Revelation - Journey

Journey is back with a new front man, Arnel Pineda formerly from The Zoo. The Zoo did covers of Journey, Survivor, Aerosmith, Bryan Adams, Nirvana and the list goes on. I like their original song (i think), Pain In My Heart.

Journey's new album 'REVELATION' is set to be release next month. The first disc will consist of 11 re-recorded classics, the second is filled with 11 new songs, and the third is a live, in-concert DVD. All of the music on REVELATION was produced by Kevin Shirley (who previously worked with JOURNEY on their Platinum-certified TRIAL BY FIRE album). JOURNEY will take REVELATION on the U.S. concert trail later this July, with details to be announced in the coming weeks. Now that's certainly an album to look for.

“It’s so exciting to sing with one of the best bands in the world. 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. I know they’ll expect me to sound exactly like ‘the voice’ (Steve Perry), but that will never happen. I know there's only one Steve Perry in this world.” - Arnel who hails from Quezon City in the Philippines!!

“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. I was starting to think I was never going to find anybody. But then I found The Zoo and I watched a bunch of different video clips that they had posted. 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. I thought, ‘he can’t be that good.’ But he is that good, he’s the real deal and so tremendously talented. Arnel doesn’t sound synthetic and he’s not emulating anyone. 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.”

Now ain't that a dream come true for Arnel. Who would have thought that Journey would find their next front man via YouTube. Amazing stuff..

However, this ain't amazing, some kids just don't play dead. Making a comeback after almost two decades with a new album 'Summer Time' is New Kids On The Block (NKOTB). The oldest "Kid," Jonathan Knight, now a real estate developer, will turn 40 later this year. Since the band's demise, former members Donnie Wahlberg, 38, and Joey McIntyre, 35, have seen acting success, while Danny Wood, 38, has worked as a music producer and Knight's brother, Jordan, 37, has continued to record. Now after 18 years will they still sound the same or different. Time will only tell.