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Robert Fleischman |
Click HERE for the Jrnydv.Com 2003 Birthday Tribute to Robert Fleischman.
NAME:
Robert Anthony Fleischman
BIRTHDAY:
March 11
HOMETOWN/CURRENT RESIDENCE:
Los Angeles, California
MARITAL STATUS:
Married to Sylvia
CHILDREN:
Austin, b. 1989
CONTRIBUTION TO JOURNEY:
Lead vocal
YEARS WITH JOURNEY:
1977
ALBUMS WITH JOURNEY:
Time (Cubed) (1992) (also wrote some of the material for Infinity [1978] )
SOLO ALBUMS:
Perfect Stranger (1979) |
World in Your Eyes (2002) |
BANDS PRIOR TO JOINING JOURNEY:
Staggerwing, Shatterminx, Asia, and more.
WORK SINCE LEAVING JOURNEY:
Channel, Vinny Vincent (Kiss), Carlos Santana, Geezer Butler (Black Sabbath), Michael Schenker, Ritchie Blackmore, Rusty Anderson (Paul McCartney), Steve Hunter (Peter Gabriel), Steve Vai, Lenny Kravitz. Was staff writer for Almo Irving Music Publishing.
REASON FOR LEAVING JOURNEY:
Professional difficulties with Manager Herbie Herbert; Steve Perry was also already being considered as a replacement.
MISCELLANEOUS NOTES:
Robert Fleischman's brief stint as frontman/lead vocalist occurred during 1977, when the band was transitioning from its fusion roots towards melodic rock.
From MelodicRock.Com:
Born and raised in Los Angeles, California, the hard rock capital of the world, Robert Fleischman has enjoyed tremendous success as a vocalist, songwriter and performer during his career. Robert exploded onto the booming California music scene in the late 1970s when he joined a then-unknown San Francisco band, looking to make the transformation from rock-fusion to a more radio-friendly, commercial rock sound. This band, Journey, would go on to become one of the most successful rock bands in the history of music. Robert wrote and performed with Journey for nine months, but when vocalist Steve Perry was brought in, Journey would never look back, continuing the AOR sound that Fleischman was anyway instrumental in helping the band establish. With the platinum success of Journey's Infinity album on which Robert's songs were prominently featured, the name Robert Fleischman quickly became synonymous with hit songwriting.
Robert signed a deal with Arista Records and recorded a solo album, Perfect Stranger (1979), which included former Journey bandmates Neal Schon and Gregg Rolie. A successful solo tour would follow the release of the album, including shows with Van Halen, Eddie Money, Boston, and Sammy Hagar. In the early 1980s Robert formed the explosive melodic rock band Channel. The band was signed to Epic Records and they released their self-titled debut in 1984 to great critical success. Channel, however, was short lived because of a new opportunity that would soon be calling for Robert. Robert later joined Vinnie Vincent (ex-KISS) and fellow band members Dana Strum and Bobby Rock to record Vinnie Vincent Invasion (Chrysalis) in 1986. The record featured Robert's piercing vocals and Vincent's wicked guitar playing and included the hit single "Boyz Are Gonna Rock".
Over the next decade, Robert would greatly expand his involvement in the music industry. Featured as a staff songwriter for the prestigious Almo Irving Publishing, Robert played an integral part in some of the decade's top hits. Robert would also begin a career as a composer, writing musical score for feature film and television projects until he met music agent and manager Michael S. Robinson while pursuing a film-scoring project. A big fan of Robert's work, both as a composer and a singer/songwriter, the two quickly become friends and began a mission together. This mission was to thrust Robert's long-silenced voice back into the AOR spotlight. World In Your Eyes delivers a dynamic, traditional AOR sound that Robert's fans have come to expect, with an updated edge that propels Robert's songs into the new Millennium. Among the songs "Over My Head" was penned by none other than Canadian hitmaker Bryan Adams.
World In Your Eyes features both as a performer and songwriter The Storm/Two Fires/Hardline guitarist Josh Ramos, as well as Heaven & Earth members Richie Onori on drums and Marvin Sperling on bass plus Edward Roth on keyboards. Production duties, some guitars, keyboards and background vocals have been supplied by Kelly Hansen (Hurricane).
Read the Jrnydv.Com Exclusive interview with Robert Fleischman HERE.
Additional information courtesy Robert Fleischman/Michael Fleischman/Milarus/Steven Lake.
Last Updated 07 December, 2007 (DHG)
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