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Remember... all I’m offering is the truth. Nothing more... Hallowed PDF-Magazine 126 127 Hallowed PDF-Magazine Design: Caj Källmalm Design: Caj Källmalm Interview made on May 11th • Article written from May 11th to February 10th Photos: Press and promotional photos • Written and researched by Caj Källmalm In 1973 a support Quote-sources and credits specified within the text. rhythm act was Other sources and credits are specified on the last page. started in San Francisco. But the band soon developed in to a bluesy rock band playing fusion oriented hard rock before ultimately becoming some- thing more. Much more. This is:

wood Walk of Fame for the band they and their label decided that and their 80’s hit Don’t Stop Beli- What a journey it has been. Loo- Journey should sell more evin’ suddently had a huge suc- king back it all seems to planned and a new vocalist entered the cess all around the world, almost with this band. The name, the band. Success was immediate. 30 year from when it was origi- late sleeper the 62 years-old. to do something on their own songs, the albums they’ve done - The fourth stayed on the nally released. With another new Ross Valory begun his profes- and therefore started a rhytmh but as we all know you can’t plan charts for two straight years, the vocalist completing the journey sional carrer in Frumious Ban- act together in 1973. Along with life. You take life as it comes and following were even better with Journey has taken until today - dersnatch in the late 60’s, a psy- former Santana manager Herbie led themselves The Golden Gate the journey that life is with the top ten album charts, top ten this is wehere it begins for us... chadelic rock band that released Herbert they put together a band Rhythm Section, which was the challanges and opportunities. single charts and millions of sold only one self produced EP which in to which Ross Valory also joi- official beginning of Journey. When these guys started to copies. But success is hard thing eventually resulted in him and ned after his journey with Steve - Journey was actually formed play music they were young, ho- to live with, in 1988 the band As Journey takes a break bet- three other of the five-man band Miller had ended. Here he was in early 1972 and I was one of the peful and inexperienced - ready split up and officially disbanded weenPrologue their South American tour to end up in The reunited with guitarist George founding members with Herbie to approach life. Then, collec- in 1989. And for a long time it and European tour, Hallowed Band where Ross stayed for a Tickner from Frumious Banders- Herbert, and Greg ted from where they had come looked as if it was all over. gets the oppurtunity to speak to few years in between Steve Mil- natch and completing the quin- Rolie, Valory tells. Herbie, our in 1973 they started a band that It wasn’t. one of the biggest rock bands on lers bluesband and the rock band tet was drummer , managing partner, suggested we they chose to call TheJourney Golden In 1995 Journey reunited and re- this planet. it later became. who was also engaged in the should check out the concept of Gate Rhythm Section. Time went leased a hugely successful album I call the bass player, Ross Valo- Meanwhile, in another part of punk rock band . To- a local rhythm section – having by and a lot happend. The name before their star vocalist left the ry, at ten in the morning Califor- San Fransisco Neal Schon and gether they had the goal to be a known Greg and Neal from the changed to Journey and the ad- band. A new face was introdu- nian time (seven in the afternoon had previously play- support act that could get around Santana experience and get to- venture started for real. In 1975 ced and the reward for their long in Sweden). He has just awaken ed together with Mexican Ame- on their music and without thin- gether with , the the first album was released, then work came in the new millenium. and is gasping tiredly as he spe- rican guitarist . king of further success than in other original guitarist. In the came another and another before A star appeared on the Holly- aks in the beginning, obviously a Now they decided they wanted the immidiate local area they cal- early 70’s many artists and bands >>

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The reason for my conversation with2011 Ross is of course the release of a new Journey album and as one of the biggest bands on earth with more than 80 million sold albums and uncounted numbers of sold singles they are obviosly a band with high expectations. Since 2008 they have a new vocalist in the band and though he sung on the last Journey al- bum, this is the first album that has really been written in mind for the Philippine . The result? Old school! - Very few people today realise that in the beginning Journey re- ally was a hard rock band, Valory explains. But that was before our major success. So people think of us as this band that has done songs like Every Way You Want It and Don’t Stop Believin’ and not by our more fusion oriented rock sound. Hence some people might get a bit surprised by the sound on the new album, but to me this is back to the roots. This is what Journey really is. Journey of today with Arnel Pineda (front left, vocals), (rear drums), Neal Schon (middle, ), (rear right, keyboards) and Ross Valory (front bass) And the reception of the al- bum has been mixed emotions started to realise that if they wan- tion would get a golden ticket to end one of our roadies, called Journey immidiently started to from fans and media. But if this ted to be more than a support act all of their shows. John Villaneuva came up with work on an album and a couple we got these really is what Journey really is - let’s in San Fransisco and if they ever - We couldn’t be called The the name Journey and we just of months later it was ready to be look back on how Journey re- were to become something more Golden Gate Rhythm Section if announced on the radio that this released. To really make it clear awful names sug- ally was. This is the complete than a local band they needed to we wanted to be more than a lo- guy, Toby, had won the contest that this band now was called gested. I mean, some of story of Journey told by the band change their name. cal band, Ross begins, so we held and recieved a golden ticket to all Journey, they called their debut the names were really themselves quoted from dozens Since they had recieved some this radio contest on this radio of our shows. We just didn’t have just that and it was released on of interviews and confirmed by sort of interest in the area with station to get a better name. Ho- the heart to say that we didn’t April 1st 1975 on Columbia Re- stupid and there wasn’t Ross during our interview. their performances they turned wever, when the contest started like any of the suggestions from cords (the oldest in really any of the names to the local radio station KSAN we got this really awful names the listeners and come up with history, dated back to 1888). that was attractive and held a contest on the radio suggested. I mean, some of the a name of our own. Needless to After about a year as The Golden where the person who could fi- names were really stupid and say, I haven’t meet this Toby, but Ross explains how the radio contest Gate1974 Rhythm Section, the band gure out the best new name for there wasn’t really any of the na- I would very much like to meet ’Journey’ wasn’t a huge success, where they got the band name in 1974 went... that were soon to become Journey The Golden Gate Rhythm Sec- mes that were attractive. In the him, Ross laughs. whichAynsley is mainly Dunbar due to the fact

Hallowed PDF-Magazine 130 131 Hallowed PDF-Magazine Design: Caj Källmalm Design: Caj Källmalm Journey Studio albums by Journey - Journey (1975) Other releases by Journey - (1976) - In The Beginning (compilation, 1980) - Next (1977) - Captured (live, 1981) - Infinity (1978) - Frontiers and Beyond (video, 1984) - Evolution (1979) - Star Box (compilation, 1988) - Departure (1980) - Greatest Hits (compilation, 1988) - Dream, After Dream (film soundtrack, 1980) - (compilation, 1991) 3 - Escape (1981) - Time (compilation, 1992) - Frontiers (1983) - Greatest Hits Live (live, 1998) - (1986) - The Journey Continues (compilation 2001) - Trial by Fire (1996) - (compilation, 2001) - Arrival (2001) - (video, 2001) - (EP, 2002) - Greatest Hits 1978-1997 (video, 2003) - Generations (2005) - Live in 1981: The (live, ’05) - Revelation (2008) - Don’t Stop Believin’: The Best of Journey - Eclipse (2011) (compilation, 2009) - Live in (video, 2009)

that Journey played far from Journey a long time ago... Today they commercial music on the album. have less hair and more wrinkles. > Instead, what Journey played in the beginning was a sort of fusion oriented rock that had very little play note for note behind them, the ’s of the world. But Journey suddently saw themsel- came the year after ’Journey’ and vocals and mostly moody, dark and I wouldn’t do it. So they put you know at a certain point with ves immitated by other bands was called ’Look into the Future’. music. At this time, the drummer up with it for about 4 1/2 years Perry, Aynsley only lasted one re- that, due to Journeys lack of ra- An album that contained the two of The Tubes, Prarie Prince had before the told me to get out. So cord really, the ’Infinity’ album. dio-friendly sound - which the singles On a Saturday Night and left the band and been replaced I have a lawsuit against them. It Then we terminated him and other bands didn’t, went on and She Makes Me (Feel Alright) and by - a British was a pretty heavy situation. brought in Steve Smith. had commercial success. The was, as Herbert pointed out’ the drummer that had been playing Dunbar told this to the ma- In other words, long-time manager of Journey, most successful album of the th- alongside Zappa and Bowie be- gazine in the spring of 1982. By was the main reason for Dun- Herbie Herbert described it like ree starters. fore joining Journey. then he had already played with bar leavin the band. But let’s not this a couple of years ago to the Dunbar was always a black for a couple of jump too far ahead. Let’s return AOR website melodicrock.com: sheep within Journey. He was al- years. Soon after he left the band to the ’Journey’ album. - I think the first album in real Recorded during the latter half ways a great drummer and came and has since played with White- time sold like 150,000 and the of1976 1975, Journey released the al- from a background with some of snake, UFO and Ozzy to mention second album sold 250,000 and bum shortly after the year had Neal Schon the best improvisational musi- a few. ’Journey’ featured songs that af- then the third album did 100,000 broke. George Tickner had left cans there is but when he came Journey manager Herbie Her- terwards1975 has become fan-favori- or maybe 150,000. So with that, the band half-way through the to Journey he faced something bert shed some more light on the tes to some extent. One of them, and the thing that people can’t writing process of the album and ver, on the cover the four mem- completely different. After lea- situation when Swedish Melodi- Mystery Mountain, is still toay re- quite keep in perspective, is whe- was never replaced by a new gui- bers stands in a yellow building ving the band in 1978, about four rock.com spoke to him in 2008: garded as a song that somewhat re Journey was in that. All the tarist except on tours. However, as blue figures surroundng a years from joining, he told Mo- - Steve Perry was afraid of Ayn- defines Journey, at least the in other bands in their supposed he did get co-writing credits on crystal ball with the cover in up- dern Drummer Magazine this: sley Dunbar not having a groove, the early years. genre had really come and gone. two songs - which became his sidedown and a greenish colour. - (...) they had been calling me being too white a British drum- One single was released from , Foreigner, Styx, REO all last contribution to Journey. So not all of the psychadelic pie- up ever since I played with Bowie. mer with very minimal exposure the album, the fourth song on those bands had their hits way Beside the two singles, ’Look ces within their universe had dis- I thought what they were doing to soul or R&B and not strong on side A that was called To Play before Journey had theirs. In fact into the Future’ also contained a appeared yet. was interesting but what I didn’t the backbeat. I loved Aynsley, I Some Music. But to call it a hit- some of those hits were from cover-version of a Beatles song On one of the songs, Ross Va- realize was that what they tend to still love Aynsley, great guy, intel- single wouldn’t be completely things borrowed from Journey. called It’s All Too Much. The al- lories wife Diane has writing do is copy themselves. There was lect. You know, talent with an in- true (however, on the second al- And Journey themselves? Well, bum as an album is somewhat credits - for the lyrics in the soft no adlib with them. The tellect, that’s why I worked with bum they had two singles - none it was all about making music to more radio-friendly and not as -smelling Look into solos are note for note just like Steve Miller for so many years. I of them became hits either). be able to get out on the roads jazzy and fusion-oriented and the Future. Ross and Diane was the albums. They wanted me to like the resourceful type people, As the album was released, and play live. The second album progressive as the debut. Howe- married before Journey was even

Hallowed PDF-Magazine 132 133 Hallowed PDF-Magazine Design: Caj Källmalm Design: Caj Källmalm Journey Members of Journey -past Members of Journey - now Gregg Rolie 1973-1980 Vocals (1977) Arnel Pineda (since 2008) Steve Perry (1977-1998) Vocals Guitars (1998-2006) Neal Schon (since 1973) (2006-2007) Bass George Tickner (1973-1975) Guitars Ross Valory (since 1973 except between 1985-1995) (1985-1987) Bass Drums Prairie Prince (1973-1974) Deen Castronovo (since 1998) Aynsley Dunbar 1974-1978) Drums Keyboards Steve Smith (1978-1985 & 1995-1998) Jonathan Cain (since 1980) (1986-1987) Gregg Rolie (1973-1980) Keyboard

looked at each other and I goes, Considering Fleischman and ”Steve Perry. I still have never why Herbert chose to put his mo- heard that fuck, but I have a fee- ney on Steve Perry instead I ask ling about him”. myselft the question how he ever And that’s how Fleishman ended up considering a vocalist came and went, all though Fle- he hadn’t heard at the time. Well, ischman him self say it was ma- the explenation he gave to Melo- nagment complications due to dicRock.com was this: him already being signed to an- - I’d met Steve Perry numerous other manager that was the rea- times, had thought about him nu- son. But what about ’Next’? And merous times. And somewhere how did Herbert find out about along the line I finally got a Steve formed and she has also writ- Steve Perry? To get the answers Perry tape. Then when I finally ten lyrics to Mystery Mountain on those questions we need to did hear him, I listened to him (on ’Journey’) and Wheel In The on the ’’ look into the future... and the for about 60 seconds on tape and Sky (from ’Infinity’). On the last released in 1990 where two songs past. At the same time. I tried to chase him down. couple of albums her talent hasn’ featured Fleischman) but shared Sounds like love at first sight? Aynsley Dunbar been used though but all three of vocals on stage with Rolie, taking Well, what happend to Fleisch- the songs she helped writing are 1977 saw Journey release their the lead roll fronting the band. SteveLet’s return Perry to ’Next’, Journey’s man then? nomena’, ’Dreaming in Tongues’ classic Journey songs today with third1976 album in the same number Herbert told MelodicRock.com third album, an almost 38 minu- In 1979 Fleischman released his and ’Look at the Dream’. a very special tone on them. of years and this would also be the following about Fleischman: te long album with eight songs, first solo album and the album Steve Perry though, came in to However, ’Look into the Fu- the last with Gregg Rolie on lead - We tried him and did a who- including fan favorites like the had guest appearnces by Neal the band and almost immidietly ture’ was the last album before vocals. ’Next’, released in Febru- le tour with him, with Emerson instrumental Nickel and Dime as Schon and Gregg Rolie, as well as put his voice on Journey’s fourth Journey started to change their ary 1977 gave Journey their first Lake and Palmer and even play- well as Spaceman and People. Jimmy Crespo (known from Ae- album, ’Infinity’ from 1978. The musical direction. After touring top 100 album chart position with ed stadium dates. And he was The album was a mixture bet- rosmith) and John McVie (known process of getting him in to the for the album, the band realised number 85 and after their mana- just very difficult to manage. ween their previous two albums from ). He helped band when it all came around that in order to become a better ger Herbie Herbert had shared his And this ended up in Herbert in style and sound. The real writing a few songs for Journey’s was quite easy but for Perry to live act a change was nessessary. opinion about the band needing not giving him an offer for the po- downside with the album was the upcoming releases then he more get to Journey and be the lead The changes that the band did a full time vocalist, especially for sition, and it all went something cover which consisted of a white or less disappeared and only rele- vocalist of a band in the first pla- over the coming albums chan- improving their live performan- like this: background with a band photo in ased a few albums during 20 ye- ce was very difficult. ged everything for this band and ce, Journey ended up with their - I was going to make the deal the middle and ”Journey” writ- ars of time before returning in the made the band the world-wide first full time vocalist Robert Fle- for Robert Fleishman (sic) in the ten in capital letters above and 00’s since when he has released success they ended up as. ischman that never had his voice middle of the Golden Gate Brid- the album title written inside the the albums ’World in Your Eyes’, After struggling for a long time recorded on an album (except for ge with John Villanueva we both O. Not very pretty at all. ’Electric raindrops’, ’Kinetic Phe- with1978 various musicans to get a

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Journey’s scogra Journey’s most - Journey’s most phy in numbers popular albums popular singles Worldwide sales Greatest Hits (1988) +80 000 000 Don’t Stop Believin’ (Escape) Studio albums Escape (1980) 14 (Departure) Live albums Frontiers (1983) 3 Open Arms (Escape) Compilation albums Evolution (1979) 8 Separate Ways / Worlds Apart EPs Infinity (1978) 1 (Frontiers) Singles Departure (1980) 59 Who’s Crying Now (Escape) Video albums Trial By Fire (1996) 7 (Infinity) Music videos 18 Only the Young () Soundtracks 1 (Trial By Fire)

I put the band together, absolutely, man by man. Personally Herbie Herbert, hand-picked each person, and ... it was MY band” the mastermind

band and the band was on the road: I had total - The band was really having authority, problems with him. (It) was con- Perry, though, didn’t get an easy and total au- stantly like the road manager startInfinity getting in to the band. Neal tonomy and would wake the band up, and Schon, one of members that has total control, say ”we gotta get out of the hotel. been in the band since the begin- and nobody Some general, or some sergeant, ning, really didn’t like the fact record deal or a band to front, with me at my house he couldn’t you know at a certain point with minded one or some police officer is looking that Perry replaced Fleischman. Steve Perry had spent all his mo- afford to. I talked to his employer, Perry, Aynsley only lasted one re- fucking bit. for his underage daughter, and In fact he hated it, Herbert told ney and got himself deep into got an ok, told him I’d pay him cord really, the Infinity album. H e r b e r t she’s with Aynsley.” We gotta Matthew Carty: depths and had moved out of the the money he was gonna lose, said this just bust a move in the middle of - When I put Steve Perry in San Francisco city area and star- pay his expenses, he can sleep on in an inter- the night - that happend several the band, Neal Schon was not ted to work on a relatives farm to my couch. He did all that and I Aynsley’Infinity’ became, Dubnar as mentioned view with times, Herbert told Carty. even on speaking terms with me, work of his depths. started workin’ on him and said earlier, the last album with Ayns- Esc4p3 .com - I mean there was all those cause that guy hated (Perry) so Herbie Herbert contacted Per- ok let’s forget the Alien Project. ley Dunbar and the first of the era with Matt- kinds of problems. I loved Ayns- much. He flat out didn’t want ry and offered him a chanse to Let’s talk about Journey. And it that most people know about the hew Carty ley and respected him as a musi- him. I flat out knew that he was get in to Journey. At that time was not an easy negotiation by band. The years where they took that Herbert can. (...) it turned out that Aynsley the guy, and that everything that Perry had just abondomed his any stretch. over the world with hit songs Gregg Rolie did in 2001. would just be the model citizen, Perry brought as a vocalist and as idea about another band after a The Perry conversation then and hit albums that generated Earlier you but the minute I left, there’d be a was exactly what we tragic accident with one of the embarked on the Aynsley Dunbar tours where they sold out arenas read that re- this parade of girls. (...) they were needed. I just knew I was right. members. Herbie Herbert told situation as mentioned above... headlining and topped charts. placing Dunbar was the idea of wearing plattform shoes and ma- This resulted in a crack within MelodicRock.com that his first - He was afraid of Aynsley Steve Perry was Herbie Her- Perry and that Herbert wouldn’t keup so they’d appear older than the band. As Perry sung ”his thought was to sign this band, Dunbar not having a groove, be- berts idea, so was also Steve have replaced him with Smith if fifteen. They’d be lined up out- heart out” with the songs, the but then fate wanted different: ing too white a British drummer Smith that replaced Dunbar on it hadn’t been for Perrys issues side Aynsleys door. band just made fun of him and - It was called Alien Project. with very minimal exposure to the next album and actually the with him. This became the first The final straw came on the mocked him. Herbert told Melo- And I said I’ll do this. I’m gonna soul or R&B and not strong on whole band was the project of but not the last demand of Steve ’Infinity’ tour where the band dicRock.com that: make this happen. And from my the backbeat. I loved Aynsley, I this manager, at least according Perry that resulted in the band played with Montrose and Van - They were fuckin’ just de- first phone call, that very week- still love Aynsley, great guy, intel- to himself. breaking up. Or was it? Well, ac- Halen and the band approached nigrating Steve and just talking end, the bass player in that band lect. You know, talent with an in- - I put the band together, abso- cording to Herbert the problem Herbert and said: stink. (...) Totally giving him shit. died in a car accident which really tellect, that’s why I worked with lutely, man by man. Personally with Dunbar wasn’t soley Per- - ”Herbie, we can’t go on with I mean seriously giving him shit. left Steve Perry very fermished. Steve Miller for so many years. I hand-picked each person, and it rys concerns about him not ha- Aynsley any more, and you’ve Perry, however, kept his head - When I tried to talk him into like the resourceful type people, was, you know, it was MY band ving enough groove - it was also got to take care of it, you’ve got down and struggled on as things coming up and spending a week the Jeff Lynne’s of the world. But - no doubt about it. It was my some of the things he did when to fire him”, Herbert told Carty. eventually started to change. To

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Once again Roy Thomas Ba- - I had this grand plan that I get this position was a huge break der range than Rolie had been ker produced the album and the presented before the ’Infinity’ al- which meant he could do what Following the success of ’Infini- able to. band had even bigger success on bum, Herbert told Matthew Carty he wanted (sing in a band) and ty’,1979 Journey became a household The band got their first hit song the charts this time with a chart- in 2001. I said ”here’s the title of get a steady income without rely- name that was played on the ra- with Wheel in the Sky (peaked at peaking single at 16th on the Bill- all our albums - ’Infinity’, ’Evo- ing on wellfare or employers, as dio and recognised in front of the 57 on the Bilboard single charts board hot 100 in Lovin’, Touchin’, lution’, ’Departure’, ’Captured’, Perry himself told Lisa Robinson general audience. On the album, and 9th in French single charts) Squeezin. The album peaked at ’Escape’, ’Frontiers’ and ’Free- in a radio interview 1984, and he they had worked with Roy Tho- and the album peaked at 21st on 20th and they also released the dom. And here’s our artwork, wasn’t going to give that up easy. mas Baker, a man famous for his the Billboard charts. The album singles Just the Same Way and Too fresh from Kellery/Mouse” and Herbert told Matthew Carty work with bands like Nazareth also generated the single Lights Late which both peaked at the top everything else. that before Perry had come in and Queen (and later Alice Coo- and the duo singles Feeling That 70 on the Bilboard single charts. This is exactly what happend, to the band he’d had some is- per, Yes, Foreigner, , Way and Anytime that normally As of today the album has sold the albums was released in that sues with drugs and such, which Mötley Crüe and were played together when play- triple platinum in the US. order, with those names and Herbert hoped the Journey expe- to mention a few). ed on the radio. with cover art from Kellery and Steve Perry rience could cure. But the crack Baker helped Journey get that The album was followed by Mouse. The only exception is the within the band he couldn’t do somewhat more radio friendly a tour where drummer Aynsley 1980Everything seemed to go the compilation album ’In The Be- The logo, the look on the art- anything about and despite no- sound that didn’t appeal just one Dunbar got sacked and replaced right way for Journey, and as I ginning’, that was released in the work and the sound all had this thing showed on the surface... special kind of audience but the by Steve Smith and he marched mentioned in the beginning, it middle of everything in January style that immidietly was con- - (Perry wasn’t) really commu- mainstream. This was of course straight to the studio with the all somehow seemed so planned. 1980 and featured the best songs nected to Journey. If you saw the nicating to anybody - he was iso- also helped by the much more band to record their fifth album, Like the layout of a grand mas- from the three albums released , wings, colors and the rest lating himself - but we’re functio- articulated voice of Steve Perry, which was called ’Evolution’ and terplan. This is maybe because before Perry joined and Journey of the spacey and Egyptish look th ning and we’re getting it done. who could sing with a much wi- was released on April 5 1979. that’s exactly what it was. started to have big success. there was only one band you

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million records by then. Across ’Infinity’, ’Evolution’, ’Departu- re’ and ’Captured’, you betcha. I said ”here’s the title Look at all those records. I think of all our albums watch him again, watch him ’Infinity’s quadruple platinum, - ’Infinity’, ’Evolu connected it with. As ’Departure’ anymore. So I thought it was best again. That keyboard player got I would imagine ’Evolution’ is, - was released in March 23rd 1980, for all. I wasn’t putting my all into some talent.” I would think ’Departure’s at tion’, ’Departure’, the door stood open and they it anyway. I really wasn’t. And - But it’s so much more im- least triple platinum and the ’Captured’, ’Escape’, marched straight to the Billboard that’s not good. I’d never done portant to surround yourself double album, I know ’Captu- ’Frontiers’ and ’Free charts top ten with the album that. So I just made the choice. I with good people than great ta- red’ is past double platinum. - (peaked at eight) and the first really wanted to start a family. lent. Because the talent does not Herbert was, in other words, dom. And here’s our single, called Anyway You Want it And I’ve got a great one. - and will not ever - overcome be- no big fan of Cain replacing artwork” Herbie Herbert became the signature tune for the So, Rolie had tired of the con- ing a bad person. And the people Rolie, but if Journey were to had a dream band for many years to come, de- stant touring and life on the road. that have such great talent firmly continue someone had to take spite it never reaching the top 20’s He left the band shortly after fin- have the belief that their talent his place. The live album ’Cap- on the Billboard charts (however, ding Journey his replacement, will overcome any of their bad tured’ was the final goodbye it generated Journey’s then hig- a 30 year old who had built his actions. of Gregg Rolie and hence the Valory, Smith and Cain. Together hest chart position by then with a name with his own Jonathan Cain Herbert said this to Matthew only members from the begin- Jonathan Cain they started to work on made the fifth at the Canadian charts). Band and last before Journey - Carty in 2001. To MelodicRock. ning that was left was Schon and album ’Escape’ (or ’E5C4P3’ as . However, manager com a few years later he was so- Valory. Schon, whom Herbert new duo created and wrote songs it say on the cover), where Jour- Herbie Herbert was far from im- mewhat more diplomatic: considered as his own son, his that would become major success ney had three super hit singles in Ironically, ’Departure’ was not pressed by their new keyboard- - Jon Cain was never a Gregg protege, and Valory whom up to and climbed the charts to the top Don’t Stop Believin’, Who’s Crying onlyDeparture the name of the album in player, as he’s said repeadetly: Rolie as a voice but he’s been try- then had been remarkably quiet 20’s several times. Now and Open Arms - all of them 1980 but also the fate of Gregg - Gregg found him. Gregg ing and working at it for frickin’ and anonymous. Cain found a great partnership written by Cain and Perry. - and a Rolie, who left the band shortly pointed him out to me. I just years now. He tries to cover those with Perry in songwriting, but a fourth top 20 charted single with after the release. said ”Gregg, how the fuck will I Gregg Rolie songs and he margi- E5C4P3 huge friendship in Neal Schon. Still They Ride. - I left the band to start a fami- ever replace you? I want to shut nally pulls it off (...) if Jon Cain all Immidietly when Jonathan Cain The two of them has worked to- Success was the name, ’Escape’ ly, Rolie told PopCultureClassics this thing down.” He says ”This of a sudden comes in and it’s the came in to the band Journey gether ever since Cain joined the was released 31st July 1981 and writer Paul Freeman in June 2011. kid that’s in the opening band.” classic lineup, OK, OK, but there blossomed. Here was a guy that band and the line-up that was re- it became a number one charted I hated being on the road. (...) I did I said ”the fucking Babys stink!” was a bed there already a base of could write great melodies and sponisble for the biggest success album in USA and Journey did it for 14 years. I just didn’t like it (Laughs) He’s like ”No, man, sales. They’d already sold 12 - 14 together with Steve Perry the with the band was Perry, Schon, tours in front of tens and tou-

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band recorded the live film ’Fronti- ers and Beyond’, which was recor- ded under the tour that followed Journey’s ’Fronti- Neal Schon from releasing ers’ album as they a second album with Jan toured from the Hammer, this time called west coast to the ’Here to Stay’, ironically, consi- east and included sands of people at each venue. dering that title, the last album live footage from the For the fourth album in a row the leader of the band and the released by the duo. Then the bands show in Phila- (including movie soundtrack al- one that should make the deci- eight album by Journey saw day- delphia, PA, at the JFK stadium bum ’Dream After Dream’ and sions for them. light in the beginning of 1983 and in front of unbelievable 80 000 live album ’Captured’) the band just according to Herbie Herberts screaming fans. standard, as the place hadn’t been more Journey albums until ’Rai- worked with producer Kevin El- plan it was called ’Frontiers’. But this was as high as Jour- used properly for a long time and sed on Radio’ in 1986, where Ross son, this time joined by Mike Sto- 1981’Escape’ was the seventh full- The album cover was dark ney could come. When the band was really falling apart. valory and Steve Smith had been ne, and ’Escape’ is to this day this length studio album from Journey blue and had a mysterious face reached Hollender Stadium in Before the place was torn down sacked, and during the hold up their best selling studio album - and since their debut in 1975 to on it with something that looks Rochester, New York - a soon-to- the band got their show there Steve Perry had taken on a solo always recognized by media and this point they had released one like earphones connected to a be-demolished stadium - on June and ended their tour movie at project that gave him big success fans as well as one of the greatest studio album every year. But they pyramid. fifth 1983, the movie ended and that very stadium. But it was outside the band. His solo album rock albums ever made. had also released one live album Again, the band had Elson and Herbie Herbert defined the show more than the movie that ended ’’ was a big sucess ma- Within the band, though, times and one movie soundtrack album Stone to credit for the production as not just the end of the film but there, according to Herbert: king it to twelfth on the Bilboard were not so good. Neal Schon with ’Dream After Dream’, relea- and once again the album was the definitive end ofJourney . - I mean that was really the charts and hosting two hit singles started to work with TV-series sed in December 1980 (and the a huge success and peaked se- end. That was the end, my friend. in (peaking third) and soundtrack musican compilation ’In the Beginning’ in cond on the Billboard charts (if it (...) And that’s where the movie I four other singles with a sound under the name of Schon and January that year). hadn’t been for Michael Jacksons Herbie Herbert told Matthew guess ended in a freeze frame of quite similar to Journeys. This Hammer and released the album The albums came out in a sen- mega success ’Thriller’ they’d Carty1983 that he himself had made some sort (...) That was the end made Neal Schon very upset, ’’ the same year as sational tempo because when the have had a second number one). sure to get Journey to that exact of that fucking band, right then despite the fact that he himself ’Escape’. band wasn’t releasing albums The album generated four hit stadium because it was the only and there, that very day. had already relesead two albums Steve Perry didn’t like this at they toured and 1982 was the first singles, one making it to the top place in the area that could take that this is outside Journey. all and the more he was celibra- year since 1975 when there wasn’t ten, one peaking twelveth and a band of Journeys size. And the an exaggeration but considering In the VH1 documentary Be- ted as the reason for Journey’s a new album from Journey in the the other two reaching 23rd. only way to do so was to put in what happend afterwards, it’s hind The Music about Journey, success, the more he felt he was stores. However, this didn’t stop On the subsequentual tour the own money to fix it up to decent not hard to agree. There were no Neal Schon meant that the al-

Hallowed PDF-Magazine 142 143 Hallowed PDF-Magazine Design: Caj Källmalm Design: Caj Källmalm Journey bums he had released was so- mething completely different to money for people in Africa. get together it should make a bit Journey - something that would Drummer Steve Smith had hel- of a different group. be wrong to ever use in Journey. ped already back in What Perry mostly meant was But the Steve Perry solo album 1981 but during the mini hiatus management-wise and music- was something that very well of Journey he recorded with three wise. Because the next album could have been Journey, but re- different artists, wouldn’t be called ’Freedom’ as leased under his own name. in 1983, in 1984 and Herbie Herbert had suggested Tony MacAlpine in 1985. back when he did his masterplan. When Steve Perry was in- The title ended up to be ’Rai- The album was released on the Alright Without You - all of them ject paus Perry had started to As the whole band started to fall terviewed by Lisa Robinson in sed on Radio’ and this time the 27th of May 1986 and was called top 20 charted singles. The sa- isolate himself more and more apartSide to projects some extent during the May 1984 he meant that Journey rhytmh section were fired, which ’Raised on Radio’. The sound of les, though, were less than it had from the band and later on it just break, all members ended up in needed a change and it was be- was a collective agreement from the band was more or less the been on previous albums and af- wasn’t possible to keep on wor- doing other things. Schon also cause of this they had set out on Neal Schon, Jonathan Cain and same but there were some ob- ter the band had begun touring king the way they had done in went on releasing albums outside seperate journeys - to grow. Steve Perry that Steve Perry had vious changes which were partly for the album, Steve Perry felt the past. Journey, first with HSAS (Hagar, - I think the band is at a place suggested and pushed for. due to the fact that Perry had he had had enough and left Cain - Perry had his girlfriend with Schon, Aaronson, Shrieve) in where it need to do some changes Smith and Valory left the band taken over the band in many as- and Schon on their own. The duo him and travelled together with 1984, called ’ Through The Fire’ for itself. Some positive, straight feeling betrayed and Cain, Schon pects and produced the album had no other choise than to can- her, which meant that as soon as and later with a collection of fa- changes, I think. I think some of and Perry kept on working with instead of Kevin Elson and Mike cell eveything booked and put the shows were over, he took off mous musicans under the name those will happend to natural os- studio musicans like Randy Jack- Stone. Partly it was because of the the band on hiatus. with her and we were left to deal of ’Hear ’n Aid’, where musi- moses somehow, I think, because son (today perhaps most known departure of Valory and Smith. with everything else - like greet- cans like Ronnie James Dio, Don everyone is out doing their sepa- for his position in the Amedrican However, the album reached ing fans and such, Schon said in , Rob Halford, Yngwie J rate projects and I think whatever Idol jury) and Mike Baird as well fourth on the Bilboard charts de- Before Perry left things had gra- the VH1 documentary Behind Malmsteen and duo we collectively have learned and as some others (among them Ste- spite all of this and generated the duallyHiatus started to get worse and The Music. Adrian Smith and Dave Murray, achieved and grown outside of ve Smith did the drums on three singles , Su- worse for a couple of years. On In the end not even this saved to mention a few, helped raise the band,theoretically when we of the songs). zanne, Girl Can’t Help It and I’ll be the last tour before the side-pro- Perrys broken relationship and

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In the same year Schon also went on to release his first completely solo al- bum, called ’Late Nite’ where many members of Journey also helped Schon, like Gregg Rolie, Jo- nathan Cain, Steve Smith, session mu- sican Randy Jackson vember 1988, just three months and upcoming Jour- up album ’ Eye Of The Storm’ but wasn’t a huge success compared shy of the Japaneese edition cal- ney member Deen the album meet releasing diffi- to the first and his Journey al- led ’Star-Box’ which was more or Castronovo. culties due to their label shifting bums but still made it to fifteenth less the same thing but different. this inspired him to write such The hiatus kept on focus from rock to hip hop and on the Billboard album charts The ’Greatest Hits’ album is songs like I’ll be Alright Without handle it anymore and needed to going for years during which soon after all members went se- with single just Journeys unchallanged greatest You. However, as the band went take his time off. Valory and Smith didn’t know perate ways. The album wasn’t making it to the top 30s. selling album with selling figures out on tour again for ’Raised on Cain and Schon decided not to if they were a part of Journey released until 1996. that is hard for anyone to grasp. Radio’ there was something that sit around and wait but went on or not, but kept doing things Cain and Schon released an- The album has spent over 760 didn’t feel right. Perry left the doing the album ’’ on their own. Smith released other Bad English album in 1991, GreatestIn 1988, as it washits more or less deci- weeks on the Billboard album band without quiting and there together with , Ricky albums with called ’Backlash’ and Schon also ded that Journey wouldn’t do any charts and has to date sold more was great uncertainty about what Phillips and later-to-be Journey in 1988, Richie Kotzen in 1989, did another solo album in 1992 more albums for at least a while, than 15 million copies. Every would happend with the band. drummer Deen Castronovo un- in 1991, Vital In- called ’’ together manager Herbie herbert decided year since its release the album The official reason for Perry lea- der the name of Bad English. formation and Mariah Carey in with Johnny and Joey Gioeli as that it was time to summarize the has sold about 500 000 to one ving all of a sudden was his mot- The album was released in 1991, in 1993 and the Hardline (an album also featur- years with this amazing band and million copies and is still today her getting ill during the ’Raised 1989 and charted well in several Buddy Rich Big Band in 1994. Va- ing upcoming Journey drummer their achievements. Herbie made often high on the year summary on Radio’ recordings and Perry countries, even though the big- lory and Smith also joined forces Deen Castronovo). sure he got controll of putting to- charts, being number six as late wanted to take care of her. After gest success with the band came in The Storm, where Gregg Rolie Perry on the other hand tried gether the ’Greatest Hits’ album. as 2008. It is one of the best selling she passed away while the album from the singles with both Price also played. Their debut album to work on a second solo album, When he did it, Herbies way of albums ever in the US being part was being finalised, Perry never of Love and was released in 1991 and was self but never were able to wrap it up doing things meant no fooling of a very exclusive group that has got a real chance to mourn her making it to the top ten on the titled. Smith left the band soon until 1994, when it was released around, just straight buiseness sold more than 15 million copies. death and whilst in the middle Bilboard charts (fifth and first re- after the debut but Valory and with the name ’For the Love of was the way to it was done. The album featured all signa- of the tour he just felt he couldn’t spectively). Rolie kept on doing the follow- Strange Medicine’. The album The album was released in No- ture songs from Journey and had

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tour, a year after Perrys condition - Well, it (the arthritis) just real- - He hasn’t come forward. You had been noticed, the band slowly ly attacked him. And it has taken know, we tried to get him to come Maiden, Rush, Led Zeppelin, Ae- started to put pressure on him to his hip and swollen it up and the forward with some television and the artwork style people con- rosmith, Marya Roxx and Dream go through with it and have the joints and everything else. talk about the problem and what wanted to be in charge of my own nected to the band. The 15 songs Theater to mention a few. surgery done. After almost two - So that’s really it. He has gone he is going through. Just share musical destiny and development were just what people wanted The album has reached dou- years of waiting and increased for therapy to try to get better. it with everybody, tell the fans playing mainly my own music as both back then and today. It is ble platinum status and peaked pressure, the band couldn’t wait To have surgery would really be what’s up and come out and sing a band leader, or work with mu- one of the so called ”ever green” at third on the Billboard album any longer. They put the final ul- ideal, but I don’t think he’s ready a little bit. Sit on a stool or so- sicians that I felt were exceptional - albums that keeps on selling big charts with top singles When You timatum on Perry - either do the for it to go to that extreme. mething, and tell people what’s and I would grow as an artist in numbers each and every year. Love a Woman and Message of Love surgery or vacant the position. Jonathan Cain then continued going on. We had an opportunity the process of playing with them. both making it to the top 20’s. and said some things that might to all these television programs Journey decided to keep on Journey also released the less explain why the bands patience and he passed on all of them, playing since their come back al- In 1995, after many years of no- successful singles Can’t Tame the Perry felt betrayed and let down. ran out. the American Music Awards and bum had just been released and thing,Reunion Steve Perry decided to call Lion and If He Should Break Your HeLine-up felt that changes having his pt. hip 1 re- - It has been over a year now, everything. It was really sad. We they didn’t want things to end Cain and Schon and told them it Heart, the latter making it to 13th placed in surgery was far from a and he hasn’t gone and got it all wanted to do these things, like that when they’d just got would be a good thing to get back on the Canadian charts. After the group decision, it was something done. And It’s his body and we but we couldn’t. that’s the end of back together. Instead of Perry together. Schon and Cain agreed, album had been released though, that only he could decide about can’t say anything about it. It’s that, and I don’t know what we the 39 years old Steve Auguri but Perry had some conditions all the things that lately had been and as the ultimatum came he frustrating for us, because we are going to do now. joined the band (after previously for the reunion. One was to fire and still was going wrong for the simply wasn’t ready. were sort of left at the alter with singing in and Tall Sto- long time manager Herbie Her- band finally climaxed. Journey It had been two years, the band the dress on. ries) and the band hired Deen bert and hire Irvin Azoff. When was booked for a long tour to ce- felt Perry had got more than suf- - We are just disappointed that The time has shown what they Castronovo to replace renegade Herbert heard about this he de- librate the success with ’Trial by ficient time to go through with it we missed out on some great did.Line-up Drummer changes Steve Smith pt. said2 Smith. Deen Castronovo had got cided himself to leave his project Fire’ but as Perry was on a hike to but as he didn’t - the band follo- opportunities. The album is just this about his decicion to leave to know Cain and Schon during behind and instead Azoff came in get ready for the tour he suddent- wed through their ultimatum and part of it. Just a small part of it. the band to Something Else! re- the Journey hiatus as they played to the band along with returning ly felt pain in his leg and as things in 1998 Steve Perrys position as We could have sold four times porter Nick DeRiso in July 2011: in Bad English together and the Smith and Valory on drums and got sorted out, it turned out Perry vocalist in Journey was no longer the amount of records. It came - When the ’Trial by Fire’ album first person that the band could bass respectively. would need a hip replacement his. At the same time, Steve Smith out, then nothing much happe- came along, I had to take a two- think of when they needed a new 1996 saw Journey return with surgery to get back in form. left the band much because of the ned. We just didn’t want to dis- year hiatus from all of that and drummer. their first album for ten years as Perry needed time to get ready Perry story. appoint the fans. I think, number become a Journey band member Around this era the live album ’Trial by Fire’ was released on Oc- for the procedure. He was far A few months before Perry was one is that we knew there were a once again. It took over my life, ’Greatest Hits Live’ was released tober 22nd. the album was produ- from ready to go through with vacanted Jonathan Cain spoke to lot of our friends waiting for us to 100 percent. After that was over, on March 24th 1998, an album that ced by , famous for the surgery and all tours were Melodicrock.com about the situa- come, and I think that is the most I made a decision that I wanted sold gold and including the most working with band such as Iron post-poned and anxious to do the tion with Perry. disappointing thing. to focus on myself as an artist. I popular songs by the band from

Hallowed PDF-Magazine 148 149 Hallowed PDF-Magazine Design: Caj Källmalm Design: Caj Källmalm Journey always been his voice similarities their first ever Extended play to Perry. The first album with Au- (EP) the following year in ’Red guri was ’Arrival’, an album rele- 13’, which also was the 13th stu- hind The ased in the west on April 3rd 2001 dio release by the band. This was M u s i c ” and featured two songs recorded the first ever Journey release not series. The after the others due to the album to be released on Columbia re- band and leaking out on the Internet after cords, instead the band released management being released in Japan a few it themselves, through newly thought it was months before the US release. started Journey Music, on their a good idea, but website. Soon after the band re- they faced other leased it for retail sales with a wishes from Perry, ’Arrival’ was over 70 minutes nice cover art painted by a Jour- who refused to do the longThe and new was themillenium first Journey ney fan, which had been chosen documentary unless he album for over two decades not after a contest held by the band got final editing rights to to make it to the top 50’s on the on their website where fans Steve Augeri the programme, meaning US charts, peaking at a humble could submit their art. he could cut anything he didn’t 56 (compared to the releases with The EP wasn’t a huge success like from being aired. Perry which all had been much either, not seen to Journey stan- you replace such a characteristic The band decided this was higher on the charts). The album dards at least, but things were voice that had been in the band better than nothing and the do- was also the first since 1977 not to soon about to change... for such a long time, people start cumentary was made. However recieve at least gold status. to look for things to criticise colored or biast it may or may Once again Kevin Shirley pro- the substitute about. The thing ry not seem to the outside audience, duced the album which featured Steve Auguri formaly joined people found and started to cri- as Herbie Herbert claims it was three singles without anyone JourneySteve inAugeri 1998 and the first re- ticise Auguri about was that he their extremely compromised due making it to the singles charts. cording with him was a song the didn’t do the vocals live but used vocalist. to this. Much of Herberts com- To call the album a disaster was band wrote and recorded for the playback. And for a while that ac- ments and opinions were edited no exaggeration, especially when soundtrack of blockbuster mo- tually was true due to an illness, out and what slipped through you also took in mind the tour vie Armageddon, called Remem- though he mostly did the vocals NotArrival long after was fragments of what had been following the album, which was ber Me. The band then went on live too. Journey had decided said, and nothing of real value called both a disgrace and had re- touring with him before the ’Ar- Steve Auguri struggled hea- their peak years, recorded bet- to carry on with their music and Herbert tells Matthew Carty. latively low attendence, despite rival’ album was released and af- vily and had a hard time getting ween 1981 and 1983. It was produ- let Perry go the band got contac- In the documentarry we’re the fact that the band had taken ter that and ’Red 13’ whispers of the approval of the fans, but as a ced by Kevin Shirley, just as their ted by the music channel VH1 introduced to Steve Auguri as to much smaller arenas. negative nature started to circle band Journey got one of the finest latest studio album. This was the who wanted to do a documen- Steve Perry with a perm, and the The band tried to save their re- about him. recognitions you can get when st last album release including Per- tary with the band for their ”Be- reason for chosing Auguri had putation somehow by releasing As probably expected when they on January 21 2004 recei-

Hallowed PDF-Magazine 150 151 Hallowed PDF-Magazine Design: Caj Källmalm Design: Caj Källmalm Journey ved their very own golden star at selling the album properly, Jour- the Hollywood Walk Of Fame. ney gave it away for free most of live shows, which had given him This happend in collaboration the time at their concerts. After the reputation not to do live vo- with the 30th anniversery of the their ’Generations’ tour was over, cals in the first place, now started band and after 30 years of ma- the album was proparly released to become a permanent problem. king music Journey style, it was to retail by Sanctuary records but Steve just couldn’t sing live due well deserved! once again - not surprisingly due to vocal attrition problems and For the first time since the to the give-aways - the album in December 2006 he decided to break-up six years prior the band sold quite poorely compared to leave the band to recover from was reunited with Steve Perry and their Steve Perry releases. his illness. through everything he could find to San Francisco and do an au- album, recorded in Houston 1981 on the occasion most of the other The album peaked at a very On the reminder of the ongoing he decided to call Jonathan Cain dition. Not surprisingly, the guy and called ’Live in Houston 1981 th ex-Journey members also showed humble 170 position on the Bill- tour the band replaced Steve with and have him check out the guy thought it was a prank call and - The Escape Tour’. The album up (making it quite a crowd since board charts and only one single well known AOR-vocalist Jeff that was singing in the videos. didn’t believe he was talking to was released in November 2005 the band had released eight - offi- came from the album. The album Scott Soto. Jeff, however, wasn’t The two met the day after and the actual members of Journey - I (a couple of months after their cial - previous members by then). did best on the Japaneese charts, given a permanent position in looked through the material to- mean, who would? But somehow latest studio album) and was also th th Journey became the 370 music peaking 20 , and for the second the band. Instead, Neal Schon sat gether and then showed what they convinced him and soon af- released on DVD. group or artist to recieve a star time in a row it neither reached himself down by his computer they had found to Ross Valory ter they arranged a flight and visa The band also had the song at the Hollywood Walk of Fame gold or platinum status. and searched through Youtube if and Deen Castronovo who agreed for the Philipine to come and do Any Way You Want It included on (today there are 410), and the 2 The album sounded very good he could find an unknown talent with Neal and Jonathan that this his audition. the Charlie’s Angels official mo- th 275 star in all categories. The ce- according to the critics, better somewhere that could mantle the guy would be a worthy succes- vie soundtrack in 2003. remony was quite big and formal than what the sales foretold, and lead vocalist role in Journey. sor to not only Steve Auguri but After Auguri had left the band, with lots of media attention and for the first time in over 20 years After searching for two full Steve Perry as well. If he could do Except for the three studio relea- Journey started to have more and old freinds and fans showing up. the band had once again hired days Neal was ready to give up, the songs as good as he did it in ses,Other the yearsreleases with Steve Auguri more coverage in media, not only The band continued to tour af- Kevin Elson as the producer on but before he went to bed on the the videos, that is. saw the band release two best-of due to their Walk of fame-star but ter their gold star reception and the album. second day he made a last click The band started to search for albums in Japan and one in the also because popular culture star- after three consequtive years tou- on a video that would turn out to the guy, who turned out to live west. The albums ’The Journey ted to use the band in television ring the band finally parked them- be a changing point in Journeys in the where he was Continues’, ’The Essential Jour- shows and cover the band. selves in the studio to record the SteveAbout a Augeri year after leaves the ’Gene- future career. borned. Amazingly, the band ney’ and ’Open Arms - Greatest In June 2005 Family Guy made twelfth full length studio album, rations’ album, Steve Auguri Stunned by what he had heard found him, called him and explai- Hits’ was released in 2001 (the an episode where Journey’s and fourteenth studio release, would leave the band. What had and seen, Schon checked out ned how they’d found him and first two) and 2004 (the last). The Don’t Stop Believin’ had a central called ’Generations’. Instead of been a problem on some of the more videos and after looking that they wanted him to come band also released their third live part and in 2007 The Sopranos

Hallowed PDF-Magazine 152 153 Hallowed PDF-Magazine Design: Caj Källmalm Design: Caj Källmalm Journey purpose going to America dio albums and was the bands was, as with most people first top ten charted album in landing there. When Pineda over ten years. It is qualified for told the man at the custom platinum status and has sold he was there to audition about one million albums in USA song for Journey it turned a few alone. ’Revelation’ was also re- col- laughs around but as Pi- leased on DVD and featured two lections neda wasn’t joking the man top 20 singles and one non char- these last asked him to prove it by ted single in After All These Years, years it’s AOR- singing Wheel in the Sky to Where Did I Lose Your Love and hard to rock him. Without hesitation, Never Walk Away. keep track song She’s Arnel started to sing the The band had rehired Kevin of them. A Mystery. song by the chorus and Shirley to produce the album and Before this Manilla has before he had came to the when the album was released in revival starting since Pinedas verse the man was convin- their new vocalists home country with Family Guy, introduction ced and let Arnel through. the album rocketed to number Don’t Stop Belivin’ in the band Arnel then did his real one position, their first ever char- wasn’t even close become a big audition in front of, and ted album in the Philippines. to be the best selling part of Journey together with, the band The new interest for the band Journey single and all together. and after five days to- due to their reappearance on tele- rock song collections In 2009, as the gether playing and socia- vision also rocketed attendence at had other Journey songs band visited lising everyone felt they their live shows and the sales of favourised instead of it. Manilla and was had done the right choice older albums. 2008 saw the best But now we can’t get tired taken around the picking him and he was Journey sales in the new mille- of it, it seems. city and also did a Arnel Pineda offered the full time po- nium with old albums and digital - I think it’s an absolute live show that later sition as lead vocalist in downloads helping the new al- blessing, Valory says. Eve- ended up on their Journey, announced offici- bum to sell a total of multi million ryone knows it, it has become third live DVD, ’Live used the same song in the final ally on December 5 2007. number of units for the first time a phenomena. Like an anthem or in Manilla’. The DVD epiosode very clearly. The song In 2006 the band had signed since the 80’s. hymn. It’s absolutely amazing! debuted as number one has also been featured in Scrubs, a long time deal with Wal-Mart But the phenomenon does not on the Billboard video charts major Hollywood films like Bed- which gave the supermarket end there. As Arnel Pineda came and was produced by Kevin time Stories and The Losers and chain exclusive rights on selling Originally a hit song in the 80’s, in to the band it turned out he Shirley as well as Wizard enter- was covered by popular TV-show Journey albums to the American thisDon’t Journey stop anthem believin’ became an had been homeless in his youth, tainment producers John Baruck Glee. The song has also been used market. The first release after sig- absolute cult in the 00’s. Don’t sleeping in a park in his home- With...” shows where they did and Dan Barnett as well as direc- alot in sporting events recently. ning this was the re-issue of their Stop Believin’ roamed the singles town Manilla before making three hours straight through. In tor Eli Tishberg. The DVD was nd Everything started with the star best-of album ’Greatest Hits’ charts around the world in 2008, money singing in clubs and bars 2008 the tour following ’Reve- released on October 2 and fea- and Family Guy feature and after which was released in 2006. This 2009 and 2010. In Sweden, the and competitions. The band de- lation’ is said to have played in tured both new and old material that it completely exploded with was an immidiate and big step song made it to the highest chart cided to roll on the flow and tell more than 35 million US dollars. split on two discs. Journey appearances all over the forward for the band and shortly position ever, reaching 25th (in his story by calling it ”One Man’s After the tours was over, the world, most of them connected to after the re-issue had been relea- 1981 the song didn’t even made Journey - Don’t Stop believin’”. band spent over a year on and off Don’t Stop Believin’. The song rea- sed it had sold better than all of it to the top 40’s). In the UK the Arnel’s story includes how he writing and recording for their EclipseIn May and June 2011, Journey pered at many charts around the their releases with Steve Auguri. song peaked at sixth (in 1981 the became a professional musican next album. For a while they released their latest studio al- world and has been the most di- song only made it to 62nd) and in with bands like Amo, The Zoo stayed in Manilla where Arnel bum and called it ’Eclipse’ (or gitally downloaded song (at least Ireland it made it up to the top and solo as well as the hard ti- Pineda showed the band around ’ECL1P53’). This was the second legally) ever and probably still is. When the band finally released five, peaking fourth. mes quitting school, sleeping on where he had grown up and li- album with Pineda, the fifth with theirRevelation first studio album with Ar- In 2011 the song continued ma- the streets and so on. ved. This visit inspired Journey Deen Castronovo and the fourte- nel Pineda as vocalist on June 3rd keing it to the charts and selling for several songs that would later enth full lenght (sixteenth over- As most people know, America 2008 this was it. The album was millions of downloads. It is the make it to the upcoming album, all) studio album by the band. hasArnel become Pineda somewhat paranoid called ’Revelation’ and included twelfth best selling single in Uni- Between the release of ’Revela- ’Eclipse’, like the first single of ’Eclipse’ was produced by Ke- after 9-11 and extended their al- two discs with one consiting of ted Kingdom ever and has been tion’Pre-Eclipse 2008 and their next album the album City of Hope. vin Shirley with help of Schon ready strict custom service to go 11 completely new songs and a covered many times these last the band traveled around the Journey also got some help and Cain and went straight to th beyond extreme. As Arnel Pine- second with 11 re-recorded clas- five years. The most successful world touring, playing at fes- from Erik Pineda to write one of the 13 position on the Bilboard da, invited by Journey came in sics with Pineda on vocals. single being the one of Glee. tivals and headlining shows. the songs, the ballad To Whom it charts, which was somewhat to the country and went through The album was an immidiate The Don’t Stop Believin’ single They did shows with Foreigner May Concern. Arnel also co-wrote worse than ’Revelation’ in both custom he was asked what his success compared to the last stu- has been featured in so many rock and Styx as well as ”An Evening on that song as well as classic the charts and sales.

Hallowed PDF-Magazine 154 155 Hallowed PDF-Magazine Design: Caj Källmalm Design: Caj Källmalm Journey he got a phone call. official Pineda story in the- sha - Neal had gotten cold feet. He dows. In an interview with BBC wanted to wait. “Let’s talk again breakfast on June 3rd 2011 Schon later this year,” was the word. was asked how he found Pineda Neal, who had exhibited a few and gave his official story, so here nasty personality traits during it is in Neals own words: my visit, was not a guy I was go- - I was looking on Youtube be- ing to pin my hopes on. [...] In cause I was not looking forward the space of a few hours on this to finding a singer in a traditio- day four years ago, I was promi- nal matter, you know like having sed the world – millions, a life I people coming in and flying them never dared dream of for my fa- in from all around the world to mily. And on one man’s whim, it have them audition. And have was jerked right away. them sending in CDs and not The band has chosen not to knowing if they’re live or not be- comment on this, perhaps una- cause a lot of times they fix it pro- ware of it? Or just not willing tools and you don’t know if they to get in to the discussion about can sing or not. So I was looking it. But the story was the same as on Youtube because I knew eve- with Pineda - found on Youtube rything is live there with those singing Journey covers he was little handycams. And I stumbled invited to San Francisco but en- upon, after looking for two days ding up as described above ins- looking through all male singers. tead of the Pineda story. I was looking at all male singers Last summer Hunsicker had in soul and rock and looked th- planned to release his solo de- rough everybody. (...) Then I was but, but funding problems has just ready to give up and I pres�- delayed the album and it’s un- sed this one link that had Arnels certain when his album will hit name on it and it was him sing- the streets. To Tad Dickens at ro- ing a Survivor song and I though anoke.com he said the following ”who is that?”. And I immidietly in january 2008: thought ”that’s the voice” so I - I just have so much respect for follow him back to his site and Neal Schon ... with that in mind, looked through all of his stuff, - I really think it’s back to the bum as possible with as complete articles and just rounding eve- new singer, found homeless in my understanding with hind- like 40 clips and thought ”this roots, Valory tells me on the songs as possible. There’s no use rything up... it was more or less the Philippines. He lived out of sight was that he probably reali- guy is incredible!”. phone. We used to be a hard rock in compromising it only to fit the finished but then someone ope- a car! He barely spoke English! zed that I’m a family man, with a It difficult to know how much band in the beginning and we singles-concept because there’s ned his mouth whom Journey Management thought Neal was baby coming, and rather than say value to put in the words of feel very much as one still. This no point in doing so anymore. hadn’t expected to. The man was crazy, but according to Neal he go ahead and move forward and Hunsicker since he’s probably album has music that we really I don’t really agree with Ross Jeremey Hunsicker. had spent two whole days (!) on hope it sorts itself out ... I think somewhat bitter due to not beco- feel comfortable with palying. here but as he caught me a bit off Jeremey, whom I never had YouTube and was ready to give that Neal said look, this is maybe ming the lead vocalist of Journey I tell Valory that I prefer the guard here I never got around heard of before starting to work up! Never mind the fact that not the best choice for Jeremey, but he says things that makes slower songs rather than the asking him what he really meant with this article, had also auditio- Arnel’s management had put nor the best choice for us.” Schons story just seem made up. more heavy ones but he likes to by this. But Ross himself took ned for the role of Journey lead multiple videos of his as com- Seeming a bit more frustrated And Schon himself has admitted play the heavier more himself. time to develop his argument: vocalist. And he had actually ments on my Frontiers (Fron- at his blog, though, Jeremy just that story just isn’t entirely true, And when I ask him why most - It’s indulgent. We used to been offered the role too. Before tiers being the Journey tribute waiting for the album to get final as he told All Access Magazines of the songs have such long play- do this long songs and then edit Arnel Pineda got it. But... then band Jeremey sung in at the time, mastering and then release his Valerie Nerres in May 2008: ing time and why the total play- them down but now it’s different the offer was taken back. Here’s editors note) videos during that solo debut, an album inspired by - I was very into YouTube (...) I ing time is so long Ross kind of - more hard hitting. Jeremeys own words, which he month - he shouldn’t have been the whole Journey episode. knew that if I was going to hear stunns me. published on his blog on June too hard to find. Jeremey Hunsicker has writ- something that it was absolute- - It’s because the whole three 27th 2011: Jeremey claims the band didn’t ing credits on two songs on the ly live. I looked for a long time. minutes concept is dead. Radio As I was finishing this article in - I thought about this (...) for even know he had been sacked, ’Revelation’ album. I found a couple of interesting is dead. Singles are dead. it’s not theJeremey summer ofHunsicker 2011 after my con- years after. Laying awake at the decision was soley taken by guys. Jeremy Hunsicker, who what it used to be anymore so we versation with Ross, finding and night, every night. Watching the Neal Schon. As he returned from was in a tribute band for Journey try to make such a complete al- reading earlier interviews and creation of the story of Journey’s his audition visit in San Francisco SchonHunsickers vs words Hunsicker really puts the called Frontiers – we were con-

Hallowed PDF-Magazine 156 157 Hallowed PDF-Magazine Design: Caj Källmalm Design: Caj Källmalm Journey sidering him. He actually came doing arena shows as headline (2005), and promoter Michael is something more than most. It’s easy to forget that he wasn’t Jour- as a baby takes to be borned. Va- out, he flew in and we auditio- act with Styx and Foreigner ope- Cohl (2004). not only the hits that has made ney. He wasn’t an original mem- lory sent one last line to all fans ned him. He was very good… ning. Everything has gone and In December 2011, Utlimate them the legends they are. It’s ber, he didn’t make everything on out there before our conversation but he was a bit scary because he looked superb - Journey even Classic Rock nominated Journey everything! From the early days his own and though a great voice ended: was almost too much like Perry. stopped for a show here in Swe- for best song of the year with and the choices and ideas made and performer, he’s not irrepla- - Thanks for your support there He was almost like a duplicate, den. The tour continued until late City of Hope as well as album of then to the iconic songs and le- ceble as I think Arnel Pineda has in Europe! We’ll try to come visit probably the closest of anyone October. the year with ’Eclipse’. In both of gendary status of today and the proven. Most of the songs from you more often than earlier! out there. And what was kind of In October Journey was ho- these categories they ended up choise of Filipino vocalist Arnel the past also have Cain and Schon Fixxxer strange was he also looked like noured by Billboard as ”Legends third as people voted. They were Pineda. It’s just amazing to wath on writing credits, not only Perry him a bit. Of Live”. The Billboard Legend also nominated for tour of the from the outside how they’ve ma- and considering how he sounds Sources Schon then also adds the above Of Live Award honors groups or year along with Foreigner and naged to do everything so well. today compared to Arnel Pineda This article feature many facts mentioned story about him spen- individuals who have made sig- where they ended And it’s not just the music, it’s - Journey has the best vocalist in and information not specified by ding a couple of days searching nificant and lasting contributions up fourth. the commercial aspect as well, the band at the moment. That’s quotes in the text. These comes and finally finding Pineda sing- to live music and the touring developing the big tv-screens at just how it is. from the same interviews but ing Survivor and then looking business, and acknowledges the live shows as well as lights and There is a Journey without Ste- also the following sources: through all his about 40 clips. If recipients’ commitment to the art However, the Journey continu- sound, going ahead with new ve Perry and they are out perfor- http://www.journeymusic.com Schon has fabricated anything of performing live and reaching Somees in 2012. sort More liveof showsending are technology in recording and so ming for us today. Enjoy them, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jour- with the Arnel Pineda story, as fans through the concert expe- planned ahead and things al- on. They’ve always been one step don’t sit around wishing for the ney_(band) Hunsicker suggest, he does it rience. Previous award recipients ways seems to happend around ahead. Even today when they past to return because the only http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jour- without slipping his tongue. include Rush (2010), Ozzy Os- this band. don’t do radio singles because way it does is with a time mach- ney_discography bourne (2009), The Allman Brot- In the 9 months I spent wor- they feel radio is dead. ine... http://www.journey-zone.com/ hers Band (2008), pioneering king with this article getting my A lot of fans miss Steve Perry I hope you have enjoyed www.Youtube.com (various radio Following ’Eclipse, Journey has agent Frank Barsalona (2007), Sir head around things and under- of course, even today almost 15 reading this article. It’s my baby, and television interviews) travelledPost-Eclipse around the world tou- (2006), Cellar Door standing the complexity of this years after his departure. And it’s taken as long to research, wri- http://classicrock.about.com/od/ ring, playing at festivals and Concerts founder Jack Boyle band, I’ve learned that this band that’s understandable, but it’s te and get the whole picture right bandsandartists/p/journey.htm

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