Comments on: A Journey Back

New Lead Singer Helps Bring Legendary Rock Group Back On The Road

[remyo-2009]

Neal is using Pineda like he has with all the rest of the karaoke lineup. I''m not buying the whole rags to riches story either. It''s PR. Pineda is 40 years old and he sure wasn''t homeless when they hired him. He has a wife and kids in the old country. They did the same sort of thing when they hired Augeri. They "found" him working at The Gap! Everything Neal does is a dis'' on Perry. He can''t stand the fact that ALL the band''s success came with Perry''s mega-talent! The only way Journey will EVER reclaim the "magic" is a reunion with Perry. Plain and simple.

[k9roo]

I have been a huge Journey fan for years, they will never be able to replace Steve Perry. They shouldn''t continue as Journey, use another name. Neal needs to stop blaming Steve and take a look at himself. I almost lost all respect for the group years ago when I was a club where they were. Jonathan was very nice and let me take a pic of him as did Randy Jackson. However, Neal was so rude, I waited till he came up to the bar and I asked if I could get a pic of him and he said, "F--- No!" I was speechless, I could have took a pic of him at any time but I felt that would have been very rude. And no he wasn''t drunk. I have every cd, album, cassette and other merchandise I have bought of theirs and I cannot tell you how close I came to destroying all of it and vowing to never buy another item of theirs. Yet, he could not have simply said, no I do not want you to take my pic instead he chose to curse at me. Just to let you all know I am not one of the little groupy girls you sometimes see hanging out at concerts. I''m married and a mother who just happened to really love Journey and their music. Yet, Neal''s rude comment crushed me. So, I believe this is more than likely Neal''s fault that Steve doesn''t want to speak with him. Steve, if you should read this I want you to know that you were the reason I continued to love Journey the way I always did after that encounter with Neal. Journey will never ever be Journey without you.

[remyo-2009]

Perry isn''t in hiding? He looks outstanding, simply California gorgeous..as always! And...he can sing like NO ONE else. Schonny needs to get his priorities straight...and make the Reunion happen! Get Smitty too!

[vworlock]

I guess I like the new guy in Journey now with good vocal and not in tight jeans .

[hopelynn2]

I feel heartbroken about the piece on the news, yes maybe this new guy sounds somewhat like Steve Perry but really come on guys , you know you can''t replace Steve Perry.You have did your best to clone his vocals once again , it''s not there. I totally loved Journey when Steve Perry was there but ,now not the same .

[vworlock]

if perry is hiding from everyone and no one ever seen him on how he looks like, hopefully he is not that old and can still stand on his feet after the hip surgery. Well , im sure i would buy the revelation ,I kinda like the voice of the new singer than steve perry, no offense to sp fans.

[vworlock]

if perry is hiding from everyone and no one ever seen him on how he looks like, hopefully he is not that old and can still stand on his feet after the hip surgery. Well , im sure i would buy the revelation ,I kinda like the voice of the new singer than steve perry, no offense to sp fans.

[regalbaby-2009]

Sorry, forgot to state the girls name (from the philippines) -Her name is CHARICE.

[regalbaby-2009]

After Arnel Pineda of Journey Band, I am informing you of another Filipino who is a 15 year old girl who was raised by a single mother. She insist on her mother for her to join singing contest when she was 7 to make money for the family to have food on the table and survive the harsh world in the Philippines. She was also discovered through You Tube. Invited by one of Koreas top TV show and was featured on E! and was seen by Ellen Degeneres'' staff. Ellen invited her and that was her first appearance on American soil. It was followed by Paul O''Grady Show in England and on Oprah Winfrey Show last May. She was included by David Foster in his fund-raising shows in the opening of MGM Foxwoods in Connecticut and recently at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. You can still check her on You Tube. This will also be a great story. Filipinos turn to singing to forget the hardship in life.

[remyo-2009]

I have nothing against Pineda, I just don''t appreciate yet another karaoke version of the great Steve Perry. They tried it with Augeri, Soto and now Pineda.
When you have tasted fine wine, why would you drink Ripple?

Pineda''s vocal capability and stage presence pale in comparison to the once-in-a lifetime genius of Steve Perry. It''s a slap in the face to REAL fans of Journey to have these sub-par re-recordings of Perry''s classic hits in circulation. It''s disgusting greed on Schon''s part. "Revelations" is a snooze, sorry. Pineda is a short term human interest story to promote a mediocre CD.

If Schon really wants to shake up the Universe before he retires, he should humble himself, stop the trash talk and blame game, and reunite with Perry! It would be the concert tour of the century! And... Perry is writing new music!

No mas karaoke singers, bring back *THE VOICE* of Steve Perry!!!