Steve Perry was just a small-town boy who grew up in Hanford, California—the only child of Portuguese-American parents. His dad was a singer and co-owned the local radio station, while his mom was his ...
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Steve Perry walking away from Journey in the late 1980s looked, from the outside, like a classic rock‑star burnout story. For years, fans filled in the blanks with rumors about feuds, ego, and money.