Deen Castronovo says that Neal Schon warned him, before he took the drumming job in 1998, that Journey had split with long-time frontman Steve Perry. A exuberant Castronovo replied: “I don’t care who it’s with. I wanna play.” You May Also Like: Journey’s Deen Castronovo on Steve Perry: ‘He canRead More

John Waite’s scorching ‘Live: All Access’ gave us a chance to talk about past successes – from the Babys and Bad English to his newest studio effort.

Fans of Journey’s best-known lineups — Gregg Rolie’s free-form 1970s version, and Steve Perry’s arena-ballad 1980s edition — have little hope of seeing any meaningful reunion of these wildly divergent camps. After all, Rolie split back in 1980, and the similarly departed Perry hasn’t even put out a solo albumRead More

Neal Schon has his own opinions about how a planned reunion of the early 1970s lineup of Santana should unfold. He wants to return to the loose, improvisational feel of their classic collaboration Santana III. You May Also Like: Santana will complete new reunion album this spring: ‘Like putting onRead More

Neal Schon, touring again with Journey after completing a pair of solo efforts and sitting in with Sammy Hagar, is never far away from questions about his old bandmate Steve Perry. He admits the two haven’t spoken since 2005 You May Also Like: Journey’s Deen Castronovo on Steve Perry: ‘HeRead More

Sammy Hagar is previewing an upcoming solo album that finds him reuniting with Journey’s Neal Schon. The two first worked together as members of HSAS in the early 1980s. You May Also Like: Neal Schon, “Lady M” from Vortex (2015): One Track Mind Journey’s Neal Schon, “El Matador” from VortexRead More

Guitarist Neal Schon is returning to some familiar 1980s-era musical associations — though neither of them are Journey. Instead, he’s rekindling associations from the days of HSAS, and Schon and Hammer. You May Also Like: Journey’s Neal Schon, “El Matador” from Vortex (2015): One Track Mind Neal Schon, “Lady M”Read More

Neal Schon issued his seventh project away from Journey late in 2012, and he already has another one on the way — and, perhaps, a solo tour, as well. You May Also Like: Neal Schon, “Lady M” from Vortex (2015): One Track Mind Journey’s Neal Schon, “El Matador” from VortexRead More

Late in the process of recording his new solo project The Calling, Journey’s Neal Schon was reminded of Ronnie James Dio, and a musical connection they made in 1985. You May Also Like: Dio’s Often-Forgotten ‘Magica’ Recalled Early Ronnie James Dio Triumphs Ronnie James Dio moved into the spotlight withRead More

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwFvx49OU2o&w=500&h=305] Jeff Scott Soto says he’s finally gotten some closure on why he was suddenly axed as Journey frontman, though he’s still not ready to go into the reasons why. You May Also Like: Journey’s Deen Castronovo on Steve Perry: ‘He can do no wrong’ Journey, “Faith in theRead More