Aerosmith's next album might be “on the bench, in pieces,” waiting for the group to resume recording after it finishes touring in mid-September, but guitarist Joe Perry's next solo album is just about ready to go. Perry tells Billboard.com that he's finishing mixing the follow-up to 2005's Grammy-nominated “Joe Perry.” He plans to release a single in late July or early August, and the album will come out in the fall. The one thing Perry doesn't have yet is a title; for that he's holding a contest via Twitter, asking fans for suggestions. If he chooses a fan's idea, the winner will receive a guitar. “It's tough, obviously, without having heard the record for people to name it,” he notes, “but we may find something really good. There've already been a bunch that are possibilities.” Perry says the set is a departure from his previous solo outing. “The last one was a straight-ahead rocker. This one's got some different things on it.” Once the album is released, Perry hopes to hit the road with his own band for “a short, fast, hard tour.
