Mike @ MetalReviews wrote:
MetalWizard wrote:
I wish Neal Schon would just form a different band and call it something else besides Journey. There is no Journey without Steve Perry...sorry!! That's just the way it is. They're nothing without him. The material on the past two CD's have been terrible. When they released "Trial By Fire" with the famous line-up of Perry, Schon, Cain, Valory and Smith it looked like Journey had returned in top form. Then Schon and Cain piss all over Perry and here we are.......
From Augeri to Jeff Scott Soto......what a joke!!
If you can put out of your mind the fact that Arrival and Generations are Journey albums, and just listen to them at face value, they are good (but not great) albums. I can see how they are very hard to accept as Journey albums though; a name change of the band is definitely in order. I agree with you there. However, I'm sure the record label would not allow that since the Journry name certainly guarantees a certain level of sales.
Mike...you're right. I've been a Journey fan since 1981. It was really the first rock band that I was exposed to at an early age. Journey "Frontiers" was my fiirst concert. I own all of their back catalogue even prior to the arrival of Steve Perry and I enjoy all of it. I have been a die hard Journey fan for a long time so watching Neal Schon do this is just unforgivable. Everything since "Trial By Fire" is blasphemous and an abomination.
Why do bands do this? Would Led Zeppelin replace Robert Plant? Imagine Aerosmith without Steven Tyler. We've all heard Motley Crue without Vince! We've heard Iron Maiden without Bruce. Schon did his Hardline CD and it was fantastic. I still listen to it. Bad English was a very profitable expoerience for Schon and Cain. Neal just did Soul Sirkus with Soto. WHY WHY WHY DO THIS??? He has creative outlets that sound incredible.
DON'T CALL IT JOURNEY DAMN IT!!