Fascinating interview with Journey's manager...

[blake1]

The Moral that I got out of this story is that no matter how much success you have, don't go crazy with your $$$ cause someone could bail. Steve Perry decided not to tour during their prime and ended up putting a couple of those other guys (Not- Steve Smith) in financial trouble. After that, Perry had full control.
What a jerk off !!! But, that's what we're dealing with in the music business.

[PocketPlayer]

Ahh, the music biz...This story reminded me of a tale I heard about a member of the Doobie Brothers...way after their hey day, he was working in a supermarket, packing shelves on the late shift and he hears "Minute by Minute" come over the muzak. He puts down the crap he was stocking, walks out the back door, gets in his car and just drive off all night.

That which we see on the big screen or hear on the radio is usually the fantasy we all want to believe.

[FuseU1]

"That which we see on the big screen or hear on the radio is usually the fantasy we all want to believe."

U r SO right about that, Pocket m' man.

One doesnt hav to look very far to see some of the awful truth about the biz [Billy Joel & Springsteen's ordeals, to scratch the surface].

I've even endured/lived thru/survived a few of these scenarios myself...what is the saying - "live & learn?!"...but not w/out a price [partial sanity, for one; as in, resentment [img]graemlins/grrr.gif[/img] , & a few regrets; NTM time wasted] =( [img]redface.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/thinking.gif[/img] ....
& some of u guys were wondering what was really wrong w me [img]wink.gif[/img]

<font color="#a62a2a" size="1">[ January 16, 2004 05:38 PM: Message edited by: FuseU1 ]</font>

[halloween]

Great article, what gets me is these guys are out there busting their ass and Perry still gets paid while sitting on his. I don't know how that deal was made but hopefully Perry will get his in the end.......... Ya know, Karma

Perry is a supreme bastard

[jonthibault]

The best rock band. Ever.

[PocketPlayer]

Had to post this...I got home late from work last night, caught the Journey thread...read all of it...hit the sack...went to NAMM...and.......

Ran into Neil Schon first thing in the morning, not more than five minutes after walking through the door!

A Twilight Zone moment for sure! Very cool guy. In fact, w/o doing the name dropping thing, everyone was on the high positive today. Good time!