Former Journey front man Steve Perry hopes to record a new album beginning this year, but says he has no plans to perform live.
In a new interview with Billboard the singer said that he is putting the finishing touches on a new studio at his home in southern California, and he plans to put it to use by recording some of the songs he has saved up. "I'm finishing that room up and I've written a whole bunch of ideas and directions, all over the map, in the last two, three years," Perry stated. "So I plan on getting in the studio at some point and start trying to track these things and see where they go."
Perry's last new studio release was in 1998, and he's in no hurry to release new product, giving no deadline for any new project. "I don't want it to have pressure, because I'll worry about it sucking, and then what am I gonna do?" he said. "I've allowed myself the ability to sketch and write as I go, and I'll do it at my own pace."
Though Perry hopes to eventually release a new album, the 62-year-old vocalist said he is unlikely to tour, citing physical ailments. "I'm no spring chicken," he told Gary Graff. "The same arthritis that ate up my left hip that finally got replaced hasn't stopped there. And touring is a lot of work."
As for his often-strained relationship with the other members of Journey, Perry said it is cordial, if not particularly warm. "We really don't have a lot to say to each other at this point," he conceded. "We have certainly for years now gone our separate ways and we're all living different lives. They've got their singer and they're working and they're happy and everybody's fine."
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