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Rock News Story of The Year #10: STEVE PERRY
February 26, 2011
Ex-Journey singer Steve Perry working on new music
A lot of music fans have been wondering what former Journey singer Steve Perry has been up to these days.
A few months ago, there was a false rumor - reported by a British tabloid – that Perry had asked his former bandmates if he could rejoin Journey. Never happened, according to reps for everyone involved.
However, Perry did give an extensive interview to Classic Rock magazine in December, in a profile about the classic Journey album, “Escape.”
In the same session, Perry spoke about some new music he’s been working on. "A little over a year-and-a-half ago,” said Perry, “I felt I could maybe come back to it. I have been writing. I have about 50 songs, in a little over a year. I never thought I'd do it again, but I decided to open up that room and see what I could find."
"Some of it sounds familiar,” he added, “some of it sounds contemporary, some of it you can't put a label on — and I've never been big on labels anyway."
A timeline for the project, and its release, just isn’t in the cards at this time. "I'll be honest,” said Perry, “I don't really know how to do that. But I can definitely smell a solo project on the horizon. I will be recording some music."
If it sees the light of day, the project will mark Perry’s first new album since 1994's "For The Love Of A Strange Medicine."
Journey Journey – Separate Ways (Worlds Apart) (1983)
4 comments:
Wish I could speak with him, have something very important to share to him...
Dare it be said that Steve Perry takes a very long time to recognize and acknowledge some things that the average man understands and relates almost immediately? Just how many years has he been away from JOURNEY? His departure did not just start in 1998. He was 'gone' a long time before that. Check out his interviews. Listen to what he says. He is telling what's on his mind and how he feels. For him to state in recent interviews that he loves his former band mates yet doesn't like them and vice versa is sad. Just another way of saying again that he doesn't want to be with them so quit asking. According to Uncle Joe Benson Steve has plans to record a BEATLES tune... Really? Steve has permission from their conglomeration to go ahead and mention or advertise such but he is not with a recording company? Really? Or is this yet one more way to hold on to fans that have waited year after year only to be disappointed... again? If Steve Perry is really going to share something musically with the public why not just go ahead and do it? When giving interviews there is no need to dangle music he has shared with friends in the faces of fans knowing they most likely will not get to hear it any time soon. When the music is finished and ready to be released the fans will be there. They will wait for the rest of their lives or his and some even after that. Come on Steve... teasing is also known as bullying... Have a heart, talk about your music when you have a release date. Just saying...
I will wait for as long as I can, but hoping its sooner than later, just saying' I Love Steve Perry!
LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE STEVE PERRY I HOPE HE WILL GRACE US AGAIN WITH HIS BEAUTIFUL VOICE. STEVE IS JUST A BEAUTIFUL SOUL!!!!!!! I ADORE HIM HURRY WE MISS YOU SWEETIE LOVE, SISTER GOLDEN HAIR. XOXOXOXOOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOOXOOXXO(=^..^=)
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