How did Steven Tyler’s voice change?

Steven Tyler, is an American singer who is best known as a founding member and lead singer of Aerosmith, one of the most successful bands of all time.

Tyler got into an argument after a two-hour performance in Florida in 2006, during which he yelled. When he awoke the next morning, he discovered he had a hoarse voice.

Dr. Steven M. Zeitels, director of the Massachusetts General Hospital Center for Laryngeal Surgery and Voice Rehabilitation, identified the cause as a ruptured blood vessel in his throat, which was successfully sealed off with a laser.

“He just took a laser and zapped the blood vessel,” Tyler says. Tyler and the rest of Aerosmith returned to the studio on May 20, 2006, after a few weeks of rest, to begin work on their new album.

Tyler’s first public performance after surgery was on July 3-4, 2006, with Joe Perry and the Boston Pops Orchestra at the Hatch Shell in Boston. Tyler’s throat surgery was featured on an episode of National Geographic Channel’s Incredible Human Machine in 2007.