Journey to Tour with Perry in 2008 - FALSE!!!!!!!

[conversationpc]

To just quit the buisness and never come back is really pretty sad,
This guy was the king and now he has just faded away.

Who cares? If he wants to stay retired, it's his life.

[journeyrock]

I believe the rumor

100% false and I'll run naked across a freeway of your choice if it proves to be correct

^
(Andrew just getting word that Steve Perry reunited with Journey.)

Post of the weekend!!!!!

[bluejeangirl76]

....... and park myself on the refresh button.

TMI, girl, TMI!!!!!



Cat

Okay that's at least two masturbation jokes. Are we done with that yet?
You sunnzabitches know exactly what I meant.

j/k. I fully recognize that I walked right into that one. But I stand by what I said. The Perry rumor mill starts, fights bust out and 10 pages later, I've run out of popcorn, and frankly, the refresh button just ain't doing it for me anymore. Quick, someone start a new rumor!

[Voyager]

Okay that's at least two masturbation jokes. Are we done with that yet?
You sun-blazing-biotch-snatch-zabitches know exactly what I meant.

[Pstburp]

Kamala


or Arnel

[Vladan]

Kamala


or Arnel

You should be shot for mentioning a nobody and a legend in the same sentance Lucklily I left my handcuffs at the beach.

Bruce Lee RIP (the greatest).

[finalfight]

Kamala


or Arnel

Very droll but given the pictures posted the suspiciously Chinese looking 'Arnel' looks like he could take Kamala!

[wildone]

I think Arnel is the guy and that's fine with me,

Yea settle for another copycat singer thats fine with you.
Fact is this is the last time Steve Perry will get the chance to close the JRNY book forever
If he passes this chance then he is short changing himself and his fans
To just quit the buisness and never come back is really pretty sad,
This guy was the king and now he has just faded away.

There are ways to get rid of a hoarse voice and Perry needs to do it.
As said before if its anyone but Perry then this game is over.

r u kidding after neal ran the good name into the ground.....hell they need steve back just to clean up this fuckin mess that tiny made...

[froy]

r u kidding after neal ran the good name into the ground....

Because Steve Perry went awol during TBF
If Steve did not run away the good name would still be a good name.
Give Neal credit the guy has never said 1 bad thing about Perry and has always asked him back
Unlike JY of Styx who has destroyed the band and its name forever,

.hell they need steve back just to clean up this fuckin mess that tiny made...

Thats in the past
Nobody should be to blame,
Just move forward
Perry should get back and repair his damage that he left behind

[wildone]

r u kidding after neal ran the good name into the ground....

Because Steve Perry went awol during TBF
If Steve did not run away the good name would still be a good name.
Give Neal credit the guy has never said 1 bad thing about Perry and has always asked him back
Unlike JY of Styx who has destroyed the band and its name forever,

.hell they need steve back just to clean up this fuckin mess that tiny made...

Thats in the past
Nobody should be to blame,
Just move forward
Perry should get back and repair his damage that he left behind

yeah there moving forward ...all the way to the county fair!!lmao....hey maybe they can run a food stand while there not playing

[strangegrey]

Because Steve Perry went awol during TBF
If Steve did not run away the good name would still be a good name.
Give Neal credit the guy has never said 1 bad thing about Perry and has always asked him back
Unlike JY of Styx who has destroyed the band and its name forever,

Give Neal credit? Just because you *think* he hasn't sad bad things about Perry...it doesn't mean it hasn't happened. Hell, wtf is NOMOTA...you think that's some nice pretty name he came up with?

Trust me, Neal's done plenty. I'll give him credit....credit for completely destroying a band over the past 10 years.

[Escape Artist]

Perry never tried touring w/o Neal or Jon trying to pass it off as Journey.

The alleged Journey line up of 2008 is equal to Perry touring with Arnel's truly awful band, although I would rather see that Journey then the one we are stuck with now.

Journey is dead.

[donnaplease]

Because Steve Perry went awol during TBF
If Steve did not run away the good name would still be a good name.
Give Neal credit the guy has never said 1 bad thing about Perry and has always asked him back
Unlike JY of Styx who has destroyed the band and its name forever,

Give Neal credit? Just because you *think* he hasn't sad bad things about Perry...it doesn't mean it hasn't happened. Hell, wtf is NOMOTA...you think that's some nice pretty name he came up with?

Trust me, Neal's done plenty. I'll give him credit....credit for completely destroying a band over the past 10 years.

Of course Neal has said bad stuff about SP. Anyone that says otherwise is clearly delusional.

As far as asking him back, I've been led to believe that it was kind of a joke. NS publicly invites him back, knowing that he won't take the bait. It allows Neal to come out looking like the good guy and SP looking like the dick. How about a little sincerity, Neal? That's what I saw in the last Q&A session with Fan Asylum. SP had lots of seemingly genuine nice things to say about NS and their former relationship. It's what has kept me hoping for the possibility of a reunion.

It seems to me that Neal's drive (a normally positive trait), when used to perform just for the sake of performing~regardless of the repercussions~is what has driven this band into the ground and made them the laughing stock that they are today.

Just one fan's perspective...

[scarygirl]

I hate threads like this. For a minute, I thought I'd actually get to see the "nose" sing live.

Another SP rumor bites the dust. Between bouts of buying pizza and walking about Disney world, you'd think he could something constructive for the fans like get arrested for shop lifting Yanni Cds.

[Rick]

Perry never tried touring w/o Neal or Jon trying to pass it off as Journey.

The alleged Journey line up of 2008 is equal to Perry touring with Arnel's truly awful band, although I would rather see that Journey then the one we are stuck with now.

Journey is dead.

Me too bro.

[Rick]

I hate threads like this. For a minute, I thought I'd actually get to see the "nose" sing live.

[AR]

Kamala


or Arnel

Join the bandwagon!

[journeyrock]

Because Steve Perry went awol during TBF
If Steve did not run away the good name would still be a good name.
Give Neal credit the guy has never said 1 bad thing about Perry and has always asked him back
Unlike JY of Styx who has destroyed the band and its name forever,

Give Neal credit? Just because you *think* he hasn't sad bad things about Perry...it doesn't mean it hasn't happened. Hell, wtf is NOMOTA...you think that's some nice pretty name he came up with?

Trust me, Neal's done plenty. I'll give him credit....credit for completely destroying a band over the past 10 years.

That's exactly right SG. If that isn't the epitomy of saying bad things, then I don't know what is. The only thing I'll give Neal credit for is the record for alimony payments.

[Playitloudforme]

Because Steve Perry went awol during TBF
If Steve did not run away the good name would still be a good name.
Give Neal credit the guy has never said 1 bad thing about Perry and has always asked him back
Unlike JY of Styx who has destroyed the band and its name forever,

Give Neal credit? Just because you *think* he hasn't sad bad things about Perry...it doesn't mean it hasn't happened. Hell, wtf is NOMOTA...you think that's some nice pretty name he came up with?

Trust me, Neal's done plenty. I'll give him credit....credit for completely destroying a band over the past 10 years.

That's exactly right SG. If that isn't the epitomy of saying bad things, then I don't know what is. The only thing I'll give Neal credit for is the record for alimony payments.

I gotta claim stupidity/ignorance, etc., on the NOMOTA thing. Can someone PM me with what that acronym stands for?

[*Laura]

NO MOre TAils.

Herbie was right about Neal.Lousy knife.

[Playitloudforme]

NO MOre TAils.

Herbie was right about Neal.Lousy knife.

Ah. Well...there ya go.

Thanks babe.

[bluejeangirl76]

Because Steve Perry went awol during TBF
If Steve did not run away the good name would still be a good name.
Give Neal credit the guy has never said 1 bad thing about Perry and has always asked him back
Unlike JY of Styx who has destroyed the band and its name forever,

Give Neal credit? Just because you *think* he hasn't sad bad things about Perry...it doesn't mean it hasn't happened. Hell, wtf is NOMOTA...you think that's some nice pretty name he came up with?

Trust me, Neal's done plenty. I'll give him credit....credit for completely destroying a band over the past 10 years.

That's exactly right SG. If that isn't the epitomy of saying bad things, then I don't know what is. The only thing I'll give Neal credit for is the record for alimony payments.

Neal was also QUOTED (and I swear I'll find it) smacking SP down over the reissues.
He said that Perry would rather cling to the past than do something new.

Um... and hiring a Perry impersonator so you can match the sound on the the 65 million units already out there ISN'T clinging to the past instead of doing something new? Smack my ass and call me Betty, I must have been absent that day.

And PEE ESS - Neal asking Perry back has probably has very little to do with respect. Whether Neal respects the guy a lot, a little, or not at all, Perry craps money and Neal knows it. Having Perry back = money. Having an impersonator = county fairs. They're not hiring Arnel because they want to. They're doing it because Perry continues to say no.

[ohsherrie]

Because Steve Perry went awol during TBF
If Steve did not run away the good name would still be a good name.
Give Neal credit the guy has never said 1 bad thing about Perry and has always asked him back
Unlike JY of Styx who has destroyed the band and its name forever,

Give Neal credit? Just because you *think* he hasn't sad bad things about Perry...it doesn't mean it hasn't happened. Hell, wtf is NOMOTA...you think that's some nice pretty name he came up with?

Trust me, Neal's done plenty. I'll give him credit....credit for completely destroying a band over the past 10 years.

That's exactly right SG. If that isn't the epitomy of saying bad things, then I don't know what is. The only thing I'll give Neal credit for is the record for alimony payments.

Neal was also QUOTED (and I swear I'll find it) smacking SP down over the reissues.
He said that Perry would rather cling to the past than do something new.

Um... and hiring a Perry impersonator so you can match the sound on the the 65 million units already out there ISN'T clinging to the past instead of doing something new? Smack my ass and call me Betty, I must have been absent that day.

Neal's thrown several shitty remarks out about Steve over the last 10 yrs years but I can't quote them or post links so I figured I'd just be called a liar for bringing it up. Funny how some people can quote every word Steve ever said that they want to twist around as use against him, but they've totally forgotten all of Neal's shit.

[bluejeangirl76]

Neal's thrown several shitty remarks out about Steve over the last 10 yrs years but I can't quote them or post links so I figured I'd just be called a liar for bringing it up. Funny how some people can quote every word Steve ever said that they want to twist around as use against him, but they've totally forgotten all of Neal's shit.

Alright - I said I would find it and here it is... this interview with Neal was from January, just after JSS was announced...



So Ross, Jonathan and yourself weren't asked to be involved with [the reissues], or the Houston DVD?

NEAL: "We're busy playing while he's busy re-releasing everything we've ever done" (laughs). "We spent seven months of last year on tour."

Do you think that's him still looking back whilst you're looking forward?

NEAL: "I guess so – I don't know what I'm really saying" (laughs), "but we're playing live and making new records and he's recreating the past. I think in a sense he's going "Remember me, remember me?" It's not like anyone's going to forget about him, but if that's what he wants to do – keep repackaging and re-releasing old stuff instead of new stuff – I guess that's what he wants to do, you'd have to talk to him about that."


Well, I guess if that's what Journey wants to do...
...keep finding guys who can recreate singing the old stuff instead of using a fresh new guy for new stuff...
That was a cheap fucking shot if I ever heard one. He could have answered the question without that shit.
Hey, Neal, all that recreating of the past must look nice in your bank account, you douche.

What he should have said was, "We're playing live and making new records, and he's recreating the past, and it made a lot of money so in 5 months we're firing our singer so we can hire a carbon copy and we can recreate the past too, instead of letting a perfectly good singer help us do something NEW."

[Saint John]

Neal's thrown several shitty remarks out about Steve over the last 10 yrs years but I can't quote them or post links so I figured I'd just be called a liar for bringing it up. Funny how some people can quote every word Steve ever said that they want to twist around as use against him, but they've totally forgotten all of Neal's shit.

Alright - I said I would find it and here it is... this interview with Neal was from January, just after JSS was announced...



So Ross, Jonathan and yourself weren't asked to be involved with [the reissues], or the Houston DVD?

NEAL: "We're busy playing while he's busy re-releasing everything we've ever done" (laughs). "We spent seven months of last year on tour."

Do you think that's him still looking back whilst you're looking forward?

NEAL: "I guess so – I don't know what I'm really saying" (laughs), "but we're playing live and making new records and he's recreating the past. I think in a sense he's going "Remember me, remember me?" It's not like anyone's going to forget about him, but if that's what he wants to do – keep repackaging and re-releasing old stuff instead of new stuff – I guess that's what he wants to do, you'd have to talk to him about that."


Well, I guess if that's what Journey wants to do...
...keep finding guys who can recreate singing the old stuff instead of using a fresh new guy for new stuff...
That was a cheap fucking shot if I ever heard one. He could have answered the question without that shit.
Hey, Neal, all that recreating of the past must look nice in your bank account, you douche.

What he should have said was, "We're playing live and making new records, and he's recreating the past, and it made a lot of money so in 5 months we're firing our singer so we can hire a carbon copy and we can recreate the past too, instead of letting a perfectly good singer help us do something NEW."

The two highlighted sentence parts you quoted from Neal seem pretty true to me. I don't find them to be "cheap shots" nor do they seem vindictive. Merely Neal answering the questions with truthfulness.

[AR]

Wish I could tell ya what I've heard Neal say. Even though he's an ass, I still won't out him. Wouldn't be right. Get that Neal? I have your back and I hate that I do.

[ohsherrie]

The two highlighted sentence parts you quoted from Neal seem pretty true to me. I don't find them to be "cheap shots" nor do they seem vindictive. Merely Neal answering the questions with truthfulness.

They were cheap shots. He's been doing it every chance he gets for years. They may be based it truth, but they also make Neal a hypocrite as well as a vindictive asshole because he's been trying for years to get to re-record the "old stuff".

[Saint John]

Wish I could tell ya what I've heard Neal say. Even though he's an ass, I still won't out him. Wouldn't be right. Get that Neal? I have your back and I hate that I do.

Believe me Ed, my support for Neal was specific to that example. Not a blanket statement as I too have heard some of his quotes. Real fuckin' beauties.

[Voyager]

NEAL: "I guess so – I don't know what I'm really saying" (laughs), "but we're playing live and making new records and he's recreating the past. I think in a sense he's going "Remember me, remember me?" It's not like anyone's going to forget about him, but if that's what he wants to do – keep repackaging and re-releasing old stuff instead of new stuff – I guess that's what he wants to do, you'd have to talk to him about that."

LOL! Perry may be remembering the past, but Neal is still living in the past:

The 2004 edition of the Rolling Stone Album Guide presented a critical view of the band, calling Journey the perfect karaoke act...

If this is what "releasing new stuff" accomplishes, what good is it?

After a five year absence, Journey returned to the charts with Arrival, their eleventh studio album, in April, 2001. It featured the hits "All The Way" and "Higher Place", and was the first studio album to feature Augeri and Castronovo. The album only reached #56 on the charts, which didn't impress Columbia Records, so Journey was dropped from the label.

Journey sold 75 million albums with Perry. I don't know how many they've sold since he left, but I'd bet that it's under one million.

[AR]

Journey sold 75 million albums with Perry. I don't know how many they've sold since he left, but I'd bet that it's under one million.

Witth the current musical climate, Perry wouldn't matter either truth be told. Clear Channel doesn't care.