Since 78 wrote:Don wrote:Archetype wrote:How is Kevin Cronin relevant to the relationship between Journey and Steve Augeri?
The topic turned to Soto and how he was terminated. Jeff didn't know he was fired until the member of another band managed by Azoff told him.
Maybe the band didn't know and it was all Azoff.
The band members wouldn't return his calls. Soto called management to see if there was a problem and they told him not to worry, don't believe what he was reading on the net. Jeff prepares to come back to the states and iron out any issues there might be. A third party tells him the news (In the Airport, I think?) , unaware that Jeff didn't know already that he'd been terminated.
I'm not going to get into the ins and outs of why he was fired and why the band didn't do it themselves face to face. I think the biggest issue was that someone not associated with the band told him the news first instead of his employer.
Sort of like when you walk into work and the security guard in the lobby already tells you that you're getting the axe before you even get visited by your boss and given the news officially.