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Journey, Cheap Trick & Heart - Resources

• Official Journey Website
• Official Cheap Trick Website
• Official Heart Website

About Journey, Cheap Trick & Heart

Journey originally came together in 1973 in San Francisco, calling themselves the Golden Gate Rhythm Section. The initial members of Journey each had previous experience in bands, including Neal Schon and Greg Rolie who had come from Santana. Over the early part of their career, Journey encountered many struggles from rotating members to having to constantly change their style. They released the albums Journey (1975), Look into the Future (1976) and Next (1977), all of which were essentially commercial flops that failed to sell. But Journey never gave up, and in 1977 they found the sound and style that propelled them into superstardom. The band hired Steve Perry to lend lead vocals to the group and the decision paid immediate dividends as their next album, Infinity (1978), peaked at #21 on the Billboard 200 chart. Infinity marked the first multi-platinum album from Journey, but it certainly was not their last. Journey would go on to release six more platinum selling albums, including the #1 album Escape (1981) that would be the groups most successful as it was certified platinum nine times. Three of the albums tracks, "Don't Stop Believing," "Who's Crying Now" and "Open Arms" each landed in the Top 10.

The original formation of Cheap Trick occurred in Rockford, IL, the hometown of the band's members. The beginning of Cheap Trick can be traced to the band Fuse, which released an album in 1969 that proved to be a flop. Fuse was formed by Rick Nielson and Tom Petersson, and as they grew frustrated by the lack of success they moved to Philadelphia, PA, and changed their name to Sick Man of Europe. But once again, the success they had hoped for eluded them. After a return to Illinois, Nielson and Petersson added Bun E. Carlos as well as Robin Zander to the group, which would become known as Cheap Trick.

After touring with the likes of Santana and AC/DC, Cheap Trick took their material to the studio and recorded their self-titled debut in 1977. While it sold well, the album failed to break through in America. But what Cheap Trick lacked in success in America, it made up for in its incredible popularity in Japan. That popularity led to the recording of At Budokan, a live album recorded at Japan's sold out Budokan Arena. The energy and style were captured and upon its release in America put Cheap Trick on the map. The album reached as high as #4 on the charts and featured the first Top 10 hit from Cheap Trick, "I Want You to Want Me," which peaked at #7. Cheap Trick would go on to release other platinum selling albums, including Dream Police (1979), Lap of Luxury (1988) and The Greatest Hits (1991). They also remain extremely popular in Japan, selling out Cheap Trick tickets every time.

Before ever being known as Heart, the group went by names like The Army and White Heart with origins dating back to 1963. Heart truly came into its own as a band in 1974 when Nancy Wilson joined her sister Ann (who had joined Heart four years earlier) in the group. Living in Canada, Heart began to gain a large following and in 1975 released their debut, Dreamboat Annie, which became a commercial success north of the border. Heart then turned their sights on the US and were able to capture immediate success with Dreamboat Annie, gaining platinum status behind the power of the singles "Crazy On You" and "Magic Man." The next few albums released by Heart also became big sellers, all reaching platinum or multi-platinum status and highlighted by 1977's Little Queen, which featured one of the group's biggest hits, "Barracuda." After the failed albums Private Audition (1982) and Passionworks (1983), many had written off Heart. But in 1985, Heart came back with a vengeance, releasing the self-titled Heart, which quickly became the group's most successful album. It went five times platinum and featured multiple Top 10 hits, including "These Dreams" and "Nothin' At All." The album was the rebirth of Heart and Heart tickets became a hot item once again. With the release of Bad Animals (1987) and Brigade (1990), Heart had by that time released eight platinum selling albums.