Former Journey frontman Steve Perry, 74, has been seen out and about recently in Los Angeles. Here is what the members of Journey during Perry's era are up to now.
The band's most well-remembered lead singer, Steve Perry, was spotted on a walk in Los Angeles earlier this month. The 74-year-old was the frontman and prominent songwriter for the band for 10 years alongside Neal Schon, Gregg Rolie, Ross Valory, Jonathan Cain, Aynsley Dunbar and Steve Smith.
Perry went solo for the first time in 1984 when he released"Street Talk," which sold over 2 million copies and featured the singles"Oh Sherrie" and"Foolish Heart." He was also featured on the 1985 benefit song,"We Are the World." He attempted to reunite with Journey. However, he was caring for his ill mother and couldn't be present for a majority of recording, and the band went on break in 1987 after its"Raised on Radio" tour.
A doctor determined his injury required surgery, but Perry was reluctant to agree to go under the knife. The decision delayed the tour longer than expected, which angered his bandmates. They eventually went on tour without Perry, and he announced his permanent exit from the band. In 2018, Perry released another solo album,"Traces," which performed well, with a deluxe version debuting in 2019. In December 2021, he released a Christmas album,"The Season," and in 2023 he announced he would be singing background on Dolly Parton's new album.
The guitarist also produced two albums with keyboardist Jon Hammer and was a member of the supergroup Bad English. He also has fostered collaborations with Sammy Hagar as part of Hagar Schon Aaronson Shrieve and Paul Rodgers. Schon also plays guitar on Michael Bolton's album,"The Hunger. Gregg Rolie was a founding member of Santana before branching off to join what would become Journey. For the band's first six albums, he was the keyboardist, and he was the lead vocalist for the band's first two albums. Once Perry joined the band, Rolie sang co-lead on a few songs on various albums.
Also in 1998, Rolie was inducted, along with the other members of Santana, into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. He became a two-time Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee in 2017 with Journey. Rolie reunited with Schon in 2018 to perform some charity shows and occasionally joined Journey on stage during its most recent tour.
His 2020 exit came on the heels of a lawsuit involving him and Steve Smith, filed by their Journey bandmates Neal Schon and Jonathan Cain. Schon and Cain claimed Valory and Smith attempted to take over Nightmare Productions to gain control of the Journey trademark. Valory was once married to Diane Oakes, however the marriage ended in a divorced. He later married his current wife, Mary Valory.Steve Smith replaced Aynsley Dubar as the drummer for Journey, joining the band in 1978 and staying on until 1985. His first album with the band was"Evolutions" in 1979, and he left for the first time following 1986's"Raised on the Radio."
In 2017, Smith was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Journey. He performed with Journey during the ceremony.Smith was also named in the lawsuit filed against him and Ross Valory when they allegedly tried to gain control of the Journey trademark. Like Valory, Smith was kicked out of the band at this time. Jonathan Cain was a member of The Babys before he left to join Journey, taking over the position Gregg Rolie held in the band.
Cain wrote a memoir about his experience as a member of Journey in 2018, called"Don't Stop Believin': The Man, the Band, and the Song That Inspired Generations."
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