Rock legends Journey have found their new singer online. Bandmates Neal Schon, Jonathan Cain, Ross Valory and Deen Castronovo introduced Arnel Pineda to fans in a statement released late on Wednesday. He replaces Jeff Scott Soto, who quit the band earlier this year.

Journey discovered rocker Pineda after guitarist Schon stumbled upon tribute band The Zoo, while surfing the Internet, desperately trying to find a replacement for Soto.

The Zoo, who were fronted by Pineda, had become such a live favourite in the frontman's native Philippines they had financed a series of videos and posted them on community website YouTube.com.

The thrilled singer says, "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 fans. I know they'll expect me to sound exactly like (original singer) Steve Perry, but that will never happen. I know there's only one Steve Perry in this world."

Schon is delighted with his discovery - because he came close to abandoning his talent search: "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."

The "Don't Stop Believing" hitmakers are working on a new album, which they hope to release next spring.

(This news article provided by World Entertainment News Network)

Wow...whatever happened to Steve Augeri? Last I'd heard, he was still in the band. Of course, that was like 2 years ago. :lol:

I'm sorry, folks, but Journey without Steve Perry is just like Bewitched without Dick York. Steve Perry is THE MAN!!!

What she said...

Steve Perry is THE MAN!!!

it's been ten years, isn't it time they patch up their differences with Perry?

I agree. Steve Perry made Journey...'nuff said.

No Perry, No band. :snob:

Wow...whatever happened to Steve Augeri? Last I'd heard, he was still in the band. Of course, that was like 2 years ago. :lol:

I'm sorry, folks, but Journey without Steve Perry is just like Bewitched without Dick York. Steve Perry is THE MAN!!!

Steve Augeri began having vocal problems on tour and left the tour last year and was replaced by a guy Neal Schon worked with called Jeff Scott Soto.

Originally, Soto was just an interim replacement, but it was announced a year ago that Augeri was permanently departing and Soto was officially a member of the band. Soto had gotten rave reviews from reviewers and fans for his strong voice and stage presence.

However, Soto was dumped last summer and the band decided to search for a new singer.

It's become a joke now: Journey should quit and retire, but there's too much money to be had playing the sheds in the summer.

^ Agreed. If they can't get Perry back, then they should pack it in. The guys could always start a new band, or they could re-form Bad English. :lol:

I think if they're staying together for the money, wouldn't they make even more money with Perry than they would with Augeri or whoever else since?

I think if they're staying together for the money, wouldn't they make even more money with Perry than they would with Augeri or whoever else since?
Of course, but that stupid male ego or pride or just the inability to be able to say those two words, "I'm sorry" is just way to hard to do. It is easier to hire an "unknown", work in shacks rather than come together as brothers and make a $$$$$.:rolleyes:

Are they worth seeing without Steve Perry? Not in my book. (lol!)

I think it'd be a different thing if they had a new singer who was a completely different type of vocalist. Kinda like how VH replaced Roth with Hagar. Augeri and the sort have all been poor substitutions for what Perry offered

Wow...whatever happened to Steve Augeri? Last I'd heard, he was still in the band. Of course, that was like 2 years ago. :lol:

I'm sorry, folks, but Journey without Steve Perry is just like Bewitched without Dick York. Steve Perry is THE MAN!!!

:yourock:

Very true! Journey was my favorite band as a kid in the early to mid-'80s and Steve Perry kicked ass! That voice is irreplaceable! :thumbsup: :cool:

Hey, this thread reminded me of a long lost member JRNYGRL...where the hell is she? I haven't seen her for a long time now.

Hey, this thread reminded me of a long lost member JRNYGRL...where the hell is she? I haven't seen her for a long time now.
I was wondering that too, I was waiting to see her post her opinion on this, I always liked her

NO ONE besides Steve Perry should be allowed to sing Open Arms, Send Her My Love or Faithfully. So there!!! :snob:

NO ONE besides Steve Perry should be allowed to sing Open Arms, Send Her My Love or Faithfully. So there!!! :snob:

Especially Mariah Carey. puke:

Especially Mariah Carey. puke:
I have to agree there. Sorry, MonarC - but I think that was by far the worst of Mariah's covers. :o

I actually think it's one of Mariah's best covers, but I understand why a Journey fan wouldn't agree.

I actually think it's one of Mariah's best covers, but I understand why a Journey fan wouldn't agree.
Yeah - don't get me wrong, I like Mariah, but I like Steve Perry/Journey more!! :rock:

Yeah - don't get me wrong, I like Mariah, but I like Steve Perry/Journey more!! :rock:

Steve is in my top 5 all-time vocalists, and still to this day Journey isn't the same without him, but I'm probably in the 1/2%(if that!) who doesn't really mind Arnel Pineda. I know alot of the Journey fans absolutely hate him for good reason, but I think he sounds pretty good. I mean, think about it, every vocalists that has come after Perry, those were enormous shoes to fill. Of course, you're going to get comparisons all over the place.

Hey, Monika, in your avatar, of Little Endora, I've never seen that ep, but Little Endora looks like Billy Mumy when he was in Lost in Space!! Of course, without that outfit on!!:lol:

Steve is in my top 5 all-time vocalists, and still to this day Journey isn't the same without him, but I'm probably in the 1/2%(if that!) who doesn't really mind Arnel Pineda. I know alot of the Journey fans absolutely hate him for good reason, but I think he sounds pretty good. I mean, think about it, every vocalists that has come after Perry, those were enormous shoes to fill. Of course, you're going to get comparisons all over the place.

Hey, Monika, in your avatar, of Little Endora, I've never seen that ep, but Little Endora looks like Billy Mumy when he was in Lost in Space!! Of course, without that outfit on!!:lol:
That was in the episode "Trick or Treat" from Season 2 - little Endora is played by a pre-Brady Bunch Maureen McCormick.

I think the band and Steve Perry should work out their differences. Jounrey since Steve Perry left is like Chicago since Peter Cetera left...little more than an oldies act.

I think the band and Steve Perry should work out their differences. Jounrey since Steve Perry left is like Chicago since Peter Cetera left...little more than an oldies act.
Speaking of which, when was the last time Chicago came out with a new album?? :confused:

Speaking of which, when was the last time Chicago came out with a new album?? :confused:

They actually released their 31st album Stone of Sisyphus last spring. It was recorded in 1993 but was only recently released. Surprisingly it is a really good album. It sounds like the Chicago of the 1970's with the really upfront horn section. I'm really pleasently surprised as how much I really like the CD. It is the best thing that they've done since Chicago 17 24 years ago.

I think the band and Steve Perry should work out their differences. Jounrey since Steve Perry left is like Chicago since Peter Cetera left...little more than an oldies act.
what's holding back a reunion for them? I know Cetera had a number of hits once he left the band, and they had some hits when he was replaced by Jason Scheff, but that's been over for about 15 years on both accounts.

what's holding back a reunion for them? I know Cetera had a number of hits once he left the band, and they had some hits when he was replaced by Jason Scheff, but that's been over for about 15 years on both accounts.

I think there is still a lot of bad feelings between both parties. And even if Peter did come back, that wouldn't really bring Chicago back. Peter's departure was the last in a line of events that brought the end to Chicago as a great band. The first blow was when guiatrist, vocalist and songwriter Terry Kath died in 1977. Along with Cetera and keyboardist Robert Lamm, Kath was the the band's primarey singer. He was also a major songwriter within the band as well as an underrated guitarist. Also, by the last 70's Lamm, who wrote many of the group's most well known and best songs through out the first half of the seventies, stopped writing as much. By the early 80's Lamm was only writing one song per album and along with Kath's death this left Cetera to carry the weight. Then when Cetera quit that left really no one. Jason Scheff is far from being either a great singer or
songwriter. Bill Champlin has his moments but he certainly isn't on the same level as Lamm, Kath or Cetera.

I think the band and Steve Perry should work out their differences. Jounrey since Steve Perry left is like Chicago since Peter Cetera left...little more than an oldies act.

I think that window of opportunity has long since passed.

The problems between Perry and Schon run too deep and Perry's refusal to address his health problems and not tour behind the Trial By Fire comeback album in 1997 was the final straw. After a year or so, Schon and Cain decided to move on without Perry and I doubt Perry would ever go back.

He hasn't made any records in over a decade, so it doesn't seem like he's even interested in making new music or touring.

The classic era is over. I mean, miracles can happen, but I don't see Journey reuniting with Perry ever, sadly.

I think there is still a lot of bad feelings between both parties. And even if Peter did come back, that wouldn't really bring Chicago back. Peter's departure was the last in a line of events that brought the end to Chicago as a great band. The first blow was when guiatrist, vocalist and songwriter Terry Kath died in 1977. Along with Cetera and keyboardist Robert Lamm, Kath was the the band's primarey singer. He was also a major songwriter within the band as well as an underrated guitarist. Also, by the last 70's Lamm, who wrote many of the group's most well known and best songs through out the first half of the seventies, stopped writing as much. By the early 80's Lamm was only writing one song per album and along with Kath's death this left Cetera to carry the weight. Then when Cetera quit that left really no one. Jason Scheff is far from being either a great singer or
songwriter. Bill Champlin has his moments but he certainly isn't on the same level as Lamm, Kath or Cetera.

When VH1 did a Behind The Music on Chicago, Peter Cetera refused to be interviewed and give his perspective on what happened. He was only represented by an archival interview and the story was told by the surviving bandmembers. This is the band that catapulted him to stardom and he couldn't be bothered to give his side of the experience.

Both surprisingly did well initially following the split: Cetera had a couple of top 10 hits and Chicago even scored a number one hit with "Look Away."

But both are now just oldies acts. Chicago did release an album of new material, Chicago 30, but it was absolutely dreadful. Just a warmed-over rehash of the '80s pop Chicago and not very good at that.

Cetera has become an adult-contemporary act and I don't know when his last album was released; he certainly hasn't had a hit single in years. He has even sunk so low as to re-record some Chicago songs on some of his solo albums.

I think that window of opportunity has long since passed.

The problems between Perry and Schon run too deep and Perry's refusal to address his health problems and not tour behind the Trial By Fire comeback album in 1997 was the final straw. After a year or so, Schon and Cain decided to move on without Perry and I doubt Perry would ever go back.

He hasn't made any records in over a decade, so it doesn't seem like he's even interested in making new music or touring.

The classic era is over. I mean, miracles can happen, but I don't see Journey reuniting with Perry ever, sadly.

Trial By Fire was a pretty good album. If I remember correctly it sold pretty well too. At the time I thought that it was strange that they didn't tour behind it. It wasn't until later that I found out that Perry was having health problems.

When VH1 did a Behind The Music on Chicago, Peter Cetera refused to be interviewed and give his perspective on what happened. He was only represented by an archival interview and the story was told by the surviving bandmembers. This is the band that catapulted him to stardom and he couldn't be bothered to give his side of the experience.

Both surprisingly did well initially following the split: Cetera had a couple of top 10 hits and Chicago even scored a number one hit with "Look Away."

But both are now just oldies acts. Chicago did release an album of new material, Chicago 30, but it was absolutely dreadful. Just a warmed-over rehash of the '80s pop Chicago and not very good at that.

Cetera has become an adult-contemporary act and I don't know when his last album was released; he certainly hasn't had a hit single in years. He has even sunk so low as to re-record some Chicago songs on some of his solo albums.


I have Chicago 30, and you're right, it's pretty bad.

When VH1 did a Behind The Music on Chicago, Peter Cetera refused to be interviewed and give his perspective on what happened. He was only represented by an archival interview and the story was told by the surviving bandmembers. This is the band that catapulted him to stardom and he couldn't be bothered to give his side of the experience.

Both surprisingly did well initially following the split: Cetera had a couple of top 10 hits and Chicago even scored a number one hit with "Look Away."

But both are now just oldies acts. Chicago did release an album of new material, Chicago 30, but it was absolutely dreadful. Just a warmed-over rehash of the '80s pop Chicago and not very good at that.

Cetera has become an adult-contemporary act and I don't know when his last album was released; he certainly hasn't had a hit single in years. He has even sunk so low as to re-record some Chicago songs on some of his solo albums.
I do know he appeared with Az Yet on their cover of "Hard to Say I'm Sorry", but that had to be over a decade ago.

I kinda blame Chicago over Peter for the fallout tho. After the blockbuster success of Chicago 17, he wanted to do a Phil Collins/Genesis type of thing and balance a solo and band career but the rest of the group balked at the idea, so he went solo since it was the right time. I don't see why they refused to let him balance a solo and group career as it worked just fine for Phil/Genesis and Stevie Nicks/Fleetwood Mac

I kinda blame Chicago over Peter for the fallout tho. After the blockbuster success of Chicago 17, he wanted to do a Phil Collins/Genesis type of thing and balance a solo and band career but the rest of the group balked at the idea, so he went solo since it was the right time. I don't see why they refused to let him balance a solo and group career as it worked just fine for Phil/Genesis and Stevie Nicks/Fleetwood Mac
Yeah, I think that was really petty.