Raised On Journey

It's easy to look back now and say sure, Journey is one of the biggest bands of all time but that really only came with the recent pop culture success of "Don't Stop Believin'." I mean, don't get me wrong, Journey was big back in the 80s as well but they were never really respected by anyone other than the fans. I think time has changed that. At some point in the mid decade, a lot of bands began to crop up with that Journey sound and after the split, the band members themselves never did much to distance themselves from their signature sound, or more to the point, emulating Steve Perry's vocals.

Giuffria sounded SO much like Journey that most thought it WAS Journey when this single hit in 1983.

 

Though they were never commercially successful, Strangeways has attained something of a legendary status in cult AOR circles, thanks in large part to Terry Brock's soaring vocals.

 

Tall Stories singer Steve Augeri had nailed the Perry mannerisms so perfectly, Journey hired him in the late 90s to sing for the band.

 

After Journey split, the band without Steve Perry (Schon, Cain, Jackson) would go on to record two albums with different singers. The first was Jimmy Barnes, who had a more soulful edge.

 

The second was the more traditional rock singer Michael Bolton. Yes, rock singer. Now of course, he is an adult contemporary crooner but in the late 70s and early 80s was known for big bombastic arena rock.

 

Jonathan Cain reunited with his old mate from The Babys, John Waite, when Cain and Schon hired him for Bad English.

 

Though his stint in Journey was short lived, Jeff Scott Soto never tried to be Steve Perry and this brought the band a unique sound.

 

Finally, here's how Journey found their latest singer, Arnel Pineda...as a singer in a cover band.