JOURNEY Guitarist Neal Schon On Former Frontman STEVE PERRY - “There’s No Communication At All”
May 10, 2016, 8 years ago
Former Journey frontman Steve Perry remains an enigma to his former bandmates. "There's no communication at all," guitarist Neal Schon, who was in brief contact with Perry via email during 2014, tells Billboard.
"I feel like I've reached out in every humane way I can... just to be friends, like we were. There's no reason not to be. I've tried to get his real phone number instead of talking through his attorney, but he will not give it to me, not even to say hello."
Nevertheless, Journey keyboardist/guitarist Jonathan Cain promises that the door is always open for Perry with the band. "We reach out to him. We've got an open chair for him if he wants to sing a song, whatever he wants. We have said that all along," Cain said. "He chooses to remain aloof and that's fine. Peace with him. We communicate on publishing, synchronization, licensing. It's almost 30 years since Steve's done a gig with us, so we're not holding our breath."
Read the full Journey feature at Billboard.com.
