donnaplease wrote:Yeah, real cool... except they need to get their story RIGHT before they publish it.
Journey was looking for a replacement for Steve Perry when they found Arnel???? D'uh... ok.
I don't care how great he is, Arnel and his 'cinderella' story (which is also inflated to suit their selfish needs~they act like Neal Schon found a youtube of him singing for change while he's still on the street) cannot erase the past ten years and all the bullshit Journey has put their fans through.
I would really like this story, despite my feelings for the whole BS drama, if they would just freakin' BE HONEST with people.

yea, but you are referring to the hardcore fans who let Arrival tank and never even purchased Generations. This is simply aimed at the majority who simply thought Journey fell off the planet--and THAT is the audience they are aiming for. No offense to anybody, but those people don't know Augeri or JSS, and probably can't name the members of the band--they just remember the songs.
From a marketing standpoint, it is a LOT easier to reintroduce a band this way then saying "this is our latest lead singer who replaced the guy who survived a tour before we let him go who replaced the guy who blew out his voice trying to replace Steve Perry and recorded several albums that sold nothing". They are not lying, they just aren't telling the entire truth. Not totally accurate, but it's the way public relations goes. Not really surprised either--from a MARKETING standpoint, I would do the same thing if I was in charge of p.r. for the band.