after reading all of this...

i'm beginning to think this is the beginning of the end for journey.
there's an almost certainty perry will not return, then again, you can never say never.
either they can go the route and find someone else that has the tone of perry (again!), but could be versatile enough to go in any direction. or, they could wind up with someone famous from that decade i.e. what queen did with paul rodgers. get someone that was part of a band that was as big as journey in the 80s. mash journey sets with the bands of the lead singer. queen did it, and they're selling very well, plus a new album is in the works.
that would be the only thing i see saving journey from putting it up and quitting. no offense to jeremey or any other possible candidates, but the only thing that i think would work is to add a singer who was/is well known from the 80s. soto was a terrific singer with a lot of experience, but i'm willing to bet the audience as a whole had no idea who he was.
the "queen/paul rodgers" plan could work, yet i doubt anyone with a reputation would want to put that at risk of being shit on by cain/schon.
there's an almost certainty perry will not return, then again, you can never say never.
either they can go the route and find someone else that has the tone of perry (again!), but could be versatile enough to go in any direction. or, they could wind up with someone famous from that decade i.e. what queen did with paul rodgers. get someone that was part of a band that was as big as journey in the 80s. mash journey sets with the bands of the lead singer. queen did it, and they're selling very well, plus a new album is in the works.
that would be the only thing i see saving journey from putting it up and quitting. no offense to jeremey or any other possible candidates, but the only thing that i think would work is to add a singer who was/is well known from the 80s. soto was a terrific singer with a lot of experience, but i'm willing to bet the audience as a whole had no idea who he was.
the "queen/paul rodgers" plan could work, yet i doubt anyone with a reputation would want to put that at risk of being shit on by cain/schon.