Steven Victor Tallarico (born March 26, 1948), better known as Steven Tyler, is an American musician and songwriter. He is best known as the frontman and lead singer for the Boston-based rock band Aerosmith.

In the 1970s and early 1980s, Tyler was also known for his heavy drug and alcohol abuse, though he completed drug rehabilitation in 1986 and has since maintained sobriety for over 20 years. During his high-energy stage performances, he usually dresses in bright, colorful outfits with his trademark scarves hanging from his microphone stand. He was recently named 99th on Rolling Stone's 100 greatest singers. He is also ranked 19th on Hit Parader's Top 100 Metal Vocalists of All Time.

Tyler was born Steven Victor Tallarico in Yonkers, New York; on the paternal side of his family, he is of Italian (his grandfather Giovanni Tallarico was born in Cotronei, Calabria) and German descent. His maternal background is Cherokee and Russian or Ukrainian. Tyler was born in New York, NY on March 26, 1948. He was the second of two children and had one older sister, Linda. His family later moved to Yonkers, NY, where he attended Roosevelt High School. He was expelled from Roosevelt for drug use and later graduated from Leonard Quintano's School for Young Professionals. Before working as a professional musician, Tyler says he worked several odd jobs, including a stint at a bakery.