Journey became eligible for induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2000, but were not inducted until 2017. Members Jonathan Cain, Aynsley Dunbar, Steve Perry, Gregg Rolie, Neal Schon, Steve Smith and Ross Valory were included in the band's induction. Rolie had previously been inducted as a member of parent band Santana.
Formation, 1973–1976
The original members of Journey came together in San Francisco in 1973 under the auspices of former Santana manager Herbie Herbert. Originally called the Golden Gate Rhythm Section and intended to serve as a backup group for established Bay Area artists, the band included recent Santana alumni Neal Schon on lead guitar and Gregg Rolie on keyboards and lead vocals. Drummer Prairie Prince of The Tubes, bassist Ross Valory and rhythm guitarist George Tickner, both of Frumious Bandersnatch, rounded out the group. The band quickly abandoned the original "backup group" concept and developed a distinctive jazz fusion style. After an unsuccessful radio contest to name the group, roadie John Villaneuva suggested the name "Journey." The band's first public appearance came at the Winterland Ballroom on New Year’s Eve, 1973. Prairie Prince rejoined The Tubes shortly thereafter, and the band hired British drummer Aynsley Dunbar, who had recently worked with John Lennon and Frank Zappa. On February 5, 1974, the new line-up made their debut at the Great American Music Hall and secured a recording contract with Columbia Records.
Journey released their eponymous first album in 1975, and rhythm guitarist Tickner left the band before they cut their second album, Look into the Future (1976). Neither album achieved significant sales, so Schon, Valory, and Dunbar took singing lessons in an attempt to add vocal harmonies to Rolie's lead. The following year's Next contained shorter tracks with more vocals and featured Schon as lead singer on several of the songs.
New musical direction, 1977–1980
Journey's album sales did not improve and Columbia Records requested that they change their musical style and add a frontman, with whom keyboardist Gregg Rolie could share lead vocal duties. The band hired Robert Fleischman and transitioned to a more popular style, akin to that of Foreigner and Boston. Journey went on tour with Fleischman in 1977 and the new incarnation of the band wrote several songs, including the later hit "Wheel in the Sky". But fans were lukewarm to the change, and personality and management differences resulted in Fleischman leaving the band within the year.
In the fall of 1977, Journey hired Steve Perry as their new lead singer. Perry added a clean, tenor sound and the band became a true pop act. Their fourth album, Infinity (1978) reached No. 21 on the album charts and gave the band their first RIAA-certified platinum album plus hit singles out of "Lights" and "Wheel in the Sky".
Drummer Aynsley Dunbar did not get along with singer Steve Perry and did not approve of the new musical direction. He was fired in 1978 and replaced by Berklee-trained jazz drummer Steve Smith. Perry, Schon, Rolie, Smith, and bass player Ross Valory recorded 1979's Evolution, which gave the band their first Billboard Hot 100 Top 20 single, "Lovin,' Touchin,' Squeezin"; and 1980's Departure, which reached No. 8 on the album charts and included the top-25 hit "Any Way You Want It".
Journey's newfound success brought the band an almost entirely new fan base. During the 1980 Departure world tour, the band recorded a live album, Captured. They also recorded the soundtrack to the film Dream, After Dream while in Japan.
Exhausted from extensive touring, keyboardist Gregg Rolie now left a successful band for the second time in his career. Keyboardist Stevie Roseman was brought in to record the lone studio track for Captured, "The Party's Over (Hopelessly in Love)", but Rolie recommended pianist Jonathan Cain of The Babys as the permanent replacement. With Cain's replacement of Rolie's Hammond B-3 organ with his own synthesizers, the band was poised to redefine rock music for a new decade in which they would achieve their greatest musical success.
Height of popularity, 1981–1983
Journey released their eighth and biggest-selling studio album, Escape, in 1981. The album, which is a Diamond bestseller (10 million+ sales), went to number one on the album charts that year, and included three top-ten hits: "Who's Crying Now", "Don't Stop Believin'", and "Open Arms".
Capitalizing on their success, the band recorded radio commercials for Budweiser and sold rights to their likenesses and music for use in two video games: the Journey arcade game by Bally/Midway and Journey Escape by Data Age for the Atari 2600.
This success was met with piqued criticism. The 1983 Rolling Stone Record Guide gave each of the band's albums only one star, with Dave Marsh writing that "Journey was a dead end for San Francisco area rock". Marsh later would anoint Escape as one of the worst number-one albums of all time.
Journey's next album, 1983's Frontiers, continued their commercial success, reaching No. 2 on the album charts. Four hit singles included "Separate Ways", which reached #8, and "Faithfully", which reached #12. During the subsequent tour, the band contracted with NFL Films to record a video documentary of their life on the road, Frontiers and Beyond.
Break-up, 1984–1994
Lead singer Steve Perry and guitarist Neal Schon both pursued solo projects between 1982 and 1985, and when they returned to Journey to record their 1986 album Raised on Radio, bass player Ross Valory and drummer Steve Smith were fired from the band for musical and professional differences. Studio musicians handled the two vacant slots, including future American Idol judge Randy Jackson and established session player Larrie Londin. The album sold two million copies. A truncated tour followed, which featured Jackson on bass and Mike Baird on drums. Steve Perry left Journey in 1987.
Neal Schon and Jonathan Cain teamed up with Cain's ex-Babys bandmates John Waite and Ricky Phillips, forming Bad English with drummer Deen Castronovo in 1988. Steve Smith started a jazz band, Vital Information, and teamed up with Ross Valory and Gregg Rolie to create The Storm with singer Kevin Chalfant and guitarist Josh Ramos.
Reunions, 1991, 1995–1997
Between 1987 and 1995, Journey's record label released three compilations. On November 3, 1991, Journey (minus drummer Steve Smith and bassist Ross Valory) reunited to perform at the Laughter, Love, and Music concert, a free concert dedicated to Bill Graham who died in a helicopter crash the same year. This is currently the last live performance with Steve Perry. In October, 1993, Kevin Chalfant (of The Storm) performed with Neal Schon and Jonathan Cain at a roast for manager Herbie Herbert for the Thunder Road benefit. After that, Schon, Cain, Valory, Smith and Rolie briefly considered reuniting the band with Chalfant as lead singer. But in 1995 Steve Perry agreed to rejoin the band on the condition that they seek new management. Herbie Herbert was fired and Eagles manager Irving Azoff retained.
In 1995, Perry, Schon, Cain, Valory, and Smith reunited to record Trial by Fire. Released in 1996, the album included the hit single "When You Love a Woman", which reached #12 on the Billboard charts and was nominated in 1997 for a Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal.
Plans for a subsequent tour ended when Perry injured his hip hiking in Hawaii in the summer of 1997 and could not perform without hip replacement surgery — which he refused to undergo. In 1998, Schon and Cain decided to seek a new lead singer, at which point drummer Steve Smith left the band as well.
Lead singer replaced, 1998–2006
In 1998, Journey hired drummer Deen Castronovo, Schon's and Cain's Bad English bandmate, and drummer for Hardline, to replace Steve Smith. The lead vocalist position was filled by Steve Augeri, formerly of Tyketto and Tall Stories.
That same year, Journey with Steve Augeri and Deen Castronovo recorded a track for the soundtrack to the movie Armageddon called "Remember Me". The band released their next studio album, Arrival, in Japan in late 2000 and in the United States in 2001. "All the Way" became a minor adult contemporary hit from the album. In 2002, the band released a four-track CD titled "Red 13", with an album cover design chosen through a fan contest. In 2005, the band was inducted into the Hollywood Walk of Fame, embarked on their 30th anniversary tour, and released their twelfth full-length studio album, Generations, in which each band member performed lead vocals on at least one song.
Lead singer replaced again, 2006–present
In July 2006, Steve Augeri was dropped from the band while they toured with Def Leppard, with the official statement citing a 'chronic throat infection' as the problem. Augeri had been suffering from vocal attrition problems since 2003 and Journey had been using pre-recorded lead vocals. The band hired singer Jeff Scott Soto from Talisman to fill in, and Soto officially replaced Augeri as Journey's lead singer in December 2006. On June 12, 2007, Journey announced that Soto was no longer the lead singer, and said that they were looking to move in a new direction.
In December 2007, after briefly considering the lead singer of a Virginia-based tribute band, Journey hired Filipino singer Arnel Pineda of the cover band The Zoo after Neal Schon saw him on YouTube singing covers of Journey songs. Journey debuted their new lead singer in February 2008 in Chile, released the album Revelation, and announced a summer tour with Heart and Cheap Trick. Revelation debuted at #5 on the Billboard charts, selling more than 196,000 units in its first two weeks, making it the band's best selling album since Trial by Fire.
Although Pineda was not the first foreign national to become a member of Journey (former drummer Aynsley Dunbar is British) nor even the first non-white (former bass player Randy Jackson is Black), the transition was difficult for a number of fans who expressed what Marin Independent Journal writer Paul Liberatore called "an undercurrent of racism." Keyboardist Jonathan Cain responded to such sentiments: "We've become a world band. We're international now. We're not about one color."
On February 16, 2022, the band announced the title and track listing of their upcoming fifteenth studio album Freedom which was released later in the year. On March 1, 2022, Cain confirmed that both Walden and Jackson were no longer part of the lineup
Discography:
Journey (1975)
Look into the Future (1976)
Next (1977)
Infinity (1978)
Evolution (1979)
Departure (1980)
Escape (1981)
Frontiers (1983)
Raised on Radio (1986)
Trial by Fire (1996)
Arrival (2001)
Generations (2005)
Revelation (2008)
Eclipse (2011)
Freedom (2022)
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2. UK Based psychedelic trance producer Giampiero "Jay" Mastino studied Sound Engineering and Music Technology in 2003 and soon thereafter began solo production under the name Journey, and in collaboration with Anton Petrov as Star~Trip. In 2009 he also started a new progressive project under the name OM. Jay also DJ's under the name Jay OM.
In 2004, he conceived the vision of a network of like-minded artists in the psy-trance and ambient genres, all working to promote themselves and each other under one banner. Thus the Free-Spirit Records label was born... Originally intended to focus on artist management, the label's skyrocketing success combined with the enthusiasm of Jay, the artists, and fans enabled Free-Spirit to outgrow its horizons. Free-Spirit continues to build a collective of artists and djs from around the globe, aiming to create and provide access to a combined set of resources not available to them as individuals, making it just a little easier for all to concentrate on what they truly love, which is the music!
Free-Spirit Vol.1 "Brahamaputra", the debut release for Free-Spirit Records compiled by Jay OM, hit the shops in October 2006, featuring both a Journey and a Star~Trip track amongst others and Christopher Lawrence (ranked No. 4 DJ in the world) featured Journey's Spotless mind in his Top 10 in December 2006. Free-Spirit Vol.2 "Eupsychia" followed in June 2007 with 2 more tracks from Journey and Star~Trip and in 2008 a another 3 releases on Free-Spirit Vol.3 "Neophilia" and V/A Children of Jah (Revolve Magazine). 2009 saw the release of Journey's highly anticipated debut solo Album "The Man who Sold the Time" as well as further releases on various V/A Compilations on Mutagen, Antu, Solar Tech. Catalyst, Alchemy and Free-Spirit Records. Jay is currently working on his 2nd Journey solo album.
Today, Jay's reputation as an active, involved, and hard working individual in the global trance circuit precedes him. His commitment and enthusiasm for trance music has left an indelible impression on the world scene already, and Jay's future has never looked brighter, from his burgeoningly successful record label to his organized events in the UK, to his upcoming solo releases. Jay works tirelessly at his art and trade and the music he brings to the masses exemplifies the fruits of his labour and energy.
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Journey Lyrics
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(Schon/Cain/Augeri)
Without warning...without tryin'
You walked in from a New York night
Changed my world just in time
Saved my soul and this heart of mine
Are you real or illusion
I've imagined, someone like you
Never thought I would see the day
Someone could make me feel, what I had lost so long
Unchain my desire, you are where I belong
I've been around the world, ain't much that I've missed
It don't get much better then this...Oh baby
Nothin' comes close to your kiss
I've thought I felt it all before
One taste and I want more...Oh baby
Nothin' comes close to your kiss
I've had fortune I've had fame
After, you'll never be the same
Never wander I'll be true
On a roll it's because of you
I've been blind now I see
In your eyes is what sets me free
You're the wonder I have found
Hope my feet never touch the ground
On your magic carpet ride
We'll go from dusk till dawn
I know where I'm going now
You are where I belong
I've been around the world, ain't much that I've missed
It don't get much better then this...Oh baby
Nothin' comes close to your kiss
I've thought I felt it all before
One taste and I want more...Oh baby
Nothin' comes close to your kiss
Adlibs
I've been around the world, ain't much that I've missed
It don't get much better then this...Oh baby
Nothin' comes close to your kiss
I've thought I felt it all before
One taste and I want more...Oh baby
Nothin' comes close to your kiss
I've been around the world baby
Nothin' comes close to you
Nothin' comes close to you
Nothin' comes close to your kiss
Adlibs
Those redleather pants, they make me crazy Hey Baby!!!
The lyrics of Nothin' Comes Close convey a sense of newfound love and excitement, with the singer describing how their life has been transformed by the presence of this new person in their lives. The song opens with the singer describing how this person appeared unexpectedly, seemingly out of nowhere, and has created a profound change within them. The singer questions whether this person is real or just an illusion, but ultimately expresses the desire for them to stay, acknowledging that they have never imagined finding someone like them. The chorus of the song emphasizes the power of this person's kiss, with the singer stating that nothing else comes close to it.
As the song continues, the singer notes that they have experienced many things in life, including fortune and fame, but nothing has ever been as powerful as their connection with this person. The singer declares their commitment to this person, stating that they will never wander and will be true to them. The bridge of the song emphasizes the liberating nature of the connection between the singer and the other person, with the singer feeling as though they are soaring on a magic carpet ride. The song concludes with the singer reiterating their belief that nothing in the world compares to the kiss of this person.
Overall, Nothin' Comes Close is a song that celebrates the transformative power of love and the excitement that new love can bring into one's life.
Line by Line Meaning
Without warning...without tryin'
You entered my life unexpectedly and effortlessly
You walked in from a New York night
You appeared out of the night, like some kind of divine intervention
Changed my world just in time
You came into my life when I needed you the most and made everything better
Saved my soul and this heart of mine
You are the only one who could fix me, save me from myself, and make me whole again
Are you real or illusion
I can't believe that someone like you actually exists
I can't tell, just say you'll stay
I don't care if you're real or not, I just need you to stay with me
I've imagined, someone like you
I've always dreamt of someone like you, but never believed it could actually come true
Never thought I would see the day
I never expected to find someone like you, and I am amazed that I finally have
Someone could make me feel, what I had lost so long
You've made me feel things that I thought were lost to me forever
Unchain my desire, you are where I belong
You've unlocked my deepest desires and I know that I belong with you
I've been around the world, ain't much that I've missed
I've lived a full life, but there's still something missing
It don't get much better then this...Oh baby
Being with you is the best thing that has ever happened to me
Nothin' comes close to your kiss
Your kiss is the most amazing thing in the world
I've thought I felt it all before
I've had love before, but nothing compares to what I feel for you
One taste and I want more...Oh baby
I'm addicted to you and can't get enough of your love and affection
I've had fortune I've had fame
I've been lucky in life, but none of it compares to the love that we share
After, you'll never be the same
Being with you has changed me for the better, and I'll never go back to the old me
Never wander I'll be true
I'll never stray from you or our love, and will always be true to you
On a roll it's because of you
I'm on top of the world because of you and our love
I've been blind now I see
I was lost and aimless before I met you, but now my life has purpose
In your eyes is what sets me free
Looking into your eyes is the most liberating and freeing experience I've ever had
You're the wonder I have found
You're the greatest thing that has ever happened to me
Hope my feet never touch the ground
I hope to stay with you forever and never come back down to reality
On your magic carpet ride
Our love is like a magical journey that takes us to places we've never been before
We'll go from dusk till dawn
Our love will never end, and we'll be together forever
I know where I'm going now
I've finally found my way in life, thanks to you and our love
Nothin' comes close to you
There's nothing in the world that can compare to you and our love
Those redleather pants, they make me crazy Hey Baby!!!
Ad lib
Lyrics © Wixen Music Publishing, HIPGNOSIS SONGS GROUP, Peermusic Publishing, WORDS & MUSIC A DIV OF BIG DEAL MUSIC LLC
Written by: JONATHAN CAIN, NEAL J SCHON, STEVE AUGERI
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@faithfullyb.heavenly9332
Please come talk to me
Tell me what's on your mind
You say there's nothin' wrong
I know
It's been a long long time
Since I last saw your face
Traces in my mind, I know
You've got somethin' to hide
That you're not telling me
You got somethin' to hide
And I know
Well there's something about you and I know
That you're not telling me
@aerochicc
This is probably the best LP Journey recorded.
@allipat401
Absolutely!
@j.b.macadam6516
Yep!
@darreldsheppard6141
YEP yep... Agreed
@jamesswigart3032
Some experts think so. Appropriately heavy and bluesy with a great pop rock touch
@norotrader903
The first one is a heavy contestant, totally different sound but every song is a full trip.
@cindyferster7151
The VOICE it can’t be duplicated or replaced.. Steve Perry out of this world fantastic!! Steve and Neal together complete perfection!! This is Journey! Timeless..Flipping AMAZING!!! ROCK ON!!🤘🎶🎤🥁🎸🤘❤️🤘
@peakayharris8707
I agree Cindy. His voice, Robin Gibb and Brian Johnson of AC~DC have voices like no one else. But Steve's voice is uniquely special. I have seen grown men weep at the sound of that voice. As I heard some guy say on some reaction video, "It is paralyzing!!" And he also said something that I think is the reason why none of the other incarnations of Journey just don't get the click He said "It is impossible NOT to watch Steve Perry when he is performing!!" I got a question that I don't know that I have not seen anyone ask nor have I read a definitive answer to: How much of Steve's stagecraft was taught to him by either of his parents?? I know he was almost the spitting image of his dad and I heard him say once in an old interview that his mother was a "Can-can dancer" So I wonder and throw it out there for anyone to ponder.
@Daily_sussy_baka
I agree!🙌
@michaelackerman3823
Nothing will ever compare to this lineup of Journey. This is perfection on every level. Steve Perry is the best voice ever in rock music. I’m just so happy that I grew up listening to this band!