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@MelodicRockAndrew McNeice


I am very excited to be able to announce that this morning I conducted my very first ever interview with the legendary Mr. Steve Perry!!

tater1977 wrote:@MelodicRockAndrew McNeice


I am very excited to be able to announce that this morning I conducted my very first ever interview with the legendary Mr. Steve Perry!!

minutes ago

And no matter how flattering you are to him in the way you publish the interview, he'll state that he "never really felt like he was part of it."

Way cool!

Good job, Wombat.

DrFU wrote:Way cool!

Good job, Wombat.

+1 on that. I realized after I had submitted my snarky reply that I neglected to give you props for landing that one. Not an easy one to come by. I hope it was as cool as you hoped it would be.

WOW. And what are your thoughts about it (without letting the cat out of the bag of course)?

brywool wrote:WOW. And what are your thoughts about it (without letting the cat out of the bag of course)?

I'm very very happy with it and Steve was very accommodating and a great interview. You won't get answers to every burning question, but I hope there is answers to a few. The interview was to promote GH1&2 and Street Talk, so there were parameters.

The Pro-Desk manager at my local Home Depot is named Steve Perry and it NEVER fails that he gets paged every single time I'm in that store. I'm just trying to figure out why in the world Andrew would get so excited about interviewing him. Maybe it has something to do with Boston's replacement singer and his Home Depot story.... I dunno.....

Andrew wrote:I'm very very happy with it and Steve was very accommodating and a great interview. You won't get answers to every burning question, but I hope there is answers to a few. The interview was to promote GH1&2 and Street Talk, so there were parameters.

Of course. just like Tapegate, somethings just aren't going to be talked about. Did he really talk to you for over an hour? That sounds like a guy that is very comfortable in dealing with the media despite being considered a recluse.

Andrew wrote:The interview was to promote GH1&2 and Street Talk, so there were parameters.

So in other words, the same old stuff....?? With Perry, it seems there are always "parameters". You were probably told what not to ask before the interview even started.

jrnyjetster wrote:

Andrew wrote:The interview was to promote GH1&2 and Street Talk, so there were parameters.

So in other words, the same old stuff....?? With Perry, it seems there are always "parameters". You were probably told what not to ask before the interview even started.

Well, given the gag orders and confidentiality clauses he put on the band's members with the threat of legal action should they break them, you can rest assured Andrew had a laundry list of "off-limits" topics.

jrnyjetster wrote:

Andrew wrote:The interview was to promote GH1&2 and Street Talk, so there were parameters.

So in other words, the same old stuff....?? With Perry, it seems there are always "parameters". You were probably told what not to ask before the interview even started.

Well, there is being polite and respectful on the very first time one interviews such a legend. But I think there is some new thoughts/comments in there.

Don wrote:

Andrew wrote:I'm very very happy with it and Steve was very accommodating and a great interview. You won't get answers to every burning question, but I hope there is answers to a few. The interview was to promote GH1&2 and Street Talk, so there were parameters.

Of course. just like Tapegate, somethings just aren't going to be talked about. Did he really talk to you for over an hour? That sounds like a guy that is very comfortable in dealing with the media despite being considered a recluse.

20 minute interview....went 82 minutes

A big thank you to Lora @ FanAsylum for her part in helping me set this up.

I don't know that he was totally comfortable about all topics, but he was 100% honest and very real with his answers. I respect that a great deal.

JRNYMAN wrote:

jrnyjetster wrote:

Andrew wrote:The interview was to promote GH1&2 and Street Talk, so there were parameters.

So in other words, the same old stuff....?? With Perry, it seems there are always "parameters". You were probably told what not to ask before the interview even started.

Well, given the gag orders and confidentiality clauses he put on the band's members with the threat of legal action should they break them, you can rest assured Andrew had a laundry list of "off-limits" topics.

Nomota has done the same thing with it's ex-employees also. That's not just Perry specific.

Congratulations, Andrew! It will be audio, won't it?

Congratulations, Andrew!


....so....uhm...when's the unveiling?

Next week....phone transcribed to text interview.

Congratulations, Andrew. Did you send him Dan's regards?

Andrew wrote:Well, there is being polite and respectful on the very first time one interviews such a legend.

It's amazing what manners will do. You did a nice job, Andrew.

Andrew wrote:Next week....phone transcribed to text interview.

With all due respect, this is the biggest interview in YEARS (ever?). Get this shit up today!

Hell, if you want, send me the recording and I'll transcribe it for you free of charge. Seriously.

Lora wrote:

Andrew wrote:Well, there is being polite and respectful on the very first time one interviews such a legend.

It's amazing what manners will do. You did a nice job, Andrew.

I hope so!

Lora wrote:

Andrew wrote:Well, there is being polite and respectful on the very first time one interviews such a legend.

It's amazing what manners will do. You did a nice job, Andrew.

Nicely done, Lora.
My next question is, are you good enough to get Dan an interview?


{Gotta lovingly rib Dan here a few times. }

Ehwmatt wrote:

Andrew wrote:Next week....phone transcribed to text interview.

With all due respect, this is the biggest interview in YEARS (ever?). Get this shit up today!

Hell, if you want, send me the recording and I'll transcribe it for you free of charge. Seriously.

Andrew's probably passed out from the excitement....
Its kewl..

Andrew wrote:A big thank you to Lora @ FanAsylum for her part in helping me set this up.

Glad we could help. The current going rate for talking to Steve is $10,100 for 15 minutes (according to the current eBay Auction). Since you talked to him for 82 minutes, I figure you owe about $55,213.33. And that's in U.S. Dollars.

Lora wrote:

Andrew wrote:A big thank you to Lora @ FanAsylum for her part in helping me set this up.

Glad we could help. The current going rate for talking to Steve is $10,100 for 15 minutes (according to the current eBay Auction). Since you talked to him for 82 minutes, I figure you owe about $55,213.33. And that's in U.S. Dollars.

Jubilee wrote:

Lora wrote:

Andrew wrote:A big thank you to Lora @ FanAsylum for her part in helping me set this up.

Glad we could help. The current going rate for talking to Steve is $10,100 for 15 minutes (according to the current eBay Auction). Since you talked to him for 82 minutes, I figure you owe about $55,213.33. And that's in U.S. Dollars.

Egads..at that rate Andrew will be on ebay selling single pages on the transcribed interview
till he recoups it all lol...
& NO..Andrew that don't mean just 1 word on each page lol...

But kudos and thanks out to Steve & Lora & Andrew for doing this..

tater1977 wrote:Andrew's probably passed out from the excitement....

Close to it....I've been up since 3.45am after getting to sleep after midnight!

Lora wrote:

Andrew wrote:A big thank you to Lora @ FanAsylum for her part in helping me set this up.

Glad we could help. The current going rate for talking to Steve is $10,100 for 15 minutes (according to the current eBay Auction). Since you talked to him for 82 minutes, I figure you owe about $55,213.33. And that's in U.S. Dollars.

Er....shit....um....the check is in the mail. I have $3.33 in Paypal now if that helps?

Behshad's iPhone4S could transcribe the entire interview, if you just read the text to it.

Saint John wrote:Behshad's iPhone4S could transcribe the entire interview, if you just read the text to it.

SIRI is a whore