What does steve perry do now

That was my thinking. And that has to be a real let-go. Then I went to Visalia, Calif. And all of the streets were overgrown—nobody goes on those roads. But that is what I did. I just drove around, drove around and reconnected with friends, and I did no music at all. Because I was really letting it go. And I had forgotten. And being an only child, with them all gone, I was grateful that they got to see an amazing dream come true for me. But all that had to happen again—I had to reconnect to the importance of all that.

And because of that, I found the soul in my songwriting again. Perry: That was my back yard. And it certainly was one of those things I saw as a kid, walking in my back yard. Around seven or eight years old, when the divorce happened, I was thrown into a sort of singularity kind of existence, just staring out the back and being captivated by the Blue Jays flying. Flying in the blue sky. That song was like a letter to my father, about being firmly in the moment in my surroundings.

Paste: And now everyone is enjoying local fine-feathered friends during the pandemic. Perry: Oh, the birds are everywhere now. And Yes, I put food out for them. Yes, I do. Because I collect certain things that mean something me at the time.

What are we talking about here? For now, Perry is focusing strictly on his own career, far away from the battles of Journey. Newswire Powered by. Close the menu. Rolling Stone. Log In.

To help keep your account secure, please log-in again. Perry had never married. I saw them lose half of everything multiple times.

Then, in , his friend Patty Jenkins, the director of Wonder Woman , showed him a cut of her TV film about breast cancer. The woman was Kellie Nash, a psychologist who had undergone treatment. Would you send her an email saying that your friend Steve would love to take her out to lunch?

But then I thought: bullshit. He told Patty to send the email, the pair met for dinner and they ended up together for a year and a half. Perry entered the relationship knowing that doctors said Nash would die, sooner rather than later. What did he hope to gain from their brief time together? Though he asked his bandmates to reconsider, they did not. The band found a new singer and the group continues to tour today. While the former lead singer was present during Journey's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction, he has not performed with the band since then.

After parting ways with the band, Steve took a step back from the spotlight and music. I must have gained 50 or 60 pounds. I got a butch haircut. One late night, I was sitting in my room thinking about so many things.