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Remember Steve Perry of Journey?

sashamatthews — Tue, 27 May 2014 14:37:15 GMT

He left the band in the mid-90s. This past week he appeared for three songs with a band in Minnesota. The voice was older, but when he got to the Journey songs: wow! He still has it (watched the YouTube video) even though his voice is a bit older and rusty. I can see, if he would want it, sold-out shows all across the country with people coming just to hear him again.

Re: Remember Steve Perry of Journey?

4OU2 — Tue, 27 May 2014 14:41:23 GMT

Ruins it for everybody when a popular band loses their lead singer, and it happened to so many 70's and 80's bands. How fortunate for us that we can still listen to the original music.

Re: Remember Steve Perry of Journey?

esmerelda — Tue, 27 May 2014 14:50:08 GMT

I saw a fascinating piece on PBS recently about a young man in the Philipines who sounds just like him!

I don't know if the band was looking for a replacement for him, but somehow they became aware of the videos this young man posted on YouTube, met him, and got him in the studio.

It sounds like he (Arnel Pineda) is part of the group now. From an article (link below):

Although he was once one of the most famous singers in the world, Perry appeared to retire from the music industry in the mid-90s, after releasing two solo albums. His last recording with Journey was Trial By Fire (1996). Since 2007, the band have toured withfrontman Arnel Pineda, a Filipino singer discovered by guitarist Neal Schon on YouTube.

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/may/27/journey-frontman-steve-perry-19-years-eels

Re: Remember Steve Perry of Journey?

Cakers1 — Tue, 27 May 2014 14:58:09 GMT

Esme: that is true - they did find him on YouTube.

Re: Remember Steve Perry of Journey?

esmerelda — Tue, 27 May 2014 15:01:11 GMT

Cakers, it was a great story about how this guy would go to an internet cafe overnight when it wasn't busy and do videos to post on YouTube. A nice story. I'm really happy for him and his success.

Re: Remember Steve Perry of Journey?

RedHeadedWench — Tue, 27 May 2014 15:01:38 GMT

On 5/27/2014 4OU2 said:
Ruins it for everybody when a popular band loses their lead singer, and it happened to so many 70's and 80's bands. How fortunate for us that we can still listen to the original music.

I agree.

I was so glad to see Steve perform though. Maybe he will start to sing again!

No one does it like the original Journey.

Re: Remember Steve Perry of Journey?

BaileyandBella — Tue, 27 May 2014 15:03:20 GMT

On 5/27/2014 4OU2 said:
Ruins it for everybody when a popular band loses their lead singer, and it happened to so many 70's and 80's bands. How fortunate for us that we can still listen to the original music.

ITA.....same thing with Styx.

Re: Remember Steve Perry of Journey?

Cakers1 — Tue, 27 May 2014 15:10:29 GMT

On 5/27/2014 esmerelda said:
Cakers, it was a great story about how this guy would go to an internet cafe overnight when it wasn't busy and do videos to post on YouTube. A nice story. I'm really happy for him and his success.

I think they are touring with Steve Miller right now. I haven't seen any concerts with just Journey.

When John Fogerty left CCR that was the end of them, too. He went through some turmoil in his own life. We saw him in concert last spring, though. Great show, great second row center seats and he was just friendly and nice to everyone.

Of course, he's the only one who can sing the CCR classics since he owns them.

Anyway, I wouldn't mind seeing Steve Miller with Journey but the tickets are kind of pricey.

Re: Remember Steve Perry of Journey?

sashamatthews — Tue, 27 May 2014 15:49:40 GMT

A couple of weeks ago I saw The Killers, and they added "Bad Moon Rising" to the set list. It was terrific and was the only song of the night that the whole audience went absolutely crazy for.

Re: Remember Steve Perry of Journey?

Cakers1 — Tue, 27 May 2014 16:22:39 GMT

On 5/27/2014 sashamatthews said:
A couple of weeks ago I saw The Killers, and they added "Bad Moon Rising" to the set list. It was terrific and was the only song of the night that the whole audience went absolutely crazy for.

sasha: To clarify - the lawsuits between CCR and Fogerty - should have been more specific.. That's where the problems were regarding who could and could not sing certain songs from the CCR days.

The Killers, to the best of my knowledge, have no ties to the former CCR.

Re: Remember Steve Perry of Journey?

missy1 — Tue, 27 May 2014 17:07:46 GMT

Love Journey!

Re: Remember Steve Perry of Journey?

sashamatthews — Tue, 27 May 2014 18:38:26 GMT

I know that The Killers have no connection to CCR. They simply covered the song in concert.

Re: Remember Steve Perry of Journey?

hckynut — Tue, 27 May 2014 18:52:55 GMT

Always have liked the music of Journey and the voice of Steve Perry. He also isn't bad at strumming a guitar and hitting the keyboard. Glad to hear he is back singing again. We have a whole lot of music by Journey in our home.