Question: how did aerosmith come up with their name

title: Aerosmith
text: The members of the band reportedly spent afternoons getting stoned and watching Three Stooges reruns . One day , they had a post-Stooges meeting to try to come up with a name . Kramer said 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 . '' 

Answer: answer: Kramer said when he was in school he would write the word aerosmith all over his notebooks. ``Not Arrowsmith'' Kramer explained, ``A-E-R-O ... Aerosmith.''
answer: Kramer said 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 .