As everyone knows now, the band found Pineda through the internet, when they saw clips of the 40-year-old singer from the Philippines covering Journey songs in no-name bar bands. The rest, as they say, is history. Pineda undoubtedly has the voice. Hell—dare I say it?—the guy does Steve Perry better than Steve Perry.
Here's a GQ feature on Journey and Pineda's story: HE DIDN’T STOP BELIEVIN'. Plucked from obscurity and thrust into the spolight, the guy is now Manila's number one son. Rock and roll.
UPDATE: Here's yet another story on new Journey front man Arnel Pineda, from CBS News: A Journey Back. Don't stop believin'.
