Steve Perry's Second Banana

[The_Noble_Cause]

Well, he’s done it once again.
In the early 90’s, his ego damn near pushed Jon Waite to flip his powdered wig, forgo his affected stiff British upper lip and challenge Neal to a 20-pace duel.
Shortly thereafter, he petulantly stomped away from the Gioeli brothers with middle finger extended, and worse yet, their sister clutched kicking and screaming under his ogreish guitar arm.
More recently, as fans shelled out benjamins for the very sort of bad street pantomime you wouldn’t drop a spent prophylactic into an open guitar case to watch, Neal simply looked the other way.
And now, what began as, and was shaping up nicely to be, the most promising era of Journey since Escape, has come to an anticlimactic grinding standstill - so much so in fact, I’m still reeling from the after-effects of whiplash.
To be fair, warning signs loomed.
Ask any long-suffering Journey fan; the drought of recent activity should’ve been a red flag that all was not kosher in the eyes of King Neal.
Where went the sounding of the trumpets?
What happened to the unprecedented rah-rah fanfare that preceded this lineup as it embarked on its maiden tour?
It was as if the air had been sucked out of the amphitheater – no small feat considering Neal’s swollen-head never provided much room to begin with.
The only lead singer this egomaniacal grifter hasn’t managed to piss off yet is Sammy Hagar – and that’s only because he’s too CaboWabo shitfaced to give a damn.
This lineup even had Queen’s Brian May singing its praises – the rock equivalency of ambrosia raining down upon the heavens – adulation like that certainly don’t come easily, much less twice.

[NealIsGod]

You never disappoint, bro. You're the Perry of creative posts.

[jrnysc]

Well, he’s done it once again.
In the early 90’s, his ego damn near pushed Jon Waite to flip his powdered wig, forgo his affected stiff British upper lip and challenge Neal to a 20-pace duel.
Shortly thereafter, he petulantly stomped away from the Gioeli brothers with middle finger extended, and worse yet, their sister clutched kicking and screaming under his ogreish guitar arm.
More recently, as fans shelled out benjamins for the very sort of bad street pantomime you wouldn’t drop a spent prophylactic into an open guitar case to watch, Neal simply looked the other way.
And now, what began as, and was shaping up nicely to be, the most promising era of Journey since Escape, has come to an anticlimactic grinding standstill - so much so in fact, I’m still reeling from the after-effects of whiplash.
To be fair, warning signs loomed.
Ask any long-suffering Journey fan; the drought of recent activity should’ve been a red flag that all was not kosher in the eyes of King Neal.
Where went the sounding of the trumpets?
What happened to the unprecedented rah-rah fanfare that preceded this lineup as it embarked on its maiden tour?
It was as if the air had been sucked out of the amphitheater – no small feat considering Neal’s swollen-head never provided much room to begin with.
The only lead singer this egomaniacal grifter hasn’t managed to piss off yet is Sammy Hagar – and that’s only because he’s too CaboWabo shitfaced to give a damn.
This lineup even had Queen’s Brian May singing its praises – the rock equivalency of ambrosia raining down upon the heavens – adulation like that certainly don’t come easily, much less twice.

Dude. If we could give reputation on here, you would have just received one. Please just remember, some of us are eating peanut m&m's when reading this stuff. Almost aspirated on one just now!!

[Carlitto H@kk]

You never disappoint, bro. You're the Perry of creative posts.

God Damn, I LOVE It
when the KING OF INTELLIGENT SLING
throws this kind shit out there for us all!!!
TNC, you're my hero

[Granny]

TNC--awesome just awesome

[bionic]

Well, he’s done it once again.
In the early 90’s, his ego damn near pushed Jon Waite to flip his powdered wig, forgo his affected stiff British upper lip and challenge Neal to a 20-pace duel.
Shortly thereafter, he petulantly stomped away from the Gioeli brothers with middle finger extended, and worse yet, their sister clutched kicking and screaming under his ogreish guitar arm.
More recently, as fans shelled out benjamins for the very sort of bad street pantomime you wouldn’t drop a spent prophylactic into an open guitar case to watch, Neal simply looked the other way.
And now, what began as, and was shaping up nicely to be, the most promising era of Journey since Escape, has come to an anticlimactic grinding standstill - so much so in fact, I’m still reeling from the after-effects of whiplash.
To be fair, warning signs loomed.
Ask any long-suffering Journey fan; the drought of recent activity should’ve been a red flag that all was not kosher in the eyes of King Neal.
Where went the sounding of the trumpets?
What happened to the unprecedented rah-rah fanfare that preceded this lineup as it embarked on its maiden tour?
It was as if the air had been sucked out of the amphitheater – no small feat considering Neal’s swollen-head never provided much room to begin with.
The only lead singer this egomaniacal grifter hasn’t managed to piss off yet is Sammy Hagar – and that’s only because he’s too CaboWabo shitfaced to give a damn.
This lineup even had Queen’s Brian May singing its praises – the rock equivalency of ambrosia raining down upon the heavens – adulation like that certainly don’t come easily, much less twice.

Well said sir,to think that fact so many fans stuck with them after ripping everyone off with the lipping saga and now this....times up for them.At least Perry has kept some integrity in himself

[larryfromnextdoor]

great read, read it 2x,, btw.. interesting use of paragraphs.. ive never thought of doing that... good words.

[Wheels Of Fyre]

I think I have a man-crush on you...

[TRAGChick]

Poetry....sheer, effing POETRY!!! **round of applause**

[The_Noble_Cause]

Well said sir,to think that fact so many fans stuck with them after ripping everyone off with the lipping saga and now this....times up for them.At least Perry has kept some integrity in himself

I don't know if Jeff has signed a gag order yet, but if he hasn't and he's looking for veangence, I think he should blow the lid wide open on TapeGate.
In fact, I think its time Andrew spoke out, as well.
Enough favors, people.

[jrnysc]

Well said sir,to think that fact so many fans stuck with them after ripping everyone off with the lipping saga and now this....times up for them.At least Perry has kept some integrity in himself

I don't know if Jeff has signed a gag order yet, but if he hasn't and he's looking for veangence, I think he should blow the lid wide open on TapeGate.
In fact, I think its time Andrew spoke out, as well.
Enough favors, people.

I agree my friend. I wish Jeff would speak up now before the lawyers start seeking him out. I almost cannot believe someone in the band won't talk to him. They must not know him very well, or either he already has signed something when hired.

[Carlitto H@kk]

Well said sir,to think that fact so many fans stuck with them after ripping everyone off with the lipping saga and now this....times up for them.At least Perry has kept some integrity in himself

I don't know if Jeff has signed a gag order yet, but if he hasn't and he's looking for veangence, I think he should blow the lid wide open on TapeGate.
In fact, I think its time Andrew spoke out, as well.
Enough favors, people.

No Shit...

But I bet The band's Legal Machine is
gonna try their damnedest to gag Jeff for years
because they KNOW how loved he is by his fans, how
he loves to interact with us and they also know how
bad they royally ass-fucked him...

I hope Jeff calls Augeri, they arrange a nice, little
sit-down with Mr McNeice and go to town on these ass-clowns...

Hmmmm... Drew will be in town in October,
Jeff will be there too...
Supposedly Augeri can talk by October...

[Marabelle]

thoughtful yet intriguing, tongue in cheek yet on point.

[bionic]

Well said sir,to think that fact so many fans stuck with them after ripping everyone off with the lipping saga and now this....times up for them.At least Perry has kept some integrity in himself

I don't know if Jeff has signed a gag order yet, but if he hasn't and he's looking for veangence, I think he should blow the lid wide open on TapeGate.
In fact, I think its time Andrew spoke out, as well.
Enough favors, people.

I could not agree more with you,even if he has a gag order he can let someone else do the talking for him,and yes blow the tapegate saga up on them as well.
Bring on the music police and arrest the band

[Playitloudforme]

Well, he’s done it once again.
This lineup even had Queen’s Brian May singing its praises – the rock equivalency of ambrosia raining down upon the heavens – adulation like that certainly don’t come easily, much less twice.

Yup...and now, zapped away in a nanosecond. Great post man. I still feel like the air's knocked out of me.

[ArnelRox]

Supposedly Augeri can talk by October...

Talk? Or sing?

[EightyRock]

Does anyone think Jeff would have been allowed to perform with them for ANY length of time without the lawyers making him sign all those confidentiality agreements in advance? There is no way he is going to be able to bring the skeletons out of Schon & Cain's closets and tell it like it is. You know he wants to, but he wanted to be their singer more, so he probably signed all the same shit Augeri signed....maybe more, after that fiasco.

[Liz22562]

Hello TNC ~ nice to see you post!

[Perry86fan]

You can say what you want but i don't think Jeff will talk he has to much class.And we know the other 2don't so they can piss off journey is dead it dies when Mr P left .......then in walked Jeff and i thought they had came alive again.NOT!

[EightyRock]

It has nothing to do with having class or lacking it. It has to do with getting screwed and being expected to just shut up and keep all their screwed up secrets surrounding the dismisal . Nobody should have to do that. I don't think Soto is the kind of guy to allow people to just screw him over, make him look like the bad guy without making his side of things clear. He's gained alot of fans by being real with them. It would be great if he could continue that, but I bet he signed his option to do that away when he first joined Journey.
I hope they aren't starting Jeremey out like that, too, but it's looking that way already.