"I say nice things about him," Neal Schon Really?
May 21, 2013 17:34:37 GMT -5
Post by arden on May 21, 2013 17:34:37 GMT -5
I have ultimate respect for the man¡¯: Journey¡¯s Neal Schon on his distant relationship with Steve Perry
by Something Else!
May 20, 2013
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Neal Schon, touring again with Journey after completing a pair of solo efforts and sitting in with Sammy Hagar, is never far away from questions about his old bandmate Steve Perry. He admits the two haven¡¯t spoken since 2005 ¡ª though, at the same time, there are no lingering animosities, either.
¡°You know what? I say nice things about him, and he says nice things about me,¡± Schon tells Paul Cashmere of Noise11. ¡°I think, all in all, I have ultimate respect for the man, and the voice that he has. I wish him the best, but we haven¡¯t quite gotten around to speaking since we received the Hollywood Walk of Fame star.¡±
Perry, of course, helped launch Journey into platinum-selling status at the turn of the 1980s. Not that it always made so much sense for Schon, whose initial reaction to Perry was less than enthusiastic: ¡°I said: ¡®That guy¡¯s got a great voice, but I don¡¯t know if it¡¯s us.¡¯¡±
Journey, to that point, was what Schon describes as a ¡°jam band on steroids,¡± playing volcanic live shows but putting out albums that barely sold. Their highest charting studio effort had been 1977¡äs Next, which got to only No. 85.
¡°We did the three records, and the CBS came to us and said: ¡®If you don¡¯t get a lead singer, we¡¯re going to drop you,¡¯¡± Schon remembers. ¡°I thought we had a lead singer. We had Gregg Rolie, you know.¡±
With the release of 1978¡äs Infinity, Journey¡¯s fourth album, it quickly became clear what they had: ¡°We were off and running,¡± Schon admits. ¡°Infinity went platinum, platinum and a half, then double platinum ¡ª and things just started to surge.¡±
Perry split with Journey in 1996, after career-defining successes like 1981¡äs Escape. His role has been filled by Arnel Pineda since 2007. Perry and Schon were joined at the 2005 walk of fame ceremonies by a group of Journey members, both past and present, that included Steve Augeri, Jonathan Cain, Deen Castronovo, Aynsley Dunbar, Robert Fleischman, Steve Smith, George Tickner and Ross Valory.
Journey¡¯s month of UK dates continues tonight in Sheffield.
by Something Else!
May 20, 2013
somethingelsereviews.com/2013/05 ... eve-perry/
Neal Schon, touring again with Journey after completing a pair of solo efforts and sitting in with Sammy Hagar, is never far away from questions about his old bandmate Steve Perry. He admits the two haven¡¯t spoken since 2005 ¡ª though, at the same time, there are no lingering animosities, either.
¡°You know what? I say nice things about him, and he says nice things about me,¡± Schon tells Paul Cashmere of Noise11. ¡°I think, all in all, I have ultimate respect for the man, and the voice that he has. I wish him the best, but we haven¡¯t quite gotten around to speaking since we received the Hollywood Walk of Fame star.¡±
Perry, of course, helped launch Journey into platinum-selling status at the turn of the 1980s. Not that it always made so much sense for Schon, whose initial reaction to Perry was less than enthusiastic: ¡°I said: ¡®That guy¡¯s got a great voice, but I don¡¯t know if it¡¯s us.¡¯¡±
Journey, to that point, was what Schon describes as a ¡°jam band on steroids,¡± playing volcanic live shows but putting out albums that barely sold. Their highest charting studio effort had been 1977¡äs Next, which got to only No. 85.
¡°We did the three records, and the CBS came to us and said: ¡®If you don¡¯t get a lead singer, we¡¯re going to drop you,¡¯¡± Schon remembers. ¡°I thought we had a lead singer. We had Gregg Rolie, you know.¡±
With the release of 1978¡äs Infinity, Journey¡¯s fourth album, it quickly became clear what they had: ¡°We were off and running,¡± Schon admits. ¡°Infinity went platinum, platinum and a half, then double platinum ¡ª and things just started to surge.¡±
Perry split with Journey in 1996, after career-defining successes like 1981¡äs Escape. His role has been filled by Arnel Pineda since 2007. Perry and Schon were joined at the 2005 walk of fame ceremonies by a group of Journey members, both past and present, that included Steve Augeri, Jonathan Cain, Deen Castronovo, Aynsley Dunbar, Robert Fleischman, Steve Smith, George Tickner and Ross Valory.
Journey¡¯s month of UK dates continues tonight in Sheffield.
