New Journey singer, rags to riches story

[Midnight Mike]

Arnel Pineda’s Fantastic Journey

But Arnel Pineda’s story is truly one for the Internet age. The Philippines-based Pineda was featured in several YouTube videos showcasing his band, The Zoo, and while the musicianship backing him up wasn’t all that great, Pineda’s voice shone, particularly on tunes like “Faithfully” and “Don’t Stop Believing” by everybody’s favorite Sopranos-concluding band, Journey.

Well, wouldn’t you know it, Journey just happened to be looking for a new singer after the departure of Jeff Scott Soto, the latest in a line of disappointing post-Steve Perry pretenders. Guitarist Neal Schon happened upon Pineda’s videos online, dropped him an e-mail...and the rest is rock ‘n’ roll fantasy, baby. Join us after the jump for the full press release and videos of the awesome Pineda in action.

http://musicblog.ugo.com/index.php/musi ... c_journey/

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[PhilDernerJr]

I can't determine if this is really great or really pathetic.

[Matt Molnar]

Wow, he sounds just like Steve Perry.