Comments on: Journey – Manchester Apollo

By: kate

kate — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 10:27:47 +0000

Journey is neal.. not steve.. steve is long gone.. journey is still here.. beacues of the guitar god.. journey ends when neal says so…

By: Dan

Dan — Thu, 06 Jul 2006 15:14:35 +0000

I think steve perry was the bad he was fantastic a real voice of rock .He was fantastic although yes steve augeri is a great singer with a fantastic voice and style.I do dissagree %110 when people say that steve perry killed it hes was the voice of journey and always will be

By: Olly

Olly — Wed, 05 Jul 2006 11:47:22 +0000

I was at this gig and thought it was amazing. I had only recently got into Journey and three of us went and thought everything was just top class!! I just want people of a younger generation like myself to see what a rock show is and that was it! Steve Augeri was amazing, the two best band I have seen live have a new lead singer (Journey and Queen + Paul rodgers), which shows they still have an impact! I will be going again when journey come back. (soon according to their website!)

By: Marcel

Marcel — Sat, 01 Jul 2006 20:04:13 +0000

Perry or Augeri.. to me that is like Beatles or Stones.. two entirely different things, every comparison is a nondiscussion, since it’s all about taste.

I can only say that Journey ROCKED the house on June 9th at Arrow Rock Festival, and Augeri was AWESOME!!

I never saw the lads with Perry, which is sad, but the concerts I collected of Journey with Perry on vocals sound just as good to me.

As for me.. I am the die-hard fan.. I like their work with Rolie on vocals, with Perry and with Augeri. *grins* Maybe with a slight lean towards the Perry era. (oh and in case you wonder.. Stones!!!)

By: joe

joe — Fri, 23 Jun 2006 23:46:06 +0000

to scott,june 2006

you are an idiot and don,t know crap about bands,there wouldn,t even have been a journey if it hadn,t been for steve perry,you idiot,he carried that band and as a matter of fact,steve perry WAS journey.please don,t give any more of your stupid opinions

By: Tim Hall

Tim Hall — Wed, 14 Jun 2006 22:32:47 +0000

Iron Maiden have never had that much radio airplay; during the 80s daytime radio was wall-to-wall Duran Duran and Culture Club; Iron Maiden built up their fanbase by touring, not radio play. You’re probably partly right though, in that some people hated them just because they were popular. Even more people hated Def Leppard, because they considered that they’d sold out to America. At the end of the day, Iron Maiden and Def Leppard were the only real world-class bands to come out of the NWOBHM scene. Other bands (like Diamond Head and even Venom) were hugely influential, but never themselves achieved worldwide success. And Venom were still crap.

I’ve never particularly hated Iron Midden, I’m just not a big fan. I lost interested in them because I thought Bruce Dickenson was a bit too much of a jerk on stage (he was just as bad with his previous band, Samson). I find them a bit formulaic; they seemed to produce “Number of the Beast” over and over again.

By: T.J. Swoboda

T.J. Swoboda — Tue, 13 Jun 2006 23:26:09 +0000

As far as Yanks being turned off by Journey from radio overkill and Brits being more receptive goes, I wanted to say that I think that’s a solid analysis. As to *why* I agree with it, I may be venturing onto thin ice…

I’ve thought for a long time that the reverse is true of Iron Maiden. IIRC you liked their first album but nothing since, and there were other English posters to the old Rocknet forum who gagged at the mention of Maiden. I’ve long hypothesized that maybe you’d at least dislike them less if U.K. radio hadn’t been beating you over the head with the latest Iron Maiden single for the last 26 years. Maybe that’s an exageration (I’ve never heard U.K. radio, but as an arrogant Yank I know everything of course ), but my understanding is that since “Running Free,” every Iron Maiden album has produced Top 10 singles in the U.K.

Do you think that any of your Iron Maiden hatred can be chalked up to being sick to death of them, or would you hate the music regardless? I know there’s some music that I’m just sick of, and other bands that I knew sucked from hearing the first note.

–T.J.

By: Tim Hall

Tim Hall — Tue, 13 Jun 2006 19:08:24 +0000

You’re getting your own back for what I said about Clapton

I’m not familiar with Journey’s early work before Steve Perry joined. Earliest Journey album I’ve got is “Infinity”, the first with Perry.

REO I’ve mentioned on this blog before; I’ve never rated them and find Kevin Cronin’s voice irritating – too much of a crooner for my tastes.

Styx are on tour with Deep Purple next year, which I’m tempted by. They started out a bit generic, then became a bit too lightweight later on, but they did hit a golden period in the middle, up to and including “Paradise Theater”.

By: Scott

Scott — Tue, 13 Jun 2006 15:39:17 +0000

Journey. Eh. Steve Perry is what killed that band, in my opinion. Neal Schon was amazing, though. Power chords and shrieking — even nicely done — just never did it for me. Chalk up REO in the same camp. Styx, too, although I have a soft spot for their Genesis-lite schtick, especially theatrically.