Journey members' latest feud reportedly started a long time ago.
Ahead of Journey's 50th-anniversary tour, the band's fans are worried about future changes as Neal Schon and Jonathan Cain continue to exchange jabs in their lawsuits. Although details about their fight emerged recently, the series of arguments reportedly started in the summer of 2017.
Ultimate Classic Rock and Culture took fans back on July 27, 2017, when Cain, Arnel Pineda, and Ross Valory visited the White House. The band members, at that time, posed for an Oval Office photo with then-POTUS Donald Trump.
Cain's wife, Paula White-Cain, worked as the evangelical advisory board chairman during Trump administration. However, he clarified that the Journey members' visit was only a historic opportunity and not an endorsement.
Despite his explanation, Schon expressed his dismay toward his bandmates over the move. He firmly said that Journey should never be used by anyone, including the band members, for religion or politics.
"This was an intent to exploit the brand and use the name," he wrote. "Journey was not there - three individual members were. ... Tours are done all the time, but it could have been privately. ... I had no prior knowledge of this from anyone. Not band members or management. This clearly shows no respect for unity, just divide."
Schon's rage continued for a few more days, and he even posted cryptic messages including his decision "not to deal with anything toxic" one way or the other.
Journey Members Did Not Show Dissension of Ranks After the Incident
During that year, Journey still pushed through with its tour and appearances. It worked with Earth, Wind & Fire, Doobie Brothers, Eagles, and Fleetwood Mac at New York's Citi Field.
Asia drummer Carl Palmer, who was with the band as part of the tour, revealed that opposition between the members was not evident at all.
"They were incredibly professional. They would pass each other in the corridors and ... fist-bump each other. You would not see any of that [rancor] at all," Palmer said. "That may have been going on in social media, but it was not going on onstage and it was not going on in the corridors - and we did 42 concerts altogether with them."
Cain, meanwhile, said that the reason behind their professionalism was because their music "is bigger than all of it."
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