Guitarist Brad Whitford says he and Joe Perry and Joey Kramer put some serious thought into recruiting someone to fill the vacancy Steven Tyler left when the Aerosmith front man went AWOL after falling off the stage in Sturgis and then elected to put a judging position on American Idol ahead of rejoining his band once he'd gotten over his injuries.  One of the candidates that got 'serious' consideration was former Montrose and Van Halen front man Sammy Hagar.  Appearing on That Metal Show with Kramer, Whitford said that Hagar, who these days does lead vocals with the band Chickenfoot, was '...really excited' at the prospect of signing with them.  Whitford concedes that replacing Tyler would likely also have resulted in a '...putting a different name on' the veteran Boston group - something the J. Geils Band may be forced to do now that former guitarist John Geils wants Peter Wolf and the others to stop using his name in promotiong appearances.
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