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"This was a month ago, so I just put the brakes on and checked into detox and just pulled the plug on all of it," he said on Friday night at the Hard Rock Cafe in New York's Times Square, where he and bandmates were promoting Guitar Hero 3: Aerosmith. The 60-year-old was known for heavy drug and alcohol abuse in the 1970s and early 1980s, but completed rehabilitation in 1986, after which Aerosmith enjoyed a successful revival.