how did aerosmith come up with their name
The name had popped into his head after listening to Harry Nilsson's album "Aerial Ballet", which featured jacket art of a circus performer jumping out of a biplane.
Aerosmith
The name had popped into his head after listening to Harry Nilsson's album "Aerial Ballet", which featured jacket art of a circus performer jumping out of a biplane. 
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Aerosmith [SEP] Formation (1964–1971)
One day, they had a post-Stooges meeting to try to come up with a name. Kramer said that, when he was in school, he would write the word "aerosmith" all over his notebooks. The name had popped into his head after listening to Harry Nilsson's album "Aerial Ballet", which featured jacket art of a circus performer jumping out of a biplane. Initially, Kramer's bandmates were unimpressed; they all thought he was referring to the Sinclair Lewis novel they were required to read in high school English class. "No, not Arrowsmith," Kramer explained. "A-E-R-O...Aerosmith." The band settled upon this name after also considering "the Hookers" and "Spike Jones."