Former
Journey frontman
Steve Perry is going to be recording new music soon, but it
won’t be with his old bandmates. The singer says he’s working on
a solo album, but it’s been a challenging process since he’s been
out of the music business for so long.
Perry
tells the Associated
Press that
he’s recorded three cover songs and played them for a few close
friends. One is a Beatles tune, but he wouldn’t offer any clue as
to which one, nor would he hint at what the other two covers are. The
famously bashful singer went on to further crush any roseate thoughts
of Journey reuniting.
“We
have severely, emotionally gone our separate ways,” he said. Perry
did the interview to promote Tuesday’s release (Nov. 1st) of
Journey’s "Greatest Hits Vol. 2" and the remastered version of
his 1984 solo album "Street Talk".
While
all but a nail or two has been put in the reunion tour coffin, the
band’s music lives on through radio and television. Recently ‘Don’t
Stop Believin” was used on ‘Glee.’ “It’s very shocking
because now I’m getting it for seven, eight, nine 10-year-olds
coming up to me, and they love that song and they’ve made it their
song,” Perry said. “It’s just amazing to me.”
Perry
admits he’s been asked to appear on the hit Fox show as well as
‘American Idol,’ but says it’s doubtful he’d ever appear on
them, saying that he is not a “front-camera guy.”
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