{"id":489,"date":"2008-04-16T00:49:51","date_gmt":"2008-04-16T05:49:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/slidingconstant.net\/?p=489"},"modified":"2025-09-20T15:31:21","modified_gmt":"2025-09-20T20:31:21","slug":"entry-139","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/slidingconstant.net\/?p=489","title":{"rendered":"Dipping Into the Well Again"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Let\u2019s say your band<\/a> was one of the biggest hit-makers of the late 70s and early 80s. You went through your requisite “Our Lead Singer is a Megalomaniac\u2122” crisis and went on hiatus for eight years or so. You managed to scrape everyone back together, record an album of totally new material<\/a>, get nominated for a Grammy<\/a>, and gear up to promote the album on tour. Then, just when everything looked like it was about to crank up again, your lead singer has a medical crisis, and it all hits the ground with a resounding thud<\/strong>. What do you do?<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Well, you fire your lead singer (who happens to have one of the most recognizable voices in power ballad history<\/a>) and look for a new one. Lo and behold, out of the woodwork comes someone who sounds mostly like your old lead singer<\/a>, and he even has the same first name. What luck! You get to tour again! So, back out on the road for another 8 years or so. Flog the old hits, record yet another new album of new material<\/a>, etc. Things are going great\u2026 until your lead singer has a medical crisis and has to leave the band. What do you do?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Well, if you\u2019re Journey, you look on YouTube and happen to find a video of a bar band in the Philippines<\/a>. After picking your jaw up off the floor and recovering from the brain explosion, you call the guy (named Arnel Pineda<\/a>) and offer him a job as the lead singer of your band. Next thing you know, you\u2019re on stage in Chile performing to another screaming horde<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I have to think that Neal Schon<\/a> and Jonathan Cain<\/a> are so tired<\/strong><\/em> of still playing those same songs<\/strong><\/em> 25 years later. I hope I\u2019m wrong. I hope they\u2019re still having a blast. Here\u2019s to tenacity and the luck of the Irish!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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