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Flying Dutchman · 05-27-2005, 08:44 PM

Steve perry was in my opinion rocks most incredible singer he could do wonders with that voice of his, and journey was most famouse when steve was their lead singer, greg rollie was good but steve was great. I miss his performances, hope I can see him again one day. got to see an REOs speedwagon concert in 84 and a journey concert same year wow I thought i went to heaven.

(RING) American Rock Promoters can I help you?

Yes More journey please

Jrnygrl · 05-27-2005, 10:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Flying Dutchman

Steve perry was in my opinion rocks most incredible singer he could do wonders with that voice of his, and journey was most famouse when steve was their lead singer, greg rollie was good but steve was great. I miss his performances, hope I can see him again one day. got to see an REOs speedwagon concert in 84 and a journey concert same year wow I thought i went to heaven.

(RING) American Rock Promoters can I help you?

Yes More journey please

Hey another Perryera Journey fan. Your right Steve Perry is one of the best rock voices. I loved Gregg and Steve singing together in the beginning and wish Gregg didn't leave Journey.

Your lucky to have seen Journey and Steve Perry perform live, never got the chance. Your right again when you say Journey was at their best when Steve Perry was lead singer. I just wish he would do one last tour, but we know that won't happen.

Are you going to see the current line perform this summer??? Have you heard Neal's current band Soul Sirkus???

Flying Dutchman · 05-27-2005, 11:09 PM

No I have not heard neils new group i do remember i think it was back in 98 or 99 that journey started touring again with a new steve perry sound alike cant remember his name but he did sound alot like perry the only thing was that perrys fans didnt like it so they couldnt pull it off and they didnt do well on the tour, maby we wont get to see perry again but as he once said dont stop believing. and I hope neils new band does better then he did with that steve perry clone.

Steve M. · 05-27-2005, 11:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Flying Dutchman

Steve perry was in my opinion rocks most incredible singer he could do wonders with that voice of his, and journey was most famouse when steve was their lead singer, greg rollie was good but steve was great. I miss his performances, hope I can see him again one day. got to see an REOs speedwagon concert in 84 and a journey concert same year wow I thought i went to heaven.

(RING) American Rock Promoters can I help you?

Yes More journey please

Rock critic Dave Marsh on Gregg Rolie and Steve Perry:

"Rolie may be the singer with the least character in pop history; he outstrips even Paul Anka and Pat Boone as an utter dullard. . . . As of Infinity [Journey's 1978 album] Rolie was replaced as lead singer by Steve Perry, an acetlyene-torch vocalist with a penchant for strident Sam Cooke imitations."

Guess not everyone agrees with ya, huh?

Rock critic Howard Hampton on Journey:

". . .spectacularly insufferable. . . "

You can't please everybody.

TripperFan · 05-28-2005, 12:08 AM

My husband can't stand him, but I really like him. My fav is still Robert Plant, but Perry would probably come in second or third (to Freddie Mercury). Very recognizable!

ABlairican Pie · 05-28-2005, 12:25 AM

Steve Perry is a great pop vocalist, but when I think of rock, I'm getting more of the picture of someone like Axl Rose, Robert Plant, Roger Daltrey, Ian Astbury, Bono, Brian Johnson, etc. Someone with a little more street cred.

It's like Yngwie Malmsteen being a great guitar player, but when you want something downright rocking, you go for Slash and Angus Young. Not virtuosi, but boy can they play honest rock and roll.

Jrnygrl · 05-28-2005, 12:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Steve M.

Rock critic Dave Marsh on Gregg Rolie and Steve Perry:

"Rolie may be the singer with the least character in pop history; he outstrips even Paul Anka and Pat Boone as an utter dullard. . . . As of Infinity [Journey's 1978 album] Rolie was replaced as lead singer by Steve Perry, an acetlyene-torch vocalist with a penchant for strident Sam Cooke imitations."

Guess not everyone agrees with ya, huh?

Rock critic Howard Hampton on Journey:

". . .spectacularly insufferable. . . "

You can't please everybody.

Wow I didn't think Gregg Rolie was that bad. I mean this is the guy who sang with Santana. And this is another reason why they (Journey) will never get into the RRHOF. Oh well like Steve Perry said in an interview, either you like Journey or you don't and that is fine. But you have to at least give Steve Perry credit for saving a band that was on the brink of losing their recording contract and put them on the top during his time with them. If you really think about it, it that hadn't happened would anyone really know who Neal Schon is???? I don't think so. JMO!!!! Oh and by the way Steve Perry does the best Sam Cooke I have ever heard, and that ain't bad company to be in.

Jrnygrl · 05-28-2005, 12:28 AM

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Originally Posted by TripperFan

My husband can't stand him, but I really like him. My fav is still Robert Plant, but Perry would probably come in second or third (to Freddie Mercury). Very recognizable!

Your right Plant and Mercury are great!!! I don't know too many husbands or any guys who will say Steve Perry has a great voice. What is up with that???

TripperFan · 05-28-2005, 12:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Jrnygrl

Your right Plant and Mercury are great!!! I don't know too many husbands or any guys who will say Steve Perry has a great voice. What is up with that???

Jealous bastards!!!!

Don't like the competition and since Freddie was gay and is now dead, and have you seen Plant lately???? - guess they figure there's no competition there!!

Jrnygrl · 05-28-2005, 12:41 AM

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Originally Posted by TripperFan

Jealous bastards!!!!

Don't like the competition and since Freddie was gay and is now dead, and have you seen Plant lately???? - guess they figure there's no competition there!!

ROTFLOL!!!!!!!

Oh so true! What the heck happened to Robert Plant???

Although I still had a crush on Freddie. But your right guys are (were) so jealous of Steve Perry, and he still looks great!!!

TripperFan · 05-28-2005, 12:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Jrnygrl

ROTFLOL!!!!!!!

Oh so true! What the heck happened to Robert Plant???

Although I still had a crush on Freddie. But your right guys are (were) so jealous of Steve Perry, and he still looks great!!!

Yup! Same with Jon Bon Jovi - guys like him, but don't like to admit it cuz he's (STILL) a doll!

Yeah - my husband refers to Plant's looks as, "His deal with the devil is up!"

I thought he was gorgeous when he was younger......especially when going "commando" in those tight jeans and you had floor seats!

(what a perv eh?!)

I know that's why I liked Constantine in Idol this year - he reminded me a bit of a young Plant in looks. Ahhh, the days when guys wore their hair long.....I miss them!

Jrnygrl · 05-28-2005, 01:00 AM

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Originally Posted by TripperFan

Yup! Same with Jon Bon Jovi - guys like him, but don't like to admit it cuz he's (STILL) a doll!

Yeah - my husband refers to Plant's looks as, "His deal with the devil is up!"

I thought he was gorgeous when he was younger......especially when going "commando" in those tight jeans and you had floor seats!

(what a perv eh?!)

I know that's why I liked Constantine in Idol this year - he reminded me a bit of a young Plant in looks. Ahhh, the days when guys wore their hair long.....I miss them!

Oh the rockers that had the hair and went commando!!!!

I think your husband is right, its time for Robert to pay up! LOL!!!

Jrnygrl · 05-28-2005, 02:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Captain ABlairica

Steve Perry is a great pop vocalist, but when I think of rock, I'm getting more of the picture of someone like Axl Rose, Robert Plant, Roger Daltrey, Ian Astbury, Bono, Brian Johnson, etc. Someone with a little more street cred.

It's like Yngwie Malmsteen being a great guitar player, but when you want something downright rocking, you go for Slash and Angus Young. Not virtuosi, but boy can they play honest rock and roll.

Okay you made me pull out all my Journey CD's! LOL!!!

There are a few songs where Steve rocks it! On Escape he rocks on: Lay It Down, Dead or Alive and Keep On Runnin', and on Mother,Father (this song is kind of Queen style rocking). On Frontiers, the whole second half of the album/CD is rock.

Neal said recently in an interview, that the reason he feels that people think of Journey they way they do is because the radio stations only played the pop stuff. If you listen to an entire Journey album/CD they were more than a pop band. Escape is a great example of that. (Never thought I would agree with Neal Schon on anything! LOL)

Okay jumping off the soap box!

Flying Dutchman · 05-28-2005, 09:44 AM

On the statement of robert plant yes he was a great vocalist back in the early 70s ozzy osbourne said of him he was like a breath of fresh air that zeppelin was doing something so different yet so acceptable, and paul stanley of kiss called them blues pumped up on steroids, and here you had 1 of the 3 best axmen that britain had to offer jimmy page the others were eric clapton and jeff beck of course in my opinion neither one of them could touch jimi hendrix but thats another story, I know this guy who immitates other vovalists in his group he is always working because he is pretty damn good and can sound like plant mecury steve tyler the beatles and all the other great rock vocalists too if you close your eyes you think your listening to the actual singers, but of all the rock vocalists he does he does not do steve perry i asked him why and he said steve was very difficult to immitate.

TripperFan · 05-28-2005, 09:57 AM

That reminds me of a story when Clapton and Townsend were at a movie theatre and were discussing Hendrix - their main competition. Apparently both were REALLY jealous of him and its one of the reasons that The Who insisted on going on stage first at one of the concerts around that time (can't remember which - if it Monteray Festival or what), but Townsend did NOT want to have to follow Hendrix. He got the idea of smashing their equipment at the end of their set that day. They walked off figuring they had upstaged Hendrix badly. That was the first day Jimi hauled out the lighter fluid and set his guitar on fire.
I couldn't believe Townsend even put himself in the same class as Clapton and Hendrix (or Page and Beck for that matter).
Another guitarist that's always been hugely underrated was Frampton. Unfortunately his looks took all the attention and mainly from girls who really didn't care how he played. After watching a documentary, and relistened to my Frampton albums and he really was an excellent guitarist in his own right.

I don't think anybody else in the 80s even came close to these guys in talent. I've heard people mention other guitarists from the heavy metal groups and I'm sorry, but most of it is rehashed licks and riffs and they just played louder with more distortion trying to give them impression they were doing more intricate things than they really were.

Sorry for getting a bit off topic there.

I'm afraid the era of truly great rock guitarists and vocalists has passed. I can believe the synthasized crap that's being churned out these days.

05-27-2005, 08:44 PM	#1
Flying Dutchman Member Senior Member Join Date: Sep 16, 2004 Location: New York Posts: 1,266	Steve Perry - Most Incredible Rock Vocalist Ever Steve perry was in my opinion rocks most incredible singer he could do wonders with that voice of his, and journey was most famouse when steve was their lead singer, greg rollie was good but steve was great. I miss his performances, hope I can see him again one day. got to see an REOs speedwagon concert in 84 and a journey concert same year wow I thought i went to heaven. (RING) American Rock Promoters can I help you? Yes More journey please

05-28-2005, 12:08 AM	#5
TripperFan In God's Arms Now Forum Star Join Date: Sep 14, 2003 Location: Heartbreak Ridge Posts: 12,086	My husband can't stand him, but I really like him. My fav is still Robert Plant, but Perry would probably come in second or third (to Freddie Mercury). Very recognizable!
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05-27-2005, 11:09 PM	#3
Flying Dutchman Member Senior Member Join Date: Sep 16, 2004 Location: New York Posts: 1,266	No I have not heard neils new group i do remember i think it was back in 98 or 99 that journey started touring again with a new steve perry sound alike cant remember his name but he did sound alot like perry the only thing was that perrys fans didnt like it so they couldnt pull it off and they didnt do well on the tour, maby we wont get to see perry again but as he once said dont stop believing. and I hope neils new band does better then he did with that steve perry clone.

05-28-2005, 09:44 AM	#14
Flying Dutchman Member Senior Member Join Date: Sep 16, 2004 Location: New York Posts: 1,266	On the statement of robert plant yes he was a great vocalist back in the early 70s ozzy osbourne said of him he was like a breath of fresh air that zeppelin was doing something so different yet so acceptable, and paul stanley of kiss called them blues pumped up on steroids, and here you had 1 of the 3 best axmen that britain had to offer jimmy page the others were eric clapton and jeff beck of course in my opinion neither one of them could touch jimi hendrix but thats another story, I know this guy who immitates other vovalists in his group he is always working because he is pretty damn good and can sound like plant mecury steve tyler the beatles and all the other great rock vocalists too if you close your eyes you think your listening to the actual singers, but of all the rock vocalists he does he does not do steve perry i asked him why and he said steve was very difficult to immitate.

05-28-2005, 09:57 AM	#15
TripperFan In God's Arms Now Forum Star Join Date: Sep 14, 2003 Location: Heartbreak Ridge Posts: 12,086	That reminds me of a story when Clapton and Townsend were at a movie theatre and were discussing Hendrix - their main competition. Apparently both were REALLY jealous of him and its one of the reasons that The Who insisted on going on stage first at one of the concerts around that time (can't remember which - if it Monteray Festival or what), but Townsend did NOT want to have to follow Hendrix. He got the idea of smashing their equipment at the end of their set that day. They walked off figuring they had upstaged Hendrix badly. That was the first day Jimi hauled out the lighter fluid and set his guitar on fire. I couldn't believe Townsend even put himself in the same class as Clapton and Hendrix (or Page and Beck for that matter). Another guitarist that's always been hugely underrated was Frampton. Unfortunately his looks took all the attention and mainly from girls who really didn't care how he played. After watching a documentary, and relistened to my Frampton albums and he really was an excellent guitarist in his own right. I don't think anybody else in the 80s even came close to these guys in talent. I've heard people mention other guitarists from the heavy metal groups and I'm sorry, but most of it is rehashed licks and riffs and they just played louder with more distortion trying to give them impression they were doing more intricate things than they really were. Sorry for getting a bit off topic there. I'm afraid the era of truly great rock guitarists and vocalists has passed. I can believe the synthasized crap that's being churned out these days.