VIDEO : Steven Tyler Tells Howard Stern He Helped Reunite Guns N' Roses

Steven Tyler told Howard Stern he was one of several people to get in Axl Rose's ear and convince him to reunite Guns N' Roses with guitarist Slash and bassist Duff McKagan.

"I did meet Axl in a couple of clubs, a year ago, two years ago, three years ago, and I'd bump into him and I'd have that talk," Tyler said on Stern's SiriusXM show. "I said, 'You need to get the fuck back together again soon, because we all miss you.' Same thing someone said to me when [Aerosmith guitarist] Joe [Perry] and I were fighting."



That someone, Tyler explained, was Jon Bon Jovi, who reportedly called the Aerosmith singer while he was in rehab and urged him to reform the beloved hard rock outfit. Tyler said Bon Jovi told him, "People in the world need you," a message he would eventually relay to Rose.