Band Of The Week - Journey

Few days to go is Christmas, I would like to wish you all Merry Christmas~~~!!! According to Tan Sri Lin Peh, our Christmas sing song project - Rudolf in Your House has hit more than 6,000 times!!! I think this song is going to hit platinum record for single hit album. For those for took part for this sing song project, we should proud of it :)

My favorite band for this weekend will be Journey. I believe most of you familiar with their songs, especially their big hits like Faithfully, Open Arms, Don't Stop Believin' and many more... This band is more to like slow rock, jazz rock or maybe some of you will think is sentimental. Let's enjoy their songs here...

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Journey - Faithfully


Journey - Open Arms


Journey - Don't Stop Believin'


Journey - Lights


Journey - Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin'

About Journey (from wikipedia & Journey official website)

Journey is an American rock band formed in 1973 in San Francisco, California. The band has gone through several phases since its inception by former members of Santana.

Journey

History

In December 1971, Gregg Rolie, the organist and vocalist and co-founding member of Santana, decided that it was time to leave the band, due to longstanding disagreements with Carlos Santana about the musical direction of the group. He went home to Seattle and opened a restaurant with his father.

While all this was going on, there was another face on the scene; the road manager for Santana, Walter "Herbie" Herbert. After an abortive South American tour, Herbert was on Carlos’ bad side. Herbie and Santana guitarist Neal Schon had become good friends on the tour. Herbie had the idea to take Schon and form a new band around his guitar-playing talents. After Schon parted ways with a Larry Graham side project that would eventually become Graham Central Station, he agreed. Herbert was able to get George Tickner (guitar) and Ross Valory (former bassist for the Steve Miller Band) who were at the time playing in Frumious Bandersnatch (another band that Herbie managed) to join Schon and form a new band. Prairie Prince (drums), who was already with The Tubes, was recruited to join the new effort.

Journey

Journey’s initial style was progressive jazz-rock, complete with extended and improvised solo spots, a style much in evidence on their first three albums for Columbia Records. In April 1975 Tickner bowed out of music to attend Stanford Medical School. He was eventually replaced by ex-Alien Project vocalist, Steve Perry.

The switch to their signature highly sophisticated rock occurred with the recording of their hugely successful album, Infinity. Journey’s drummer, Aynsley Dunbar, was unhappy with this new style and left for Jefferson Starship, to be replaced by legendary drummer Steve Smith. The band’s next release, Evolution followed and brought the band their first US Top 20 hit, "Lovin’, Touchin’, Squeezin".

Journey (Present)

Journey in concert

Journey in concert

Journey... one of American greatest classic rock band!!!

Happy Weekend!!!

Merry Christmas!!!