The Band
Arnel Pineda
lead vocals
Arnel Pineda, born in Sampaloc, Manila, in the Philippines, began singing at age 5. His parents had encouraged him to enter amateur singing contests. At a young age on forward, he continued to be recognized for his vocal abilities throughout most his life.
On December 5, 2007, Pineda was announced as the lead singer of Journey.
He mentions that joining the legendary band is a dream come true for him. He states, "It's so exciting to sing with one of the best bands in the world." Arnel's grace and spirit along with his amazing talent are now being shared worldwide. It's well deserved for this humble and extremely talented man.
Arnel now hails from Quezon City in the Philippines.
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Arnel Pineda, born in Sampaloc, Manila, in the Philippines, began singing at age 5. His parents had encouraged him to enter amateur singing contests. At a young age on forward, he continued to be recognized for his vocal abilities throughout most his life.
On December 5, 2007, Pineda was announced as the lead singer of Journey.
He mentions that joining the legendary band is a dream come true for him. He states, "It's so exciting to sing with one of the best bands in the world." Arnel's grace and spirit along with his amazing talent are now being shared worldwide. It's well deserved for this humble and extremely talented man.
Arnel now hails from Quezon City in the Philippines.
Click here to check out Arnel Pineda´s blog on his profile page.
For more info visit Arnel Pineda´s site at: http://arnelpinedarocks.com
Neal Schon
all guitars, backing vocals
Neal Schon was born at an Air Force Base near Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. His family soon after moved to Trenton, New Jersey. Neal picked up his first instrument around the age of five. He was constantly surrounded by jazz and the blues because of his parents musical talents as well.
Neal practiced the Oboe, Keys, and of course guitar. Eventually, when he was still very young, his family moved to San Francisco, where Neal has lived for most of his life.
At the age of 15 neal was asked to join the world famous band Santana and remained as a guitarist there for 2 years. Soon after, he started the band "Journey", now known world wide for more than 30 years. Neal has earned the reputation of being one of the world's greatest guitarist of his time.
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For more info visit Neal Schon´s site at: http://www.schonmusic.com/
Neal Schon was born at an Air Force Base near Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. His family soon after moved to Trenton, New Jersey. Neal picked up his first instrument around the age of five. He was constantly surrounded by jazz and the blues because of his parents musical talents as well.
Neal practiced the Oboe, Keys, and of course guitar. Eventually, when he was still very young, his family moved to San Francisco, where Neal has lived for most of his life.
At the age of 15 neal was asked to join the world famous band Santana and remained as a guitarist there for 2 years. Soon after, he started the band "Journey", now known world wide for more than 30 years. Neal has earned the reputation of being one of the world's greatest guitarist of his time.
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For more info visit Neal Schon´s site at: http://www.schonmusic.com/
Jonathan Cain
keyboards, backing vocals
After performing, writing and recording with some of the some of the best known bands and vocalist of the eighties, keyboardist and longtime member of "Journey", Jonathan Cain can look back and reflect on a successful career. With the band Journey, their song "When You Love A Woman" was nominated for a Grammy, he has received two of the most prestigious BMI songwriter awards - "Most Performed Song of the Year", for over two million or more radio plays with songs "Open Arms and "Who's Cryin Now".
Journey's "Greatest Hits" received the "Diamond Award" for sales of ten million and the band has sold 60 million albums with a string of top ten singles accounting for over two decades of music played on the radio.
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For more info visit Jonathan Cain´s site at: http://www.jonathancain.com
After performing, writing and recording with some of the some of the best known bands and vocalist of the eighties, keyboardist and longtime member of "Journey", Jonathan Cain can look back and reflect on a successful career. With the band Journey, their song "When You Love A Woman" was nominated for a Grammy, he has received two of the most prestigious BMI songwriter awards - "Most Performed Song of the Year", for over two million or more radio plays with songs "Open Arms and "Who's Cryin Now".
Journey's "Greatest Hits" received the "Diamond Award" for sales of ten million and the band has sold 60 million albums with a string of top ten singles accounting for over two decades of music played on the radio.
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For more info visit Jonathan Cain´s site at: http://www.jonathancain.com
Ross Valory
bass, backing vocals
Ross valory was born February 2nd in hometown San Francisco, CA. He is known as one of today's long-standing leading bass players of top rock music.
Ross has had quite an illustrious and much respectable musical career. Prior to Journey, one of the first well known bands that Ross performed in was the "great lost psychedelic band" Frumious Bandersnatch. Soon after, another prominent rock band that Ross appeared in was the Steve Miller Blues Band. And then, he started up with Neal Schon in the world famous band Journey.
A few other artist's Ross has worked with on various projects are Michael Bolton, Todd Rundgren and Tim Gorman of The Who.
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For more info visit Ross Valory´s site at: http://www.rossvalory.com
Ross valory was born February 2nd in hometown San Francisco, CA. He is known as one of today's long-standing leading bass players of top rock music.
Ross has had quite an illustrious and much respectable musical career. Prior to Journey, one of the first well known bands that Ross performed in was the "great lost psychedelic band" Frumious Bandersnatch. Soon after, another prominent rock band that Ross appeared in was the Steve Miller Blues Band. And then, he started up with Neal Schon in the world famous band Journey.
A few other artist's Ross has worked with on various projects are Michael Bolton, Todd Rundgren and Tim Gorman of The Who.
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For more info visit Ross Valory´s site at: http://www.rossvalory.com
Deen Castronovo
drums, percussion, backing vocals
Deen Castronovo was born in Westminster, California. Deen discovered the drums at age five and played his way through a long list of highly acclaimed bands. At the age of 13 he had learned every song on Journey's album Infinity. Deen cites Steve Smith, Neil Peart and Terry Bozzio as his greatest influences. He released an instructional video called "High Performance Drumming". Deen's vocals are as impressive as his accomplished drum skills.
Deen's discography includes albums with Bad English, Hardline, Ozzy Osborne, Steve Vai, Wild Dogs, Paul Rodgers and many more.
Currently, Deen has been touring around the world drumming for Journey almost 10 years now and still going strong.
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Deen Castronovo was born in Westminster, California. Deen discovered the drums at age five and played his way through a long list of highly acclaimed bands. At the age of 13 he had learned every song on Journey's album Infinity. Deen cites Steve Smith, Neil Peart and Terry Bozzio as his greatest influences. He released an instructional video called "High Performance Drumming". Deen's vocals are as impressive as his accomplished drum skills.
Deen's discography includes albums with Bad English, Hardline, Ozzy Osborne, Steve Vai, Wild Dogs, Paul Rodgers and many more.
Currently, Deen has been touring around the world drumming for Journey almost 10 years now and still going strong.
Click here to check out Deen Castronovo´s blog on his profile page.
