The original Mockingbird design is called the “short horn ... to Joe Perry and Brad Whitford while he was doing sound for Aerosmith. Other notable Mockingbird players over the years have ...

Some classic rock songs come from unexpected places. For example, Aerosmith’s “I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing” was written by a songwriter known for writing romantic power ballads for movies.

Metamorphosis includes prior single “Herman,” and it ends, surprisingly and delightfully, with a cover of Aerosmith’s 1975 hard rock classic “Sweet Emotion,” a song that is now 50 years old.