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Cain. Following an exhaustive tour, Perry left. Jour-
ney dissolved in 1987, and Schon and Cain moved
on to other projects. A farewell recording,Greatest
Hits, was released in 1988. The apparent demise of
Journey proved to be merely a hiatus, however. Re-
united in 1996, Journey began performing again.

Impact Rather than showcasing individual stars,
Journey’s ensemble versatility allowed them to per-
form music across a wide stylistic spectrum, from ro-
mantic ballads to heavy metal. This led to a lack of
distinctive sound for which critics berated them, but
it also fueled their mainstream success.

Further Reading
Romanowski, Patricia, and Holly George-Warren.
The New Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock and Roll.
Rev. ed. New York: Fireside, 1995.
Stuessy, Joe, and Scott Lipscomb.Rock and Roll: Its
Histor y and Stylistic Development. 5th ed. Upper
Saddle River, N.J.: Pearson Prentice Hall, 2006.

Ward, Ed, and Geoffrey Stokes.Rock of Ages: The

Rolling Stone Histor y of Rock & Roll. New York:

Rolling Stone Press, 1986.

Douglas D. Skinner

See also Heavy metal; Music; Music videos; Pop

music.

Joy Luck Club, The

Identification Best-selling debut novel

Author Amy Tan (1952- )

Date Published in 1989

The unexpected popularity of Chinese American Amy Tan’s

debut novel indicated that American readers of the late

1980’s longed for fresh literar y voices, and it continued the

trend toward multiculturalism in the literar y scene of the

decade.

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Journey: From left, Jonathan Cain, Neal Schon, Steve Smith, Steve Perry, and Ross Valory.(Paul Natkin)