Journey

[EMCE Hammer]

I wish he would could come back (perry). I didn't go to the concert when they came around. I have seen Dennis DeYoung from STYX by himself though. He was AWESOME !! Tommy Shaw sucks singing their music.

It stinks that the Styx guys can't let bygones be bygones. Most of my favorite Styx songs are the ones with Shaw on lead, but Dennis had some great ones too. Gowan is no DDy, but like a Perry-less Journey I guess it's better than nothing at all.

[Hector]

Takes one to know one.

You beat me to it...Denis Leary is not exactly Brad Pitt either, lol.

[TMANSTOYS]

I just listen to the original artist. Never did like Tommy Shaw though. Acts like an a.. hole and realiy is not that good. He has to remember he was a replacement.

[Mikey]

Back in the day I loved Grand Illusion to death

I never could get into anything after GI

[megocrazy]

One of my favorite 80's bands. Right up there with Night Ranger. Saw them twice before Smith and Valory were let go, once with their replacements, and once with Augieri. I will say if Augieri hadn't had complications, they may have succeeded well without Steve Perry. He was really close to the same sound as Perry. I saw them once on the end tours and Perry wasn't the same. Even on the greatest hits album he cracks a couple of times, on some of the tracks done in Houston, I believe. Got to see Bad English once, and at that point, Schon and Cain hadn't lost a step. They were every bit as good as they were when they were with Journey.

Saw STYX once and loved them, but as mentioned was a big Night Ranger fan. Saw Jack Blades with Damn Yankees, with Tommy Shaw, and have to agree, when it came down to pure R&R, he wasn't that good. He pulled off the laid back songs of STYX but nothing they did really got extreme. NR is still one of my favorite live bands. Seen them 3 or 4 times. 38 Special was a pretty good live show. They had an incredible number of good songs for the limited discography they have.

Sammy Hagar is up there too. Man can simply put on a show. Was in Applebee's the other day and "Bad Motor Scooter" came on. I couldn't believe they played it but, I sang along. My 17 year old daughter said the song was cool and asked if I had it on CD. I said, Well yes I do!

[Hector]

Sammy Hagar friggin' rules.

[TMANSTOYS]

That I do agree with !!!

[piecemaker]

No studio version needed here.This guy could sing and it sounds just like what you would here on their album.

[TMANSTOYS]

Love this video.... awesome song.

[madmarva]

I saw Steve Perry solo in 1994 and it was a great show dominated by Journey tunes. It was in a smallish concert hall built for opera and he was louder than the Who or Page and Plant or the Stones. His voice was piercing.

[megoapesnut]

Neil Schon married one of my wife's high school friends back in the 90's. She got to go the wedding but I had to friggin work mandatory overtime. I was major league ****ed off. I have a Journey live playlist on my ipod that gets played more than any. Schon's guitar work on Who's Crying Now live is SWEET. Big Styx, Night Ranger, Sammy Hagar fan, too. Late 70's - early 80's rock was the greatest music era.

[newlyknighted]

It's a real shame S. Perry & N. Schon went their Seperate Ways. I saw them perform in Dallas on the Raised on Radio tour, and it was excellent! I loved seeing Night Ranger perform just 3 years ago when they opened for Journey and Foreigner, both of whom had new singers! Night Ranger should have closed the show as they at least had all the original singing members.

[jwyblejr]

You beat me to it...Denis Leary is not exactly Brad Pitt either, lol.

Believe it or not,Leary was defending Perry at the time. He was with a bunch of other comedians and they were making fun of Perry. Leary quipped in that Perry may be ugly but he sure can sing pretty damn good.

[nvmbrsdoom5]

JOURNEY has been one of my favorites since I was very young. They were one of the first big concerts I attended as a young kid, saw 'em on the Frontiers tour with Bryan Adams opening, tenth row center. Definitely made an impression on me. Neal Schon is easily in my top ten biggest influences as a guitarist. Also, their earlier pre-Perry jazz/fusion rock stuff is sublime, deserves more credit than it gets.

[toysrus]

Where is Steve Perry these days? He didnt do many solo studio albums did he?