Arnel Fans

Paul Liberatore of HamptonRoads.com talks about Journey’s singers rags to riches stories, from Steve Perry, Steve Augeri and now Arnel Pineda. It also gives insights to Arnel’s discovery, audition and acceptance.

The classic-rock band Journey has a history of rags-to-riches lead singers.

Golden-voiced Steve Perry, the operatic tenor who sang the band’s anthemic ’80s hits, was plucked from a construction job in a Central Valley farm town.

Steve Augeri, who replaced Perry in the mid-’90s, was working in a Gap store when he got the call to join the band.

Now, leading the band in a performance today in Virginia Beach, we have the cyberspace Cinderella story of Arnel Pineda, Journey’s brand-new frontman.

Here’s the rest of the article.