Rockin'Deano wrote:Any person with a brain knows what happened…
I’ve got a brain and know what happened. JOURNEY appears to have used tapes. Their concerts opening with “Won’t Get Fooled Again” is a rather strong hint. Or is it?
What also happened was a travesty. Several people “of acclaim” including you went on a crusade to “save” everyone from the deceitful and evil Steve Augeri.
Was that REALLY your motivation?
The motivation behind your actions and the other so-called people of acclaim is highly questionable. A person of acclaim behaves accordingly. A person of acclaim does NOT need to crusade against another person. Doing so comes across as a ploy to attract attention to oneself. It seems to me that the motivation was to use JOURNEY in order to attract personal attention and gain notoriety or as you call it “Melodic Rock Capital.”
You believed you had evidence of JOURNEY using tape however you never bothered to consider WHY. You never considered that maybe there were good and justifiable reasons. You didn’t want to know why. What you saw was an opportunity to capitalize on JOURNEY. Your crusade reduced MelodicRock.com to a cheap grocery store tabloid.
And you’ve pinned it ALL on Steve Augeri. Don’t you think that anyone else in JOURNEY knew – even supported it? Management? Roadies? Technicians? Don’t you think that Def Lep knew?
You thought nobody knew except yourself and a couple other people of acclaim.
Pretty arrogant!
The fact is that IF it were true then the people of REAL acclaim accepted it. Maybe for the good and justifiable reasons that you never bothered to consider.
Rockin'Deano wrote:People who are involved, ie, people who matter, have accepted this and moved on.
The sad thing here is that you actually felt a need to start things moving to begin with.
Rockin'Deano wrote:I am not happy with the way it was done,
I don’t believe that. I believe that you’re VERY happy.
Rockin'Deano wrote:but seriously folks, was there a better way?
To use JOURNEY in order to attract attention and gain “Melodic Rock Capital”? No. I can’t think of a better way.
Rockin'Deano wrote:There had to be some fire and brimstone thrown to affect change,
So you thought JOURNEY needed to make a change and YES – you found a way to try to make that happen without regard to whom or what you might affect. Just as long as you got what you want.
That’s messed up.
Rockin'Deano wrote:…especially when the part needing change was not willing to do his job with integrity,
Seems to me that everyone else of REAL acclaim felt he was willing to do his job with integrity.
Rockin'Deano wrote:…thus I came into view, and what happened, well, happened, and frankly, it's the best we could have ever hoped for being Journey fans.
You’re my hero! Thanks for saving me from that evil Steve Augeri. I want to be just like you when I grow up! You’re such a compass of morality!
Not really. As a JOURNEY fan I’m not feeling that same sense of joy and self-worth that you’re espousing.
Rockin'Deano wrote:By the way, I don't need a title "staking claim to anything." I know what I did, so does Neal, Jon, Deen, Ross and others. Folks, it's all good now. Can we put this thing behind us and move on?
What you did was a travesty. You had a personal vendetta against Steve Augeri and you exacted it. Nothing “all good” about that.
You don’t really want to put this behind and move on. This is your claim to what you think is some kind of fame.
What YOUR brain fails to recognize is that tapes didn’t matter to anyone of REAL acclaim.
