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‘He brought the voice’: Journey’s Neal Schon remembers how Steve Perry changed everything

Steve Perry’s arrival with Journey in 1978 didn’t immediately translate into huge radio airplay, but co-founder Neal Schon says he could tell from the beginning that things were changing. You May Also Like: Journey’s Deen Castronovo on Steve Perry: ‘He can do no wrong’

'It was pretty wild; he was a maniac': Steve Perry wasn't the only reason Journey took off with Infinity

‘It was pretty wild; he was a maniac’: Steve Perry wasn’t the only reason Journey took off with Infinity

Steve Perry’s arrival with Journey in 1978 has long been credited with sending the group toward platinum-selling superstardom. Turns out Queen had something to do with it, as well. You May Also Like: Journey began unlikely shift to pop stardom with the arrival of Steve Perry: ‘I welcomed it’

Partial Journey Reunions With Steve Perry, Gregg Rolie, Neal Schon, Steve Smith + Jonathan Cain: Gimme Five

Partial Journey Reunions With Steve Perry, Gregg Rolie, Neal Schon, Steve Smith + Jonathan Cain: Gimme Five

Fans of Journey’s best-known lineups — Gregg Rolie’s free-form 1970s version, and Steve Perry’s arena-ballad 1980s edition — have little hope of seeing any meaningful reunion of these wildly divergent camps. After all, Rolie split back in 1980, and the similarly departed Perry hasn’t even put out a solo albumRead More

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‘They think they got it all’: Ex-Journey frontman Steve Perry recovering from cancer scare

Former MTV veejay Martha Quinn — a huge fan — recently posted a photo to Twitter when she ran into Steve Perry at a local farmer’s market. Fans were shocked to see a lengthy scar running up the long-retired ex-Journey frontman’s right cheek. You May Also Like: Journey’s Deen CastronovoRead More

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‘I have ultimate respect for the man’: Journey’s Neal Schon on his distant relationship with Steve 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 You May Also Like: Journey’s Deen Castronovo on Steve Perry: ‘HeRead More

Gregg Rolie and Steve Smith on Journey's 'Daydream,' 'Hustler,' others: Deep Cuts

Gregg Rolie and Steve Smith on Journey’s ‘Daydream,’ ‘Hustler,’ others: Deep Cuts

Five songs plucked from before 1981, as Journey polished up a seminal fusion-y prog-rock sound and then went supernova.

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‘We never wrote a cock-rock song’: Jonathan Cain has a theory about Journey’s lasting resonance

Longtime keyboardist Jonathan Cain says Journey’s music has an innocence, an essential lack of cynicism, that helps it to resonate across the generations. You May Also Like: Jimmy Barnes + Joe Bonamassa, Journey’s Neal Schon and Jonathan Cain, “Going Down Alone” (2014): One Track Mind Journey, “Faith in the Heartland”Read More

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‘We didn’t kick Steve out; he walked’: Journey's Neal Schon still hopes to rebuild friendship with Perry