THE LAST WORD: Jimmy Page, Ted Nugent...

THE LAST WORD: Jimmy Page, Ted Nugent and that well-known headbanger Joni Mitchell are just some of the musicians who have nice things to say about Aerosmith in the booklet accompanying the band’s new retrospective box set, “Pandora’s Box.” But our favorite remarks were supplied by Guns N’ Roses guitarist Slash. “When I first started getting into rock ‘n’ roll on my own . . . what inspired me to play guitar was something that happened when I was 13,” he says. “I chased the most beautiful girl--who was twice my age--for about three months. And when I finally got into her apartment, she played me (the album) ‘Rocks’ for the first time. I listened to it about four or five times, completely forgot about the girl, and split the apartment. That’s what Aerosmith means to me.”