AUTHORTIME with David Hamilton Golland

Relive Journey’s greatest songs and moments with this fiftieth anniversary tribute.

Since exploding on the scene in the late 1970’s, l Journey has inspired generations of fans with hit after hit.  But hidden under this rock n’ roll glory is a complex story of ambition, larger than life personalities, and clashes. David Hamilton Golland unearths the band’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 Perry’s quest for control led to Journey’s demise.  They lost their record contract and much of their audience.  After the unlikely comeback of “Don’t Stop Believin'” 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 Woodstockin the late 70s, Journey used the rhythm of soul and Motown to inspire hope in primarily white teenagers’ lives.  Decades later, they are again a fixture in major stadiums.

David Hamilton Golland is dean of Humanities and Social Sciences at Monmouth University and founder of The Journey Zone (journey-zone.com), the leading source for all things Journey for over two decades.  He lives in Middletown, NJ.

Learn more about David at davidgolland.com.