JOURNEY MEMBERS INTERVIEW ABOUT THE GROUP 1981-1982 

🎯💯🎯💯🎯💯🎯 You got that right perfectly said

Thats true no one replace him coz of how he way singing with so much of emotion and the fans feel it thats why millions of fans loved him

@@danteabadilla3458 Correction, “Love”him. They will never stop.

Absolutely!👍😊

I've just watched they singing at Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. I imagine it would be unpolite for Perry to sing, but Arnel was not good. And after all it would be a delight if both had sang...

Lee i agree!

Period

Listen to Voyage

No shit

​@@kennethlalla1779hugo sings in falsetto and he's not good at all by doing that, he just has the looks

Amen to that! And for 74, he STILL looks good! How many 74 year olds can say that?

I think most of usa for africa , those are the people i listen to musically!

Totally agreed.

Indeed💜

I quadruple agree!

Or quintuple :)

@Steve Perry It’s really mean to come on as Steve. Like so many others on these boards, you don’t get it how Steve music, voice, emotion filled stage presence won the heart and loyalty of so many!

George: One time my uncle was at a restaurant to this and then people were saying that Steve Perry was at the restaurant then my uncle realized that he was talking to Steve Perry and I was shocked when he told me that.

It's Ya Boi Lavonne James Did your uncle say anything about what he was like or what they were talking about?

He is a awesome singer.

@@grantnewman3617 what were they talking about

@Scott Stevens Nah, He's just a hermit now. I suppose someone that has become isolated could be viewed as an asshole, but I just think that he wants to be left alone.

You're absolutely right! I feel the same way. Always have since 1978 when I was twenty. Infinity was my first Journey album and in my opinion their absolute best album! Original and timeless. Goosebumps! Steve's voice and also his compositions opened up a whole new range of possibilities for the instrumental part of Journey's music. His voice made it possible for the band, to become even more creative and challenged to give it their best! Like Neal said : doing concerts wasn't work, it was fun and it was exciting. Steve brought a precious thing with him when he joined Journey : loads of inspiration! And from that moment on, Journey's journey actually started! Right place, right time! That's what it's all about! And what makes Steve's voice so special, is the fact that he is a 'Mensch'.. You can here his emotions through his voice.. He is modest and determined, which is a very nice combination, I think. Still listen to Infinity regularly. And other Journey music online. Thank you, Steve Perry.😊

@Steve Perry WOW! Thank you very much, Steve! I truly appreciate you! You said that you would give me your gmail address but I think that you forgot to mention it below?😊

he's 68? he doesn't look like it

Wilmie! And still sings like an Angel❤️

More like CAN'T sing that high. Steven Tyler is the exception.

Even Mariah Carey can't hit high notes anymore and she just turned 50

😅🍀🏆Seems that your life's journey has bought you to Steven😅a great stop, I say😍

You are exactly right Alice...I would not walk across the street to hear Arnel with the others for free!

Cheryl Boles ...your right, Im staying on your side of the street!!!

JoAnn Spencer 😅🤣😂

Boomers stuck in the past. The other members are just as important.

@@PaulNolanMusic no they are not. BTW Steve is so cute.

Let's not get carried away here. Journey WAS good but they're not the greatest, at least not in the same league as; AC/DC, Aerosmith, The Beatles, The Eagles, Fleetwood Mac, Foo Fighters, Metallica, Pink Floyd, Queen, The Rolling Stones, Rush, Van Halen,

@@leoperidot1796 You right, Journey is better❤️

STEVE PERRY AND JOURNEY ❤I STILL LOVE YOU AT 73 AND A WIDOW OF 2 LOST CHILDREN, 1) DAUGHTER 46 AND MY SON 2) 36 NOW HE IS PLAYING IN HEAVEN WITH HIS FRIENDS, DAD, MY HUSBAND AND SISTER!! MY SON LEFT ME WITH A WONDERFUL GRANDDAUGHTER, THANK GOD I HAVE HER OR I FEEL LOST AND LONELY!! CONGRACULATIONS ❤❤❤

steve perry is journey, journey could not would not be journey without Steve beautiful voice, I think someone should offer him a ungodly amount of money to return to the stage and sing. he's awesome!!!!

Lets hope he shows up with the band for the RRHOF induction.

Toda la razón, Steve Perry siempre, el mejor vocalista de los tiempos único real auténtico excelente

Connie J Colyer Unfortunately Steve isn't in it for the money, he is a super simple guy, he still wouldn't return to the stage for touring😢 he may do a show off the cuff like when he did the Eels, but he is almost 71 now that sweet sexy stunning Stevie!!👍👍

Love them!

shock2250 Exactly!!.

PERIOD!!

Damn. Didn't know that. Makes sense, they got rid of Rolly and added 3 new members

The band was alien project! It would have been as big as journey! Just because of the voice of steve perry!

@@stuartewoldt1513 rollie wanted a family and off the road! They replaced him with thier best writer jon cain!

Julia....ABSOLUTELY, dreamy, oh heaven take me to my angel on earth lol❤️❤️ he is still a doll at almost 71!!

Wtf with that rp

CUTE! Yeah! But only his nose is out of place too long and hunched in the middle maybe that's why he sings pretty good!🤔

Bro Ughhhh He is soooooooo fine Like I love him!

@@MissPepsi-pc5ox no no no his nose is perfect

Yeah A Kind Hearted Kid Who Got Aynsley Dunbar Fired!!!!

@@elenaofavalormoanadisneypr6893 you mean DumbBar. He is the one who was fired for all the heavy drinking and not being able to keep his nasty hands off the under aged girls. Steve Perry wasn't responsible for him getting fired. He caused it on himself.

@@slamecatzwell5544 What? Is that what really happened? I had only heard that Aynsley didn’t like the melodic pop direction that the band was going in with Steve Perry - he preferred the fusion stuff the band had been doing and didn’t want to change it. Was that just a cover story? Or just part of the story? Is Dunbar’s misbehavior documented somewhere? Man, first Aynsley with this story, then Deen with the domestic violence, then Steve trying to take over Nightmare Productions - Journey’s luck with drummers is almost as bad as Spinal Tap’s!

@@scottvelardo700 according to Breaking The Band Documentary that is what happened. One of the commentators said he was a very heavy drinker and liked the under aged girls. Yes he and Perry had disagreements about his style of drum playing but, according to that documentary he was causing trouble for the group because of his excessive drinking and young girl mixing. He also didn't like the direction the band was headed.

@@slamecatzwell5544 Thanks! I’ll have to look for that documentary. I loved Aynsley’s drumming, and the band’s styles both before and with “the two Steves.” More info is always welcome because no one source ever tells the whole story. Sounds like Breaking the Band fills in some gaps most interviews don’t. I just heard an interviewer ask Perry if he ever had instructions for te drummers in Journey. He paused and chuckled and said, “i had ideas now and then, yeah,” and quickly went into an anecdote about playing Aynsley’s drums for soundchecks joking that for a few minutes he’d “get to be the drummer in Journey.” Ha! Thanks again!

Perry was certainly an integral part of the group's mainstream popularity and commercial success. When he mentions in the interview that "Open Arms" was dismissed by some as being "cheeky", I believe that he meant to say "cheesy".

roguenation No, he meant to say "cheeky." That was the exact word that Jon Cain said his former band members called the song when they rejected it. And Steve is just repeating what Jon told him. This was in another interview.

Rick A ...He deserves and has my respect...your right, like Steve said back in 98, continue but leave Journey don't fracture it, they were just to money hungry!! They could have & should have waited for Steve and thats the reason I would NEVER see them since!! Steve has my vote!

I could not have said it better myself....Exactly give the man his due he earned it and definitely deserves the respect !!!!!!!!!!!!

Steve Perry is the best and has touched the hearts and lives of millions of people along his Journey. I love every note that has come from the lungs of that man, fast forward to today ...his TRACES album is absolutely beautiful and I want to thank him and the wonderful soul that (Kellie Nash) must have been, and sent him back to his fans to share that beautiful voice, heart and soul again.

Oh that's awesome wonderful.

jeflynnenut yes it is . I love that Steve Perry is putting new music.

Absolutely!

Yes.. period

Only two facts on Earth: Perry is the GOAT singer and Trump is the worst POTUS ever

@@fredwerza3478 well, at least you got one right! Haha

@@duckdog38 Commie Trump going to prison 👍

Yvette Robertson Thats awesome...growing up my brother and I would listen to Stevie everyday and from 2015-2018 we listened daily again after my brother had a double stroke rendering him paralyzed neck down so we enjoyed our old music and he always told me Stevie would return and my heartbreak is he was right but unfortunately he lost his battle July 30, 2018 only 2 weeks before Steve announced his return so it breaks my heart to know that I couldn't call up my big bro and celebrate with him. He was 4 years my senior and I cherished him!!💔 The new track "We Fly" I have for me bro & I👍

Yeah! I would bet they knew better to buck the system or Perry would have walked!!

Steve is not just a pretty face. He is one smart dude.

he shoulda been even MORE aggressive...he was always right.

My favourite too.

Great choice, for me Winds of March is my favorite, the whole interpretation is just beautiful :)

there was journey without vocals and that's why they couldn't make it...Steve Perry was a vocal force and if you ask me he still has it...I'm a steve perry junkie but there will never be a reunion because neil is happy just playing and now if you ask me it's just a tribute band and neil keeps getting paid

BULLSHIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A. Barnard YUP your full of BULLSHIT!!! Cant handle the truth obviously!! Pathetic people lmfao

Steve knew a great song when he heard it. Glad he and Jon fought to keep it on the record.

Yeah, Steve Perry should have a fine time pushing the album on the "AARP Circuit."

@@a.barnard3205 hahahahaha, but Steve Perry does have a unique voice and I'll have to check out his new album. Journey Forever!!!!!! 🤘

@@a.barnard3205 Ha Ha, It went to #6 on the Billboard chart.

1000%

Agreed

These guys didn’t support Steve when his mother was ill & he had to travel to be with her. They performed so frequently that his voice couldn’t have rested & recovered between gigs. They could walk away from their musical instruments but he couldn’t. Plus he wanted to work on his relationship with his gf. They thought he was being difficult by not spending all his free time with them. They were immature & just wanted to tour. He had responsibilities. He had hip pain & trying to avoid painful surgery. He had melanoma. He didn’t feel like he fit in because they made him feel like that. Eventually a person would hate living like that. I think that’s why he walked away.

Beautiful eyes.

Beautiful dark eyes and thay shiny black hair...

I couldn't agree more, John, I love Steve Perry. Anyone who thinks Journey is anything without Steve Perry has lost their mind. The distinctive Journey sound is Steve's voice. I miss Steve and the band without that sound, nothing else comes close!

+John gatti ABSOLUTELY!!

+John gatti Ouch. That doesn't say much for the rest of the band members. Without Cain, you wouldn't have had most of the hits and without Schon you wouldn't have had all of those insane solos, etc. IMO, they were ALL a quintessential part of the formula that made Journey what it was. It was a TEAM effort.

+TJ Anderson They seemed to have replaced Steve pretty successfully with that phillipino guy who sounds just like Perry. Ya know what I mean?! They had some hits and are a decent band but they are a third tier band. Music is just not serious enough to be up there with the likes of Stones, Who, Bowie, Zeppelin. Not even close as a matter of fact. I don't think it matters if Perry is with them or not. People will go see them because they have several simple but memorable songs from the late 70's and early 80's. I think they are very fortunate to have had the success that they've had. They appeal to people who do not take their music seriously. The types that have their radios turned up to 3 at work humming "The Lights go Down In the City" blah blah. Those types. Ya know what I mean. Very safe, no controversy type rock/pop music. Three minute songs, standard little guitar solos. You, know what I mean?! Their happy because they've made a living at it. Making it as well as they have is a great accomplishment for anybody, but I'm just looking at them from a serious rock music fan perspective. I listen to groups like Yes, David Bowie, Lou Reed, The Who, The Stones, Pink Floyd, Jethro Tull, bands like that who created their own brand of rock music. Yes created Progressive Rock music- a whole genre in itself. Jethro Tull-leading with a flute player. Pink Floyd-they are their own genre of music. Bowie is still making albums that are different, ever changing and relevent at almost 69 years old. The Stones are the Stones. The Who, although not doing anything for a long time, made some music that is legendary back in the 70's and can hold its own with any rock music from any time. Lou Reed was a poet who put his poems in songs. Journey made some nice radio hits but did not forge their own path so to speak. What else can you say?

+TJ Anderson TJ, I agree, Early Journey now sounds like dynamic progressive rock, while the Perry period was pop rock. To me early Journey ages better.

I agree but you have to throw Freddie right in there for the top 3.

@@BlanceDevereaux Mercury in top 10 ...yes, but top 5 would be pushing it.

Not even Brad Delp??

For the most part, Steve's a lover, but you really didn't want to piss him off then. He has mellowed with age.

He's a singer, a lover and not a fighter!😁

Steve was an R&B guy at heart. You can see those influences all over Raised on Radio, which he produced.

People with 5 marriages love themselves more than others.

I've said that forever. 100% agree.

SummerI agree!

He has four children and he's long-timed married, so he does sound pretty down-to-earth and stable. Great drummer as well.

I think he’s aged gracefully. Neal and Jon are somehow still touring. But like Steve said years ago that when your instrument is your voice…

Yep. ALL of us keyboard players ROCK because we write songs in terms of emotion instead of "Guitar Flash".

When it's "I" over "we" it equals ego... the "we" went on, after the "I" was tearing the "we" apart... Even when ego's agree it's still a "we"... and shouldn't ego actually be igo ? lol,,, (it'susually what happens eventually)... My opinion from being in bands, so coming from a non ego guy lol...

@willie billie if the drummer too fast or too slow, it's usually the vocalists with the tougher situation... Then again, the singer needs things to go to his pace. Just ask one, lol... Truth is, all need to play to the correct rhythm timing, or it's off for one reason or another... IF one is off, the others duty is to help things fall together. Any thing else is not a band. I imagine it was tough to watch a family while his heart was breaking,,, That's no excuse though, Steve knows that now. It broke Journey when they split. Like Shaun said, one member change can make or break the entire band. Steve did both.

Huh, your an ass

I like jon cain too

Exactly!!!

Karen, same here!!!

Me too

Yes it is!!!!!

I agree.. Steve Perry is a singer in his own register

That's the first time I've ever heard anything negative about Ansley Dunbar. He played from the heart...pounded the drums with great conviction like Bonham. I love that 'heavy' sound that he produced.

@@outoworkdreamer He's still playing. Did well after with Starship

Steve Smith was named drummer of the year many times and is one of the best drummers in history. They were right to make lineup changes in line with their superstar frontman.

I think he has acne scars

Looks rough for sure.

@@gars129 Acne sucks :-)

@@gars129 But good hair, even to this day..

4wheelerD

Steve Perry was the one who fired Steve Smith and Ross Valory from Journey, because he got his head all "swole" from his success with STREET TALK. After Jpurney broke up after the RAISED ON RADIO tour, Steve Perry would once again "bring down Journey" only THIS time, it was Steve Perry's injury in Hawaii, that would do exactly that. Also, it was a fine example of "bad karma" coming back to BITE HIM!

A. Barnard whatever. Without Steve Perry, Journey would have ended up playing in lounges and bars or disbanded. It was going nowhere.

Steve said Herbie drove them too hard, too many dates

@@a.barnard3205 I just couldn't get into 'Raised On Radio' for the life of me, Steve Perry or no Steve Perry.