The Storm (American band)
| The Storm | |
|---|---|
| Origin | San Francisco, California |
| Genres | Hard rock |
| Years active | 1990–1993, 1995–1996 |
| Labels | Interscope Records, Music For Nations |
| Associated acts | Journey, 707, The Vu, Two Fires, Steel Breeze, Shooting Star (band), Abraxas Pool, Santana, Frumious Bandersnatch, The Steve Miller Band, Vital Information, Steps Ahead, The RD Crusaders, World Classic Rockers, Michael Bolton, Sy Klopps Blues Band, VTR, No Nation, Le Mans, Elan, Velocity, Hardline, Majic Ship, Foreigner, David Lee Roth, Firefly, Ransom |
| Past members |
Gregg Rolie Kevin Chalfant Ross Valory Steve Smith Josh Ramos Ron Wikso |
The Storm was an American supergroup rock band, formed in the Bay Area of San Francisco during the early 1990s. The band is best known for their first single, the power ballad "I've Got a Lot to Learn About Love", which peaked at #6 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart and at #26 on the Billboard Hot 100.
The band featured three of Journey's former members (two of whom were founding members) – Gregg Rolie (original lead vocalist and keyboardist of Journey) on keyboards and lead & backing vocals, Ross Valory on bass and background vocals, and Steve Smith on drums. Kevin Chalfant, who had a #12 rock chart hit in 1982 as lead vocalist with AOR band 707 , was the lead vocalist, and Josh Ramos (who cited Journey founder and guitarist Neal Schon as a major influence) was the lead guitarist. Ramos had previously replaced Journey guitarist Neal Schon in one of his other, non-Journey groups Hardline. Consequently, The Storm sounds very much like Journey, to fans and critics alike.
Chalfant and Valory had just released an album together on another side-project band called The Vu and were ready for another venture; however, Rolie was the most instrumental in bringing the band together and sending them into a climb of success. He had collaborated on material with Kevin Chalfant and sent the track "Show Me the Way" to producer Beau Hill, who with Jimmy Iovine had just begun Interscope Records as a hard rock/AOR label for Atlantic Records president Doug Morris. Interscope became seriously interested in the project and signed the band, now known as The Storm, in 1990.
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