bionic wrote:Good points as i said in another post Chalfant was all but in ,then as Kevin told me Perry just reapeared and was back in the band? The thing that always puzzles me of the Trail By Fire period is with the band having rehearsed some in L.A with Perry and the rumours of his vocal changes,how on earth where they going to be able to tour.Lets be honest here they wanted to go out on the road only Perry declined,if they knew there was vocal issues how where they to get around this???
Which leads me to belive the band were desperate to reform,they waited for as long as they could and choose Augeri who by all accounts was not really up to the task ( ended up overdubbing his voice on 2001 dvd

)Still i must admit i miss Augeri in Journey as good as Arnel is

I think the whole thing circa 1995ish was pretty simple. Journey wanted to be a band again, and they were going to do it either with or without Perry. Perry obviously had little interest, so The Storm merges in with Journey. All's going well, except it's underground and not really being publicized. The problem comes when SOMEONE (probably record company) was having cold feet about replacing Perry with Chalfant--or anybody, for that matter. Someone saw the light, and realized that if Perry would record an album and tour, that you could make major money off Journey. Sure, Perry's voice was decreased, but he did survive the FTLOSM tour. I have no doubt that he could have done a Journey tour. Tuned down like the FTLOSM tour, yes, but he could have done it. Get Perry back in, and you turn Journey into something like the Eagles or Rolling Stones. They do an album and tour every 3-4 years, playing BIG venues at about 40 dates, and making a bunch of $$. You don't have to do 70-80 dates every year, which is a sure-fire way to blow out your singer's voice. So, out goes Chalfant (and Rolie and Herbie Herbert), and in comes Perry.
The theory was sound....of course, the actuality was something different. Perry goes limp, band waits and waits, and eventually moves on when virtually all momentum is lost. They were likely at the point of moving on, or accepting that Journey would never exist again. So, for whatever reason (Chalfant declines, band decides to go some other way), in comes Augeri and off we go.