Every Moment Has A Song

(via Culture Sonar) by Will Wills

Did you know that Journey had a singer before Steve Perry?  The band had been around since 1973, with plans to be a backing group for solo acts. Then they switched to being a jazz fusion band with Gregg Rolie on vocals.  That particular incarnation of Journey released a few albums through 1977 that only charted as high as #85 on the Billboard Top 200.

In 1977, the band hired Robert Fleischman to take over lead vocals and transitioned to a musical style more rock than jazz. They opened for acts such as Judas Priest, and Emerson, Lake, and Palmer. And while they found slightly more success, it wasn’t until Steve Perry was snuck onto the stage during a soundcheck that it was immediately decided that he would be their new lead singer…

Read more: Steve Perry’s Journey…After “Journey” – CultureSonar

(via Classic Rock magazine)

Journey singer Arnel Pineda says he would love to see original vocalist Steve Perry return to the band.

Pineda made the comments after Perry’s surprise return to the stage, appearing with alt rock band Eels at a show in Saint Paul, Minnesota at the weekend.

Journey has been fronted by Pineda since 2007, but he admits he wouldn’t stand in the way of any possible Perry return. Perry left the band in 1997 after injuring his hip…

Read more:

http://classicrock.teamrock.com/news/2014-05-29/pineda-perry-s-righteous-place-is-with-journey

(via Rolling Stone)

Reclusive former Journey frontman Steve Perry returned to the stage for the first time in 19 years, joining alt-rockers Eels for a handful of songs during their second encore at a St. Paul, Minnesota gig Sunday night. As Eels frontman Mark Everett said by way of introduction, Perry walked away from the rock star life “because it didn’t feel right,” adding, “And for some reason only known to him, he feels like tonight in St. Paul, Minnesota, it feels right.”

Read more: http://www.rollingstone.com/music/videos/ex-journey-singer-steve-perry-sings-publicly-for-first-time-in-decades-20140527#ixzz32xD4z872
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