How did Perry come to be in Journey in the first place?

[MrsPerry]

this has prolly been covered before, but i am catching up on my Journey 101. can someone give me a good 'splaination ?

[Rhiannon]

Demo tape... landed in Herbie's hands. Herbie dug Steve out of turkey shit, polished him up, made him a star. And they all lived happily never after.

[S2M]

this has prolly been covered before, but i am catching up on my Journey 101. can someone give me a good 'splaination ?

From someone named 'Mrs. Perry', I think you should know your husband's biography.....

[Rick]

It's pretty much like Rhiannon said. Journey's label were about to drop them unless they did something to get some radio play. Herbie Herbert said something to the effect of, "hey guys, this is your new singer, like it or not".

[Saint John]

It's pretty much like Rhiannon said. Journey's label were about to drop them unless they did something to get some radio play. Herbie Herbert said something to the effect of, "hey guys, this is your new singer, like it or not".

And he was repaid by being fired.

[Don]

Isn't Herbie's version something like Steve blackmailed his coke dealer that he would rat him out to his mom for selling drugs if he didn't give Herbie the Demo tape?

[Rick]

It's pretty much like Rhiannon said. Journey's label were about to drop them unless they did something to get some radio play. Herbie Herbert said something to the effect of, "hey guys, this is your new singer, like it or not".

And he was repaid by being fired.

Yep. "Hit the bricks, fat guy!"

[Rick]

Isn't Herbie's version something like Steve blackmailed his coke dealer that he would rat him out to his mom for selling drugs if he didn't give Herbie the Demo tape?

His coke dealer being his cousin, yep, that's the story HH told.

[Rhiannon]

It's pretty much like Rhiannon said. Journey's label were about to drop them unless they did something to get some radio play. Herbie Herbert said something to the effect of, "hey guys, this is your new singer, like it or not".

And he was repaid by being fired.

Yep. "Hit the bricks, fat guy!"

Bwahahaha...
...but it's kinda sad. No wonder Herbie's a bit bitter/vocal. I don't blame him.

[Rick]

A dude named Matt Carty interviewed Herbie Herbert some 10 or so years ago, and it's a damn good read. He posts here quite a bit as 'livintodo'

http://members.cox.net/mrcarty/


Andrew interviewed him a couple of months ago and it's another damn good read. Lots of great info to be had in both of these interviews.

http://www.melodicrock.com/interviews/h ... rbert.html

[MrsPerry]

this has prolly been covered before, but i am catching up on my Journey 101. can someone give me a good 'splaination ?

From someone named 'Mrs. Perry', I think you should know your husband's biography.....

thats why he doesn't need to put out a new CD when he seranades me daily...LOL.. Just kidding...I freakin wish.

I remember now the story about how he was at one time working on a turkey farm.


thank you all for the good 'splanations.

my other question...Do Neal darling and HH still speak?

[Glenn]

my other question...Do Neal darling and HH still speak?

yup.



Andrew : I think you keep your ear to the ground though right?

Herbie : A little bit, yeah. I mean Neal will call me and tell me all the things he's doing and of course and way back in the very beginning when he first found this singer on YouTube he called me and had me listen to it.

[Playitloudforme]

This is a very well written biography that covers it all.

http://steveperryfanclub.homestead.com/biography.html

[edcha]

this has prolly been covered before, but i am catching up on my Journey 101. can someone give me a good 'splaination ?

From someone named 'Mrs. Perry', I think you should know your husband's biography.....

thats why he doesn't need to put out a new CD when he seranades me daily...LOL.. Just kidding...I freakin wish.

I remember now the story about how he was at one time working on a turkey farm.


thank you all for the good 'splanations.

my other question...Do Neal darling and HH still speak?

I read that SP also worked hard to earn a living in the past. At one point, he even worked as a construction worker with his step-father.
see www.journeydigest.com/Analysis/Carol/jan01.html

[tammy]

This is a very well written biography that covers it all.

http://steveperryfanclub.homestead.com/biography.html

It's interesting that SP was a fan of Journey in the mid-70s and asked them if they needed a singer. I happened to be listening to Time3 this morning ('Cookie Duster', 'Nickel and Dime', etc.) and wondered how did SP think that his voice would fit here? I think he was prescient. So really it was Steve himself that could see himself as the lead singer long before HH did.

Thanks for posting this bio...since I was just wondering about this myself today & wasn't about to search for the answer.

[Shadowsong]

this has prolly been covered before, but i am catching up on my Journey 101. can someone give me a good 'splaination ?

From someone named 'Mrs. Perry', I think you should know your husband's biography.....

thats why he doesn't need to put out a new CD when he seranades me daily...LOL.. Just kidding...I freakin wish.

I remember now the story about how he was at one time working on a turkey farm.


thank you all for the good 'splanations.

my other question...Do Neal darling and HH still speak?

I read that SP also worked hard to earn a living in the past. At one point, he even worked as a construction worker with his step-father.
see www.journeydigest.com/Analysis/Carol/jan01.html

That would be about right
& he wasn't working as perse with turkeys
he was building turkey condo's
not plucking them

[Matthew]

A dude named Matt Carty interviewed Herbie Herbert some 10 or so years ago, and it's a damn good read. He posts here quite a bit as 'livintodo'

http://members.cox.net/mrcarty/

Yes...if you enjoy listening to a guy consumed by bitterness and self-pity then this interview will be right up your street.

And what a total unsurprise that the journalist who didn't ask Herbert one tough question or provide any balance or context whatsoever names himself after a track from Arrival.

A classic moment of Augeri era propaganda....

[Rick]

A dude named Matt Carty interviewed Herbie Herbert some 10 or so years ago, and it's a damn good read. He posts here quite a bit as 'livintodo'

http://members.cox.net/mrcarty/

Yes...if you enjoy listening to a guy consumed by bitterness and self-pity then this interview will be right up your street.

And what a total unsurprise that the journalist who didn't ask Herbert one tough question or provide any balance or context whatsoever names himself after a track from Arrival.

A classic moment of Augeri era propaganda....

Everyone takes something different from it.

[Matthew]

A dude named Matt Carty interviewed Herbie Herbert some 10 or so years ago, and it's a damn good read. He posts here quite a bit as 'livintodo'

http://members.cox.net/mrcarty/

Yes...if you enjoy listening to a guy consumed by bitterness and self-pity then this interview will be right up your street.

And what a total unsurprise that the journalist who didn't ask Herbert one tough question or provide any balance or context whatsoever names himself after a track from Arrival.

A classic moment of Augeri era propaganda....

Everyone takes something different from it.

Don't get me wrong Rick...even I had to laugh at all that "jive motherfucker" chat at times...but this interview has become the manual for every two-bit Perry basher that has sounded off on this forum over the last five years.

[edcha]

this has prolly been covered before, but i am catching up on my Journey 101. can someone give me a good 'splaination ?

From someone named 'Mrs. Perry', I think you should know your husband's biography.....

thats why he doesn't need to put out a new CD when he seranades me daily...LOL.. Just kidding...I freakin wish.

I remember now the story about how he was at one time working on a turkey farm.


thank you all for the good 'splanations.

my other question...Do Neal darling and HH still speak?

I read that SP also worked hard to earn a living in the past. At one point, he even worked as a construction worker with his step-father.
see www.journeydigest.com/Analysis/Carol/jan01.html

That would be about right
& he wasn't working as perse with turkeys
he was building turkey condo's
not plucking them

Honestly, it makes no difference to me...I consider any job that benefits mankind honorable.

[DracIsBack]

Don't get me wrong Rick...even I had to laugh at all that "jive motherfucker" chat at times...but this interview has become the manual for every two-bit Perry basher that has sounded off on this forum over the last five years.

LOL - I always read those and think the same thing: A loud, arrogant asshole, complaining about a quiet, controlling asshole. Imagine the two not getting along! As controversial as that "Behind The Music" show was, Herbie came across as one of the biggest SOBs as well.

God, as talented as Herbie is, you'd think a little modesty would benefit him. No need to hire a PR person, he just loves to brag about his accomplishments personally.

[Shadowsong]

this has prolly been covered before, but i am catching up on my Journey 101. can someone give me a good 'splaination ?

From someone named 'Mrs. Perry', I think you should know your husband's biography.....

thats why he doesn't need to put out a new CD when he seranades me daily...LOL.. Just kidding...I freakin wish.

I remember now the story about how he was at one time working on a turkey farm.


thank you all for the good 'splanations.

my other question...Do Neal darling and HH still speak?

I read that SP also worked hard to earn a living in the past. At one point, he even worked as a construction worker with his step-father.
see www.journeydigest.com/Analysis/Carol/jan01.html

That would be about right
& he wasn't working as perse with turkeys
he was building turkey condo's
not plucking them

Honestly, it makes no difference to me...I consider any job that benefits mankind honorable.

Still I feel sorry for any animal bred in overcrowded dark conditions for the sole purpose of being eaten.
Never to see the light until the final curtain call.

It's just sad.

Give a lil thanks to the turkey
I think he said they were so dumb that they don't even know how to come in out of the rain.
Well the rain is cool
& it helps them to feel they are alive.
Everything on this earth big & small
deserves some reverance.

That's all...

[edcha]

this has prolly been covered before, but i am catching up on my Journey 101. can someone give me a good 'splaination ?

From someone named 'Mrs. Perry', I think you should know your husband's biography.....

thats why he doesn't need to put out a new CD when he seranades me daily...LOL.. Just kidding...I freakin wish.

I remember now the story about how he was at one time working on a turkey farm.


thank you all for the good 'splanations.

my other question...Do Neal darling and HH still speak?

I read that SP also worked hard to earn a living in the past. At one point, he even worked as a construction worker with his step-father.
see www.journeydigest.com/Analysis/Carol/jan01.html

That would be about right
& he wasn't working as perse with turkeys
he was building turkey condo's
not plucking them

Honestly, it makes no difference to me...I consider any job that benefits mankind honorable.

Still I feel sorry for any animal bred in overcrowded dark conditions for the sole purpose of being eaten.
Never to see the light until the final curtain call.

It's just sad.

Give a lil thanks to the turkey
I think he said they were so dumb that they don't even know how to come in out of the rain.
Well the rain is cool
& it helps them to feel they are alive.
Everything on this earth big & small
deserves some reverance.

That's all...

Point well-taken...except that I hope you don't include ticks and chiggers in your call for reverence (just kidding!)