Tim Collins (manager) - Life After Aerosmith

Life After Aerosmith

Tim Collins has been active in many capacities in the music, recovery, and business community.

Some of his activities include:

• Member of the Board of Trustees of Berklee College of Music
• Board of Advisors Caron Foundation (Alcohol Recovery Treatment Center)
• A member of the Board of Advisors of Musicians Assistance Program (MAP) (now called MusiCares), a part of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences.
• Through his namesake Collins Management, Tim is well known for his work as a "turn-around" consultant, and is in high-demand by artists, corporations, and non-profits around the globe.
• A frequent lecturer and guest speaker at many colleges.
• He resides in Arizona, where he is very active in environmental activities, dog training (for disabilities and rescue), writing, and photography.

In 2009, Tim Collins did an interview for the Biography Channel, which later appeared on the A&E Network. An article in the Boston Globe mentioned that Collins' interview on Biography's Aerosmith special was a "real surprise" since it was his first interview since being fired, thirteen years prior.

"I've never done an interview like this, but time heals all wounds," Collins told the Boston Herald. "They said Steven (Tyler) wasn't going to participate and had squelched a lot of people. I just think they're America's greatest rock band, and I wanted to set the record straight. I was only supposed to do 30 minutes, but I let them keep me on tape for 4.5 hours." Collins mentioned that his participation in the rock doc prompted Aerosmith guitarists Joe Perry and Brad Whitford to talk after seeing a raw cut of Collins' footage.

Collins was asked by the Herald directly if he would consider coming back to manage the band. "I haven't spoken to them. I really couldn't imagine it," Collins said. "Life moves on."

In the summer of 2009, by total coincidence, Collins and Tyler literally bumped into each other in the lobby at the Ritz Carlton Hotel in Denver, CO, where there was an exchange of deep feelings, reminiscent of days gone by. Regarding the incident, Collins said "It's always nice to have a situation come full circle, and to be friends (once again) with someone who was so important in your earlier life."