jrny84 wrote:Most of the information on Journey's wikipedia cite is actually very factual and correct. I know the author who wrote most of the Journey article on wikipedia and he researched many different avenues to get his information. I also helped him and many others find information both looking on fan club sites, billboard charts, Journey's albums, articles written about Journey in the 80s, and documentaries about Journey. Yes some people get on the website and put absolute crap in there sometimes, but I know that many people try to delete the fictional information.
With that said Journey was one of the "First" bands to bring the power ballad into the big picture and make it as successful as they did. No one could write a ballad like John Cain, sing the ballad like perry, and bring rock edge to it like Neal Schon. REO did have alot of success with their ballads, but nothing near Journey's monumental presence in rock history. Journey started writing ballads in the late seventies with "Lights". REO I believe didnt come out with Keep on loving you until 1980. The fact is Journey turned the ballads into monster success and made a place for those ballads in rock. REO is an awesome band, but no comparison to Journey. They arent even in the same league. Journey has sold over 80 million albums, while REO is around 40 million. Journey is the 28th best selling band, REO I believe is close to 100.
Excellent post. They aren't in the same league. Wikipedia is editable by anyone, but if you post something wrong, it'll usually get corrected very quickly.
