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Livin' Just to Find Emotion: Journey and the Story of American Rock

By (author) David Hamilton Golland, Foreword by Joel Selvin

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""Golland leaves no stone unturned in this fine-grained chronicle of the rock group Journey.... Gollandâ€™s passion and precision make this a pleasure."" -Publishers Weekly, Starred Review ""[Golland] provides an overdue critical take on the groupâ€™s overall sound. He also discusses issues of musical influence versus appropriation. It is rare, and valuable, to find such insight in books like this."" -Library Journal, Starred Review â€œA welcome study of one of rockâ€™s most enduring musical fusions."" - Salon Relive Journeyâ€™s greatest songs and moments with this fiftieth anniversary tribute Since exploding on the scene in the late 1970s, Journey has inspired generations of fans with hit after hit. But hidden under this rock â€˜nâ€™ roll glory is a complex story of ambition, larger-than-life personalities, and clashes. David Hamilton Golland unearths the bandâ€™s true and complete biography, based on over a decade of interviews and thousands of sources. When Steve Perry joined jazz-blues progressive rock band Journey in 1977, they saw a rise to the top, and their 1981 album Escape hit #1. But Perryâ€™s quest for control led to Journeyâ€™s demise. They lost their record contract and much of their audience. After the unlikely comeback of â€œDonâ€™t Stop Believinâ€™â€ in movies, television, and sports stadiums, a new generation discovered Journey. A professional historian, Golland dispels rehashed myths and also shows how race in popular music contributed to their breakout success. As the economy collapsed and as people abandoned the spirit of Woodstock in the late 70s, Journey used the rhythm of soul and Motown to inspire hope in primarily white teenagersâ€™ lives. Decades later, the band and their signature song remain classics, and now, with singer Arnel Pineda, they are again a fixture in major stadiums worldwide.