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Don wrote:"The tour will be sponsored by the brand new magazine Classic Rock Presents AOR"
Here's their debut issue coming out on the 17th (See MR frontpage).
Don wrote:
Don wrote:Who would ever have thought that Steve Perry would have his name on the front of the premiere issue of a Rock magazine publication in the UK, let alone the mag that is sponsoring the current lineup's upcoming British tour?
The band's sixth member is indeed alive and well.
Michigan Girl wrote:Don wrote:"The tour will be sponsored by the brand new magazine Classic Rock Presents AOR"
Here's their debut issue coming out on the 17th (See MR frontpage).
Steve Perry on ESCAPE The Album That Took Over The World ...left off
the part about the New King?!?!
SF-Dano wrote:Michigan Girl wrote:Don wrote:"The tour will be sponsored by the brand new magazine Classic Rock Presents AOR"
Here's their debut issue coming out on the 17th (See MR frontpage).
Steve Perry on ESCAPE The Album That Took Over The World ...left off
the part about the New King?!?!
Boy that "New King" comment really struck a nerve with you, huh?
M~M~M ...Don wrote:Just listened to Neal and Mick on Planet Rock talking about the tour. Mick was pretty gracious talking about Lou. Schon was his usual self, meaning backhand swipes and what not. Despite all the success they have enjoyed over the last few years, the guy is still either bitter or jealous when ever the conversation turns to Perry.
Why should the fans move on when Neal himself obviously can't?
Arnel might have made Jon a better person but it didn't work with Schon. What an asshole.
Michigan Girl wrote:M~M~M ...Don wrote:Just listened to Neal and Mick on Planet Rock talking about the tour. Mick was pretty gracious talking about Lou. Schon was his usual self, meaning backhand swipes and what not. Despite all the success they have enjoyed over the last few years, the guy is still either bitter or jealous when ever the conversation turns to Perry.
Why should the fans move on when Neal himself obviously can't?
Arnel might have made Jon a better person but it didn't work with Schon. What an asshole.
Neal poisons himself w/his own vile!!
Don wrote:Who would ever have thought that Steve Perry would have his name on the front of the premiere issue of a Rock magazine publication in the UK, let alone the mag that is sponsoring the current lineup's upcoming British tour?
The band's sixth member is indeed alive and well.
Don wrote:Despite all the success they have enjoyed over the last few years, the guy is still either bitter or jealous when ever the conversation turns to Nostrildamus.
Saint John wrote:Don wrote:Despite all the success they have enjoyed over the last few years, the guy is still either bitter or jealous when ever the conversation turns to Nostrildamus.
I don't think a guy stealing 10+ years away from the band that you founded ever goes away ... especially when your patience is rewarded with him singing Journey songs on tour with a gaggle of half-ass musicians (relatively speaking). It's like asking a rape victim why she still holds a grudge against her attacker, even though now she's happily married.
Don wrote:Saint John wrote:Don wrote:Despite all the success they have enjoyed over the last few years, the guy is still either bitter or jealous when ever the conversation turns to Nostrildamus.
I don't think a guy stealing 10+ years away from the band that you founded ever goes away ... especially when your patience is rewarded with him singing Journey songs on tour with a gaggle of half-ass musicians (relatively speaking). It's like asking a rape victim why she still holds a grudge against her attacker, even though now she's happily married.
You know, I get the "Fuck Him" from a few years ago but for a guy who is supposed to be such a tough fuck AND enjoying a renniaisance as far as his career goes, he just comes off as a whiner sometimes (and up to a point, I thought Perry had that market cornered). As this mini-tour's sponsor is promoting the fuck out of the DSB angle, Schon better grow some thicker skin because this won't be the last time he hears Perry's name when it comes to this tour.
I'm gaining a new found respect for Cain everyday just by how well he handles himself compared to Schon. He should have done this interview instead.
Saint John wrote:Don wrote:Saint John wrote:Don wrote:Despite all the success they have enjoyed over the last few years, the guy is still either bitter or jealous when ever the conversation turns to Nostrildamus.
I don't think a guy stealing 10+ years away from the band that you founded ever goes away ... especially when your patience is rewarded with him singing Journey songs on tour with a gaggle of half-ass musicians (relatively speaking). It's like asking a rape victim why she still holds a grudge against her attacker, even though now she's happily married.
You know, I get the "Fuck Him" from a few years ago but for a guy who is supposed to be such a tough fuck AND enjoying a renniaisance as far as his career goes, he just comes off as a whiner sometimes (and up to a point, I thought Perry had that market cornered). As this mini-tour's sponsor is promoting the fuck out of the DSB angle, Schon better grow some thicker skin because this won't be the last time he hears Perry's name when it comes to this tour.
I'm gaining a new found respect for Cain everyday just by how well he handles himself compared to Schon. He should have done this interview instead.
I don't think anyone thinks Schon is the smartest tactical guy in the world, and in these interviews he shoots from the hip. He says what he feels, for better or for worse. I think the time that Neal waited for, and then had to fight over, his band with a guy that didn't even want to be in the band anymore left a lot of scars and bitterness. Somebody tried to sack and bury something he created. That ain't ever going away, man.
Don wrote:Just listened to Neal and Mick on Planet Rock talking about the tour. Mick was pretty gracious talking about Lou. Schon was his usual self, meaning backhand swipes and what not. Despite all the success they have enjoyed over the last few years, the guy is still either bitter or jealous when ever the conversation turns to Perry.
Why should the fans move on when Neal himself obviously can't?
Arnel might have made Jon a better person but it didn't work with Schon. What an asshole.
Jana wrote:Don wrote:Just listened to Neal and Mick on Planet Rock talking about the tour. Mick was pretty gracious talking about Lou. Schon was his usual self, meaning backhand swipes and what not. Despite all the success they have enjoyed over the last few years, the guy is still either bitter or jealous when ever the conversation turns to Perry.
Why should the fans move on when Neal himself obviously can't?
Arnel might have made Jon a better person but it didn't work with Schon. What an asshole.
Lori made Neal a better person. She's gone.
SF-Dano wrote:Controversy draws press. Maybe it is all part of the plan. What do they say..........Bad press is better than no press. I don't know, just a thought. People love controversy. Just look what a couple little off the cuff comments has done for sparking the dialogue here.
Don wrote:Jana wrote:Don wrote:Just listened to Neal and Mick on Planet Rock talking about the tour. Mick was pretty gracious talking about Lou. Schon was his usual self, meaning backhand swipes and what not. Despite all the success they have enjoyed over the last few years, the guy is still either bitter or jealous when ever the conversation turns to Perry.
Why should the fans move on when Neal himself obviously can't?
Arnel might have made Jon a better person but it didn't work with Schon. What an asshole.
Lori made Neal a better person. She's gone.
I understand that speaking honestly is a valuable and good trait to have. I even can go with the pent up emotion that went with his "Fuck Him" from a few years back. Eventually though, it just comes off more as a person with a lot of spite who can no longer appreciate the good things in life. Steve Perry stole ten years from the band, okay whatever. So having a #1 song with Bad English wasn't a positive from that? Having a second life because of the new popularity of a song you wrote together with Perry 29 years ago isn't enough to allow you to even say the man's name in an interview?
At some point it just sounds like hate has stained this man's heart permanently. That's your life Neal and live it as you like, but don't be surprised at the people that are going to hate you right back because of it.
Don wrote:I'll sum that up briefly.
Neal was asked about the three bands being in Europe and Neal mentioned how they had been there the last two years. How he planned for the band to be an international band but someone who won't be named didn't want to tour overseas. The interviewer repeats the "Won't be named part" and Mick sort of comes in right than about Lou and how they had great run together but things came to a head and it was time to move on. Neal is given space to segway to bring things back into a positive light but he talks about learning how the music is the most important thing and no one in the band is irreplacable.
You can say I'm over analyzing this but to me it's clear, he just can't bring himself because of his personal feelings to mention Perry or at least, like Jon is capable of, giving him some props for helping Journey break through in the late 70s/80s.
It's like playing a game with him. If he is shooting from the hip than at least say Steve Perry's name is the target. To act childish and refer to him as he who won't be named should be left to us idiot fans to do, not a professional like him.
This was supposed to be an interview pimping the new tour but Neal for whatever reason let himself get sidetracked and just brough the whole tone down. Like I said, he said he didn't know anything about the tour package thing with Foreigner and Styx until that very moment so maybe that set him off center, I don't know.
Don wrote:I'll sum that up briefly.
Neal was asked about the three bands being in Europe and Neal mentioned how they had been there the last two years. How he planned for the band to be an international band but someone who won't be named didn't want to tour overseas. The interviewer repeats the "Won't be named part" and Mick sort of comes in right than about Lou and how they had great run together but things came ot a head and it was time to move on. Neal is given space to segway to bring things back into a positive light but he talks about learning how the music is the most important thing and no one in the band is irreplacable.
You can say I'm over analyzing this but to me it's clear, he just can't bring himself because of his personal feelings to mention Perry or at least, like Jon is capable of, giving him some props for helping Journey break through in the late 70s/80s.
It's like playing a game with him. If he is shooting from the hip than at least say Steve Perry's name is the target. To act childish and refer to him as he who won't be named should be left to us idiot fans to do, not a professional like him.
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