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How was Aerosmith formed?
Steven Tyler, Brad Whitford and Joey Kramer eventually joined them and the band became Aerosmith.
Where did the name Aerosmith come from?
CANNOTANSWER.
When was the group formed?
mid-1970s.
When did they get their first major gig?
While initially dismissed as The Rolling Stones knock-offs, the band came into its own during the mid-1970s with a string of hit records.

Question: What was their first hit?
Self-contained rewrite: What was Formation and initial success of Aerosmith's first hit?