Unfortunately for the legendary rock band ‘Journey’ it looks like fans have stopped believing.
The band, known for its many popular songs, including “Don’t Stop Believin” could soon be on the outs for good after backlash from its loyal fans.
Here’s what’s happening.
Arnel Pineda, the lead singer for Journey, found a video circulating online which showed him having issues with his ear monitors and struggling to reach the right notes during the concert last week in Brazil.
Pineda, who has been with the band since 2007, was so devastated by his performance and the criticism he received, that he offered up an online poll for fans to vote him out of the rock band.
“No one more than me in this world feels so devastated about this,” Pineda wrote on Facebook. “It’s really amazing how 1 thousand right things you have done will be forgotten just cause of THIS.”
Pineda noted, “Mentally and emotionally, I’ve suffered already, and I’m still suffering … but I’ll be ok.”
He’s not kidding.
“So here’s the deal here now,” he wrote. “I am offering you a chance now (especially those who’s hated me and never liked me from the very beginning) to simply text GO or STAY right here.”
Pineda added, “If GO reaches 1million… I’m stepping out for good … are you game folks?”
He then thanked “all of the fans and friends” who believed in him since “Day 1.”
Steve Perry, the original lead vocalist for the band, left the band for good in the late ’90s after the group soared to popularity with hits including “Faithfully,” “Open Arms,” and “Wheel in the Sky.”
Following Perry’s exit in 1998, the band recruited Steve Augeri to replace him. Buy when Augeri departed the group in 2006 due to vocal issues, lead guitarist Neal Schon discovered Pineda, a Filipino club singer, while scrolling through YouTube videos.
Pineda then joined the band in 2007.