Steven Tyler opens up about drug use with Aerosmith bandmate Joe Perry

Los Angeles, CA, United States (AHN Entertainment) - Steven Tyler has revealed that he and Aerosmith bandmate Joe Perry did drugs together in recent years.

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In the new issue of Rolling Stone magazine, which will hit newsstands on Friday, the 63-year-old rocker revealed that he and Perry went into a drug binge in 2008 while working on a new album that never was completed.

"Joe was high and he couldn't play," Tyler said. "I couldn't sing, really, because I was snorting everything, and it fucks up your throat. It was the wrong time."

After checking himself into a 90-day treatment program in 2010, Tyler said he's been clean ever since.

The rocker also admitted that his new job as a judge on "American Idol" is helping to keep him from slipping in his sobriety battle.

"I'm on Idol now (and) the last thing I'd want the world to see is me slurring my words. I don't ever want to be a bad example again."

To add to the many public feuds with his Aerosmith bandmates, Tyler also revealed he signed up to be a judge on the show to prove a point to his band that he wouldn't be "held hostage" after the band threatened to kick him out.

"Did I take this job to show the band? (expletive), yeah. Not to show them, but that I can't be held hostage anymore. I will be my own hostage. The band can't throw me out."

Today, Tyler said he's determined to stay focused on maintaining his renewed bond with his four children and daughter Liv Tyler's six-year-old son, Milo.

"I thought my band was my family, but the lesson of the last couple of years was I really need to nurture the family I really got.

"If there's one thing I am today, it's grateful. I'm happy as a clam!"

Tyler will also publish a new memoir called "Does the Noise in My Head Bother You?" on May 3.