Fan says he talked to Neal and the band seems very happy.
Posted: Fri Jul 28, 2006 7:13 amOkay, Don't shoot the messanger but I saw this on another board from a fan who is also the Mod at another site. He went to the concert and then after met Neal,,,well maybe stalked him to talk,,okay that's what he says. The guy goes on about meeting the boys,,,blah,blah,blah,,,and he says...
“Deen, Ross, Jeff and Neal are at the bar with about 6 or 7 hangers-on and a few elderly, oblivious hotel patrons.Jon was in his room already with his family. Being very mindful of the whole obsessive fan thing and not wanting to invade the guys' personal spaces (but at the same time wanting to...) we hung back a bit and pretty much waited till the time seemed right to approach Neal. We talked for about 20 minutes- he was very approachable last night. He talked quite a bit and I maybe soaked in like 10 percent of it, but basically I learned that Journey is writing new material right now, the guys are very excited about the new energy Jeff has brought to the band- he mentioned that ticket sales have increased with Jeff's addition.
The current tour is making so much money at a time when other major stars' tours are stalling, that Journey is planning on touring another couple of years. Journey merchandising has far outsold Def Leppard merchandising in the US and did so well in Europe that the band is going back by themselves and is even going to Australia.”
Now, I don’t know if the Mod is making this up,,,, but it’s the story he’s selling. Main points that got me were...Sounds like the boys are writing again,,with Jeff,, planning a tour in Europe,,where Jeff is known well,, Journey don’t plan on stopping anytime soon,,and they’re talking about “new energy Jeff brings the band and lots of dough they’re making. If Neal did talk to this Mod then my money says Augeri’s out and the new man with the plan is Jeff. Maybe that’s why news is still going about the lippin, if Augeri comes back talk starts about tapes and the kind of money they make now goes out the window.
Neal said in a Soul SirkUS interview with Jeff beside him,, about Soul SirkUS “We are definitely not afraid of playing live. It’s not a Pro Tools band. We are ready”. Wonder what that dig was all about and if they were talking about someone we all know,, back then??? Things that make ya wonder........
The link to Dude’s post for what happened
http://dominicdambro.com/Forum/index.php?topic=392.0
Oh in case anyone thinks Neal never made the last quote in an interview, here’s the link.
http://www.the-fuze.com/soulsirkus.html
“Deen, Ross, Jeff and Neal are at the bar with about 6 or 7 hangers-on and a few elderly, oblivious hotel patrons.Jon was in his room already with his family. Being very mindful of the whole obsessive fan thing and not wanting to invade the guys' personal spaces (but at the same time wanting to...) we hung back a bit and pretty much waited till the time seemed right to approach Neal. We talked for about 20 minutes- he was very approachable last night. He talked quite a bit and I maybe soaked in like 10 percent of it, but basically I learned that Journey is writing new material right now, the guys are very excited about the new energy Jeff has brought to the band- he mentioned that ticket sales have increased with Jeff's addition.
The current tour is making so much money at a time when other major stars' tours are stalling, that Journey is planning on touring another couple of years. Journey merchandising has far outsold Def Leppard merchandising in the US and did so well in Europe that the band is going back by themselves and is even going to Australia.”
Now, I don’t know if the Mod is making this up,,,, but it’s the story he’s selling. Main points that got me were...Sounds like the boys are writing again,,with Jeff,, planning a tour in Europe,,where Jeff is known well,, Journey don’t plan on stopping anytime soon,,and they’re talking about “new energy Jeff brings the band and lots of dough they’re making. If Neal did talk to this Mod then my money says Augeri’s out and the new man with the plan is Jeff. Maybe that’s why news is still going about the lippin, if Augeri comes back talk starts about tapes and the kind of money they make now goes out the window.
Neal said in a Soul SirkUS interview with Jeff beside him,, about Soul SirkUS “We are definitely not afraid of playing live. It’s not a Pro Tools band. We are ready”. Wonder what that dig was all about and if they were talking about someone we all know,, back then??? Things that make ya wonder........
The link to Dude’s post for what happened
http://dominicdambro.com/Forum/index.php?topic=392.0
Oh in case anyone thinks Neal never made the last quote in an interview, here’s the link.
http://www.the-fuze.com/soulsirkus.html
-ERIC
