roycap wrote: If Andrew ever gets the chance to interview Steve A., here are some questions I'd like to answers too:
1) Whose idea was it to use tapes instead of live vocals?
All five guys were equally culpable!
roycap wrote: 2) How long did this charade last?
Way too fucking long!
roycap wrote: 3) Did you feel pressured into this or were you on board with it from the beginning?
They were all on board from the beginning! Nobody gets their arm twisted into perpetrating a fraud on their paying public, regardless of what Augeri or any of them say!
roycap wrote: 4) Did you ever ask the group to take some time off to recuperate? Their response?
Yes...I told Neal and Company that I simply couldn't sing the catalog, and their response was something like "Thank god we have Jeff on speed dial"
roycap wrote: 5) When JSS took over, did you really feel it was an interim solution and that you would eventually be back once recovered?
Anyone who felt like Augeri's departure was "interim" had their head up their ass! EVERYONE (except the wiggle whack jobs from Jackass Talk) knew Augeri wasn't coming back to Journey
roycap wrote: 6) Who in the band were you closest too and do you still have contact with anyone associated with the group?
If I were a betting man, I would say Augeri was closest to Deen, because they were both "The new guy". He's also very fond of all the screwballs at Jackass Talk, who drool over his red leather pants
roycap wrote: 7) When they unceremoniously dumped JSS, did you ever reach out to him?
Yes, we decided to start a support group and call it "Journey Departed". It's going really well, and we suspect that we'll have a new member by the end of 2008
roycap wrote: 
Have you listened to any of the Arnel show tapes? Thoughts?
Who is Arnel
roycap wrote: 9) Will you sing Journey songs in the future as you tour?
Absolutely not. With my vast and endless solo catalog, there is no reason for me to pretend that I'm still a member of Journey. They "cracked the stone", and I'm moving forward
roycap wrote: 10) How did your wife react to the fiasco?
She is just happy she doesn't have to compete with the Wiggle Whack Jobs any longer! She also asked that I refrain from wearing my red leather pants, and her white blouse in public, any longer
roycap wrote: Steve A. - I look forward to hearing from you soon.
Don't hold your breath! Oxygen is a terrible thing to waste
John from Boston