Journey the band has gotten back together. There’s a guy fronting their group. But definitely not Steve Perry. They were ready to get back together, even years before. With Steve Perry. But that fell through. So they searched high and low. And thanks to YouTube, they found their man. But this guy is nowhere near the band’s home base. This guy lived thousand of miles away separated by the Pacific Ocean.
Just check out the revival of Journey from this YouTube interview with how Neal Schon found him.
They were searching for a lead singer that can be as big as Steve Perry. Out of desperation, they turned to YouTube. Then, the group stumbled upon this guy, whose band The Zoo, a popular band playing rock-n-roll music in the Philippines. Journey songs were just but a few of this band’s repertoire. Check out their videos.
Arnel Pineda is that one talented dude. Imagine an Asian fronting a big, popular 80’s-90’s band called Journey. And unbelievably, a Filipino at that.
Listen to one of their new songs released this year: Never Walk Away
Journey fans must be ecstatic! I’m one of them.
Isn’t he phenomenal??? I am proud to be a Filipino myself — although I am sure Ariel Pineda won’t be proud of me – I CANNOT SING!