Steve Perry is a former lead singer and frontman of the rock band Journey during their most successful years from 1977 to 1987, and again from 1995 to 1998. He also had a successful solo career between the mid-1980s and mid-1990s, made sporadic appearances in the 2000s, and returned to music full-time in 2018. Perry left Journey in 1987 to pursue a solo career, but he reunited with the bandmates in the mid-1990s and prepped for an upcoming tour. However, those plans changed after Steve found out he had a hip condition that would require surgery. But, he wanted to try alternative treatments. Perry left Journey for good in 1998 after refusing to undergo the hip surgery necessary to get him back onstage. Perry withdrew from public view and the music industry after leaving the band, and rumors emerged that he was a "recluse with long nails". Perry returned to music full-time in 2018 with the release of his album "Traces".