Tom Hamilton

Aerosmith bassist Tom Hamilton has faced a couple of cancer scares, but thanks to the potentially lifesaving efforts of his doctors, he says he now has a clean bill of health.

Aerosmith's bassist feels people didn't give their last album a proper chance.

Aerosmith played to thousands of screaming fans during the second night of 2013's Monsters of Rock Festival in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on Oct. 20, but bassist Tom Hamilton was not in attendance.

Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler is known for his way with a double entendre, but he isn't the only member of the band with a wicked sense of humor. Just ask bassist Tom Hamilton's son.

Tom Hamilton of Aerosmith has been forced to leave the band's current tour due to illness. The bassist has returned to the U.S. to recover.

Aerosmith fans have gotten used to really long waits between albums, and all things considered, it doesn't seem terribly likely that the band will get around to following up last year's 'Music from Another Dimension!' anytime soon. Still, that doesn't mean the members of the band aren't at least thinking about what they might do next.

What has it been like experiencing the long, strange journey of Aerosmith? Fans have gotten a glimpse of it thanks to autobiographies from Steven Tyler and Joey Kramer, and there may be even more insights coming from bassist Tom Hamilton.

Tom Hamilton will be back in the proverbial saddle this fall when Aerosmith tours South America, Mexico and Japan. But life in recent years has been anything but the same old song and dance for the tall, blond bassist, who is currently cancer-free thanks to a radical — and somewhat risky — treatment method.