steveo777 wrote:fightingilliniJRNY wrote:steveo777 wrote:Well, I certainly would not trade Journey for SS and that might be what would have come to if Neal would have stayed committed to it.
That's what some people say, and that's why some people say that the band was deliberately sabotaged by Journey's management. The common belief all along was that some people in Journey's management wouldn't let Neal take the time necessary to start-up the band and wouldn't properly support it as they would any other up-and-coming band.
Neal got his second chance with the JSS-fronted Journey, and from all accounts it was the best of both worlds for Mr. Schon - a band that was poised to rock harder with his choice of frontman, and a band that had name recognition to continue to be big.
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So in the end, Azoff wouldn't let them is probably a pretty true statement.
Yeah, I think it's very true. And I think his concession for Neal continuing to do Journey was to have JSS front the band. But whatever happened after that is pretty much up in the air. People have their opinions (and those people will probably chime in with them).
But in the end, Journey is better off right now in the eyes of the public than they could have been with JSS as the frontman, IMO.
