
Perry served as the lead singer at the rock band Journey, where they delivered big commercial hits between 1977 to 1987 and again from 1995 to1998. “I said, ‘Well, where is he?’ He said, ‘I think he’s outside.’ I said, ‘Okay, I’ll come out.’ I walked out and he was there, and he comes up to me… there was something endearing about the way he looked at me. Steve Perry is one of the most loved American singers and songwriters throughout the twenty-first century, and people most recognized him as the lead singer of the rock band Journey.

Harry was there with me and he said, ‘Steve, listen, I don’t know if you know, but Arnel’s running up and down the halls. “There was a gentleman who we recently lost named Harry, part of the management team. Arnel’s been in the band for almost 10 years, I think. I haven’t been in the band for quite some time. The fans, they were so wonderful.”Īsked on why he didn’t perform at the ceremony, Steve replied: I said, ‘I got some things to talk about here,’ and I just sort of did my thing. Essentially there are 4 lead singers in one band which makes Bon Journey a Vocal powerhouse that separates them from most other acts Not only with the incredible talents of lead singer Gary Bickerstaff, who has the range and soul of Steve Perry with the stage swagger of Jon Bon Jovi, but the high harmony and searing guitar of Dan Newman, the.

They had a whole worked-up thing – they had a big teleprompter, and I said, ‘F that.’ I pulled out my piece of paper.

“When I walked out there, that was a real thrill. Steve reached the topic while discussing Journey‘s 2017 Rock Hall induction, saying (via Blabbermouth): During a recent conversation with SiriusXM, classic Journey vocalist Steve Perry talked about the band’s new singer Arnel Pineda, who’s been a member of the fold since 2007.
