JOURNEY HAS AN EVEN NEWER NEW SINGER!

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JOURNEY WELCOMES ARNEL PINEDA
WITH “OPEN ARMS” TO THEIR FAMILY
AS THE BAND’S NEW LEAD SINGER

December 5, 2007

After much speculation…the wait is finally over.

JOURNEY--Neal Schon (guitar), Jonathan Cain (keyboards), Ross Valory (bass), Deen
Castronovo (drums)--is proud to introduce fans all over the world to their new lead
singer, Arnel Pineda (“pin-eh-da”). He replaces Jeff Scott Soto, who parted ways
with the band earlier this year after stepping in for Steve Augeri, who had to leave
the band in 2006 for medical reasons.

Arnel hails from Quezon City in the Philippines and has been singing Journey songs--in
addition to original material--with his band, The Zoo, for the past couple of years
in clubs all over his homeland. Joining the legendary band is a dream come true
for him.

“It’s so exciting to sing with one of the best bands in the world. It’ll be a lot
of hard work on my part and I’m actually looking forward to the scrutiny I’ll get
from the hardcore JOURNEY fans. I know they’ll expect me to sound exactly like
‘the voice’ (Steve Perry), but that will never happen. I know there's only
one Steve Perry in this world.”

When it was time for JOURNEY to look for a new lead singer, the internet came to
their rescue. Guitarist Neal Schon wanted someone new to the music business, so
he turned to YouTube. After finding Arnel singing “Faithfully,” he knew he had
found the perfect frontman.

“I was frustrated about not having a singer,” explains guitarist Neal Schon, “so
I went on YouTube for a couple of days and just sat on it for hours. I was starting
to think I was never going to find anybody. But then I found The Zoo and I watched
a bunch of different video clips that they had posted. After watching the videos
over and over again, I had to walk away from the computer and let what I heard sink
in because it sounded too good to be true. I thought, ‘he can’t be that good.’
But he is that good, he’s the real deal and so tremendously talented. Arnel doesn’t
sound synthetic and he’s not emulating anyone. I tried to get a hold of him through
YouTube and I finally heard from him that night, but it took some convincing to
get him to believe that it really was me and not an imposter.”

Arnel Pineda picks up the story: “My friend Noel picked up the message on YouTube
and told me it was from Neal. I thought it was a hoax so I ignored it. Noel said,
‘what if it really was Neal and he wanted to offer you the chance of a lifetime?’
So I e-mailed Neal back and the rest is history.”

“Arnel brings a soulful and passionate voice to JOURNEY,” continues keyboardist
Jonathan Cain. “His personality is very well-suited to our music. He’s a sincere,
authentic person with a great smile and a big heart. I think fans are really going
to love him. With Arnel’s soaring tenor, Journey returns to our heritage sound.”

Schon agrees, “We feel reborn. I think there’s a lot of chemistry between the five
of us. At first we were going to go into the studio and just write 4 songs, but
now it’s escalated to a lot of great new and diverse material. The stuff sounds
tremendous. Everyone’s so stoked about it. We feel very fortunate to have found
Arnel.”

JOURNEY is currently working on a new album with legendary producer Kevin Shirley,
which they hope to release by spring/summer 2008. Details will be announced early
next year.

scott seward, Thursday, 6 December 2007 00:06 (seventeen years ago)

that's a lot of lead singers considering the fact that Steve Perry was Journey's second lead singer!

Bo Jackson Overdrive, Thursday, 6 December 2007 00:09 (seventeen years ago)

DON'T STOP BELIVING ALL YOU YOUTUBE SINGERZ!!!!!

http://youtube.com/watch?v=90PGQPjIDEA

scott seward, Thursday, 6 December 2007 00:14 (seventeen years ago)

No offense to this dude...he has a great set of pipes. But why don't the members of Journey quit spending so much time and energy on finding singers (now we're up to THREE) who sound almost exactly like Steve Perry and, instead, concentrate of burying the hatchet with Steve Perry himself?

Johnny Fever, Thursday, 6 December 2007 01:42 (seventeen years ago)

It's interesting -- I bet this guy can hit the high notes better than the man himself at this point.

Mark Rich@rdson, Thursday, 6 December 2007 01:44 (seventeen years ago)

"that's a lot of lead singers considering the fact that Steve Perry was Journey's second lead singer!"

WE MUST NEVER FORGET THE POWER THAT WAS FLEISCHMAN!

http://youtube.com/watch?v=2eQxYpDhWJk

All the power of the Rolie/Schon tandem vocals and all the majesty of Steve Perry rolled up in a Fleischman-covered ball!

scott seward, Thursday, 6 December 2007 01:51 (seventeen years ago)

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sexyDancer, Thursday, 6 December 2007 02:15 (seventeen years ago)

Arnel is a latter day Larry Ramos, teh original filipino replacement singer

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gershy, Wednesday, 12 December 2007 04:45 (seventeen years ago)

Cannot be much worse than Steve Perry. On the other hand, who gives a fuck about Journey?

Geir Hongro, Wednesday, 12 December 2007 12:48 (seventeen years ago)

ten years pass...

^fuck you Geir

fuck the NRA (Neanderthal), Saturday, 18 August 2018 04:45 (seven years ago)

Watched the documentary about this on the weekend. It's a p cool story.

The inexorable rise of identity condiments (Sund4r), Monday, 20 August 2018 13:31 (six years ago)


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