In the most recent issue of Classic Rock Magazine Journey guitarist Neal Schon reveals that he doesn’t know why former singer Steve Perry won’t take his calls and admits the band considered hiring Michael Bolton as their new frontman after Perry’s 1987 departure. He says: “The last time I spoke to Steve face-to-face was when we did the Hollywood Walk of Fame eight years ago. It was good but there were so many reporters around, it had to be. To this day I don’t understand why we can’t just pick up the phone and talk.” Bolton’s name came up because Schon had previously recorded a track with the singer. “Michael was a little eccentric,” he reflects. “I played the solo in his version of ‘Sittin’ On the Dock of the Bay,’ and Bolton made me re-do my solo about 200 times. We thought about him for a second. Michael definitely had pipes – he was pretty bionic when I worked with him. But even then there was a lot of personality clashing. I didn’t feel we would get too far, that’s all I can tell you.”