I think fans are really going to love him. He’s a sincere, authentic person with a great smile and a big heart. “His personality is very well-suited to our music. “Arnel brings a soulful and passionate voice to JOURNEY,” continues keyboardist Jonathan Cain. Noel said, ‘what if it really was Neal and he wanted to offer you the chance of a lifetime?’ So I e-mailed Neal back and the rest is history.” I tried to get a hold of him through YouTube and I finally heard from him that night, but it took some convincing to get him to believe that it really was me and not an imposter.”Īrnel Pineda picks up the story: “My friend Noel picked up the message on YouTube and told me it was from Neal. Arnel doesn’t sound synthetic and he’s not emulating anyone. I thought, ‘he can’t be that good.’ But he is that good, he’s the real deal and so tremendously talented. After watching the videos over and over again, I had to walk away from the computer and let what I heard sink in because it sounded too good to be true. But then I found The Zoo and I watched a bunch of different video clips that they had posted. I was starting to think I was never going to find anybody. “I was frustrated about not having a singer,” explains guitarist Neal Schon, “so I went on YouTube for a couple of days and just sat on it for hours. After finding Arnel singing “Faithfully,” he knew he had found the perfect frontman. Guitarist Neal Schon wanted someone new to the music business, so he turned to YouTube. When it was time for JOURNEY to look for a new lead singer, the internet came to their rescue. I know there’s only one Steve Perry in this world.” I know they’ll expect me to sound exactly like ‘the voice’ (Steve Perry), but that will never happen. It’ll be a lot of hard work on my part and I’m actually looking forward to the scrutiny I’ll get from the hardcore JOURNEY fans. “It’s so exciting to sing with one of the best bands in the world. Joining the legendary band is a dream come true for him. He replaces Jeff Scott Soto, who parted ways with the band earlier this year after stepping in for Steve Augeri, who had to leave the band in 2006 for medical reasons.Īrnel hails from Quezon City in the Philippines and has been singing Journey songs–in addition to original material–with his band, The Zoo, for the past couple of years in clubs all over his homeland. Journey is proud to introduce fans all over the world to their new lead singer, Arnel Pineda (“pin-eh-da”).
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