Journey's GQ Interview

[arden]

It's a very interesting 12-13 page article, but this is the most interesting part. ;D ;D


men.style.com/gq/features/full?id=content_6818&pageNum=12

I get a slightly different take from Steve Perry, who calls from his home near San -Diego.

Perry, who’s finally started working on his first album of new material since leaving Journey, doesn’t want to talk about the vocalists who’ve followed in his footsteps, Pineda included.

“I only know that they’ve been through three guys,” he says, “and I’ve never heard any of them. I stay away from it, because it’s really none of my business now. We have children together, which are the songs we wrote, but that’s about all.”
But he will talk about what it was like when he joined a Journey already in progress in 1977, shedding a little light on what it might feel like to be Pineda now.

“You’ve got to remember, they didn’t want to make it with a lead singer,” he says. “They wanted to make it without one.”

I ask him about the scene in VH1’s Journey Behind the Music episode in which Perry declares that he “never really felt like part of the band.” Was that because Schon resented having to hire a frontman?

“What that meant,” Perry says, “was that there was a period of time where I always felt that I had to prove myself. But along with that, you have to print that I can’t blame them. It was [Neal’s] band. Herbie Herbert built that band around Neal because he’s a star on his own, from a guitar standpoint. There’s nobody who plays like Neal Schon, to this day. I still miss his playing. We don’t get along, but I love his playing.
“They wanted to make it on their own goalposts that they had in mind. There’s nothing wrong with that. And I hope you print that, because it’s important that people know that. I’m not bitchin’. I’m not whining. I completely understand how they felt and why.”

[properry]

I read all of the article and your right Arden, Perry's part in the article is the MOST interesting in my opinion. As ususal , Neal always has to go and blow it by making some kind of crappy remark towards Perry.

And hey, this certainly got my attention in the article about"Perry working on his first new album of new material since leaving Journey." Oh YEA, that put a HUGE SMILE on my face!!
GO Steve Perry!! You will have tons of support from all your fans!

And I never took it that way that Perry was ever "bitching &moaning",when he made the comment about"Never felt part of the band"remark in BHTM, I figured he had his own reasons for saying it, so it never really bothered me in the first place.

All in all, I just think it is good to get to HEAR from Steve Perry again.

[perrynow]

Interesting article. Perry comes across like a guy who has figured out alot about his life, past and present. Neal, on the other hand, comes across as a whining, bitching, moaning jerk. I guess being on the sobriety wagon didn't help him any in that department! I pity his sponsor, if he has one.
Neal wants it both ways, wanting to ride Perry's coat-tails year after year, but doesn't think Perry should get paid when they make bank from touring on his successes.
I hope Perry finally puts out a CD. I wish someone would interview him in more detail about what he is doing. His interviews are always interesting.

[properry]

It would be great to have a more in depth interview from him about his most recent news ( New music). My guess is though, when he is ready to share more of that information with the fans, then we will hear from him then.

Anyways I've read some other boards and some fans are skeptical about the new music, BUT AS FOR ME, I BELIEVE IN HIM!!!!

[happycamper]

I feel that it's happening and that his voice will be more wonderful than ever. He won't allow anything less then perfect, as always. I'm hoping for that "Unique Song" that he says he has yet to write.