Journey (band)

===1987–1995: Hiatus===
The band went into a hiatus in 1987 following the conclusion of their ''Raised on Radio'' tour. Columbia Records released the ''[[Greatest Hits (Journey album)|Greatest Hits]]'' compilation in November 1988, which became one of the best-selling greatest-hits albums, selling over 15 million copies and continuing to sell half a million to a million copies per year. The compilation spent 750 weeks on the ''Billboard'' album charts until 2008.{{sfn|Daniels|2011|pp=91–93}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=tblTop100 |title=Gold & Platinum – August 3, 2009 |publisher=RIAA |access-date=August 3, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070701162536/http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=tblTop100 |archive-date=July 1, 2007 }}</ref>

While Perry had retreated from the public eye, Schon and Cain spent the rest of 1987 collaborating with artists such as [[Jimmy Barnes]] and [[Michael Bolton]] before teaming up with Cain's ex-Babys bandmates [[John Waite]] and [[Ricky Phillips]] to form the [[Supergroup (music)|supergroup]] [[Bad English]]<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Ship of Dreams |magazine=Spin |date=March 2005 |volume=21 |issue=3 |page=66 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=u2f8puPMUSsC&dq=jonathan+cain+lead+vocals&pg=PA66 |access-date=February 9, 2023 |publisher=SPIN Media LLC |language=en |issn=0886-3032}}</ref> with drummer [[Deen Castronovo]] in 1988, releasing two albums in 1989 and 1991. Steve Smith devoted his time to his jazz bands, [[Vital Information]] and [[Steps Ahead]], and teamed up with Ross Valory and original Journey keyboardist Gregg Rolie to create [[The Storm (American band)|The Storm]] with singer [[Kevin Chalfant]] and guitarist Josh Ramos, along with Herbie Herbert as the band's manager, as he did with Journey with Scott Boorey.{{sfn|Daniels|2011|pp=91–93}}

On November 3, 1991, Schon, Cain, and Perry reunited to perform "Faithfully" and "Lights" at the [[Bill Graham (promoter)|Bill Graham]] tribute concert ''Laughter, Love & Music'' at Golden Gate Park, following the concert promoter's death in a helicopter accident.{{sfn|Daniels|2011|p=95}} In October 1993, Schon, Rolie, Valory, Dunbar, Smith, and Cain reunited and performed at a private dinner for their manager Herbie Herbert at Bimbo's in San Francisco, with Kevin Chalfant on lead vocals.{{sfn|Daniels|2011|p=97}}<ref name="auto2b">{{Cite web|url=https://www.melodicrock.com/articles/interviews/2014/03/12/herbie-herbert-one-mans-journey|title=Herbie Herbert: One Man's Journey|date=March 13, 2014|website=MelodicRock.com|access-date=April 22, 2020|archive-date=April 3, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200403012708/https://www.melodicrock.com/articles/interviews/2014/03/12/herbie-herbert-one-mans-journey|url-status=live}}</ref>

After the breakup of Bad English in 1991, Schon and Castronovo formed the [[glam metal]] band [[Hardline (band)|Hardline]] with brothers [[Johnny Gioeli|Johnny and Joey Gioeli]], releasing only one studio album before his departure. Neal later joined [[Paul Rodgers]] in 1993 for live performances, alongside Deen Castronovo.{{sfn|Daniels|2011|pp=96–97}} In 1994, Steve Perry had released his second solo album ''[[For the Love of Strange Medicine]]'', and toured North America in support of the album, though his voice had changed since the last time he had performed.{{sfn|Daniels|2011|p=98}}