AUTHOR NICK DeRISO,
‘JOURNEY: WORLDS APART’
Nick DeRiso’s newest book is the Amazon best-selling JOURNEY: WORLDS APART. A five-time columnist of the year, DeRiso conducted more than 50 interviews for this expansive project, delving into every album and every era with band members (including Neal Schon, Jonathan Cain, Gregg Rolie, Steve Augeri, Deen Castronovo, and Steve Smith), co-writers, close musical collaborators, cover artists, video directors, label executives, band management and producers, among others. Combined with extensive charts and a detailed timeline, he’s created the most complete portrait ever of a jam band that evolved from Santana into arena rockers, premier power balladeers and then Rock and Roll Hall of Famers.
JOURNEY: WORLDS APART isn’t just a biography of the band Journey – it’s a backstage pass.
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PRAISE FOR JOURNEY: WORLDS APART
Steve Wosahla from ‘Americana Highways’ describes JOURNEY: WORLDS APART as a “riveting and lively new book about the complicated 50-year history of Journey”:
Readers will easily be able to alternate between the deep dive features and stories of the day and the choice nuggets that mark points on the extensive timeline. The book tells the band’s story with unprecedented depth. JOURNEY: WORLDS APART does a wonderful job of chronicling the events as they happened and providing a cohesive narrative that sums up the band’s complicated history and places it in a larger cultural context. In the end, it tells the story of what made the magic of the music to begin with.
Ted Asregadoo of ‘Popdose’ said JOURNEY: WORLDS APART is “excellent and comprehensive”:
JOURNEY: WORLDS APART is more than just a band biography; it’s an eye-opening look at the music industry’s pitfalls and the human dynamics that can both fuel and fracture artistic success. Whether you’re a lifelong Journey fan or simply fascinated by the inner workings of the music business, DeRiso’s book offers a captivating and cautionary tale, proving that sometimes, underneath great melodies lies harsh discord.
Ultimate Classic Rock’s Allison Rapp named JOURNEY: WORLDS APART one of 2023’s “30 best rock books”:
JOURNEY: WORLDS APART is the story of how one band went from a promising but unassuming Bay Area backing group to one of the most successful rock acts of all time — the essential story for every Journey fan.
Tom Wilmeth of ‘Something Else’ calls JOURNEY: WORLDS APART an “unblinking prose narrative of the band” featuring info-packed pages that make this a “first-rate reference tool”:
JOURNEY: WORLDS APART is also visually arresting. Along with album artwork and photos of the band members from different eras, an index of illustrations that Stanley Mouse created specifically for Journey is included. Visual references for band members are especially useful when discussing some of the lesser-known musicians who pass through, such as the early departures of George Tickner and Robert Fleischman. By doing so, Nick DeRiso humanizes a group that some felt was interchangeable with other arena rockers of the late ’70s and 1980s.
EXCERPTS FROM ‘JOURNEY: WORLDS APART’
How Neal Schon Got Invited to Join Two of Rock’s Biggest Bands: David Slavkovic, Ultimate Guitar
Why Journey Never Accepted the ‘Corporate Rock’ Tag: Matt Wardlaw, Ultimate Classic Rock
Top 5 Martha Quinn Quotes From Nick DeRiso’s ‘Journey: Worlds Apart,’ Something Else!
