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Arnel Pineda Who? Watch Out for Him

November 4, 2007

Arnel Pineda, of a band called The Zoo, has been chosen to become the next lead singer of American 80's glam rock band, Journey starting in November.

To Refresh your memory, Journey  is an American rock band formed in 1973 in San Francisco, California.

The band has gone through several phases since its inception by former members of Santana. The band's greatest commercial success came in the late 1970s through the early 1980s with a series of power ballads and soaring classics such as "Don't Stop Believing", "Any Way You Want It", "Faithfully", "Open Arms", "Separate Ways" and "Wheel in the Sky".

Here is the original version of the Journeys Open Arms 

 

This is from the latest news about the band…

As of November, 2007, a new lead singer had yet to be named. Longtime friend of the band and former Storm frontman, Kevin Chalfant, had been considered a strong candidate for the position. The band briefly gave serious consideration to 36-year-old Jeremey Hunsicker of Roanoke, Virginia, the frontman for the Journey tribute band Frontiers, but Hunsicker soon turned down the position.[3] Other conjectures included Hugo Valenti, the frontman for the New York-based Journey tribute band Evolution. In September, a picture surfaced of the band with little-known Filipino singer Arnel Pineda, from the former cover band Zoo (now performing original material).[4] Accompanying articles stated that Pineda had been invited to the United States to audition for the position of lead singer, and that MelodicRock.Com's Andrew McNiece, who had been the first to accurately predict the departures of Steve Perry and Jeff Scott Soto, was now predicting Pineda's having been hired by the band.[

and here is Arnel's Version of Open Arms  and Faithfully both Journey songs

(MABUHAY ANG MUSIKERONG PILIPINO…..galing Olongapo yan!!!!


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Previous Comments

Another damn karaoke singer. What a joke!

Posted by Milli Vanilli at November 5, 2007, 8:45 am

Milli : Karaoke singer or not he is still a damn good singer,dont you agree???

Posted by betty lopez at November 6, 2007, 12:58 pm

Milli Vanilli, what do you mean karaoke singer? Have you seen all his videos, the guy seriously has talent. He can even outsing the originals of the hits he’s covering. He was actually invited by the Journey band to come to America and sing with them (audition). They wanted to see and hear for themselves. I trust that what they heard then convinced them that he is the right guy for them. They’re the one’s who sung with and spent a lot of time performing with Perry. So they’re the ones who know the real deal. And I believe, they have said that this guy is the real deal. So grow up for you are the one who’s a joke.

Posted by JD at December 11, 2007, 6:36 am

so proud of him,a true filipino

Posted by carlo at February 24, 2008, 9:00 pm

so proud of him….

Posted by carlo at February 24, 2008, 9:05 pm

you are a gem of the Philippines.so proud of you.your voice sounds like the original one.keep it up..ingat po.

Posted by carla navarro.malolos at February 24, 2008, 9:26 pm

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