New Jonathan Cain interview

[MartyMoffatt]

Here’s a cool new interview with Jonathan Cain, about the forthcoming UK tour, from Ian Harvey at the Express and Star.

http://www.expressandstar.com/entertainment/2011/05/31/journey-interview-cain-looks-forward-to-birmingham

Jonathan describes some of the thought processes behind the new album, and is very complimentary about the UK fan club, and our efforts to get Journey playing over here a few years ago.

[Majestic]

Cool read, thanks! So Neal the Budhist. Who knew that before!

[VirgilTheart]

Cool read, thanks! So Neal the Budhist. Who knew that before!

Actually, I had my suspicions as far as Neal was concerned. I seriously doubted the whole Eastern look on the Revelation album was directly because of Arnel. Which is ironic, because while I had guessed Neal was a Buddhist, I never really thought to think Arnel might've been one at some point as well.

[brywool]

good read!

[Don]

So Neal and Arnel are both Buddhists, who knew?

Maybe in the next interview, Ross will be revealed as one also.

Hey, it could happen.

[Gideon]

Neal's been a Buddhist for a long time, I think. I distinctly recall an interview with possibly Andrew in which Neal says that someone in his family is delivering him a giant Buddha statue.

[brywool]

Neal's been a Buddhist for a long time, I think. I distinctly recall an interview with possibly Andrew in which Neal says that someone in his family is delivering him a giant Buddha statue.

wasn't that just for a Bong?

[Rick]

Neal's been a Buddhist for a long time, I think. I distinctly recall an interview with possibly Andrew in which Neal says that someone in his family is delivering him a giant Buddha statue.

wasn't that just for a Bong?

[Archetype]

haha Styx is playing for 45 minutes

[steveo777]

haha Styx is playing for 45 minutes

Everett, did you catch that? You really need to rally for a DVD!!!

45 minutes is all it will take to play the part of their catalog anyone gives a shit about.

[Jana]

Okay. Call me mushy, but I was moved by his support for Neal and his deep friendship with him and discussing it in the context of their music and respect for each other. It's really rare for a band to tour as much as they do and still get along without conflicts at times ruining the friendship. These two seemed to have survived it. Great interview. And loved his background information on writing the album. Thanks for posting, Marty.

[steveo777]

Okay. Call me mushy, but I was moved by his support for Neal and his deep friendship with him and discussing it in the context of their music and respect for each other. It's really rare for a band to tour as much as they do and still get along without conflicts at times ruining the friendship. These two seemed to have survived it. Great interview. And loved his background information on writing the album. Thanks for posting, Marty.

Well, there really was only one member of the band that caused turbulence and we can all guess who that was.
If they had foresight, they would have named that one song We'll Be Alright Without You. Wouldn't it be a hoot if they revised
the song and started playing it like that? LOL

[portland]

Okay. Call me mushy, but I was moved by his support for Neal and his deep friendship with him and discussing it in the context of their music and respect for each other. It's really rare for a band to tour as much as they do and still get along without conflicts at times ruining the friendship. These two seemed to have survived it. Great interview. And loved his background information on writing the album. Thanks for posting, Marty.

Well, there really was only one member of the band that caused turbulence and we can all guess who that was.
If they had foresight, they would have named that one song We'll Be Alright Without You. Wouldn't it be a hoot if they revised
the song and started playing it like that? LOL

You really are an arse.....

[steveo777]

Okay. Call me mushy, but I was moved by his support for Neal and his deep friendship with him and discussing it in the context of their music and respect for each other. It's really rare for a band to tour as much as they do and still get along without conflicts at times ruining the friendship. These two seemed to have survived it. Great interview. And loved his background information on writing the album. Thanks for posting, Marty.

Well, there really was only one member of the band that caused turbulence and we can all guess who that was.
If they had foresight, they would have named that one song We'll Be Alright Without You. Wouldn't it be a hoot if they revised
the song and started playing it like that? LOL

You really are an arse.....

Come on sweet heart, you know I'm just having fun. It always seems to inspire a post from you though.
This place would be boring without all of us.

[PowerChords]

haha Styx is playing for 45 minutes

That will be too much time on their hands (ti-ti-ti-tickin' away)...

[Toph]

haha Styx is playing for 45 minutes

That will be too much time on their hands (ti-ti-ti-tickin' away)...

Since they don't play most of their hits (Dennis ballads), that seems about the right amount of time.

[Everett]

haha Styx is playing for 45 minutes

Everett, did you catch that? You really need to rally for a DVD!!!

45 minutes is all it will take to play the part of their catalog anyone gives a shit about.

Point being? It's a triple bill bound to happen. Try seeing them on there own steveo much better show FYI the grand illusion/pieces of eight dvd is coming out either the end of the year or early next year.

[Archetype]

haha Styx is playing for 45 minutes

Everett, did you catch that? You really need to rally for a DVD!!!

45 minutes is all it will take to play the part of their catalog anyone gives a shit about.

Point being? It's a triple bill bound to happen. Try seeing them on there own steveo much better show FYI the grand illusion/pieces of eight dvd is coming out either the end of the year or early next year.

A DVD does NOT take that long to come out. It was filmed back in November. The Styx camp is just buying time in the hopes that most forget about the DVD. I'll lay pretty heavy odds that Dennis put his foot down and said no way.

[Everett]

haha Styx is playing for 45 minutes

Everett, did you catch that? You really need to rally for a DVD!!!

45 minutes is all it will take to play the part of their catalog anyone gives a shit about.

Point being? It's a triple bill bound to happen. Try seeing them on there own steveo much better show FYI the grand illusion/pieces of eight dvd is coming out either the end of the year or early next year.

A DVD does NOT take that long to come out. It was filmed back in November. The Styx camp is just buying time in the hopes that most forget about the DVD. I'll lay pretty heavy odds that Dennis put his foot down and said no way.

Don't you think they got the legal mumbo jumbo out of the way before they did this thing? I'm sure dennis got a nice pay check for this and the re records other wise they would not have been released.

[Majestic]

Cool read, thanks! So Neal the Budhist. Who knew that before!

Actually, I had my suspicions as far as Neal was concerned. I seriously doubted the whole Eastern look on the Revelation album was directly because of Arnel. Which is ironic, because while I had guessed Neal was a Buddhist, I never really thought to think Arnel might've been one at some point as well.

I never did! I wondered about Jonathan a little, since he writes most of the lyrics and he did have a solo album called "namaste" (so what, right?) but Neal, I had no clue. Some of Neal's solo stuff dabbles in eastern sounding motifs, but I always chocked that up to him wanting to be creative and sound cool, which it was. I love how much of a team Schon and Cain are. They really seem to have a lot of respect for each other, and a real friendship.