Wasn’t Steve Perry the drummer on the early stuff and Greg Rolie was the singer?
Kinda. Rolie sang but was mainly keyboards and the drummer was the (fantastic) Aynsley Dunbar. In those days they all sang when it was necessary, but it was much more of a hard rock sound based on instruments.
I was freeping the other night and heard (what I thought was) Journey on TV. Never a big fan, but Steve Perry sounded so good I mentioned it to Mrs. dice. She said, ‘Look at the screen,’ and it was this Asian kid singing, and he was great.
You’re thinking of Genesis, maybe? Phil Collins joined that band as drummer and backing vocalist in 1970 (with occasional lead vocals on some tracks), and became full-time lead singer when Peter Gabriel left in 1975.