make you a copy of Get Your Wings for $5. Pretty tempting eh?

Give me a Roger Creager, Pat Green and Robert Earl Keen combo and I'll take 3 pins, one for each location.

I don't expect you head bangers to get it