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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 albums 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 Ross Valory songs, the albums they’ve done - The fourth album 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 Steve Miller 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, Neal Schon 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 Prairie Prince, 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 The Tubes. 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 Gregg Rolie 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 George Tickner, the the first album was released, then work came in the new millenium. and is gasping tiredly as he spe- rican guitarist Carlos Santana. 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 >> Hallowed PDF-Magazine 128 129 Hallowed PDF-Magazine Design: Caj Källmalm Design: Caj Källmalm came to San Francisco to develop their own sound with the San Fran- cisco environments. So we consi- dered the idea to begin with of be- coming a local rhythm section for recording with various artists. It quickly developed into its own pro- ject as a band and continued from there. 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 Arnel Pineda. 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), Deen Castronovo (rear drums), Neal Schon (middle, guitars), Jonathan Cain (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 record label 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 - Look into the Future (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) - The Ballade (compilation, 1991) 3 - Escape (1981) - Time (compilation, 1992) - Frontiers (1983) - Greatest Hits Live (live, 1998) - Raised on Radio (1986) - The Journey Continues (compilation 2001) - Trial by Fire (1996) - The Essential Journey (compilation, 2001) - Arrival (2001) - Journey 2001 (video, 2001) - Red 13 (EP, 2002) - Greatest Hits 1978-1997 (video, 2003) - Generations (2005) - Live in Houston 1981: The Escape Tour (live, ’05) - Revelation (2008) - Don’t Stop Believin’: The Best of Journey - Eclipse (2011) (compilation, 2009) - Live in Manila (video, 2009) that Journey played far from Journey a long time ago..