Sunday, June 09, 2002 10:25:50 PM
Rock 'n' Roll Artists A-Z...Journey
http://www.journeymusic.com/
http://members.tripod.com/~jrnyfan/journeytrivia.html
From San Francisco, California.
NEAL SCHON – Guitar
JONATHAN CAIN – Keyboards
ROSS VALORY – Bass
STEVE AUGERI – Vocals
DEEN CASTRONOVO – Drums
Arrival is true to the legacy of the Journey – the music is artful, intense, melodic rock played with passion and superb musicianship and true to the legend of the sacred scarab on the album cover – Journey continues to create, transform and transcend.
Arrival, Journey's 18th U.S. release, produced by Kevin Shirley (Aerosmith, Black Crowes), was recorded in New York at Avatar Studios in just over two weeks. "The album was recorded really quickly," said guitarist Neal Schon. "I think recording it away from home took us out of our element and lent a really powerful energy to the record. Plus, recording a whole album as quickly as we were able to really contributed to Arrival's raw, spontaneous sound."
Keyboard player Jonathan Cain recalls when Neal Schon called him to say he wanted to put out another Journey record (what would eventually become Arrival). "Neal just called me and said he wanted to get together and write some Journey songs, and I thought – well, we don't have a singer," said Cain. "Neal told me, 'my guitar is talking to me and it's talking Journey.' I think that really speaks volumes about Neal and the power of this band."
The band's creativity infusion is no doubt due to the addition of two new members to the group. Arrival marks the band's first full-length recording with Journey's new lead singer, Steve Augeri (Tall Stories). "Journey has always embraced new members and new members have always been crucial to Journey's continued success as a band," said Cain who joined Journey in 1980. Most people don't even realize that for the first three albums, Neal Schon took on some lead vocal duties along with keyboard player Gregg Rolie (former lead singer of Santana and co-founding member of Journey). Then, briefly, there was lead singer by the name of Robert Fleischman – then Steve Perry sang lead vocals and now Steve Augeri. So Augeri is technically Journey's third lead singer."
Augeri first recorded with Journey for the band's 1998 contribution to the Armageddon soundtrack – "Remember Me." The soundtrack, which hit #1 in the Billboard charts and was certified triple platinum. The song was written by Jonathan, Neal, and Jack Blades (Night Ranger, Damn Yankees) and produced by Arrival producer, Kevin Shirley.
Ironically, Augeri's music career was initially quashed because his singing style was criticized as being too reminiscent of Perry's. "I remember when I was with Bad English, I was driving down the road in LA and the radio played this song from Tall Stories and I almost drove off the road!" admits Schon. "His voice just blew me away! He had Steve's soul, range and power but there was just something grittier about his sound. I actually wrote down the name of the band so I could track him down later."
When Perry's health failed after the release of 1996's Trial By Fire, Schon and the other members of Journey were without a lead singer until by pure coincidence, one of Schon's guitar techs handed him a tape of Augeri that had his home phone number on it. Schon remembered Augeri's name and immediately called him to see if he was interested in auditioning for the band. "I thought it was somebody playing a joke on me," laughs Augeri. "So I played it cool. Until I hung up the phone and found out it wasn't a prank – then I really lost my cool!" Even though Augeri had abandoned his career in the music industry for a 9-5 job, he agreed to fly to San Francisco to audition for Journey. Augeri's remarkable voice and kind, charismatic personality impressed the band and he was asked to join the band.
Arrival also welcomes drummer, Deen Castronovo (Bad English) to the band. Castronovo, who replaced drummer Steve Smith, admits he was daunted at the prospect of joining Journey. "I was in Bad English with Neal and Jonathan so I knew how good they were already, but then you add in Ross Valory and, to put it mildly, he's a monster bassist. Yeah, you could say I was a little intimidated," laughs Castronovo. Despite his long career as a drummer for such heavy metal acts as Ted Nugent, Steve Vai and Ozzy Osbourne among others, the Oregon native makes no bones about his passion for Journey's unique brand of powerful, yet melodic rock. "Before joining Journey, I was absolutely one of their biggest fans. Journey always wrote the kind of songs you could really sing – really get into, but you can really get off on playing them too."
For co-founding Journey member, bassist Ross Valory, recording Arrival with two new band members was both a familiar and yet exciting prospect. "Change has always been such a big part of our success. Our success multiplied when we added Perry – and multiplied again when we added Jonathan," said Valory. "While change has been a big part of our success, I also think the fact that Neal, Jonathan and I are so comfortable together has been the glue that has kept us bonded together. When we formed this band, I had no idea of what Journey was 'supposed' to be, I was just going with the flow – the whole thing began very experimentally," said Valory. "But from the very beginning, I had no doubt Journey would be huge – I just knew it."
Legendary guitarist and founding member of Journey, Neal Schon views Arrival as somewhat of a return to Journey's roots. "We were always a 'jam' band in the very beginning," said Schon. "It was always about the live shows and jamming for the fans. I'm really looking forward to returning to that on our world tour for Arrival. Most people don't realize this, but Journey has never toured outside the U.S. and Japan," admits Schon.
Despite his massive success with Journey, Bad English and his numerous other projects, for many, Schon is most infamous as the 15-year-old guitar prodigy who was asked to join both Eric Clapton's band and Santana in the same 24-hour period. "I was living in San Francisco and hanging out and jamming in the studio with Carlos Santana, when one day Eric Clapton walked in. I was such a fan I couldn't even look at him," remarks Schon. Later that day, Clapton left a note at the recording studio inviting me to play with Derrick & the Dominos that night. I wasn't even old enough to drive, but I found a ride, sat in with Clapton and asked me to join the band right after the show. I just felt it wasn't the right decision, so I said 'no' and the Santana band as me to join them the next morning," laughs Schon.
Ironically, while the recording sessions for Arrival were among the smoothest in the band's history – the release of the long-awaited album proved to be a different story. Prior to Arrival's U.S. release, the members of Journey learned that the album had been downloaded on to the controversial online music-swapping web site Napster. "We were devastated," said Jonathan Cain. "It just seemed impossible that something that we had worked on so long was suddenly available for free on the Internet. It was such a disappointment."
But what initially seemed a huge disappointment for the band quickly transformed into a huge opportunity. "I guess you could say we turned lemons into lemonade," laughed Schon. "The thousands of Journey fans who downloaded the album on Napster were giving it great reviews, but they were all clamoring for more rock songs on the record." Schon, (who had originally lobbied for more rock tracks on Arrival) was initially stunned by the Napster news, not because the album had leaked out prior to the scheduled release date, but because he felt as though the fans were right about the songs. "I just said, Damn! Now I'm pissed! I was right!" exclaimed Schon. Then we went back to Columbia and told them we were going to add on more rock tracks to the record – and we did!"
In what may be the first time ever that Napster has affected the tracking on a major label debut, Columbia agreed to listen to Journey's fans and the band recorded several additional tracks for the album including "Nothing Comes Close" and "World Gone Wild." The end result is a 15-track album that all members of Journey agree is representative of both "new" Journey and "old" Journey. "There's just something about this record that reminds me of Infinity," said founding member Ross Valory. "But there's also so much new creative energy in the band right now."
The Egyptians regarded the divine scarab beetle as a symbol of self-creative power; rebirth, renewal, transformation and regeneration. The scarab, which has also become the long-time symbol for the legendary rock band Journey, is once again featured prominently on the cover of the band's latest release, Arrival (Columbia Records). Ironically, the scarab has evolved into an exceptionally fitting symbol for a band that began in 1973 as an experimental rhythm section (formed around guitar prodigy Neal Schon) and eventually sold over 60 million records and became one of the biggest rock bands in the world. For Journey, transformation and renewal are an integral part of the creative force that has led the band on their remarkable "Journey."
Journey I (1973 - 1974)
Neal Schon - guitar/vocals - b. February 27, 1954, San Mateo, California - formerly with Santana.
George Tickner - guitar - formerly with Frumious Bandersnatch.
Ross Valory - bass - b. 1950, San Francisco, California - formerly with The Steve Miller Band and Frumious Bandersnatch.
Gregg Rolie - keyboards/vocals - b. June 17, 1947 - formerly with Santana.
Prairie Prince - drums - b. May 7, 1950, Charlotte, North Carolina - formerly with The Tubes.
Prairie Prince later joins Todd Rundgren and Jefferson Starship - The Next Generation.
Journey II (1974 - 1975)
Neal Schon - guitar/vocals
George Tickner - guitar
Ross Valory - bass
Gregg Rolie - keyboards/vocals
Aynsley Dunbar - drums - b. January 10, 1946, Liverpool, England - formerly with John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, The Jeff Beck Group, Bonzo Dog Band, Frank Zappa's Mothers of Invention, Lou Reed, and David Bowie.
Album:
"Journey" (1975)
Journey III (1975 - 1977)
Neal Schon - guitar/vocals
Ross Valory - bass
Gregg Rolie - keyboards/vocals
Aynsley Dunbar - drums
Albums:
"Look Into the Future" (1976)
"Next" (1977)
Journey IV (1977)
Neal Schon - guitar/vocals
Ross Valory - bass
Gregg Rolie - keyboards/vocals
Aynsley Dunbar - drums
Robert Fleischman - vocals
Journey V (1977 - 1978)
Neal Schon - guitar/vocals
Ross Valory - bass
Gregg Rolie - keyboards/vocals
Aynsley Dunbar - drums
Steve Perry - vocals - b. 1949, Hanford, California.
Album:
"Infinity" (1978) - Singles: "Wheel in the Sky", "Lights"
Aynsley Dunbar joins Jefferson Starship.
Journey VI (1978 - 1981)
Neal Schon - guitar/vocals
Ross Valory - bass
Gregg Rolie - keyboards/vocals
Steve Perry - vocals
Steve Smith - drums - b. Boston, Massachusetts - formerly with Focus and Jean-Luc Ponty.
Albums:
"Evolution" (1979) - Single: "Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin'"
"Departure" (1980) - Single: "Anyway You Want It"
"Captured" (live) (1981)
Gregg Rolie later joins The Storm.
Journey VII (1981 - 1986)
Neal Schon - guitar/vocals
Ross Valory - bass
Steve Perry - vocals
Steve Smith - drums
Jonathan Cain - keyboards
Albums:
"Escape" (1981) - Singles: "Who's Crying Now", "Open Arms", "Don't Stop Believin'"
"Frontiers" (1983) - Singles: "Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)", "Faithfully"
Ross Valory later joins The Storm.
Journey VIII (1986 - 1989)
Neal Schon - guitar/vocals
Steve Perry - vocals
Jonathan Cain - keyboards
Album:
"Raised on Radio" (1986) - Singles: "Be Good to Yourself", "Suzanne", "Girl Can't Help It", "I'll Be Alright Without You"
Group disbands. Neal Schon and Jonathan Cain join Bad English. Neal Schon later forms Hardline.
Journey IX (1993 - 1996) (reformed)
Neal Schon - guitar/vocals
Others...
Album:
"Trial By Fire" (1996)
Compilations:
"In the Beginning" (1979)
"Greatest Hits" (1988)
"Time Cubed" (3-CD box set) (1992)
"Greatest Hits Live" (1998)
Steve Perry solo:
"Street Talk" (1984) - Single: "Oh Sherrie"
"For the Love of Strange Medicine" (1994) - Single: "You Better Wait"
Neal Schon solo:
"Untold Passion" (1981) (with Jan Hammer)
"Here to Stay" (1983) (with Jan Hammer)
"Late Nite" (1989)
"Through the Fire" (1997) (with Sammy Hagar, Michael Shrieve, and Kenny Aaronson)
"Beyond the Thunder" (1997)
"Electric World" (2-CDs) (1997)
Jonathan Cain solo:
"Back to the Innocence" (1994)
"Body Language" (1997)
"Piano with a View" (1997)
"For a Lifetime" (1998)
]
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http://www.journeymusic.com/
http://members.tripod.com/~jrnyfan/journeytrivia.html
From San Francisco, California.
NEAL SCHON – Guitar
JONATHAN CAIN – Keyboards
ROSS VALORY – Bass
STEVE AUGERI – Vocals
DEEN CASTRONOVO – Drums
Arrival is true to the legacy of the Journey – the music is artful, intense, melodic rock played with passion and superb musicianship and true to the legend of the sacred scarab on the album cover – Journey continues to create, transform and transcend.
Arrival, Journey's 18th U.S. release, produced by Kevin Shirley (Aerosmith, Black Crowes), was recorded in New York at Avatar Studios in just over two weeks. "The album was recorded really quickly," said guitarist Neal Schon. "I think recording it away from home took us out of our element and lent a really powerful energy to the record. Plus, recording a whole album as quickly as we were able to really contributed to Arrival's raw, spontaneous sound."
Keyboard player Jonathan Cain recalls when Neal Schon called him to say he wanted to put out another Journey record (what would eventually become Arrival). "Neal just called me and said he wanted to get together and write some Journey songs, and I thought – well, we don't have a singer," said Cain. "Neal told me, 'my guitar is talking to me and it's talking Journey.' I think that really speaks volumes about Neal and the power of this band."
The band's creativity infusion is no doubt due to the addition of two new members to the group. Arrival marks the band's first full-length recording with Journey's new lead singer, Steve Augeri (Tall Stories). "Journey has always embraced new members and new members have always been crucial to Journey's continued success as a band," said Cain who joined Journey in 1980. Most people don't even realize that for the first three albums, Neal Schon took on some lead vocal duties along with keyboard player Gregg Rolie (former lead singer of Santana and co-founding member of Journey). Then, briefly, there was lead singer by the name of Robert Fleischman – then Steve Perry sang lead vocals and now Steve Augeri. So Augeri is technically Journey's third lead singer."
Augeri first recorded with Journey for the band's 1998 contribution to the Armageddon soundtrack – "Remember Me." The soundtrack, which hit #1 in the Billboard charts and was certified triple platinum. The song was written by Jonathan, Neal, and Jack Blades (Night Ranger, Damn Yankees) and produced by Arrival producer, Kevin Shirley.
Ironically, Augeri's music career was initially quashed because his singing style was criticized as being too reminiscent of Perry's. "I remember when I was with Bad English, I was driving down the road in LA and the radio played this song from Tall Stories and I almost drove off the road!" admits Schon. "His voice just blew me away! He had Steve's soul, range and power but there was just something grittier about his sound. I actually wrote down the name of the band so I could track him down later."
When Perry's health failed after the release of 1996's Trial By Fire, Schon and the other members of Journey were without a lead singer until by pure coincidence, one of Schon's guitar techs handed him a tape of Augeri that had his home phone number on it. Schon remembered Augeri's name and immediately called him to see if he was interested in auditioning for the band. "I thought it was somebody playing a joke on me," laughs Augeri. "So I played it cool. Until I hung up the phone and found out it wasn't a prank – then I really lost my cool!" Even though Augeri had abandoned his career in the music industry for a 9-5 job, he agreed to fly to San Francisco to audition for Journey. Augeri's remarkable voice and kind, charismatic personality impressed the band and he was asked to join the band.
Arrival also welcomes drummer, Deen Castronovo (Bad English) to the band. Castronovo, who replaced drummer Steve Smith, admits he was daunted at the prospect of joining Journey. "I was in Bad English with Neal and Jonathan so I knew how good they were already, but then you add in Ross Valory and, to put it mildly, he's a monster bassist. Yeah, you could say I was a little intimidated," laughs Castronovo. Despite his long career as a drummer for such heavy metal acts as Ted Nugent, Steve Vai and Ozzy Osbourne among others, the Oregon native makes no bones about his passion for Journey's unique brand of powerful, yet melodic rock. "Before joining Journey, I was absolutely one of their biggest fans. Journey always wrote the kind of songs you could really sing – really get into, but you can really get off on playing them too."
For co-founding Journey member, bassist Ross Valory, recording Arrival with two new band members was both a familiar and yet exciting prospect. "Change has always been such a big part of our success. Our success multiplied when we added Perry – and multiplied again when we added Jonathan," said Valory. "While change has been a big part of our success, I also think the fact that Neal, Jonathan and I are so comfortable together has been the glue that has kept us bonded together. When we formed this band, I had no idea of what Journey was 'supposed' to be, I was just going with the flow – the whole thing began very experimentally," said Valory. "But from the very beginning, I had no doubt Journey would be huge – I just knew it."
Legendary guitarist and founding member of Journey, Neal Schon views Arrival as somewhat of a return to Journey's roots. "We were always a 'jam' band in the very beginning," said Schon. "It was always about the live shows and jamming for the fans. I'm really looking forward to returning to that on our world tour for Arrival. Most people don't realize this, but Journey has never toured outside the U.S. and Japan," admits Schon.
Despite his massive success with Journey, Bad English and his numerous other projects, for many, Schon is most infamous as the 15-year-old guitar prodigy who was asked to join both Eric Clapton's band and Santana in the same 24-hour period. "I was living in San Francisco and hanging out and jamming in the studio with Carlos Santana, when one day Eric Clapton walked in. I was such a fan I couldn't even look at him," remarks Schon. Later that day, Clapton left a note at the recording studio inviting me to play with Derrick & the Dominos that night. I wasn't even old enough to drive, but I found a ride, sat in with Clapton and asked me to join the band right after the show. I just felt it wasn't the right decision, so I said 'no' and the Santana band as me to join them the next morning," laughs Schon.
Ironically, while the recording sessions for Arrival were among the smoothest in the band's history – the release of the long-awaited album proved to be a different story. Prior to Arrival's U.S. release, the members of Journey learned that the album had been downloaded on to the controversial online music-swapping web site Napster. "We were devastated," said Jonathan Cain. "It just seemed impossible that something that we had worked on so long was suddenly available for free on the Internet. It was such a disappointment."
But what initially seemed a huge disappointment for the band quickly transformed into a huge opportunity. "I guess you could say we turned lemons into lemonade," laughed Schon. "The thousands of Journey fans who downloaded the album on Napster were giving it great reviews, but they were all clamoring for more rock songs on the record." Schon, (who had originally lobbied for more rock tracks on Arrival) was initially stunned by the Napster news, not because the album had leaked out prior to the scheduled release date, but because he felt as though the fans were right about the songs. "I just said, Damn! Now I'm pissed! I was right!" exclaimed Schon. Then we went back to Columbia and told them we were going to add on more rock tracks to the record – and we did!"
In what may be the first time ever that Napster has affected the tracking on a major label debut, Columbia agreed to listen to Journey's fans and the band recorded several additional tracks for the album including "Nothing Comes Close" and "World Gone Wild." The end result is a 15-track album that all members of Journey agree is representative of both "new" Journey and "old" Journey. "There's just something about this record that reminds me of Infinity," said founding member Ross Valory. "But there's also so much new creative energy in the band right now."
The Egyptians regarded the divine scarab beetle as a symbol of self-creative power; rebirth, renewal, transformation and regeneration. The scarab, which has also become the long-time symbol for the legendary rock band Journey, is once again featured prominently on the cover of the band's latest release, Arrival (Columbia Records). Ironically, the scarab has evolved into an exceptionally fitting symbol for a band that began in 1973 as an experimental rhythm section (formed around guitar prodigy Neal Schon) and eventually sold over 60 million records and became one of the biggest rock bands in the world. For Journey, transformation and renewal are an integral part of the creative force that has led the band on their remarkable "Journey."
Journey I (1973 - 1974)
Neal Schon - guitar/vocals - b. February 27, 1954, San Mateo, California - formerly with Santana.
George Tickner - guitar - formerly with Frumious Bandersnatch.
Ross Valory - bass - b. 1950, San Francisco, California - formerly with The Steve Miller Band and Frumious Bandersnatch.
Gregg Rolie - keyboards/vocals - b. June 17, 1947 - formerly with Santana.
Prairie Prince - drums - b. May 7, 1950, Charlotte, North Carolina - formerly with The Tubes.
Prairie Prince later joins Todd Rundgren and Jefferson Starship - The Next Generation.
Journey II (1974 - 1975)
Neal Schon - guitar/vocals
George Tickner - guitar
Ross Valory - bass
Gregg Rolie - keyboards/vocals
Aynsley Dunbar - drums - b. January 10, 1946, Liverpool, England - formerly with John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, The Jeff Beck Group, Bonzo Dog Band, Frank Zappa's Mothers of Invention, Lou Reed, and David Bowie.
Album:
"Journey" (1975)
Journey III (1975 - 1977)
Neal Schon - guitar/vocals
Ross Valory - bass
Gregg Rolie - keyboards/vocals
Aynsley Dunbar - drums
Albums:
"Look Into the Future" (1976)
"Next" (1977)
Journey IV (1977)
Neal Schon - guitar/vocals
Ross Valory - bass
Gregg Rolie - keyboards/vocals
Aynsley Dunbar - drums
Robert Fleischman - vocals
Journey V (1977 - 1978)
Neal Schon - guitar/vocals
Ross Valory - bass
Gregg Rolie - keyboards/vocals
Aynsley Dunbar - drums
Steve Perry - vocals - b. 1949, Hanford, California.
Album:
"Infinity" (1978) - Singles: "Wheel in the Sky", "Lights"
Aynsley Dunbar joins Jefferson Starship.
Journey VI (1978 - 1981)
Neal Schon - guitar/vocals
Ross Valory - bass
Gregg Rolie - keyboards/vocals
Steve Perry - vocals
Steve Smith - drums - b. Boston, Massachusetts - formerly with Focus and Jean-Luc Ponty.
Albums:
"Evolution" (1979) - Single: "Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin'"
"Departure" (1980) - Single: "Anyway You Want It"
"Captured" (live) (1981)
Gregg Rolie later joins The Storm.
Journey VII (1981 - 1986)
Neal Schon - guitar/vocals
Ross Valory - bass
Steve Perry - vocals
Steve Smith - drums
Jonathan Cain - keyboards
Albums:
"Escape" (1981) - Singles: "Who's Crying Now", "Open Arms", "Don't Stop Believin'"
"Frontiers" (1983) - Singles: "Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)", "Faithfully"
Ross Valory later joins The Storm.
Journey VIII (1986 - 1989)
Neal Schon - guitar/vocals
Steve Perry - vocals
Jonathan Cain - keyboards
Album:
"Raised on Radio" (1986) - Singles: "Be Good to Yourself", "Suzanne", "Girl Can't Help It", "I'll Be Alright Without You"
Group disbands. Neal Schon and Jonathan Cain join Bad English. Neal Schon later forms Hardline.
Journey IX (1993 - 1996) (reformed)
Neal Schon - guitar/vocals
Others...
Album:
"Trial By Fire" (1996)
Compilations:
"In the Beginning" (1979)
"Greatest Hits" (1988)
"Time Cubed" (3-CD box set) (1992)
"Greatest Hits Live" (1998)
Steve Perry solo:
"Street Talk" (1984) - Single: "Oh Sherrie"
"For the Love of Strange Medicine" (1994) - Single: "You Better Wait"
Neal Schon solo:
"Untold Passion" (1981) (with Jan Hammer)
"Here to Stay" (1983) (with Jan Hammer)
"Late Nite" (1989)
"Through the Fire" (1997) (with Sammy Hagar, Michael Shrieve, and Kenny Aaronson)
"Beyond the Thunder" (1997)
"Electric World" (2-CDs) (1997)
Jonathan Cain solo:
"Back to the Innocence" (1994)
"Body Language" (1997)
"Piano with a View" (1997)
"For a Lifetime" (1998)
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