Journey "Spaceman" This was Journey's fourth single from the spring of 1977. In less than a year, Steve Perry would join the band forever changing their style and sound. "Spaceman" is the lead track from their third LP "Next" their last progressive album, Journey was fairly popular on FM AOR radio but really wasn't a mainstream band at this point. Much of their output thus far was long instrumental tracks. All vocals were handled by keyboardist Greg Rolie . I've always liked Greg's vocal style, with Santana and with Journey. When Greg departed the band in 1980 after the LP "Departure" it seemed like a major blow to the band's fortunes. Though Journey lost much of their hard rock fans, the new era Journey with Jonathan Cain on keys would prove to be infinitely more popular.