A story about the rock musician went viral after Eddie Van Halen's death this month

As you may have heard, legendary rock guitarist Eddie Van Halen recently passed away.

Following the news of his death, several stories and anecdotes were doing the rounds on social media - including an amusing one about Journey frontman Steve Perry.

The 'Don't Stop Believin'' band went on a joint tour with Van Halen in 1978, and it seems there was a bit of a ruckus backstage one night.

Now, Perry has clarified what actually happened and claims that he didn't actually cry, but he was upset about the incident.

He told Rolling Stone: "I open the door and was about to say, “Hey, guys …” Now, back in these days, guacamole came in a cottage-cheese–like container. The band was having a food fight. Just as I was opening the door, a container of guacamole bumped off the mirror to my left and splashed against my most prized possession, being a small town kid from Fresno. It was my satin tour jacket that had “Journey” on the back of it. Wearing that, I felt like I was finally somebody.

"The guacamole went on my left shoulder and my left arm. I looked down on it and I looked up at them and they sheepishly laughed like, “Oh shit.” I just looked at them and I closed the door and left because I was pissed. I went into the bathroom and I was just pissed. That was my prized jacket. I still loved them, but I couldn’t give them props anymore after that. I wiped my guacamole off my satin jacket."

He added: "There was no crying! I wouldn’t cry over guacamole. It becomes folklore at some point. It becomes silly.”