Journey
Journey live in Minneapolis, Minnesota on September 16, 2008.
Background information
Origin	San Francisco, California
Genres	Rock, jazz fusion, progressive rock, hard rock, soft rock
Years active	1973–1987 1995–present
Labels	Columbia, Frontiers, Sanctuary, Nomota LLC
Associated acts	Abraxas Pool, Bad English, Frumious Bandersnatch, Hardline, Santana, Schon & Hammer, Soul SirkUS, The Storm
Website	www.journeymusic.com
Members
Neal Schon Ross Valory Jonathan Cain Deen Castronovo Arnel Pineda
Past members
Gregg Rolie George Tickner Aynsley Dunbar Robert Fleischman Steve Perry Steve Smith Randy Jackson Steve Augeri

Journey is an American rock band formed in 1973 in San Francisco by former members of Santana and Frumious Bandersnatch. The band has gone through several phases; its strongest commercial success occurred between 1978 and 1987, after which it temporarily disbanded. During that period, the band released a series of hit songs, including 1981's "Don't Stop Believin'", the top-selling catalog track in iTunes history.^[1][2][3] Its parent studio album, Escape, the band's eighth and most successful, reached #1 on the Billboard 200 and yielded another of their most popular singles, "Open Arms". Its 1983 follow-up, Frontiers, was almost as successful in the United States, reaching #2 and spawning several successful singles; it broadened the band's appeal in the United Kingdom, where it reached #6 on the UK Albums Chart. Journey enjoyed a successful reunion in the mid 1990s, and later regrouped with a series of lead singers.

Sales have resulted in two gold albums, eight multi-platinum albums, and one diamond album (including seven consecutive multi-platinum albums between 1978 and 1987). They have had eighteen Top 40 singles in the US, six of which reached the Top 10 of the US Billboard Hot 100 chart and two of which reached #1 on other Billboard charts, and a #6 hit on the UK Singles Chart in "Don't Stop Believin'". Originally a progressive rock band, Journey were described by Allmusic as having cemented a reputation as "one of America's most beloved (and sometimes hated) commercial rock/pop bands" by 1978, when they redefined their sound by embracing traditional pop arrangements on their fourth album, Infinity.^[4] According to the Recording Industry Association of America, Journey has sold 47 million albums in the US, making them the 28th best selling band. Their worldwide sales have reached over 80 million albums.^[5][6] A 2005 USA Today opinion poll named Journey the fifth best American rock band in history.^[7][8] Their songs have become arena rock staples and are still played on rock radio stations across the world.

History[link]

Formation, 1973–76[link]

The original members of Journey came together in San Francisco in 1973 under the auspices of former Santana manager Herbie Herbert. Originally called the Golden Gate Rhythm Section and intended to serve as a backup group for established Bay Area artists, the band included recent Santana alumni Neal Schon on lead guitar and Gregg Rolie on keyboards and lead vocals. Bassist Ross Valory and rhythm guitarist George Tickner, both of Frumious Bandersnatch, rounded out the group. Prairie Prince of The Tubes served as drummer. The band quickly abandoned the original "backup group" concept and developed a distinctive jazz fusion style. After an unsuccessful radio contest to name the group, roadie John Villaneuva^[9] suggested the name "Journey."^[10] The band's first public appearance came at the Winterland Ballroom on New Year’s Eve, 1973. Prairie Prince rejoined The Tubes shortly thereafter, and the band hired British drummer Aynsley Dunbar, who had recently worked with John Lennon and Frank Zappa. On February 5, 1974, the new line-up made their debut at the Great American Music Hall and secured a recording contract with Columbia Records.

Journey released their eponymous first album in 1975, and rhythm guitarist Tickner left the band before they cut their second album, Look into the Future (1976). Neither album achieved significant sales,^[11] so Schon, Valory, and Dunbar took singing lessons in an attempt to add vocal harmonies to Rolie's lead. The following year's Next contained shorter tracks with more vocals, and featured Schon as lead singer on two of the songs.

New musical direction, 1977-80[link]

Journey's album sales did not improve and Columbia Records requested that they change their musical style and add a frontman, with whom keyboardist Gregg Rolie could share lead vocal duties. The band hired Robert Fleischman and transitioned to a more popular style, akin to that of Foreigner and Boston. Journey went on tour with Fleischman in 1977 and together the new incarnation of the band wrote the hit "Wheel in the Sky", but fans were lukewarm to the change and management differences resulted in Fleischman leaving within the year.^[12][13]

In late 1977, Journey hired Steve Perry as their new lead singer. Perry added a clean, tenor sound and the band became a true pop act. Their fourth album, Infinity (1978), reached No. 21 on the album charts and gave the band their first RIAA-certified platinum album plus hit singles "Lights" (#68 U.S.) and "Wheel in the Sky" (#57 U.S.).

In late 1978, manager Herbie Herbert fired drummer Aynsley Dunbar, who joined Bay Area rivals Jefferson Starship shortly thereafter.^[14] He was replaced by Berklee-trained jazz drummer Steve Smith.^[15] Perry, Schon, Rolie, Smith, and Valory recorded 1979's Evolution, which gave the band their first Billboard Hot 100 Top 20 single, "Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin'" (#16); and 1980's Departure, which reached No. 8 on the album charts and included the top-25 hit "Any Way You Want It".

Journey's new-found success brought the band an almost entirely new fan base. During the 1980 Departure world tour, the band recorded a live album, Captured. They also recorded the soundtrack to the film Dream, After Dream while in Japan.

Keyboardist Gregg Rolie now left a successful band for the second time in his career.^[16] Keyboardist Stevie "Keys" Roseman was brought in to record the lone studio track for Captured, "The Party's Over (Hopelessly in Love),"^[17] but Rolie recommended pianist Jonathan Cain of The Babys as the permanent replacement. With Cain's replacement of Rolie's Hammond B-3 organ with his own synthesizers, the band was poised for a new decade in which they would achieve their greatest musical success.^[18]

Height of popularity, 1981–83[link]

Journey released their eighth and biggest-selling studio album, Escape, in 1981. The album, which has thus far sold nine times platinum, went to number one on the album charts that year, and included three top-ten hits: "Who's Cryin' Now", "Don't Stop Believin'", and "Open Arms". The last is Journey's highest-charting single to date, staying at No.2 for six consecutive weeks and ranking at No.34 on Billboard's 1982 year-end Hot 100. MTV videotaped one of their two sold-out shows in Houston, Texas on November 6, 1981 in front of over 20,000 fans.^[19]

Capitalizing on their success, the band recorded radio commercials for Budweiser and sold rights to their likenesses and music for use in two video games: the Journey arcade game by Bally/Midway and Journey Escape by Data Age for the Atari 2600.

This success was met with piqued criticism. The 1983 Rolling Stone Record Guide gave each of the band's albums only one star, with Dave Marsh writing that "Journey was a dead end for San Francisco area rock." Marsh later would anoint Escape as one of the worst number-one albums of all time.

Journey's next album, 1983's Frontiers, continued their commercial success, reaching No. 2 on the album charts, selling nearly six million copies. The album generated four Top 40 hits, "Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)", which reached #8, "Faithfully", which reached #12, "Send Her My Love", and "After the Fall", both of which reached #23. By this time Journey had become one of the top touring and recording bands in the world. During the subsequent stadium tour, the band contracted with NFL Films to record a video documentary of their life on the road, Frontiers and Beyond. Scenes from the documentary were shot at JFK Stadium in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania with more than 80,000 fans in attendance.^[9]

Break-up, 1984–94[link]

After the Frontiers stadium tour, Journey decided to take some time off. Lead singer Steve Perry and guitarist Neal Schon both pursued solo projects between 1982 and 1985. The band released two songs previously intended for Frontiers – "Ask the Lonely", on the soundtrack to the movie Two of a Kind in 1983; and "Only the Young", on the soundtrack to the movie Vision Quest in 1985. "Only the Young" reached No.9 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. When Journey finally returned to record their 1986 album Raised on Radio, bass player Ross Valory and drummer Steve Smith were fired from the band for musical and professional differences.^[15][20] Studio musicians handled the two vacant slots, including future American Idol judge Randy Jackson and established session player Larrie Londin. The album went multiplatinum, selling over two million copies. It also produced four top 20 singles, "Be Good to Yourself" (#9), "I'll Be Alright Without You" (#14), "Girl Can't Help It", and "Suzanne," both of which reached #17. The tour featured Jackson on bass and Mike Baird on drums, and was videotaped by MTV and made into a documentary, which included interviews with the current band members and concert footage of the Mountain Aire Festival show in Angels Camp, California.^{[citation needed]} But with Perry unable or unwilling to remain actively involved, the band canceled the rest of the tour and went on an extended, indefinite hiatus in 1987.^[21][22]

Schon and Cain would spend the rest of 1987 collaborating with artists such as Jimmy Barnes and Michael Bolton (Both of whom were rumored to have been asked to replace Perry in a reformed Journey lineup, albeit this never amounted to anything)^[23], before teaming up with Cain's ex-Babys bandmates John Waite and Ricky Phillips, forming the supergroup Bad English with drummer Deen Castronovo in 1988. After the collapse of Bad English in 1991, Schon and Castronovo would form the glam metal band Hardline with brothers Johnny and Joey Gioeli, before joining Paul Rodgers' backing band in 1994. Cain would spend the next few years focusing on his solo career. Steve Smith devoted his time to his jazz bands, Vital Information and Steps Ahead, and teamed up with Ross Valory and Gregg Rolie to create The Storm with singer Kevin Chalfant and guitarist Josh Ramos.

Between 1987 and 1995, Columbia Records released three Journey compilations, including the 1988 greatest hits album, which remains the band's best-selling record. It continues to sell 500,000 to 1,000,000 copies per year, and as of December 2008 was the 6th best selling greatest hits package in the United States.^[24]

Reunion, 1995–97[link]

In 1991 Perry, Schon, and Cain briefly reunited to perform "Faithfully" and "Lights" at the tribute concert for promoter Bill Graham. In October 1993, Kevin Chalfant (of The Storm) performed with Neal Schon and Jonathan Cain at a roast for manager Herbie Herbert.^[25] After that, Schon, Cain, Valory, Smith and Rolie briefly considered reuniting the band with Chalfant as lead singer.^{[citation needed]} But in 1995, Steve Perry agreed to a reunion on the condition that they seek new management. Herbie Herbert was fired, and Eagles Manager Irving Azoff was retained.^{[citation needed]}

In 1995 the Escape and Frontiers lineup (Perry, Schon, Cain, Valory, and Smith) reunited to record Trial by Fire. Released in 1996, the album included the hit single "When You Love a Woman", which reached No.12 on the Billboard charts, ranked at No.36 on Billboard's 1996 year-end Hot 100,^[11] and was nominated in 1997 for a Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal.^[26] The album also produced three top 40 mainstream rock tracks, "Message of Love" reaching #18, "Can't Tame the Lion" reaching #33, and "If He Should Break Your Heart" reaching #38.^[27]

Plans for a subsequent tour ended when Perry injured his hip while hiking in Hawaii in the summer of 1997, and could not perform without hip replacement surgery – which he for some time refused to undergo.^[28][29] In 1998, Schon and Cain decided to seek a new lead singer, at which point drummer Steve Smith left the band as well.^[29]

Lead singer replaced, 1998–present[link]

Journey in 2002: Steve Augeri, Jonathan Cain, Ross Valory, Deen Castronovo, and Neal Schon

In 1998, Journey replaced Steve Perry with Steve Augeri, formerly of Tyketto and Tall Stories. The band hired drummer Deen Castronovo, Schon's and Cain's Bad English bandmate, and drummer for Hardline, to replace Steve Smith. The band released their next studio album, Arrival, in 2001. "All the Way" became a minor adult contemporary hit from the album. In 2002, the band released a four-track CD titled Red 13, with an album cover design chosen through a fan contest. In 2005 the band was inducted into the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and Steve Perry surprised many attendees by showing up for the event. Also in 2005, Journey embarked on their 30th anniversary tour, and released their twelfth full-length studio album, Generations, in which each band member performed lead vocals on at least one song.

In July 2006, Steve Augeri was dropped from the band while they toured with Def Leppard, the band citing a "chronic throat infection." Augeri had been suffering from vocal attrition problems since 2003 and Journey had been accused of using pre-recorded lead vocals.^[30] For nearly a year Jeff Scott Soto from Talisman filled in, with the band for several months referring to Soto as Journey's official lead singer.^[31] But in June 2007 the band announced that Soto was no longer the lead singer.^[32] That spring HBO aired the finale of the popular Series The Sopranos, concluding with the sound of Journey's "Don't Stop Believin'" emanating from a diner jukebox. Without a lead singer, the band found itself unable to tour, and thus capitalize on the heightened nostalgia for 1980s music demonstrated by the show.

In December 2007, Journey hired Filipino singer Arnel Pineda of the cover band The Zoo after Neal Schon saw him on YouTube singing covers of Journey songs. Their next album, Revelation, debuted at No.5 on the Billboard charts, selling more than 196,000 units in its first two weeks and staying in the top 20 for 6 weeks.^[33] Journey also found success on billboard's adult contemporary chart where the single "After All These Years" spent over 23 weeks, peaking at number 9.^[34] Receipts from the 2008 tour made Journey one of the top grossing concert tours of the year, bringing in over $35,000,000.^[35] On December 18, 2008, Revelation was certified platinum by RIAA.^[36][37] The band's second album with Pineda, Eclipse, was released on May 24, 2011, and debuted at No.13 on the Billboard 200 chart.^[38] In November, 2011, Journey released their second greatest hits compilation titled Journey: Greatest Hits: Volume 2 which features songs picked by former frontman Steve Perry.

Although Pineda was not the first foreign national to become a member of Journey (former drummer Aynsley Dunbar is British), nor even the first non-white (former bass player Randy Jackson is black), the transition resulted in what Marin Independent Journal writer Paul Liberatore called "an undercurrent of racism among some Journey fans." Keyboardist Jonathan Cain responded to such sentiments: "We've become a world band. We're international now. We're not about one color."^[39]

In 2012 the TriBeCa Film Festival premiered a Documentary entitled Don't Stop Believin': Everyman's Journey, directed by Ramona A. Diaz. The documentary told the story of how Journey found its current lead singer, Arnel Pineda, and followed the band on the road for a year.^[40]

Band members[link]

Timeline[link]

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In popular culture[link]

Over the years, Journey songs have been heard or referred to in numerous films, television shows, video games, and even on Broadway. The band's songs have been covered by multiple artists and adopted by sports teams. Most notably, "Don't Stop Believin'" was heard in the final episode of The Sopranos, adapted by the television show Glee, sung by the Family Guy cast, adopted as the unofficial anthem of the 2005 and 2010 World Series champion baseball teams, performed by The Chipmunks in their 2008 album Undeniable, and sung by the cast of the Broadway musical Rock of Ages.

Discography[link]

• 1975: Journey
• 1976: Look into the Future
• 1977: Next
• 1978: Infinity
• 1979: Evolution
• 1980: Departure
• 1980: Dream, After Dream (film soundtrack)
• 1980: Captured (live)
• 1981: Escape
• 1983: Frontiers
• 1986: Raised on Radio
• 1996: Trial by Fire
• 2001: Arrival
• 2002: Red 13 (EP)
• 2005: Generations
• 2008: Revelation
• 2011: Eclipse

Logo[link]

After featuring the members of the band in various poses for the first three studio albums, in 1978 Journey adopted the logo of the scarab beetle, a symbol borrowed from Egyptian hieroglyphs.

See also[link]

	Book: Journey
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• Best selling music artists
• List of bands from the San Francisco Bay Area

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Journey

Official Sites:

• Journey's Official Site
• Journey's Official Facebook Page
• Journey's Official Twitter Page
• Journey's Official Site @ Legacy Records
• Journey at the Open Directory Project

Reviews, Interviews, etc.:

• The Journey Zone
• E5C4P3.com's Herbie Herbert Interview

Look up journey in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

Journey may refer to:

• Travel
• Road trip
• Dodge Journey, a 2009 mid-sized "crossover" vehicle, the brand's first
• Journeys, a shoe store brand owned by Genesco
• Journey, the name chosen for OR-7, a gray wolf being electronically tracked in the Northwest United States

Literature[link]

• Journey (novel), a 1989 historical novel by James Michener
• Journey: The Adventures of Wolverine MacAlistaire, a 2008 comic by William Messner-Loebs
• A Journey, Tony Blair's 2010 memoirs
• Far-off Journey

Film and television[link]

• Journey (1972 film), a 1972 Canadian film directed by Paul Almond
• Journey (1995 film), a 1995 Hallmark Hall of Fame TV film
• Journey (2004 film), a 2004 short film written and directed by Christine Shin
• The Journey (2004 film), a 2004 Malayalam film (Sancharram) directed by Ligy J. Pullappally
• Journey (2011 film), a Telugu dubbed movie of original Tamil movie Engeyum Eppodhum
• Journey 3-D, a 2008 3D film adaptation of Journey to the Center of the Earth
• Journey 2: The Mysterious Island the 2012 sequel to Journey to the Center of the Earth
• "Journey to Regionals" (Glee), the 2010 season finale of Glee

Music[link]

• Journey (band), an American rock band
  • Journey (Journey album), their 1975 debut album
• Journey (Colin Blunstone album), a 1974 pop album
• Journey (McCoy Tyner album), a 1993 jazz album
• "Journey", a song by Corrinne May's 2001 album Fly Away
• Journey (Fourplay album), a 2004 jazz album
• Journey (W-inds. album), a 2007 J-pop album
• Journey (Verity album), a 2008 afro pop album
• Journey (Yeng Constantino album), a 2008 Filipino pop rock album
• Journey (Shota Shimizu album), a 2010 R&B J-pop album
• "Journey" (song), a 1972 hit song by Duncan Browne
• "Journey (Kimi to Futari de)", a song by Crystal Kay's 2010 album Spin the Music

Video games[link]

• Journey Escape, a 1982 Atari 2600 video game featured the band Journey
• Journey (1983 video game), a 1983 arcade game which featured the band
• Journey (1989 video game), a 1989 computer game
• Journey (2012 video game), a 2012 PlayStation 3 video game

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Arnel Pineda
Background information
Birth name	Arnel Pineda
Born	(1967-09-05) September 5, 1967 (age 44) Sampaloc, Manila, Philippines
Genres	Rock, hard rock, soft rock, OPM
Occupations	Singer-songwriter
Instruments	Vocals, guitar, bandurria
Years active	1982–Present
Labels	Universal Music Group
Associated acts	Ijos Band, Amo, New Age, Most W@nted, The Zoo, Journey

Arnel Pineda (born September 5, 1967) is a Filipino singer-songwriter who has served as the lead singer of the American rock band Journey since 2007.^[1] Pineda has had a successful musical career in the Philippines for the last 25 years.

Biography[link]

Arnel Pineda was born in Sampaloc, Marikina Sampaloc, Manila, in the Philippines. His mother instilled his love for singing at an early age, encouraging him to sing along to songs from his favorite singers like Karen Carpenter and Barbra Streisand. Growing up, his parents entered him in many singing contests.^[2]

His mother, who had been suffering from heart disease, died when he was thirteen. Her illness had left their family deep in debt.^[3] Being 6 months or one year behind on their rented apartment and unable to sufficiently provide for the family, his father decided to move out and ask relatives to take in Pineda's siblings. To ease his father's burden, Pineda quit school and volunteered to strike out on his own.

About two years of his life were spent out on the streets, sleeping wherever he could: in public parks, or on a narrow bench outside a friend's crowded house. He earned meager money by collecting glass bottles, newspapers, and scrap metal and selling them to recyclers. He would also go to the pier with his friends and take on odd jobs like cleaning scrap metal and docked ships. He didn't have much to eat, sometimes rationing a small package of Marie biscuit as his meal for two days.^[4]

Singing career[link]

In 1982, when Pineda was 15 years old, he became the lead singer of the Filipino group Ijos. He used to sing in Shakey's Taft. In 1986, some members of Ijos formed a group called Amo. Amo entered and won the Rock Wars contest in the Philippines.^[5]

In 1988, Amo entered and won the Philippines leg of the Yamaha World Band Explosion. They went on to the finals in Hong Kong, but were not qualified to win due to a technicality. The rules stated the winning song had to be an original composition. However, they also stated that the song entry in the finals had to be the same song with which the band won their country's leg of the competition. Amo's winning song in the Philippines was Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody. After the contest, the band continued as Amo, performing live. They opened for Robert Palmer in Manila in 1989.^[5] Amo played in clubs in Quezon City, Olongapo City and Makati City, which are located in Luzon, the biggest island in the Philippines. Amo was very popular in the Chinese-owned California Jam club in Olongapo City, which was frequented by United States military personnel.^[5]

In 1990, Pineda and other members of Amo formed another band called Intensity five and once again entered the Yamaha World Band Explosion. Pineda won the Best Vocalist award and the band came in as first runner up.^[5]

Later in 1990, five of Amo's original members split from the band leader, Ulysis Ablang and formed another band behind Pineda, New Age. This occurred prior to the release of Amo's only album released in 1990 titled Ang Tunay na Amo ("The Real Master") on BMG records which spawned one popular radio hit called "Running Away". (The song gained recognition in 2006 by another Filipino artist Erik Santos, who won an American Idol type Filipino TV show, Star In A Million.) The remaining members of Amo went on to become The Boss Band, while Pineda's band, New Age, played regularly at Fire and Rain in Makati City.

In 1991, during one of those performances, a talent agent spotted Pineda and New Age and asked them to move to Hong Kong to perform at a very popular entertainment restaurant called Grammy's. With New Age, Pineda performed six nights a week, Tuesday through Sunday, for several years thereafter.^[5] After a long-term serious relationship failed in 1994, Pineda suffered health problems, which almost destroyed his voice. He returned to the Philippines. After six months of recuperation, he was able to sing again.^[5][6] He returned to Hong Kong and resumed singing with his band. In 1998, the owner of Igor's, the premiere theme restaurant/nightclub in Hong Kong, asked New Age to perform there. Dressed in skeleton outfits, they called themselves The Rolling Bones.^[5]

In 1999, Pineda caught the attention of Warner Bros. record label and flew back to the Philippines on his days off to record a solo album, the self-titled Arnel Pineda. Most of the album’s ten original songs were slow ballads, with only two upbeat numbers, one of which carries a Latin style. One of the songs, “Iiyak Ka Rin” (You Will Cry Too) became a karaoke favorite in Asia, while another song "Sayang" (Too Bad) became a radio favorite. Pineda wrote and arranged several songs. Pineda continued to perform with New Age while making his album and for several years thereafter. In 2001, Pineda sang one song with Filipino band, South Border’s album The Way We Do. The song is called “Looking Glass”. Earlier that year, Pineda formed a new band,eventually called "9mm" and played around the city's top bars including The Hard Rock Cafe in Makati City.The band played a three month stint at “The Edge” in Lan Kwai Fong, Hong Kong in 2002.

In 2004, three members of New Age reformed with a female singer sharing lead vocals with Pineda and called themselves Most W@nted. This band played 3–4 hour sets Monday through Saturday at The Cavern Club in Hong Kong.^[7] On their only day off, Sundays, the band often performed at Filipino community events.

In 2005, Arnel recorded the theme song of the short-lived Filipino radio show "Dayo". A band named The Visitors was briefly formed for promotion purposes of the "Dayo" soundtrack consisting of three members from Ijos/Yjoz, Amo, New Age and Most W@nted.^[5]

The Zoo[link]

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In 2006, encouraged by well-respected Filipino talent manager and TV director, Bert de Leon, Pineda moved back to the Philippines with Monet Cajipe, the guitarist who had been in all of Pineda’s previous bands. They formed The Zoo with Emil Bondoc on bass, Edgar Mendoza on keyboards, and Mckoy Alcantara on drums. They signed on with de Leon's company, Sundance Entertainment Corporation. The Zoo performed several nights a week at clubs in Manila and Olongapo during 2006 and 2007. Shows regularly spanned 3–5 hours. The Zoo’s first album Zoology was released by MCA Universal in September 2007 featuring 12 original tracks and one cover song ("Pain in My Heart," originally recorded a decade earlier by Second Wind), five of which were penned by Pineda, and another was co-written by Pineda and Mark Valliente.

Journey[link]

Arnel Pineda at the PNC Bank Arts Center, New Jersey, 8/11/2008

Videos of The Zoo performing cover songs by Journey, Survivor, Aerosmith, Led Zeppelin, Air Supply, The Eagles, Kenny Loggins, Stryper and other popular acts from the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s, began appearing on YouTube.com in February 2007. On June 28, 2007,^[8] Neal Schon of Journey contacted Noel Gomez, a longtime fan and friend of Pineda who uploaded many of these videos, to ask for Pineda's contact information. Schon sent an e-mail to Pineda inviting him to audition for Journey. Pineda initially dismissed the e-mail as a hoax, but after being persuaded by Gomez, he finally replied to Schon's e-mail. Ten minutes later, Pineda received a phone call from Schon.^[9] On August 12,^[10] Pineda, along with his manager Bert de Leon, flew to Marin County, just north of San Francisco, for a two-day audition.^[11][12] The star-struck Pineda was welcomed warmly but he described the audition as "nerve-wracking, tense".^[13] On December 5, 2007, Pineda was announced as the lead singer of Journey. CNN Headline News ran the story as part of their "News to Me" segment.^[14]

Pineda debuted as the lead singer of Journey on February 21, 2008 at the Viña del Mar International Song Festival held at the Quinta Vergara Amphitheater in Viña del Mar, Chile.^[15][16]

Chilean media acclaimed Pineda's performance (translated to English): "The new vocalist fits very well with the band, his vocal aptitudes shining through, which are very similar to the legendary musician of the band, Steve Perry."^[17] Journey keyboardist Jonathan Cain described Pineda's performance in a radio interview: "We went to Chile just recently, where we had never played and they went crazy, they absolutely went nuts...Arnel's first show — talk about a stressful thing — we had a televised concert for 25 million people...Is the guy a winner? Yeah, he's a winner. He's a clutch player."^[18]

Journey returned to the US for a private RE/MAX Convention event at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on March 6, 2008, then performed at Las Vegas' Planet Hollywood on March 8, 2008 (this concert was recorded and used, in part, for the Revelation DVD).

On February 1, 2009 he performed with Journey at the Super Bowl XLIII Pregame Show.

[edit] Revelation album and tour

Journey's first album with Pineda, Revelation, debuted at No. 5 in the Billboard Top 200 album charts in the week following its release (released June 3, 2008), and remained in the Top 20 for six weeks. It was certified gold by the RIAA with more than 336,000 units sold within the first few days.^[19] It achieved platinum status by October 1, 2008.

The US version of the album (distributed exclusively through Wal-Mart) consists of 10 new songs ("Faith in the Heartland" was co-written and originally recorded by vocalist Steve Augeri and S. Augeri is credited as song writer in the liner notes of this album) and 12 re-recorded classics, plus a live in-concert DVD filmed during the March 8, 2008 concert in Las Vegas. The European version distributed through Frontiers Records contains 11 new songs, 11 re-recorded classics, plus one new bonus track, but does not include the DVD. All of the music on Revelation was produced by Kevin Shirley (who previously worked with Journey on their Platinum-certified Trial by Fire album).^[20]

Jonathan Cain described the album in an interview: "We recorded our greatest hits with our brand new singer from the Philippines, Arnel Pineda, and it's unbelievable when you listen to it. We paid a lot of attention to the details because everybody loves those hits and we weren't about to step all over it. We've got that and a brand new CD as well, and then there's a bonus DVD of what the band looks like now, about an hour of songs... It's a 3-disc package... We're excited because we think Arnel is the future for our franchise... We knew that if we were ever gonna move on, we had to get somebody that was really gonna be our future and sound like Journey is supposed to sound...I think Journey fans are in for a real treat."^[18]

In an interview soon after Pineda joined the band, Neal Schon said, "We feel reborn. I think there’s a lot of chemistry among the five of us. At first we were going to go into the studio and just write 4 songs, but now it’s escalated to a lot of great new and diverse material. The stuff sounds tremendous. Everyone’s so stoked about it. We feel very fortunate to have found Arnel."^[21]

Journey's 2008 tour accompanying the release of Revelation began on June 8, 2008, in Spain, followed by four dates in Germany, and one date in the Netherlands. Journey toured the United Kingdom and Ireland from June 17 through June 28, 2008. The US tour (with Heart and Cheap Trick) began on July 9, 2008, in Denver, Colorado, and continued through October 4, 2008, in Albuquerque, NM. Many dates were already sold out, well in advance. Pineda celebrated his 41st birthday on September 5, 2008 during a concert at the Molson Amphitheater in Toronto, Canada. In September 2008, Journey performed back-to-back sold-out concerts at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles.^[22] Pineda sang in 57 concerts during the 2008 Journey World Tour. Journey's recent visit to the United States Gulf Coast performing at the Wharf Amphitheater, Orange Beach, Alabama and at the Pensacola Civic Center, Pensacola, Florida was a tremendous hit due to the large Filipino communities living in that area.

In the second leg of the tour, Journey went on an Asian–Hawaiian tour, going to Tokyo, Japan; Nagoya, Japan; Osaka, Japan; Manila, Philippines; Macau, China; Kahului, Hawaii; Honolulu, Hawaii; and Waikoloa, Hawaii.^[23] The Manila concert was released as a live concert DVD. Total concert revenue for Journey in 2008 was $35,695,481.^[24]

Television[link]

• Protege (Mentor of Nomer Limatog - replacement of Rachelle Ann Go) (GMA Network)
• ASAP (Co-host; 2008–present) (ABS-CBN)
• Simply KC (Guest) (ABS-CBN)
• Showtime (Guest judge) (ABS-CBN)
• Eat Bulaga! (Guest) (GMA Network)
• Boy and Kris (Guest) (ABS-CBN)
• Ellen DeGeneres Show
• CBS Early Show (Guest with Journey) (CBS)
• The Oprah Winfrey Show (Guest with Journey)
• NBC Today Show (Guest with Journey)

Discography[link]

Solo albums[link]

• Arnel Pineda (1999)

With Zoo[link]

• Zoology (2007)

With Journey[link]

• Revelation (2008)
• Journey: Live in Manila (2009, DVD)
• Eclipse (2011)

Other lead vocals[link]

• South Border — The Way We Do (track "Looking Glass") (2001)

References[link]

External links[link]

• Arnel Pineda Official Site
• Arnel Pineda Foundation Inc. - Non-profit organization, Philippines

Neal Schon
Background information
Born	(1954-02-27) February 27, 1954 (age 58) Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, USA
Genres	Hard rock, instrumental rock, pop rock, progressive rock, glam metal, jazz fusion, smooth jazz
Occupations	Musician, songwriter
Instruments	Guitar, vocals
Years active	1969–present
Labels	Columbia, Higher Octave
Associated acts	Santana, Betty Davis, Journey, Schon & Hammer, HSAS, Hear 'n Aid, Michael Bolton, Jimmy Barnes, Bad English, Hardline, Paul Rodgers, Abraxas Pool, Planet Us, Soul SirkUS
Website	Official website
Notable instruments
Neal Schon Signature Les Paul

Neal George Joseph Schon (born February 27, 1954)^[1] is an American rock guitarist, songwriter, and vocalist best known for his work with the band Journey. He is the only member to have recorded on all of Journey's albums. He was also a member of the rock band Santana before forming Journey.

Early life and career[link]

Schon was born at Tinker AFB, Oklahoma,^[2] the son of Barbara and Matthew Schon.^[3] His father was an accomplished musician, arranger, composer and played and taught all reed instruments with emphasis on jazz tenor saxophone; his mother was a big band singer. Schon first picked up the guitar at the age of 5. A quick learner, he joined Santana as a teenage prodigy at the age of 15.^[4] He went to Aragon High School in San Mateo, but dropped out (with his parents' blessing) before graduating. Schon had famously been asked by Eric Clapton to join Derek and the Dominos, but since Santana called him first, he decided to join Santana for the album Santana III.^[5] Schon also played in Azteca before moving on in 1973 to form Journey, a group he continues to lead today.

Schon's guitar style has been described as soulful, taking inspiration from 1960s-era soul singers such as Aretha Franklin and Gladys Knight, and blending it with blues runs similar to B. B. King. He was influenced by guitarists such as Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix and Wes Montgomery.

In addition to his five solo albums and 14 studio albums with Journey, his work also includes: a pair of albums with keyboardist Jan Hammer, short-term collaborations with Sammy Hagar (HSAS and Planet Us) and Paul Rodgers, stints with Bad English (a supergroup that featured Journey’s Jonathan Cain and Deen Castronovo and Jonathan Cain's former Babys bandmates John Waite and Ricky Phillips) and Hardline (which also featured Deen Castronovo). Even as Journey’s latest lineup plays to a still-faithful body of fans, Schon has immersed himself in side projects such as Piranha Blues (1999) and "Black Soup Cracker" a funk outfit that features former Prince associates Rosie Gaines and Michael Bland, and more recently Soul SirkUS with Jeff Scott Soto.

Schon can be heard on other albums including three tracks on Michael Bolton's The Hunger, with the Schon sound most recognizable on "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay". He also joined Larry Graham to play in an all-star band for cult funk artist and ex-wife of Miles Davis, Betty Davis. In addition, Schon (along with then Journey manager Herbie Herbert) also contributed to Lenny White's 1977 album "Big City", specifically the instrumental jam "And we meet again".

Guitars[link]

Schon's first guitar was an acoustic Stella, followed two years later by a Gibson ES-335 which was subsequently stolen and replaced with a '56 Les Paul Goldtop reissue that he used for many years.^[5][6] Schon currently endorses Gibson guitars, and has a limited edition signature Les Paul model entitled the "Neal Schon Signature Model Custom Les Paul", of which only 35 were made according to the Gibson Custom website, (80 according to Neal Schon's website.)^[5] He has previously employed Godin guitars on his 1995 solo album Beyond the Thunder, and more recently uses Paul Reed Smith guitars. In the late 1980s, Schon manufactured (through Jackson Guitars and later Larrivee) and played his own line of guitars. Simply named Schon, about 200 of the Jackson-produced models were made.^[7] A white Schon guitar can be clearly seen in the music video for the Journey song "Girl Can't Help It", as well as a gold version in the Journey videos for "I'll Be Alright Without You" and "Be Good to Yourself". A Gibson Les Paul Super Custom can be seen in the video for the Journey song "Anyway You Want It." Recently he has been seen using a Seven String Ibanez Universe, which was a gift from Steve Vai as documented in the liner notes of the Hardline - Double Eclipse album.^[8] On the song "Lights", he uses a Fender Stratocaster equipped with a Floyd Rose tremolo.

As of 2008, Schon currently prefers guitar pedals from Xotic, a Vox Satriani model and occasionally uses a Buddy Guy wah pedal.^[9]

Personal life[link]

Schon married three times and has five children; first born, Miles 23, Elizabeth 20, Sarah, 15, Aja 10 and Sophia 6.^[10] In a 2007 interview, Neal confirmed that he has had tinnitus for years stemming from excessive loud playing.^[11] Schon's father, Matthew Schon, was a jazz musician and composer who provided the arrangements on the Journey song "Mother, Father."

In September 2011, Schon publicly confirmed he was in a relationship with Michaele Salahi . The two said they had also dated years previously. The confirmation followed Michaele's brief disappearance, during which her husband, Tareq, reported to the authorities and press that he feared Michaele had been kidnapped. Michaele was found by Oregon law enforcement and she announced her voluntary presence in Schon's company. Tareq responded by filing for divorce from Michaele September 16.^[12][13][14]

In November 2011, Ava Fabian, former Playboy bunnie, filed a lawsuit against Schon, claiming he owed her more than $25,000 for their "express oral nonmarital relationship agreement," stating not that they were married, but "in a marriage-like relationship" from February 2010 to September 2011. The lawsuit claimed that Schon agreed to support Fabian during the relationship and, if it ended, provide additional support for "a period of time."^[15]

He then married Dina Gioeli, and had Sarah Schon. Dina's brother's Johnny Gioeli, and Joey Gioeli were in a band called Hardline with Neil. Dina and Neil then got a divorce a few years later.

Discography[link]

Solo[link]

• Late Nite (1989)
• Beyond the Thunder (1995)
• Electric World (1997)
• Piranha Blues (1998)
• Voice (2001)
• I on U (2005)
• The Calling (2012)

with Santana[link]

• Santana III (1971)
• Caravanserai (1972)

with Journey[link]

with Jan Hammer[link]

• Untold Passion (1981)
• Here to Stay (1982)

with HSAS[link]

• Through the Fire (1984)

with Bad English[link]

• Bad English (1989)
• Blacklash (1991)

with Hardline[link]

• Double Eclipse (1992)

with Paul Rodgers[link]

• Muddy Water Blues: A Tribute to Muddy Waters (1993)
• The Hendrix Set (1993)
• Now (1997)
• Paul Rodgers & Friends Live at Montreux 1994 (2011)

with Abraxas Pool[link]

• Abraxas Pool (1997)

with Soul SirkUS[link]

• World Play (2005)

Guest appearances[link]

• Betty Davis – Betty Davis (1973)
• Sammy Hagar - Danger Zone (1980)
• Silver Condor - Trouble at Home (1983)
• Hear 'n Aid - Stars (1985)
• Triumph - The Sport of Kings (1986)
• Joe Cocker - Cocker (1986)
• Gregg Rolie - Gringo (1987)
• Michael Bolton - The Hunger (1987)
• Jimmy Barnes - Freight Train Heart (1987)
• Various artists - Merry Axemas, Vol. 2: More Guitars for Christmas (1998)
• Trichromes - Trichromes (2002)
• Sammy Hagar - Cosmic Universal Fashion (2008)
• Lee Ritenour - Lee Ritenour's 6 String Theory (2010)

References[link]

External links[link]

• Neal Schon Official Site
• Neal Schon Official MySpace Site
• List of Authorized links from Neal's Official webpage
• Neal Schon Biography