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2007 Ross Lamont Valory Interview

Postby Don » Fri Jul 17, 2009 4:12 am

For those that never got to read this interview before.

http://www.getreadytorock.com/rock_stars/journey.htm



Ross Valory founded Journey with Neal Schon in 1973 and the band went on to great commercial success in the 1980's. In the hiatus after his split from Journey in 1985 he played in Michael Bolton's band and recorded with Todd Rundgren on his 'Second Wind' live album.

We spoke to Ross in New Orleans shortly before Journey took part in the annual Mardi Gras celebrations. In March they play 11 UK dates as part of a European tour. This is only the second time they will have been to the UK in 20 years, during which time they celebrated their 30th Anniversary.


What happened in the mid 1980s when you split from the band?

Well it's almost time to get out the little violins. At that point the band was hugely successful and egos swell: there were struggles for power and control of the band's direction. In that setting, Steve Smith and I left. We'd had enough and I think it was probably a good time to do so.

The band did hold together with some hired players and recorded 'Raised On Radio'. However it was very brief, in spite of the album's prominence and success.

The band split up entirely after that for approximately 10 years and reformed briefly in 1996 for the album 'Arrival'. It was supposed to be an album and tour but only turned out to be an album which was disappointing for some of us.

At this point, Neal and Jonathan and I stuck it out and that's where we are today

In the meantime we've had a stigmata so to speak with any newer material than the 'Greatest Hits'. We've only released two albums in the last 10 years 'Arrival' and 'Generations'.


We distributed 'Generations' at some of our concerts but when it went to retail nothing happened. Of course, 'Arrival' never happened and there was the extra problem that it had been 'bootlegged' to the internet, nine months before it was released.

The issue we have today is approaching rock stations in the USA with new material. They'll say "It's great stuff, but we only play the old stuff" And that's in spite of being in a market where your audience is the largest record-buying audience?

We're on a new path now with a new member of the band - Jeff Scott Soto - who comes to us with quite a variety of background. We're hoping to do a new album when we finish our European dates and it'll be nice also to have a break from touring.

How did the touring go last year with Def Leppard?

Fantastic. It was just great. It was a co-headline. We agreed Journey would open because Def Leppard wanted to do a more elaborate stage production.

Financially it was also a success. Madonna might have been making more money per show but I think we sold more tickets.


Is that where the money is these days for classic rock artists - live concerts and tours?

Exactly. The Def Leppard/Journey tour won an award from Pollstar magazine for being the most creatively packaged. We've had a good run in the past couple of years in the States but we decided it would be good to come to Europe again.

Journey's strength is really to play what we call the 'dirty dozen' - 12 hit songs - but I think we ended up playing about 18 songs from all stages of our career. But mostly, we played the songs that most of the audience would know.

The interesting thing was the demographic of the audience: you'd have perhaps expected half the audience to be there for Def Leppard and half for Journey, but it didn't work out like that. It was more like one-third for us, one-third for Def Leppard and the other third were those who hadn't been to either band's gigs so we were courting the middle ground.

You don't get a lot of 'double-bills' like this in the UK, it seems to be a more U.S. phenomena in big stadiums (although we have the Deep Purple/Styx/Thin Lizzy tour in April)

Yes, we see there's no real reason to 'double-up' in the UK especially after the success of last year's shows.

There were reports in the press and on the internet that Journey used backing tapes on the Leppard tour?

This is another urban myth! It just didn't happen. The rumour got prominence because we were changing singers - Steve Augieri's voice did give out. It's a very difficult setlist. Not even Steve Perry could hold up very long, I believe, because these songs are very demanding of any singer.

Right now there's another rumour circulating that the drummer with Soul SirkUS, Virgil Donati, is rehearsing for a tour with a major artist - yet to be announced. The fans think he's going to replace Deen Castronovo.

Another rumour: Ross Valory is going to retire! It's very interesting that no-one told me. But this is how the story goes?

It turns out the person who stirred up the tape issue is not a journalist and didn't have the correct information. It appears to me some people have too much time on their hands, sometimes fans can be over-obsessed with the band of their dreams and they can get to be too imaginative or creative in order to provoke a response. It's like they're clutching at straws, and even inventing those straws! I don't, of course, wish to disparage the bulk of our fans.


How did you hook up with Jeff Scott Soto?

He's been performing with Neal's band Soul SirkUS and he's performed with several bands such as Talisman and Yngwie Malmsteen. It was a timely and fortunate call that we made to Jeff. He began with us two weeks into the Journey/Def Leppard tour and stepping into a repertoire that is as demanding for a vocalist as that of Journey was quite an undertaking. But he survived: he's quite energetic and with a strong stage presence and a significant vocal range.

What do you think Jeff will bring to the band apart from this incredible vocal range?

Well it's his influences too. Jeff approaches it differently: he has some of the common influences and roots that Steve Perry has. He doesn't necessarily sing it like Steve Perry does but he has an affinity with singers like Sam Cooke, Sam & Dave, and he sings in a unique and original way.

In terms of the band's future, he comes to us as a strong writer and he and Neal have already started to write the next album.

What can UK fans expect from Journey in March, will it more of the same - the dirty dozen - or will there be any surprises?

I think it will more extensive in terms of repertoire. We're going to mix it up a bit. We've rehearsed some songs from the more distant past and as far back as 'Infinity'. We will always play 'the dirty dozen' but there's lots of room to introduce and intermingle songs that have recognition with the fans. Songs like 'Winds of March' and 'Open The Door'.

That will appeal to the hardcore?

That's one thing about the hardcore fans, they have a greater knowledge of the repertoire, they know more of the songs in Europe than the audiences in the USA who'll say 'Don't bore us, just get to the chorus' - they only like the songs they grew up with. We can experiment a bit more in Europe. We found last year that some of the more obscure songs were received just as well.


It must also be good for you and the band to play some different songs?

Yes, we'll play the hits but sometimes we'll say "Boy, can we do something different tonight?!" You can never get fed up with playing the familiar songs because you can see the joy and happiness these songs bring to the audience.

That was the thing with the 'Generations' theme and concept: there's so many fans out there who have grown up with the band's music, they now have children and grandchildren and you'll see possibly three generations of families there, and you see how they share their appreciation.

From a musical point of view, it is nice to have something different to sink your teeth into. There is also some scope for varying the 'hits' in the introductions, the segues, solos and bridges. But certain songs you don't mess with like 'Don't Stop Believin' and 'Separate Ways'.

You don't want to reinvent the wheel. In this case having a new strong band member helps to augment that and give new interpretation - so I think any variation will mainly be in the singer's approach. But it's important to retain the flavour of the original.

What do you consider to be Journey's finest album, or one album that means more to you personally?

It's difficult. I would have to say that, in terms of getting the band back together in 1996, 'Trial By Fire'. I think it's a fine album, there may not have been enough rock n roll in there for some people but it was an accomplishment.

I'm equally proud to have participated in 'Arrival and 'Generations' The reason I am saying these albums is because of their circumstances, they mean a lot too me.

I was blessed to be successful with Journey, even before Steve Perry it was a successful band. With Steve of course it was wonderful again, and then to reunite in 1996 - as brief as it was - was fantastic. And of course, now we are reinventing ourselves.

We hope now to get some new music on the radio. We're still who we are, and we play how we play. But we're looking for the first time at overseas markets such as Australia, South America and at returning to Japan. There's still a lot to play for!

Journey's UK tour starts 1 March at Sheffield City Hall.
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Postby youkeepmewaiting » Fri Jul 17, 2009 4:30 am

Even though this is an old interview... I feel it may start some debates...
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Postby Don » Fri Jul 17, 2009 4:32 am

youkeepmewaiting wrote:Even though this is an old interview... I feel it may start some debates...


It's got to be better than updates about Steve Perry taking a shit. :lol:
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Postby youkeepmewaiting » Fri Jul 17, 2009 4:34 am

Gunbot wrote:
youkeepmewaiting wrote:Even though this is an old interview... I feel it may start some debates...


It's got to be better than updates about Steve Perry taking a shit. :lol:


This is another urban myth! It just didn't happen. The rumour got prominence because he went to the bathroom - Steve Perrys arse did give out. It's a very difficult position. Not even Steve Perry could hold up very long.
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Postby Don » Fri Jul 17, 2009 4:38 am

Ross is funny. CKFTW!
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Postby brywool » Fri Jul 17, 2009 4:51 am

youkeepmewaiting wrote:Even though this is an old interview... I feel it may start some debates...


what doesn't start a debate here?
NO. He's NOT Steve F'ing Perry. But he's Arnel F'ing Pineda and I'm okay with that.
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Postby Behshad » Fri Jul 17, 2009 4:52 am

brywool wrote:
youkeepmewaiting wrote:Even though this is an old interview... I feel it may start some debates...


what doesn't start a debate here?



The single word thread :P
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Postby brywool » Fri Jul 17, 2009 4:54 am

Gunbot wrote:
youkeepmewaiting wrote:Even though this is an old interview... I feel it may start some debates...


It's got to be better than updates about Steve Perry taking a shit. :lol:


I have to say... that photo with "the Voice" on the underwear was one of the funniest things I've ever seen here. Sorry, but it was.
NO. He's NOT Steve F'ing Perry. But he's Arnel F'ing Pineda and I'm okay with that.
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Postby Don » Fri Jul 17, 2009 4:57 am

Now that we know that the lock and delete capabilities of the forum are fully functional, all debates should be welcome with Open Arms.

Never fear though. Tonight, the twittering starts and activity on this forum will be fast and furious without the need to dig up old news just to stimulate conversation.
Get ready to batten down the hatches.
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Postby Since 78 » Fri Jul 17, 2009 5:02 am

Cool, so the tape thing didn't happen? Whew!! :D
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Postby Don » Fri Jul 17, 2009 5:05 am

Since 78 wrote:Cool, so the tape thing didn't happen? Whew!! :D


Ross says no, so it must be so (I'm a poet and didn't know it).
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Postby Since 78 » Fri Jul 17, 2009 5:09 am

Gunbot wrote:
Since 78 wrote:Cool, so the tape thing didn't happen? Whew!! :D


Ross says no, so it must be so (I'm a poet and didn't know it).



:lol: :lol: You kill me Dude!
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Postby Don » Fri Jul 17, 2009 5:13 am

Since 78 wrote:
Gunbot wrote:
Since 78 wrote:Cool, so the tape thing didn't happen? Whew!! :D


Ross says no, so it must be so (I'm a poet and didn't know it).



:lol: :lol: You kill me Dude!


Looks like we are the Keepers of the Castle this morning. Oh bitches and ale, Wherefore art thou?
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Postby DrFU » Fri Jul 17, 2009 5:14 am

'Don't bore us, just get to the chorus'


:lol:


I'm considering a strategically placed tatoo ...
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Postby KenTheDude » Fri Jul 17, 2009 5:39 am

Hey Ross, Arrival was not 1996.
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Postby Red13JoePa » Fri Jul 17, 2009 9:51 am

There's no replacing Ross Valory nor is there a need to. He's a founding member and still does a great job of laying out a fat, subtle, rich bottom of the music a key to Journey's rythm section sound and feel/vibe.
"I love almost everybody."---Rocky Balboa 1990
"Let's reform this thing.Let's go out and get some guys who want to work and go do it"--Neal Schon February, 2001
"I looked at Neal, and I just saw a guy who really wants his band back"-JCain 2/01
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Postby Rip Rokken » Fri Jul 17, 2009 11:50 am

LAMONT?!?!?

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Postby Jubilee » Fri Jul 17, 2009 11:53 am

Rip Rokken wrote:LAMONT?!?!?

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Okay, THAT made me laugh out loud...thank, Rip. I really, really, really, needed that.
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Postby Rip Rokken » Fri Jul 17, 2009 12:09 pm

Gunbot wrote:It's got to be better than updates about Steve Perry taking a shit. :lol:


Hey, man... Steve Perry really exists. In fact, he just got thru playing a very exclusive show in Memphis, TN and only a handful of industry insiders attended. I was one of those lucky few that got to see "The Voice" live again thanks to my connections.

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If it makes a difference, here's the toilet in that joint, but I didn't pay attention to who was doing what in there.

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Postby Don » Fri Jul 17, 2009 12:13 pm

Rip Rokken wrote:
Gunbot wrote:It's got to be better than updates about Steve Perry taking a shit. :lol:


Hey, man... Steve Perry really exists. In fact, he just got thru playing a very exclusive show in Memphis, TN and only a handful of industry insiders attended. I was one of those lucky few that got to see "The Voice" live again thanks to my connections.

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If it makes a difference, here's the toilet in that joint, but I didn't pay attention to who was doing what in there.

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You're playing with fire RIP. :lol:
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Postby Rip Rokken » Fri Jul 17, 2009 12:14 pm

Gunbot wrote:You're playing with fire RIP. :lol:


Hey, I didn't touch the hot wings that night...

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Postby Jubilee » Fri Jul 17, 2009 12:15 pm

[quote="Rip Rokken"] Hey, man... Steve Perry really exists. In fact, he just got thru playing a very exclusive show in Memphis, TN and only a handful of industry insiders attended. I was one of those lucky few that got to see "The Voice" live again thanks to my connections.


:shock:
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Postby Don » Fri Jul 17, 2009 12:17 pm

It starts.
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Postby Jubilee » Fri Jul 17, 2009 12:19 pm

:shock:

Rip, you can't just drop a little bomb like that and walk away...
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Postby squirt1 » Fri Jul 17, 2009 12:27 pm

Deano- Is Ross a tool or kept out of the loop? I have not spent $1 on Journey since hearing Augeri once but Soto I did. Now I have to pass again.
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Postby Rick » Fri Jul 17, 2009 12:40 pm

KenTheDude wrote:Hey Ross, Arrival was not 1996.


Was TBF supposed to be Arrival?
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Postby steveo777 » Fri Jul 17, 2009 1:10 pm

squirt1 wrote:Deano- Is Ross a tool or kept out of the loop? I have not spent $1 on Journey since hearing Augeri once but Soto I did. Now I have to pass again.


Now just cuz someone said something doesn't mean ya gotta go getting all shallow and shit. :wink: 8) :twisted:
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Postby Rip Rokken » Fri Jul 17, 2009 1:29 pm

Jubilee wrote::shock:

Rip, you can't just drop a little bomb like that and walk away...


I didn't just walk away after dropping the bomb -- I flushed first. My pleasure for the laugh, btw. I have a lot more where that came from!

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I was joking about the gig, btw...
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Re: 2007 Ross Lamont Valory Interview

Postby FishinMagician » Fri Jul 17, 2009 3:13 pm

Rockindeano wrote:
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There were reports in the press and on the internet that Journey used backing tapes on the Leppard tour?

This is another urban myth! It just didn't happen. The rumour got prominence because we were changing singers - Steve Augieri's voice did give out. It's a very difficult setlist. Not even Steve Perry could hold up very long, I believe, because these songs are very demanding of any singer.



I bet you a million bucks Ross, you cocksucker, I can debunk the urban myth?

What a piece of crap he is. The fact that he went along with the shenanigans is appalling especially after he vehemently denies it. And even more so because he sucks as a bass guitarist. Dude, Spraying water at overweight fans with a watergun is not talent, nor is making funny faces you freak. Feel free to Strap on the axe and try learning, err, relearning the chords to great songs of the past, you know, like Winds of March which you all wanted to play but couldn't because you couldn't learn the fucking chords.


haha i enjoyed the shooting water at overweight fans part. but how could he not learn or remember winds of march? not exactly a demanding bass line, nor is any journey song
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Re: 2007 Ross Lamont Valory Interview

Postby Don » Sat Jul 18, 2009 3:42 am

FishinMagician wrote:
Rockindeano wrote:
Gunbot wrote:
There were reports in the press and on the internet that Journey used backing tapes on the Leppard tour?

This is another urban myth! It just didn't happen. The rumour got prominence because we were changing singers - Steve Augieri's voice did give out. It's a very difficult setlist. Not even Steve Perry could hold up very long, I believe, because these songs are very demanding of any singer.



I bet you a million bucks Ross, you cocksucker, I can debunk the urban myth?

What a piece of crap he is. The fact that he went along with the shenanigans is appalling especially after he vehemently denies it. And even more so because he sucks as a bass guitarist. Dude, Spraying water at overweight fans with a watergun is not talent, nor is making funny faces you freak. Feel free to Strap on the axe and try learning, err, relearning the chords to great songs of the past, you know, like Winds of March which you all wanted to play but couldn't because you couldn't learn the fucking chords.


haha i enjoyed the shooting water at overweight fans part. but how could he not learn or remember winds of march? not exactly a demanding bass line, nor is any journey song

Maybe Ross is forgetting that It wasn't some forum member that brought this up initially but a person actually involved with recording one of their shows.





I am just back from Sweden Rock Festival, one of Europe's biggest hard
rock festivals. At the festival, I was working for Swedish Radio as a
producer for some of the live recordings done for the radio. Normally,
I am a live sound engineer but once a year, I tag along with my old
friends at Swedish Radio to have some fun on this great festival.

The biggest topic of discussion among our crew during the festival was
without doubt the Journey show. Things started off weird in the
afternoon when we realised that not only had they brought their
producer and studio engineer Kevin Elson along to mix the show, he had
also set up his FOH world at the very back of the house, backstage! He
was standing behind our recording truck with his stuff, listening to
the mix through two stage wedges standing on top of his console.

We were recording the show for the radio and the SRF dvd but beside our
48 track Pro Tools recording, we were told by Elson numerous times that
we also needed to record his mix that went to the PA. Fine, an extra
stand alone CD recorder was brought in.

I watched the show from out front and had a great time. The band
sounded excellent. I decided to watch the rest of the show from the
recording truck. Good sound and tv monitors with a feed from the big
screen out front. Even better than watching in your living room. :^) I
went backstage and on the way, I checked out Kevin Elson in action at
the same time.

When I got into the truck, our engineers was making funny faces and
saying things like, "poor guy!" Lead singer Steve Augeri could not sing
at all! No, it's not the old rethoric of calling a singer with a bad
day someone who "can't sing". Steve Augeri was constantly out of tune
and when he tried to reach the high parts, his voice just died in a sad
croak. But didn't it sound good in the PA out front? I went out to
check again. Yes, the vocals sounded terrific. Was I going insane?

I went back into the bus and the engineers started to question my
sanity too as nothing could be done out front to fix this disaster. The
main project manager for our business at the festival showed up and was
as surprised and puzzled as I was when he heard what was coming down
that vocal line to the truck.

After a lot of running back and forth and scratching of heads, one of
the recording engineers plugged in a pair of headphones into the CD
recorder that was recording Elson's house mix. In that mix, the vocals
were perfect. With one headphone on and the other listening to our feed
in the bus it was obvious that something fishy was going on.

We looked at our surveillance camera on stage and noticed a guy sitting
a bit out of place to the left of the drum tech. I went up on stage to
have a look and there was a guy with two digital multitrack recorders,
apparently sending a prerecorded, correct vocal to the house mix but
not to our bus. There were also some prerecorded synth pads and backing
vocals but we got those to the bus.

This raised so many questions and things running in our heads:

* This was not a temporary solution to help a guy having a bad day on
tour. You don't bring that rack with recorders and one extra guy on
tour to have a backup in case the singer gets a cold. Ok, the rack and
the operatot could have been flown in but wouldn't it have been easier
to just cancel the show if the guy was sick?

* Another thing suggesting this was not just a guy with a bad throat
was that in our feed, the "real" live vocal line, Mr. Augeri was not
holding back like he probably should have done if he had a bad throat.
He was launching head first into the performance screaming his lungs
off. If he has a throat problem, it will only get worse by this
behaviour.

* Neal Schon of Journey has said in interviews that Augeri had throat
problems on the last tour, forcing them to use the drummer to sing lead
vocals on some songs. On the last album, Augeri sings half the songs
and the other members sing the rest. "Because it was fun" according to
interviews with band members. Yeah, maybe so but maybe also to help a
singer who can't sing?

* If the singer really is this bad, why not just kick him out?

* The other band members put on a stellar show. How do they feel on the
bus every night knowing they have to substitute their singer with a
tape? How fun can that be?

* How could Kevin Elson think that our recording engineers wouldn't
notice anything? Wouldn't it have been easier to feed the prerecorded
vocals to our bus too, or just deny us to record the band. We get to
record many bands but there are those that refuse too, without giving
any particular reasons. The first time one of our engineers went out to
talk to Elson during the show, Elson had the fixed vocals in his
monitors but he told our guy that "we probably have to take this home
and fix the vocals", as if Augeri had a bad day. Why lie a colleague
right in the face like that? Later, the cd from the FOH mix was
approved for broadcast the next day. No fixing needed because it was
already fixed.

I don't have any strong feelings against spicing up a live show with
some fatter backing vocals or backup things that makes the show better
but substituting the lead vocals? Reverse karaoke? I'm a big Journey
fan and I don't get sad or angry, just very confused.

/Svante

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