Journey

Who is Journey?

Journey began their trek to mega-stardom in 1973 when they formed in San Francisco, California. Band members of Journey at that time were Neal Schon (guitarist), Prairie Prince (drummer), Ross Valory (bassist), George Tickner (rhythm guitarist), and Gregg Rollie (lead vocals, keyboards). Schon and Rollie had already tasted stardom, as they were alumni of the wildly popular group Santana. Prince soon left Journey, and was replaced by Aynsley Dunbar. They released their first self-titled album in 1975, Journey.

After 1975

This 1975 album gave way to more than 12 albums, a soundtrack, an uncertified EP, 2 live albums, 7 compilation albums, 4 videos, dozens of film/TV. appearances, and more. Band members came and went through the years for a variety of reasons, citing everything from musical to personal differences as the reason for the change. BBand members throughout the years have included Steve Perry, Robert Fleischman, Steve Smith, Jonathan Cain, American Idol judge Randy Jackson, Larrie Londin, Mike Baird, Kevin Chalfant, Deen Castronovo, Steve Augeri, Jeff Scott Soto, Arnel Pineda, and others. Their many albums have achieved mega-stardom with several of them achieving platinum and multi-platinum status. Their most popular album to date (based on sales) has been 1981's Escape, which went platinum nine times over.