Isn't this supposed to be a JOURNEY forum?

[jwarr]

I really look forward to see what everyone says about my favorite band. I'm not trying to upset anyone, BUT why are there so many nonrelated posts?

[styxman]

I really look forward to see what everyone says about my favorite band. I'm not trying to upset anyone, BUT why are there so many nonrelated posts?

Culture Clubs not on here mate, wrong forum

[Ratgirl]

I really look forward to see what everyone says about my favorite band. I'm not trying to upset anyone, BUT why are there so many nonrelated posts?

Unfortunately right now there is currently not much going on with Journey.

[Wildfire]

I never read where it said that ONLY Journey topic are allowed. Its all in the fun of things.

[heardonthestreet]

I really look forward to see what everyone says about my favorite band. I'm not trying to upset anyone, BUT why are there so many nonrelated posts?

How about starting some interesting Journey topics. You build it and everyone will come,

[SusieP]

I see it as a forum for Journey fans.

Our love of Journey brings us together and we chat about Journey and other things which interest us.


[in styxman's case - ducks. Nice avatar, mate. ]

[styxman]

I see it as a forum for Journey fans.

Our love of Journey brings us together and we chat about Journey and other things which interest us.


[in styxman's case - ducks. Nice avatar, mate. ]

Yep, it's American, stupid, eats junk food and drinks sugar filled soda...fits the MR community just dandy

[SusieP]

I see it as a forum for Journey fans.

Our love of Journey brings us together and we chat about Journey and other things which interest us.


[in styxman's case - ducks. Nice avatar, mate. ]

Yep, it's American, stupid, eats junk food and drinks sugar filled soda...fits the MR community just dandy

The duck has no balls though.
Well, not that I can see.

[Natalie]

I see it as a forum for Journey fans.

Our love of Journey brings us together and we chat about Journey and other things which interest us.


[in styxman's case - ducks. Nice avatar, mate. ]

Yep, it's American, stupid, eats junk food and drinks sugar filled soda...fits the MR community just dandy

You forgot the booze!

[styxman]

I see it as a forum for Journey fans.

Our love of Journey brings us together and we chat about Journey and other things which interest us.


[in styxman's case - ducks. Nice avatar, mate. ]

Yep, it's American, stupid, eats junk food and drinks sugar filled soda...fits the MR community just dandy

You forgot the booze!

No I didn't, I mentioned soda, that's stronger than American booze

Susie, Walt didn't give Donald Balls, Disney would have lasted long if he did

[SusieP]

I see it as a forum for Journey fans.

Our love of Journey brings us together and we chat about Journey and other things which interest us.


[in styxman's case - ducks. Nice avatar, mate. ]

Yep, it's American, stupid, eats junk food and drinks sugar filled soda...fits the MR community just dandy

You forgot the booze!

No I didn't, I mentioned soda, that's stronger than American booze

Susie, Walt didn't give Donald Balls, Disney would have lasted long if he did

Well, Disney could have gone down a more rock'n'roll path but it's stars would have been Ron Jeremy etc not cute duckies and meeces.

Now there's a thought.

[montyollie]

LOL I thought the same thing when I started coming to MR.com. Seems that this forum wound up being the catch-all social place for most of the members. Some of us tend to spend a lot of time in other band-specific forums, though. This is where seemingly ALL non related things go.

[styxman]

LOL I thought the same thing when I started coming to MR.com. Seems that this forum wound up being the catch-all social place for most of the members. Some of us tend to spend a lot of time in other band-specific forums, though. This is where seemingly ALL non related things go.

OOOOHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! Is it now, I always thought the Styx board was the non related one, they only ever talk about a guy called DDY over there, how non related can you get

[Wally_Hatchet]

The threads seem appropriately titled to me.

Here's an idea - don;t click the off topic threads.

[styxman]

The threads seem appropriately titled to me.

Here's an idea - don;t click the off topic threads.

It doesn't matter what topic you click on, it always goes off topic, come on Hatchet you should know that by now

[Moon Beam]

I really look forward to see what everyone says about my favorite band. I'm not trying to upset anyone, BUT why are there so many nonrelated posts?

Well that you capitalized the word "But" has me thinking that maybe you do want
to see a rise from some of us.
Hope you join us in any thread that interests you.

[Sassie]

Even if it goes off topic, it it almost always fun to read. I am stll in awe at the music knowledge a lot of people here have. I learn something new almost every time I come here. I enjoy it.

[Andrew]

I really look forward to see what everyone says about my favorite band. I'm not trying to upset anyone, BUT why are there so many nonrelated posts?

Post count = 5.

You'll learn

[Moose]

I really look forward to see what everyone says about my favorite band. I'm not trying to upset anyone, BUT why are there so many nonrelated posts?

If Journey were to do something worth posting about...the flood gates would open. The great thing about this place is that there are other things that people have in common...(or not). Check the Rush Thread........it's dead!

[Wheels Of Fyre]

I really look forward to see what everyone says about my favorite band. I'm not trying to upset anyone, BUT why are there so many nonrelated posts?

It's not clear to me, either. Heck I post JOURNEY-related stuff that gets locked. Got me.

[Red13JoePa]

It's not clear to me, either. Heck I post JOURNEY-related stuff that gets locked. Got me.

Ha!

Good point.

To be fair though, it happened to Youngjrnyfn last night too.

[Andrew]

I really look forward to see what everyone says about my favorite band. I'm not trying to upset anyone, BUT why are there so many nonrelated posts?

It's not clear to me, either. Heck I post JOURNEY-related stuff that gets locked. Got me.

What a surprise...just had to get that comment in there didn't you. Way to impress again....

[ohsherrie]

jwarr, this isn't just a message board. It's a virtual community. It's a Journey based community. We came here because of Journey but we stay because we're MR people. We talk about what's on our minds because we're comfortable enough with each other to do so. We talk about Journey(past and present) most of the time, but not all of the time. When Journey gives us something new to talk about the board lights up with it. That's when it's really fun.

We don't all get along all the time but we come together when we need to.

[Ms_M]

jwarr, this isn't just a message board. It's a virtual community. It's a Journey based community. We came here because of Journey but we stay because we're MR people. We talk about what's on our minds because we're comfortable enough with each other to do so. We talk about Journey(past and present) most of the time, but not all of the time. When Journey gives us something new to talk about the board lights up with it. That's when it's really fun.

We don't all get along all the time but we come together when we need to.

[TRAGChick]

This place is just too much fun....

Even when we all veer WAAAY off topic....WHO CARES??

It's all a very good time....you'll see.....

[Ms_M]

This place is just too much fun....

Even when we all veer WAAAY off topic....WHO CARES??

It's all a very good time....you'll see.....

OT? Here??

[Soto All The Way]

I really look forward to see what everyone says about my favorite band. I'm not trying to upset anyone, BUT why are there so many nonrelated posts?

SO, Did you get the answer that you wanted.....They are taking a btreak, what do you want to hear.....Where Neal went for lunch today?

e-

[Ms_M]

I really look forward to see what everyone says about my favorite band. I'm not trying to upset anyone, BUT why are there so many nonrelated posts?

SO, Did you get the answer that you wanted.....They are taking a btreak, what do you want to hear.....Where Neal went for lunch today?

e-

That sounds like a great topic!!! Do you know where he was?? LOL!

[AR]

I really look forward to see what everyone says about my favorite band. I'm not trying to upset anyone, BUT why are there so many nonrelated posts?

Here ya go, happy now?
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Journey is an American rock band formed in 1973 in San Francisco, California.

The band has gone through several phases since its inception by former members of Santana. The band's greatest commercial success came in the early 1980s with a series of power ballads and soaring classics such as "Don't Stop Believin'," "Any Way You Want It," "Faithfully," "Open Arms," "Separate Ways" and "Wheel in the Sky."

Contents [hide]
1 History
1.1 Origins
1.2 First incarnation
1.3 A new vocalist, redux
1.4 Massive commercial success
1.5 Turmoil
1.6 Attempts to re-form
1.7 Recent
1.7.1 2006
2 Future
3 Personnel
3.1 Current members
3.2 Past members
3.3 Tour/studio members
4 Discography
4.1 Studio albums
5 References in Popular Culture
6 See also
7 External links



[edit] History

[edit] Origins
See Santana for additional background of the people who would become Journey.
In December 1971, Gregg Rolie, the organist and vocalist and co-founding member of Santana, decided that it was time to leave the band, due to longstanding disagreements with Carlos Santana about the musical direction of the group. He went home to Seattle and opened a restaurant with his father.

While all this was going on, there was another face on the scene; the road manager for Santana, Walter "Herbie" Herbert. After an abortive South American tour, Herbert was on Carlos’ bad side. Herbie and Santana guitarist Neal Schon had become good friends on the tour. Herbie had the idea to take Schon and form a new band around his guitar-playing talents. After Schon parted ways with a Larry Graham side project that would eventually become Graham Central Station, he agreed. Herbert was able to get George Tickner (guitar) and Ross Valory (former bassist for the Steve Miller Band) who were at the time playing in Frumious Bandersnatch (another band that Herbie managed) to join Schon and form a new band. Prairie Prince (drums), who was already with The Tubes, was recruited to join the new effort.

Meanwhile, Rolie's restaurant in Seattle was not doing well. Rolie sold a majority of it, but still was on the hook financially. Herbert and Schon agreed that they should also bring in Rolie, and Herbie made the call. In June 1973, the Golden Gate Rhythm Section was formed. Their initial plan was to be a ready-made studio band for anyone wanting to cut a record in San Francisco. While waiting for a job to come along, Tickner started submitting ideas for the band's own original material. Tickner was leaning toward very progressive material, material that was probably not commercially viable, but was pushing musical boundaries. They recorded some demo tapes and sent them to KSAN-FM, the Bay Area rock station. After listeners heard the tapes, and were given some background on the band, they were invited to submit names for the band. There is some dispute as to who actually came up with the name Journey, but John Villaneuva, a Herbert associate, put it forward to Herbie, and the band had a new name.


[edit] First incarnation
The band's first public appearance came at Winterland New Year’s Eve 1973. The next day, they flew to Hawaii and played the Crater Festival. Prince, while he didn’t mind helping the band out, was still tied to his other band, The Tubes. He did not want to make a commitment to join formally, so Herbert, having become manager of the new band, arranged for auditions for a new drummer, but nobody clicked. Herbert thought of Aynsley Dunbar, a drummer who played with Frank Zappa, John Mayall, Jeff Beck, Bonzo Dog Band, Mothers of Invention, Lou Reed, and David Bowie. Schon remembered seeing him play with Zappa, and the hunt was on. Although Dunbar didn’t know the members of Journey, he saw the potential and joined the band. On February 5, 1974, the new line-up made their debut at the Great American Music Hall. The band was off and running.

Signed to Columbia Records, Journey released its self-titled first album Journey in 1975. It showcased their considerable talent as musicians on jazz-flavored progressive rock epics.

Guitarist George Tickner was tired from touring and left the band by the time of their second album, Look into the Future (1976), which toned down a little the overt progressiveness of their first release but still retained a jazz fusion base. The following year's Next tried for shorter tracks to increase accessibility, but didn't find commercial success (although it did start a pattern of trademark one-word album titles).

With the mediocre sales of the album Next and the difficulties Gregg Rolie was having maintaining his dual role as keyboardist and lead vocalist (in fact, Neal Schon sang on a few of that album's tracks), the band was pressured by the studio to change direction and find a new lead singer and frontman. As a result, Journey enlisted Robert Fleischman. Fleischman, a southern California native, had been playing with a Chicago-based touring band when his manager, Barry Fey, brought him to Denver in early 1977 for a showcase with studio executives. "It was completely snowing and we didn’t know if people were gonna’ make it, and then all the people from the west coast and the east coast made it," Fleischman recalls [1]. He was "discovered" by a CBS executive at the showcase, and within two weeks was flown out to San Francisco for an audition with Journey.

Told that the band was transitioning to a more popular style, akin to that of Foreigner and Boston, Fleischman knew that his Led Zeppelin-inspired vocal style would be an asset. But he was taken aback by the sheer power of the band he was hooking up with. In their first studio session, Fleishman recalls, "It was like...having rockets on the back of your pockets. And they’d been together so long and they were so tight that it was great to play with people that way." [2] The sessions that winter ultimately produced "For You," which later appeared on the Time3 box set, and "Wheel in the Sky," later recorded--without Fleischman--for the Infinity album.

Fleischman went out on the road with Journey that spring, but his tenure in the band was short-lived. He kept his own manager, Barry Fey, a constant affront to the authority of Journey's manager, Herbie Herbert. Additionally, Herbert seemed unwilling to let the band's new direction play out immediately, and Fleischman often found himself relegated to shaking a tambourine while the band played its classic numbers to its diehard core of fusion fans. Fleischman also apparently clashed with other band members when he failed to finish new songs promptly [3].


[edit] A new vocalist, redux
Manager Herbie Herbert had heard of singer Steve Perry, and when the singer's demo tape (from his previous band Alien Project) of a song called "If You Need Me, Call Me"—which later appeared on Perry's Greatest Hits + Five Unreleased album, with the remaining tracks from the demo tape to be released in early October 2006 on the remastered release of Perry's Street Talk) was put in his hands by roadie Jack Villanueva, Herbie knew he needed to make a change. After an interesting interlude in which Perry was covertly introduced to the band (with Fleischman being told Perry was Villanueva's Portuguese cousin), Fleischman was fired. Perry made his public debut with Journey in October 1977 in San Francisco.

In Perry's first meeting with Schon, the pair quickly penned their first song together, "Patiently", which would appear on the new album Infinity in 1978. Perry added his signature vocals to now-classic tracks such as "Lights" (written by Perry as an ode to San Francisco) and "Wheel in the Sky" (written by Fleischman, Schon and Valory's then-wife, Diane) and "Anytime". In addition, Queen producer Roy Thomas Baker was brought in by Fleischman to provide a more layered sound. The changes worked, and Journey achieved their highest chart success to date, reaching No. 21 on the album charts and Infinity gave Journey their first R.I.A.A. certified Platinum album.

In 1979, Dunbar was fired, due to what Herbie claimed was "incompatibility of the first order," and joined Jefferson Starship. His replacement on drums was Steve Smith for the album Evolution, and the band got its first Billboard Hot 100 Top 20 single, "Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin'".

1980 saw the album Departure, which continued the trend toward increasing commercial success, reaching No. 8 on the album charts. "Any Way You Want It" was a Top 25 single and received solid FM radio airplay. At this point, the band had a solid concert following as well. They were poised for large-scale success.

Exhausted from extensive touring, Rolie departed. Before leaving, he recommended a successor for keyboards: Jonathan Cain, a former member of The Babys, a band that had just previously toured with Journey.


[edit] Massive commercial success

Scene from the music video for Separate Ways.In 1981, Journey's seventh studio album, Escape, went to No. 1 on the album charts and would go on to become their biggest selling and most popular studio album (nine times platinum), not counting their Greatest Hits album. The hits "Who's Crying Now", "Don't Stop Believin'" and "Open Arms" all reached the Top 10 as singles. The band's polished sound, fronted by Perry's distinctive and soon-to-be widely imitated voice, became a popular radio presence.

In particular, "Don't Stop Believin'" showcased how well Perry's soaring tenor could interlace with Cain's full piano chords and Schon's dynamic guitar work, while "Open Arms" — which spent six weeks at No. 2 on the charts — helped establish Perry as the standard for 1980s arena rock power ballad vocals.

Such success did not help Journey with rock critics, who for the most part had not liked any edition of the band. The 1983 Rolling Stone Record Guide gave all their albums only one star, saying "Journey was a dead end for San Francisco area rock ... utter triviality ... banality ... reek[s] of exploitative cynicism." Fairly or not, critics often lumped Journey together with other one-word-named "corporate rock" bands such as Boston, Foreigner, Asia, Survivor and so forth.

In 1982, the band contributed two tracks ("Only Solutions" and "1990's Theme") to the Disney feature film Tron. Coincidentally, later that year the group became the first rock band to inspire a video game - or, more precisely, two: the Journey arcade by Bally/Midway, and Journey Escape by Data Age for the Atari 2600.

Journey's next album, 1983's Frontiers, continued their commercial success. It reached No. 2 on the album charts and scored four hit singles, with "Faithfully" and "Separate Ways" reaching the highest at Nos. 12 and 8, respectively. Cain's presence was more felt on this album, both in his songwriting (he was the sole writer of "Faithfully") and in the greater use of synthesizers in the sound.

It was now the MTV era, and Journey's popularity was boosted by a documentary-like music video for "Faithfully", which showed various band members and their families on tour and which helped place the song up with Bob Seger's "Turn the Page" and Jackson Browne's "Load Out/Stay" as a life-on-the-road favorite.


[edit] Turmoil

Album cover to She's Mine singleLead singer Steve Perry received much of the credit for Journey's success. In 1984, he released a solo album, Street Talk, which was successful and scored a very popular song and MTV video with "Oh Sherrie". Much to the dismay of Herbert, who had a falling out with Perry at that time, original member and bassist Valory and drummer Smith were fired from the band. The two were replaced by various studio musicians for the recording of the 1986 album Raised on Radio (originally meant to be called Freedom, but was changed at the insistence of Steve Perry), including future "American Idol" judge Randy Jackson (bass) and Larrie Londin (drums). Smith recorded two tracks with Journey on the album before departing. Both Smith and Valory were paid for any revenues from the album and the subsequent tour.

Production on Raised on Radio was stop-and-go, due to the poor health of Perry's mother, Mary Perry. Overall, the album sold 2 million copies. This is one of the least mentioned records, due to many believing that this was just an extension of Perry's solo career. This did not sit well with Neal Schon, who often clashed with Perry during the production of the record.

A tour followed, which featured Jackson on bass and Mike Baird on drums. Afterward, Perry, exhausted from the constant touring, grieving from the death of his mother, and the collapse of his six-year relationship with Sherrie Swafford, walked away from Journey in 1987, ending the band's ride at the top. Perry, despite working on a solo project in 1989 (titled Against The Wall) that was shelved, left the industry for several years before officially returning in 1994.

Schon and Cain left in 1988 to join Cain's ex-Babys bandmate John Waite, forming Bad English, and to record solo albums. Schon then joined his brothers-in-law's group, Hardline. By 1991, Valory, Smith, and Rolie joined The Storm; all the members had moved on with their lives and careers.

Perry also recorded "Don't Fight It" (1982), with Kenny Loggins. He has recorded with other groups since then, and released another solo album in 1994 (For the Love of Strange Medicine) and a solo greatest-hits collection in 1998. Schon has created two albums with Jan Hammer (1981 and 1983, plus a compilation album of the two in the 2000s) and in 1985 was part of the HSAS (Hagar Schon Aaronson Shrieve) project. He also continues to record solo work.


[edit] Attempts to re-form
Compilations and live albums were released while Journey was inactive. Mariah Carey's version of "Open Arms" gained Journey some attention in the mid-1990s (both Smith and Jackson had worked with Carey).

In 1993, Kevin Chalfant of The Storm performed with members of Journey on a few shows, and a reunited Journey was in the works with Chalfant, Schon, Cain, Valory, Smith and Rolie. That lineup did not come to fruition. Perry announced he was rejoining Journey in 1995. For a time, the "Escape" Journey lineup was reunited. Perry, Schon, Smith, Cain, and Valory were back together and making new music. This produced the reunion album Trial by Fire in 1996, which included a hit single, "When You Love a Woman" which was nominated for a Grammy Award.

Following the success of Trial by Fire, the members of Journey prepared for a much-anticipated tour. The media hype and the overall excitement surrounding the band was immense but it all came to a grinding halt when Perry injured his hip while hiking in Hawaii causing the band to postpone the tour. As it turns out, Perry likely needed a hip replacement but he steadfastly refused to make the decision to have the surgery. Recognizing the delicate matter of the situation, the rest of the band members waited patiently for over two years for Perry to make a decision to either have surgery or move on with the tour. In 1998, the band was beginning to get impatient and pressed Perry for a decision about his hip injury. When Perry refused, Cain and Schon reluctantly decided to continue the band without him. Drummer Smith, believing Journey would not survive without Perry, decided to leave the band as well, in favor of a longstanding jazz project (Vital Information) on which he'd been working prior to the reconstitution of Journey.

These decisions left Journey without a drummer and a lead vocalist. The drumming position was filled by Deen Castronovo, Schon's and Cain's Bad English bandmate, and the drummer for Hardline. The lead vocalist position would later be filled in 1998 by Steve Augeri, former Tyketto and Tall Stories vocalist. Augeri had dropped out of the music business and was working at The Gap in New York City as a store manager. He received a phone call from Schon, who had heard a tape of Augeri's vocals. Schon invited him to audition for the band, and, despite having not sung much in recent months, he impressed Journey members enough to land the gig. At this point Perry was legally no longer a member of Journey and Cain tells a story of how fans reacted angrily to Journey using Perry-led live tracks to advertise the new lineup's tour, when in fact the tracks featured Augeri. This is due in no small part to the fact that Augeri's singing voice closely replicated that of Perry's, even if it was somewhat "bluesier".

The band members promptly went to work recording a track for the soundtrack to the movie Armageddon, called "Remember Me". Not long after, the band began recording their next studio album, Arrival. The album originally was released in Japan in late 2000, but due to its leakage onto the internet and fans' negative reaction to its ballad-heavy sound, the band decided to delay its U.S. release and record two more harder tunes for the American version. "All the Way" became a minor adult contemporary hit from the album.

In 2001, the band participated in an episode of VH1's Behind the Music, but statements made during the interviews only exacerbated tensions between Perry and the group.


[edit] Recent
Journey's critical reputation did not improve with the passage of time: The 2004 edition of the Rolling Stone Album Guide calls Journey the perfect karaoke act and gives none of their studio albums more than two-and-a-half stars (out of five), though the greatest-hits album fared a little better.

Although cynically written off by many as a corporate pop act, Journey has retained an affectionate following throughout the years; their music appears often in various TV shows and movies. American radio still spins Journey hits regularly, exposing the band to a new generation of listeners. The anthem "Don't Stop Believin'" became a public rallying cry for the 2004 World Series Champion Boston Red Sox after they fell behind 3 to 0 against the Yankees in the ALCS and again for the 2005 World Series champion Chicago White Sox (Perry was invited to the celebration parade in Chicago, where he sang "Don't Stop Believin'" with members of the team). On February 6, 2005 "Don't Stop Believin'" was heard in a FedExKinko's commercial starring Burt Reynolds that aired during Super Bowl XXXIX. The revitalized song even appeared in the widely-watched 2006 American Idol finale.

Journey and Steve Perry gained new attention in the 2000s due to Randy Jackson, who since his Journey involvement had become a successful recording-industry figure and then an American Idol judge. Film clips of Jackson with the band on tour were shown, and various contestants on Idol attempted to measure up vocally by singing Journey numbers, exposing the songs to a new generation of listeners. The best remembered of these attempts were Clay Aiken's take on "Open Arms" in a key semifinal round of the show (and later in a duet with fellow Idol Kelly Clarkson on their joint concert tour), and Elliott Yamin's praiseworthy performance of the same song in the 2006 semifinal round.

On January 21, 2005, Journey received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, where Perry made a surprise appearance at the ceremony. Relations between him and the rest of the group improved, but Perry said there was no chance of rejoining his former band in the foreseeable future. Ten current or former Journey bandmates appeared that day, including Perry and the current line-up, plus Steve Smith, Aynsley Dunbar, George Tickner and Robert Fleischman (Gregg Rolie was unable to attend the induction ceremony due to prior commitments). Two years before, Journey was inducted into the San Francisco Music Hall of Fame, with Rolie, Cain, Smith, Valory, Schon, Dunbar, Castronovo and Augeri appearing at that ceremony.

In 2005, the band embarked on their 30th anniversary tour, giving away free promotional copies of their new studio album, Generations to numbered ticket holders at most concerts, and eventually released the album commercially in October 2005. The shows were three hours long, and were divided into two sets — the first included material from the early years (some of it being played live for the first time), while the second was based on material from Escape and onward.

In December of 2005, Journey's hit from 1981, Don't Stop Believin', rose to #13 on the "Hot Digital Songs" chart.

Journey was nominated for two categories on VH1's Big in '05 awards show: "Big Old-School Triumph" and "Big Download" (for "Don't Stop Believin'").

Judy Torres released a cover of Journey's "Faithfully" as a single CD in late 2005.


[edit] 2006
On June 10, 2006 Sirius Satellite Radio named Journey's "Faithfully" the top prom song of the '80s.

In Late Spring/Early Summer 2006, Journey embarked on a mini-European tour taking in two 2hr performances in Edinburgh Playhouse and Manchester Apollo. There were four appearances at European festivals (UK, Sweden, Germany & Holland). Following this Journey went on tour in America with Def Leppard during the summer of 2006. However Augeri experienced problems with his voice shortly after the tour began and was forced to step down. Steve Augeri announced he was temporarily leaving the tour due to a throat infection which requires that he rest his vocal cords.[4]

Only one official statement was made that made it appear unlikely that Augeri would return to the band.

"Steve's been suffering with an acute throat condition since before we kicked off the tour with Def Leppard. We were hoping he'd be in well enough condition to handle the rigors of the road but unfortunately it appears to be a chronic condition," stated the band in an official statement released on July 6, 2006.

The next day, Journey performed at the Nissan Pavillion in Bristow, Virginia with Def Leppard without Steve Augeri, using Jeff Scott Soto, to much critical acclaim, to fill in for him. In addition, Deen Castronovo performs the lead vocals during the power ballads like "Faithfully" and "Open Arms".

On December 19, 2006 an official statement was issued from the band on their official website stating that Jeff Scott Soto was the new permanent lead singer in the band, removing the temporary tag. [5]


[edit] Future
Journey have gone on record as saying they will return to do a larger scale European Tour in 2007 following sell out concerts, rave reviews and the bands own admission that they were "totally blown away by your tremendous and positive response to our shows and songs, and that we had no idea how much you have missed seeing us, but even more so, how much we’ve missed seeing you and visiting your great countries".

Late in 2006 they announced a European tour which comprised the following shows;

3/01/07 Sheffield City Hall Sheffield, UK

3/02/07 Newcastle City Hall Newcastle, UK

3/03/07 Clyde Auditorium Glasgow, UK

3/05/07 Nottingham Royal Centre Nottingham, UK

3/06/07 Manchester Apollo Manchester, UK

3/07/07 Manchester Apollo Manchester, UK

3/09/07 Cardiff Int Centre Cardiff, UK

3/10/07 Bournemouth Int Centre Bournemouth, UK

3/13/07 Birmingham NIA Birmingham, UK

3/14/07 Hammersmith Apollo London, UK

3/15/07 Newcastle City Hall Newcastle, UK

3/17/07 Europahalle Karlsruhe, Germany

3/19/07 E-work Cologne, Germany

3/20/07 Paradiso Amsterdam, Netherlands

3/22/07 Z7 Pratteln, Switzerland

3/24/07 La Riviera Madrid, Spain


[edit] Personnel

[edit] Current members
Jeff Scott Soto - lead vocals (2006-present)
Neal Schon - lead guitar, vocals (1973-1987, 1996-present)
Jonathan Cain - keyboards, rhythm guitar, vocals (1980-1987, 1996-present)
Ross Valory - bass, vocals (1973-1985, 1996-present)
Deen Castronovo - drums, vocals (1998-present)

[edit] Past members
Steve Augeri - lead vocals, occasional rhythm guitar on tour (1998-2006)
Steve Perry - lead vocals (1977-1987, 1996-1998)
Steve Smith - drums, percussion (1979-1985, 1996-1998)
Gregg Rolie - keyboards, lead vocals (1973-1977) keyboards, backing vocals (1977-1980)
Aynsley Dunbar - drums, percussion (1974-1979)
George Tickner - rhythm guitar (1973-1976)
Robert Fleischman - lead vocals (1977)
Prairie Prince - drums (1973-1974)

[edit] Tour/studio members
Randy Jackson - bass, backing vocals (1985-1987)
Larrie Londin - drums, percussion (1985-1986)
Bob Glaub - bass (1985)
Mike Baird - drums (1986-1987)

[edit] Discography
Please see Journey discography, for a complete discography.


[edit] Studio albums
Journey (1975)
Look into the Future (1976)
Next (1977)
Infinity (1978) - first album featuring Steve Perry. (Columbia Records) Reissued, 2006 (Legacy Recordings)
Evolution (1979) (Columbia Records) Reissued, 2006 (Legacy Recordings)
Departure (1980) (Columbia Records) Reissued, 2006 (Legacy Recordings)
Dream After Dream (1980) - Japanese film soundtrack
Escape (1981) (Columbia Records) Reissued, 2006 (Legacy Recordings)
Frontiers (1983) (Columbia Records) Reissued, 2006 (Legacy Recordings)
Raised on Radio (1986) - featuring only Perry, Schon and Cain with studio musicians. (Columbia Records) Reissued, 2006 (Legacy Recordings)
Trial by Fire (1996) Reissued, 2006 (Legacy Recordings)
Arrival (2001)
Red 13 (2002) EP
Generations (29 August 2005)

[edit] References in Popular Culture
In the 1980 movie Caddyshack, the Rodney Dangerfield character's golf bag has a stereo that plays "Any Way You Want It" at an inopportune moment. (The song is also played over the end credits of Simpsons episode Burns Baby Burns which features Dangerfield as special guest voice.)
Matt Stone and Trey Parker, the creators of the animated comedy South Park, use references to the band Journey, Steve Perry, and their music as jokes in both their television shows and movies. In Episode 909 of South Park, entitled "Erection Day," a little girl playing piano in the talent competition begins to sing the opening to "Open Arms," beginning "Lying beside you, here in the dark...," before the show cuts onto another aspect of the plot.
In the movie BASEketball, a Parker and Stone movie, one of the competitors in the game of baseketball, in an attempt to "psyche out" his opponent, is heard singing "And I should've been gone", a line from the Steve Perry song, "Oh Sherrie." Upon his opponent missing his shot, he declares, "Dude, I thought we said no more Journey psyche-outs."
In the fourth season episode of Family Guy entitled "Don't Make Me Over," Peter, Quagmire, Cleveland, and Joe sing "Don't Stop Believin'" with a karaoke machine, inspiring the quartet to form a rock band, "Fat, Horny, Black, and Joe." Incidentally, the airing of the episode coincided with a spike in iTunes online music sales for the song, placing it in the Top 10 most downloaded tracks for that week and the Top 25 for that month (August 2005). Since then it has remained highly downloaded and is still in the Top 5 most-bought for "Rock Music." The popularity and its resultant newsmaking further served to renew interest in the band and its recordings.
Further encouraging nationwide downloads of the song, MTV's Laguna Beach aired a segment featuring the teens singing to "Don't Stop Believin'" in 2005.
The Chicago White Sox baseball team adopted "Don't Stop Believin'" as their theme song for their playoff push towards the 2005 World Series [6], after players Joe Crede and A.J. Pierzynski went to a bar and screamed "Play some freakin' Journey!" to a bad lounge singer. On October 28, 2005, Steve Perry led the team and the crowd in an a cappella rendition of the song, on the podium at the World Series Championship celebration in Chicago.
In the "The Shield" season three episode "Safe", Detective Ronnie Gardocki comments that he was planning to go see Journey in concert when asked by one character as to his evening plans.
In a third season episode of Scrubs entitled "My Journey," JD mentions to Carla that he knows a great Journey cover band called "The Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin's" and that she should book to play at her and Turk's wedding reception. He then begins to sing the first verse of "Don't Stop Believin'." The episode concluded with the song played in full.
In the FOX television series The O.C., one of the characters, Ryan Atwood, claims that Journey is his favorite band. "Open Arms" and "Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)" are used in a couple of episodes on the show. A Journey poster can be seen on the wall of the character's "pool house" living space.
"Don't Stop Believin'" was also featured in the 2003 film Monster, starring Charlize Theron, who won an Academy Award for her performance.
In the movie The Wedding Singer, the scene in which Adam Sandler's character, Robbie, is left at the altar features a string ensemble at the wedding playing "Don't Stop Believin'."
On the "Tsst" episode of South Park, Cartman sings a part from "Don't Stop Believin'."
On an episode of Saturday Night Live, "Don't Stop Believin'" is played by the studio band. The skit was about a man who loved himself so much, he re-recorded all of his favorite music with his own voice.
In the film Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, the song "Any Way You Want It" is played at the end before the credits.
The song "Wheel in the Sky" is played at the end of the second season episode "Bust Out" of the popular HBO drama The Sopranos.
On an episode of the TV series Yes, Dear, "Don't Stop Believin'" is sang by actor Mike O'Malley when his little kid manages to use the toilet instead of diapers.
In the movie Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006), "Faithfully" is played in the bar when Susan (actress Amy Adams) convinces Ricky Bobby (actor Will Ferrell) in an impassioned speech to resume his NASCAR stock car racing career. His former assistant, Susan then professes her love for Ricky, and they start to kiss, with Ricky warning the other customers not to watch, "because we're gonna start making animal noises".
Randy Pearson, a fictional character from the 8th season of That '70s Show enjoys listening to Journey. He represented the change between 70s rock music (other characters from the show listened to Led Zeppelin, Ted Nugent, etc.) and 80s popular rock. In the opening credits to season 8, he was seen banging his head (something most people attribute to metal music, made mainstream in the '80s)
"Don't Stop Believin'" provided a touching plot device in Dave Eggers' novel, A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius.
Steve Perry is portrayed in several episodes of the mockumentary series Yacht Rock
In the movie View from the Top starring Mike Myers and Gwenyth Paltrow, "Don't Stop Believin'" is played during the intro and the final scene.
In his book I Rant, Therefore I Am, comedian Dennis Miller mentions that, while in the process of buying a house, Journey was at said house for unknown reasons; Steve Perry helped "save [Miller] $3000 by spotting a leak in the water heater."
The song "Oh Sherrie" is referred to by Lauren Graham who plays Lorelai Gilmore on Gilmore Girls when she mentions Christopher's wife, Sherrie.
"Any Way You Want It" features as the title song for Almost Skateboards first team video Almost Round Three.
"Wheel in the Sky" was played on a recap segment of the sci-fi show Supernatural
In the season 10 episode of Stargate SG-1 "Bounty", a request is made at the school reunion for Journey to be played.
In a third season episode of Soul Food, the character Terry Joseph, visits a therapist; this therapist believes the song "Don't Stop Believin'" is good for the soul. At the end of the episode, Terry, fired from her job at her second law firm, gets emotional when "Don't Stop Believin'" plays on her car radio.

[edit] See also
Best selling music artists

[edit] External links
Journey's Official Site
Journey at Legacy Recordings
Legacy Recordings
Journey Official MySpace Site
Journey VH1 Artist Page
Journey MTV Artist Page
Journey AOL Artist Page
Journey Billboard Artist Page
Journey All Music Guide Artist Page
Journey Rolling Stone Artist Page
Ross Valory's Official Website
Gregg Rolie's Official Website
Jonathan Cain's Official Website
Steve Smith's Official Website
George Tickner's Official Website



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Jeff Scott Soto | Neal Schon | Jonathan Cain | Ross Valory | Deen Castronovo
Steve Augeri | Steve Perry | Steve Smith | Gregg Rolie | Aynsley Dunbar | George Tickner | Robert Fleischman | Prairie Prince | Randy Jackson | Larrie Londin | Bob Glaub | Mike Baird
Discography
Studio albums: Journey | Look into the Future | Next | Infinity | Evolution | Departure | Dream After Dream | Escape | Frontiers | Raised on Radio | Trial by Fire | Arrival | Red 13 | Generations
Live albums: Captured | Greatest Hits Live

Compilations: In the Beginning | Greatest Hits | The Ballade | Time3 | The Essential Journey | Open Arms~Greatest Hits

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