Audio: 35th Anniversary Of JOURNEY's 'Infinity' Celebrated On 'In The Studio'

February 22, 2013

North American syndicated rock radio show "In The Studio: The Stories Behind History's Greatest Rock Bands" celebrates the 35th anniversary of "Infinity", the make-or-break fourth album from San Francisco Bay Area rockers JOURNEY.

With "Infinity" came a new singer and songwriter to the mix, Steve Perry, whose natural frontman skills only further mapped the band's road to success. Famed producer Roy Thomas Baker was added to the project, helping turn "Wheel In The Sky", "Lights", "Feeling That Way" and "Anytime" into future FM radio gold. But as co-founder/guitarist Neal Schon explains to "In The Studio" program host Redbeard, things were looking more than dire to that point.

"I think that everybody's feeling at the time was, 'Look it, we're all starving to death,' you know?" Neal said. "And 'it's time we gotta start making a living at this' or I was going to have to get a job selling ladies' shoes or something. We just decided, 'Well, maybe we should look for a singer or something, maybe we need a frontman... We need something else for people to focus on to make this work."

The JOURNEY "Infinity" "In The Studio" interview is available now to stream at InTheStudio.net. It can also be heard using the audio player below.

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