Started in 1973 as a quartet Journey has been around through many changes, while still keeping true to their musical roots.

Innsbruck AccommodationThe current line up including founding members Neal Schon and Ross Valory, along with Jonathan Cain, Steve Augeri, and Deen Castronovo keep pushing Journey on into previously unexplored areas.

1973 saw Gregg Rolie and and Neal Schon (of Santana) teamed up with Ross Valory (Frumious Bandersnatch and the Steve Miller Band) and Prairie Prince (of The Tubes fame) to form what would be come the quintessential rock band Journey.

Prairie Prince left in 1974, which allowed Journey to bring in Aynsley Dunbar, also coming on board was rhythm guitarist George Tickner.  Both played on the first Journey album self entitled Journey. George Tickner left within a short time, and the band was back to being a quartet.

Journey continued to garner success playing to live audiences, but record sales lagged behind critical success as a live act.  The follow-up albums, Look Into The Future and Next, did not sell as well as the record company would have liked, and even though Journey played to packed venues across the United States Journey was told to change direction a bit or lose their contract. 

Herbie Herbert, Journey's manager, began a search for the front man to take Journey forward.  Robert Fleischman began work with Journey in 1977 but left do to loyalty to his manager, leaving Journey looking for a new front man all over again.  Shortly thereafter  demo tape of a band known as Alien Project appeared on Herbie Herbert's desk.  Alien Project featured the vocals of a relatively unknown vocalist by the name of Steve Perry, and the rest as they say is HISTORY!

Steve Perry's beginnings with Journey were rocky, with both Neal Schon and Gregg Rollie balking at the idea of a golden voiced front man changing Journey to a more mainstream sound and away from their rock-fusion roots.

hotel a Brno1978's Infinity came out to some acclaim and Journey went on the road, playing to packed venues anywhere and everywhere in promotion of their new album and sound.  Slowly but surely record sales increased and Infinity went gold and then platinum within a year.  Barely stopping to take a break, Journey rolled out Evolution and Departure,  both going Platinum, and toured incessantly.  This began the catapulting of the band to the stratospheric heights of popularity. Aynsley Dunbar had left just before the recording of Evolution and Journey acquired the immense talents of  Montrose drummer Steve Smith.

Liege luxury hotelsFollowing the Departure tour, founding member Gregg Rolie, decided to leave citing his years of touring and burnout.  Finding a person to come in and take over the keys was easy, touring with Journey for the Departure tour was the group The Baby's which included Jonathan Cain.