Journey FAQ
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radio station held a contest to rename the band, but the name
Journey was suggested by an associate of Herbie. After
playing several performances, Prairie Prince opted to return
to The Tubes. Herbie found Aynsley Dunbar (Frank Zappa) to
take his place.
Their self titled album, Journey (1975), consisted mostly of
instrumental music with sporadic vocals by Gregg Rolie. From
the start they went on a grueling tour, trying to gain
popularity by playing live performances. Before the release
of their second album George Tickner opted to leave the band
and was never replaced. With the release of Look Into The
Future (1976) and Next (1977), the band altered their style
by adding more vocal content. Each album would be more
improved in sound than the predecessor, but they were still
without a hit song or album.
Pressured into finding a lead singer, Journey would hire
vocalist Robert Fleischman. Robert toured and recorded with
the rest of the band, but was soon fired because of personal
differences, plus the fact that manager Herbie Herbert
listened to a demo tape of another vocalist, Steve Perry.
With Steve Perry on vocals, Journey's style would change
again. Their fourth album, Infinity (1978), became their
first successful album. Their endless promotional schedule
would eventually pay off when the album generated three hit
singles "Wheel In The Sky," "Anytime," and "Lights." They
would finally evolve as headliners throughout most of their
tour. By the end of the tour, the members developed problems
with Aynsley Dunbar and he was eventually forced out of the
band. He would be quickly replaced by his drum roadie, Steve
Smith, who was playing with Ronnie Montose, Journey's opening
act.
Their success continued with ensuing albums, Evolution (1979)
and Departure (1980), then followed up with a double live
album, Captured (1980). Gregg Rolie had enough of living the
road and decided to leave the band. Before his departure,
Gregg helped pick his replacement, Jonathan Cain (keyboards),
who was currently opening shows for Journey with The Babys.
For their next album Jonathan Cain fit in perfectly, co-
writing all songs, which again would change Journey's sound.
From the start, Escape (1981) was a smash hit with the
release of the ballad "Who's Cryin Now," followed by "Don't
Stop Believin'," and their biggest hit single "Open Arms."
The album reached #1 in its second month of release and
eventually sold more than 9 million copies.
Their follow-up album, Frontiers (1983), was also very
successful, going multi-platinum and producing two hit songs
"Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)" and "Faithfully." At the end
of the tour everyone took a short time off to work on solo
projects. The most successful album was by Steve Perry who
produced his own album Street Talk (1983). The album
released several singles including "Oh, Sherrie," but he
never promoted his album by going on tour.
Journey would return to the studio again, but developed major
problems from the start. Conflicts arose when Steve Perry
decided to produce the album and developed artistic
differences between himself, Ross Valory, and Steve Smith,
not to mention suffering through his own personal problems.
Eventually, Ross and Steve Smith were ousted from the band.
Journey would continue unhappily as a three man band. Two
years later, Raised on Radio (1986) was finally released.
The album was successful, although not as successful as their
previous two albums. Tension continued during their
promotional tour and after their last performance on February
1, 1987, they all went their separate ways.
In mid 1995, Neal Schon, Jonathan Cain, Ross Valory, Steve
Smith, and Steve Perry reunited and started work on a new
album. On October 22, 1996, Journey released their reunion
album, Trial By Fire. The album was considered successful,
especially considering it was their first album in ten years.
Sadly, Steve Perry suffered an injury, which has kept the
band from touring and promoting the album.
2.2 CURRENT MEMBERS
Irving Azoff (manager)
Jonathan Cain -- February 26, 1950 -- Chicago, IL
Steve Perry -- January 22, 1949 (see section 3.3) -- Hanford,
CA
Neal Schon -- February 27, 1954 -- Midwest City, OK
Steve Smith -- August 21, 1954 -- Boston, MA
Ross Valory -- February 2, 1949 -- San Francisco, CA
2.3 PAST MEMBERS / CONTRIBUTORS
Mike Baird
Aynsley Dunbar -- January 10, 1946 -- Liverpool, England
Robert Fleishman
Herbie Herbert -- February 5, 1950?
Randy Jackson -- October 29, 1961 -- Gary, IN
Larrie Londin -- October 15, 1943 -- Norfolk, VA -- Died
August 24, 1992 (heart attack)
Prairie Prince -- May 7, 1950 -- Charlotte, NC
Gregg Rolie -- June 17, 1947 -- Seattle, WA
George Tickner
2.4 JOURNEY RELATED BANDS
ABRAXAS POOL
Abraxas Pool features members of Santana including keyboard-
vocalist Gregg Rolie, guitarist Neal Schon, bassist Alphonso
Johnson and drummers Michael Shrieve, Jose Chepito Areas, and
Michael Carabello.
Abraxas Pool (1997)
BAD ENGLISH
Bad English features vocalist John Waite (Babys), keyboardist
Jonathan Cain, guitarist Neal Schon, bassist Ricky Phillips
(Frederiksen/Phillips), and drummer Deen Castronovo
(Hardline).
Backlash (1991)
Bad English (1989)
HARDLINE
Hardline features guitarist Neal Schon, vocalist Johnny
Gioeli, guitarist Joey Gioeli, drummer Deen Castronovo (Bad
English), and bassist Todd Jensen (David Lee Roth).
Double Eclipse (1992)
THE STORM
The Storm features lead singer Kevin Chalfont (707),
keyboardist/vocalist Gregg Rolie, drummer Steve Smith (first
album only), bassist Ross Valory, guitarist Josh Ramos
(Velocity), and drummer Ron Wikso (Foreigner, David Lee
Roth).
Eye Of The Storm (1996)
The Storm (1991)
2.5 JOURNEY TRIBUTE BANDS
There are several well known Journey tribute bands, all with
appropriate names: Escape, Captured, two bands named
Infinity, Frontiers, Wheel In The Sky, Separate Ways, and
Line Of Fire. For more information on the tribute bands,
including future performance dates, visit the Journey Tribute
Page.
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3. FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
3.1 FAN CLUB INFORMATION (JOURNEY FORCE AND SPIN)
3.2 FAITHFUL ONES NEWS
3.3 WHAT IS STEVE PERRY'S REAL BIRTH DATE?
3.4 WHAT OTHER BANDS WAS STEVE PERRY INVOLVED WITH BEFORE
JOURNEY?
3.5 DID STEVE PERRY HAVE THROAT CANCER?
3.6 WHAT IS ON THE STEVE PERRY BONUS CD'S
3.7 WHAT OTHER BANDS HAVE RECORDED A COVER OF A JOURNEY SONG?
3.8 DID JOURNEY RECORD ANY COVERS OF OTHER BANDS SONGS?
3.9 DID JOURNEY PLAY ANY COVERS OF OTHER BANDS SONGS IN CONCERT?
3.10 WHAT IS THE NAME FOR THAT ROBOT ON THE COVER OF FRONTIERS?
3.11 WHAT MOVIES & SOUNDTRACKS HAVE JOURNEY RELATED SONGS APPEARED
IN?
3.12 MOVIE / TELEVISION CAMEOS
3.13 WHAT JOURNEY MEMORABILIA DOES THE HARD ROCK CAFE HAVE ON
DISPLAY?
3.14 JOURNEY MERCHANDISE
3.15 DO ANY OF THE MEMBERS HAVE A TATTOO?
3.16 DO ANY OF THE MEMBERS HAVE AN E-MAIL ADDRESS?
3.17 DID JOURNEY EVER WIN A GRAMMY AWARD?
3.18 WHAT IS THE JOUNRNEY ESCAPE VIDEO GAME?
3.19 WHAT IS THE FULL SIZE JOURNEY ARCADE GAME?
3.20 BOOKS
3.21 SHEET MUSIC
3.22 VIDEOGRAPHY
3.23 PROMOTIONAL VIDEOS
3.24 WHAT THE HECK IS SAID AT THE END OF THE SONG 'ESCAPE?'
3.25 WHAT DOES STEVE PERRY SAY AT THE BEGINNING OF THE ALBUM
'CAPTURED?'
3.26 IN WHAT CITIES WAS THE LIVE ALBUM 'CAPTURED' RECORDED?
3.1 FAN CLUB INFORMATION (JOURNEY FORCE AND SPIN)
Journey Force, Journey's fan club during the '80s,
unfortunately closed in 1993, seven years after Journey
disbanded.
With the release of Steve Perry's second solo album, the
maintainers of Journey Force, Fan Asylum, started a new fan
club known as Steve Perry Info Network (SPIN). Sadly, in
1996, SPIN closed.
Fan Asylum has their own web page at
"http://fanasylum.com/fanasylum/". Of course, they have
removed all Steve Perry information and sold all merchandise
that was available during the tour.
Journey's new manger, Irving Azoff (The Eagles), has
announced that he has no plans to reopen the fan club at this
time.
3.2 FAITHFUL ONES NEWS
Faithful Ones News is a monthly newsletter for Journey fans
mailed to you via regular mail. The cost to receive the
newsletter is $5.00 (US) per year. To receive the newsletter
e-mail Margaret at "Wheel...@aol.com" or Laura at
"IzOfA...@aol.com". For a sample in HTML (web) format
visit the Journey Tribute Page.
3.3 WHAT IS STEVE PERRY'S REAL BIRTH DATE?
Steve Perry's real birth date is January 22, 1949, not 1953
(the date Journey Force / SPIN used).
3.4 WHAT OTHER BANDS WAS STEVE PERRY INVOLVED WITH BEFORE
JOURNEY?
Steve Perry, who originally played drums, was involved with
several pre-Journey bands including The Nocturns, Dollar
Bills, Sullies, Pieces (1976-77), and Alien Project (1977).
None of the bands recorded any official material. Although,
there is a demo tape of Alien Project, which is believed to
be the demo tape that Herbie Herbert first heard Steve Perry
sing. The demo tape features the songs "When You're Alone It
Ain't Easy" and "If You Need Me, Call Me," plus a few other
songs.
The Sullies won the battle of the bands in Calaveris County,
playing against 80 other bands. The winning prize was the
chance to play at the Fillmore Auditorium.
In 1977, Alien Project was close to signing a record deal
when their bass player was killed in an auto accident on July
4th. Steve Perry almost gave up on music for good. Shortly
after, though, he was contacted by CBS, who said the band
Journey listened to a demo tape and liked his singing style.
3.5 DID STEVE PERRY HAVE THROAT CANCER?
Steve Perry did not have throat cancer. During the writing
and recording of "Raised On Radio," Steve's mother was
diagnosed with cancer and occasionally he took time away from
the band to be with her and to take her to the clinic.
In the middle of his For The Love of Strange Medicine tour,
Steve Perry contracted bronchitis and was forced to cancel
several shows to recover from the illness. After the tour
restarted, he contracted severe asthmatic bronchitis. Again,
he was forced to cancel several shows and finally the rest of
the tour.
3.6 WHAT IS ON THE STEVE PERRY BONUS CDS?
In the United States two bonus CD5s were issued which contain
extra songs not released on the official "For The Love Of
Strange Medicine" album. Sadly, both CD5s are out of print
and no longer available.
"You Better Wait +4" -- contains the songs "You Better Wait
(Long Version)," "Forever Right Or Wrong," "If You Need Me,
Call Me," "One More Time," and "You Better Wait (Single
Version)."
"Missing Yo2 FAITHFUL ONES NEWS
3.3 WHAT IS STEVE PERRY'S REAL BIRTH DATE?
3.4 WHAT OTHER BANDS WAS STEVE PERRY INVOLVED WITH BEFORE
JOURNEY?
3.5 DID STEVE PERRY HAVE THROAT CANCER?
3.6 WHAT IS ON THE STEVE PERRY BONUS CD'S
3.7 WHAT OTHER BANDS HAVE RECORDED A COVER OF A JOURNEY SONG?
3.8 DID JOURNEY RECORD ANY COVERS OF OTHER BANDS SONGS?
3.9 DID JOURNEY PLAY ANY COVERS OF OTHER BANDS SONGS IN CONCERT?
3.10 WHAT IS THE NAME FOR THAT ROBOT ON THE COVER OF FRONTIERS?
3.11 WHAT MOVIES & SOUNDTRACKS HAVE JOURNEY RELATED SONGS APPEARED
IN?
3.12 MOVIE / TELEVISION CAMEOS
3.13 WHAT JOURNEY MEMORABILIA DOES THE HARD ROCK CAFE HAVE ON
DISPLAY?
3.14 JOURNEY MERCHANDISE
3.15 DO ANY OF THE MEMBERS HAVE A TATTOO?
3.16 DO ANY OF THE MEMBERS HAVE AN E-MAIL ADDRESS?
3.17 DID JOURNEY EVER WIN A GRAMMY AWARD?
3.18 WHAT IS THE JOUNRNEY ESCAPE VIDEO GAME?
3.19 WHAT IS THE FULL SIZE JOURNEY ARCADE GAME?
3.20 BOOKS
3.21 SHEET MUSIC
3.22 VIDEOGRAPHY
3.23 PROMOTIONAL VIDEOS
3.24 WHAT THE HECK IS SAID AT THE END OF THE SONG 'ESCAPE?'
3.25 WHAT DOES STEVE PERRY SAY AT THE BEGINNING OF THE ALBUM
'CAPTURED?'
3.26 IN WHAT CITIES WAS THE LIVE ALBUM 'CAPTURED' RECORDED?
3.1 FAN CLUB INFORMATION (JOURNEY FORCE AND SPIN)
Journey Force, Journey's fan club during the '80s,
unfortunately closed in 1993, seven years after Journey
disbanded.
With the release of Steve Perry's second solo album, the
maintainers of Journey Force, Fan Asylum, started a new fan
club known as Steve Perry Info Network (SPIN). Sadly, in
1996, SPIN closed.
Fan Asylum has their own web page at
"http://fanasylum.com/fanasylum/". Of course, they have
removed all Steve Perry information and sold all merchandise
that was available during the tour.
Journey's new manger, Irving Azoff (The Eagles), has
announced that he has no plans to reopen the fan club at this
time.
3.2 FAITHFUL ONES NEWS
Faithful Ones News is a monthly newsletter for Journey fans
mailed to you via regular mail. The cost to receive the
newsletter is $5.00 (US) per year. To receive the newsletter
e-mail Margaret at "Wheel...@aol.com" or Laura at
"IzOfA...@aol.com". For a sample in HTML (web) format
visit the Journey Tribute Page.
3.3 WHAT IS STEVE PERRY'S REAL BIRTH DATE?
Steve Perry's real birth date is January 22, 1949, not 1953
(the date Journey Force / SPIN used).
3.4 WHAT OTHER BANDS WAS STEVE PERRY INVOLVED WITH BEFORE
JOURNEY?
Steve Perry, who originally played drums, was involved with
several pre-Journey bands including The Nocturns, Dollar
Bills, Sullies, Pieces (1976-77), and Alien Project (1977).
None of the bands recorded any official material. Although,
there is a demo tape of Alien Project, which is believed to
be the demo tape that Herbie Herbert first heard Steve Perry
sing. The demo tape features the songs "When You're Alone It
Ain't Easy" and "If You Need Me, Call Me," plus a few other
songs.
The Sullies won the battle of the bands in Calaveris County,
playing against 80 other bands. The winning prize was the
chance to play at the Fillmore Auditorium.
In 1977, Alien Project was close to signing a record deal
when their bass player was killed in an auto accident on July
4th. Steve Perry almost gave up on music for good. Shortly
after, though, he was contacted by CBS, who said the band
Journey listened to a demo tape and liked his singing style.
3.5 DID STEVE PERRY HAVE THROAT CANCER?
Steve Perry did not have throat cancer. During the writing
and recording of "Raised On Radio," Steve's mother was
diagnosed with cancer and occasionally he took time away from
the band to be with her and to take her to the clinic.
In the middle of his For The Love of Strange Medicine tour,
Steve Perry contracted bronchitis and was forced to cancel
several shows to recover from the illness. After the tour
restarted, he contracted severe asthmatic bronchitis. Again,
he was forced to cancel several shows and finally the rest of
the tour.
3.6 WHAT IS ON THE STEVE PERRY BONUS CDS?
In the United States two bonus CD5s were issued which contain
extra songs not released on the official "For The Love Of
Strange Medicine" album. Sadly, both CD5s are out of print
and no longer available.
"You Better Wait +4" -- contains the songs "You Better Wait
(Long Version)," "Forever Right Or Wrong," "If You Need Me,
Call Me," "One More Time," and "You Better Wait (Single
Version)."
"Missing Yo produced his own album Street Talk (1983). The album
released several singles including "Oh, Sherrie," but he
never promoted his album by going on tour.
Journey would return to the studio again, but developed major
problems from the start. Conflicts arose when Steve Perry
decided to produce the album and developed artistic
differences between himself, Ross Valory, and Steve Smith,
not to mention suffering through his own personal problems.
Eventually, Ross and Steve Smith were ousted from the band.
Journey would continue unhappily as a three man band. Two
years later, Raised on Radio (1986) was finally released.
The album was successful, although not as successful as their
previous two albums. Tension continued during their
promotional tour and after their last performance on February
1, 1987, they all went their separate ways.
In mid 1995, Neal Schon, Jonathan Cain, Ross Valory, Steve
Smith, and Steve Perry reunited and started work on a new
album. On October 22, 1996, Journey released their reunion
album, Trial By Fire. The album was considered successful,
especially considering it was their first album in ten years.
Sadly, Steve Perry suffered an injury, which has kept the
band from touring and promoting the album.
2.2 CURRENT MEMBERS
Irving Azoff (manager)
Jonathan Cain -- February 26, 1950 -- Chicago, IL
Steve Perry -- January 22, 1949 (see section 3.3) -- Hanford,
CA
Neal Schon -- February 27, 1954 -- Midwest City, OK
Steve Smith -- August 21, 1954 -- Boston, MA
Ross Valory -- February 2, 1949 -- San Francisco, CA
2.3 PAST MEMBERS / CONTRIBUTORS
Mike Baird
Aynsley Dunbar -- January 10, 1946 -- Liverpool, England
Robert Fleishman
Herbie Herbert -- February 5, 1950?
Randy Jackson -- October 29, 1961 -- Gary, IN
Larrie Londin -- October 15, 1943 -- Norfolk, VA -- Died
August 24, 1992 (heart attack)
Prairie Prince -- May 7, 1950 -- Charlotte, NC
Gregg Rolie -- June 17, 1947 -- Seattle, WA
George Tickner
2.4 JOURNEY RELATED BANDS
ABRAXAS POOL
Abraxas Pool features members of Santana including keyboard-
vocalist Gregg Rolie, guitarist Neal Schon, bassist Alphonso
Johnson and drummers Michael Shrieve, Jose Chepito Areas, and
Michael Carabello.
Abraxas Pool (1997)
BAD ENGLISH
Bad English features vocalist John Waite (Babys), keyboardist
Jonathan Cain, guitarist Neal Schon, bassist Ricky Phillips
(Frederiksen/Phillips), and drummer Deen Castronovo
(Hardline).
Backlash (1991)
Bad English (1989)
HARDLINE
Hardline features guitarist Neal Schon, vocalist Johnny
Gioeli, guitarist Joey Gioeli, drummer Deen Castronovo (Bad
English), and bassist Todd Jensen (David Lee Roth).
Double Eclipse (1992)
THE STORM
The Storm features lead singer Kevin Chalfont (707),
keyboardist/vocalist Gregg Rolie, drummer Steve Smith (first
album only), bassist Ross Valory, guitarist Josh Ramos
(Velocity), and drummer Ron Wikso (Foreigner, David Lee
Roth).
Eye Of The Storm (1996)
The Storm (1991)
2.5 JOURNEY TRIBUTE BANDS
There are several well known Journey tribute bands, all with
appropriate names: Escape, Captured, two bands named