Steve Perry (musician)

Stephen Ray Perry (born January 22, 1949, in Hanford, California) is an American singer and songwriter best known as the lead vocalist of the rock band Journey.

Post-Journey

Seven years later, in 1994, he released For the Love Of Strange Medicine, his second solo effort. It was mildly successful, partly due to the Strange Medicine world tour (headlined for a short time by Sass Jordan)being cut short.

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1994 - For the Love Of Strange Medicine - Sass Jordan

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Journey reunited in 1996 for Trial by Fire.

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1996 - Trial by Fire

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The album was a success, but a short-lived one. Before the Trial By Fire tour, Perry suffered a hip injury mountain hiking in Hawaii and was unable to perform. He had a degenerative bone condition and would need a hip replacement. Steve was reluctant to jump into surgery and wanted to postpone the tour. Given an ultimatum by his impatient bandmates, Perry opted to leave Journey permanently. The band brought in a new vocalist, Steve Augeri. Tensions remained high at the time between Journey and Steve Perry.

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Since then, news has been rare of the elusive singer. He eventually underwent a successful hip surgery in 1998 to correct the problem he had been diagnosed with two years earlier. He released the Greatest Hits + Five Unreleased compilation later in 1998; the unreleased tracks included the original Alien Project demo as well as selections from the abandoned Against The Wall C.D.

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The band participated in an episode of VH1's Behind The Music in 2001, where Steve made the controversial statement that he "never really felt like part of the band."

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VH1 - Behind The Music - 2001

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Perry has become more involved in motion pictures thanks to a close friendship with movie director Patty Jenkins. Accordingly, in 2003, Perry worked as a musical consultant on the critically acclaimed film Monster.

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Motion pictures - Patty Jenkins - 2003 - Monster

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Perry continues to give annual greetings on his birthday at http://fanasylum.com and occasionally posts new messages to his fans there.

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More recently, Perry surprised fans by appearing at Journey's star ceremony on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on January 21, 2005, after previously stating it was unlikely that he would ever stand with the band again. Perry said on his website that it was a good experience, and that tensions between him and the other band members were reduced, but that his rejoining Journey is not going to happen.

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Hollywood Walk of Fame - January 21 - 2005

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In 2005, Steve Perry produced a solo album for former Ambrosia lead vocalist David Pack, titled The Secret Of Moving On. Perry also provides background vocals for "A Brand New Start", among the many songs he and Pack co-wrote shortly after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.

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Ambrosia - David Pack - September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks

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