scarab wrote:I think where Herbie gave the band was on the road.
Here is a band in 1980 with 1, yes 1 top 20 hit.
But because of FM radio and touring to death the sold out arenas.
It was pretty gutsy of him to headline on the infinity tour.
I remember an interview saying PErry desperately didnt want to do third leg for the Escape tour.
But caved.
Its amazing when you go to Wikipedia Journey tours how many dates they did and how PErry sounded great til the end of ROR.
And I think as well, we need to realize the era of music. The 1980's were a great time for bands like Journey. FM radio played them all the time. During the mid 90's, we went through the quick grunge scene which all but killed off AOR, and then "new rock" in the vein of bands like Matchbox Twenty or Everclear being played to death on radio. For any 70's/80's bands to have success during that time period, it would have to be something special. Azoff was able to guide the Eagles, successfully, during an era of music where melodic music wasn't popular anymore. I guess my question is, who else was Herbie managing during the 90's that were being played on the radio and hitting it big?