mikemarrs wrote:i wonder one thing.if perry was offered an insane amount of money like about 20 or 30 million would he do it one final time.when kiss reformed on the reunion tour there were reports that stanley and simmons pocketed 30 or 35 apiece just on that tour.
In all seriousness, Perry doesn't need a red cent. He's set for life....literally millions in the bank. I don't think money *could* motivate him. There used to be jokes within the journey camp on how there's a handful of checks (you know, the cut he takes from everything Journey does) that Nomota has sent to Perry....that Perry hasn't even bothered cashing. He's just got em piled up on his kitchen pass-through or in a draw in his office....If he doesn't even cash the checks Journey sends him, why would a significant increase in the value of those checks make an ounce of difference.
He doesn't have 5 alimony checks to sign every month and reportedly lives within his means.....he doesn't take the mere 100,000 dollar merch check that they get at the end of a tour and disappear, blowing through the check in 3 months....on various things us average folks don't need or shouldn't buy.
I'm not going to pretend to know what motives Perry these days...and anyone else that posts on this board, hasn't the foggiest either....because no one, including certain people here that have the inside track to Perry's hall of mirrors, has been able to satisfactorily explain Perry's reasons for what he's done in the past.
Put it this way...if I were Perry....and if money weren't a deciding factor (like it isn't with him), I wouldn't bother returning to Journey at this point EITHER. Why would I subject myself to the bullshit that constantly surrounds Friga....or have to deal with the Napoleonic complex that Neal has....or be subject to misguidance at the hands of Irving Assoff??!
And last, but certainly not least, by any stretch....why would I resurface...only to embolden and drudge up the most psycopathic, obsessive/compuslive, intrusive fans in the world. Face it, Journey fans (specifically Loons) are fucked up people. Perry hasn't been seen in public (in a musical context, forget that White Sox bullshit) for over 10 years....and still Loons raise the man up on some angelic pedastal....desperate to see the return of the messiah....embarassing *real* Journey fans for the past decade with their unparalleled obsessiveness. Why on earth would Perry return to bring all of these kooks out of the woodwork.
For crying out loud.....Perry's been gone from Journey for 11 years, 10 years before that, also gone.....and only now, the loon factor has dropped to a level that only gives me a headache every other time I read a fucking Journey board. Holy Shit, can some of you ( that aren't loon psychopaths) imagine what would happen if Perry came back and said "We're going on tour!"......This place, my fucking board, The google Joey Reardon express and countless other web forums with explode with an idiocy that would have been unmatched since the french revolution.....anything Journey would be unbearable!
Christ, I'm getting sick to my stomach even thinking about it....
