#Steve perry journey full

'And I get the feeling, when I'm trying to talk to him, that he thinks that I just want something. I am a true friend of his, whether he knows it or not,' Neal continued. 'Somehow, things always get twisted to where I'm trying to take advantage of somebody, and it's really not the issue at all. I was all behind him to do that - not for my own benefit for him and for the fans. He's been not out there for such a long time, I was happy to see him put out a solo record, and signs said he was gonna get back in it. I thought for sure there was hope he would be out there singing, and I was excited for him. Asked why he thought Perry hadn't made any live appearances in support of his latest solo album, 2018's 'Traces', he responded: 'I am as clueless as you are. Schon previously discussed his relationship with Perry during a June 2020 appearance on 'The Eddie Trunk Podcast'. He also appeared with JOURNEY when they received a star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame in 2005. He later rejoined his bandmates for a brief performance in 1991 to honor late concert promoter Bill Graham.

#Steve perry journey full

Perry's final full concert with JOURNEY took place in early 1987.

The iconic singer appeared onstage with his former bandmates as they each gave speeches, but did not perform with the group later in the event. Perry reunited with JOURNEY for the first time in years as they were inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame in April 2017. And I'll leave the rest to the imagination.' They had all this kind of stuff going on.' And I was the only one that wasn't a part of a private bank. Why would he not know about that?' And I would think, 'Oh, they had private banks. So now, after all these years, everybody's going, like, 'Hey, wait a minute.' And I'm, like, thinking to myself, 'How come nobody else knew about it? How come your attorney didn't know about it? Your attorney is a smart guy. And so we stuck to our guns and we got the trademark - we ended up getting full trademark of everything. It's not gonna happen.' Nobody's got anything on anybody. This could get really hairy here.' And she goes, 'Forget about it. I got threatened by everybody under the sun that they were gonna sue me. 'I don't know if you've seen… Every store I go in - it doesn't matter where I'm in in the world I could be in the Caribbean or wherever - there's JOURNEY stuff, massive amounts of JOURNEY swag all over the place,' he continued. It's really crazy but my wife and I diligently investigated our trademark for the last five years - trademark of our merchandise - after being lied to for many, many years from everybody that we were paying that worked for us and made us believe that it was trademarked and it was never trademarked. And looking forward to moving forward with him like that, just as a friend.'Īsked what led to him reconnecting with Perry after not speaking to him directly for several years, Schon said: 'Well, to be honest, it was about the trademark that I've attained. It definitely was nothing about music at all it was just basically catching up - some things about business, some things about 'how're you doing in your life,' just general friendship stuff. And we were talking about many different things. It was the first time that I talked to him on the phone in a long time where I didn't have to go through his attorney. We started talking again, and we had a good conversation. He said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): 'He likes to keep everything very private and he probably doesn't like that I even talk about it he's probably gonna be pissed that I even mentioned it. During an appearance on this past Monday's (July 11) episode of SiriusXM's 'Trunk Nation With Eddie Trunk', JOURNEY guitarist Neal Schon spoke in more detail about his renewed friendship with the band's former singer, Steve Perry.