Neal Schon has posted a brand new picture with the phrases “Journey Past” to his social media feeds. The caption on Twitter merely reads: “Into the longer term.”
Is that this his newest try to department off from the group he co-founded within the early ’70s? A submitting that seeks safety for the phrase from the USA Patent and Trademark Workplace affords some intriguing hints.
The “JOURNEY BEYOND™” mark is “meant to cowl the classes of musical sound recordings; downloadable musical sound recordings; collection of musical sound recordings; compact discs that includes music; downloadable music information; downloadable MP3 information and MP3 recordings that includes music; musical video recordings; and pre-recorded CDs, video tapes, laser disks and DVDs that includes music.”
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Schon made the submitting in April, in line with the unbiased third-party trademark analysis software uspto.report. That was simply days earlier than he initially posted a extra bare-bones picture with the phrases “Journey Past.” He then started utilizing the identical phrases in hash tags, prompting loads of fan hypothesis.
The trademark apparently has not but been granted. Schon’s “new software [is] awaiting project to an analyzing legal professional,” in accordance uspto.report.
Is ‘Journey Past’ One other Neal Schon Offshoot Band?
Schon has created an offshoot band earlier than. Journey By means of Time, which was energetic in 2018-19, featured his former Santana and Journey bandmate Gregg Rolie, Journey drummer Deen Castronovo and ex-Journey bassist Marco Mendoza. Schon launched an album, 2023’s Journey By means of Time, culled from their debut present, a 2018 profit for North Bay Hearth Reduction in San Francisco.
Schon has time to think about solo initiatives as Journey is within the midst of a uncommon yr with out a main tour. They’ve solely performed a couple of one-off exhibits.
Within the meantime, Schon’s long-time bandmate Jonathan Cain has returned to performing solo religion music. He mentioned he was engaged on new songs, nevertheless it was unclear if these could be directed towards a doable follow-up to Journey’s most up-to-date album, Freedom. That 2022 launch was Journey’s first in additional than a decade. Castronovo is finishing the sixth LP from Revolution Saints, the facet challenge the place he serves as frontman.
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The First ‘Journey Past’ Had Connections With Anthrax
This additionally would not be the primary iteration of Journey Past. Anthrax’s Joey Belladonna fashioned a tribute band with the identical title in 2020, debuting with an 18-song set that largely centered on ’80s-era Journey materials. They had been later renamed Past Frontiers.
Belladonna sang a Journey music throughout his audition for Anthrax. He additionally coated the Escape deep lower “Carry on Runnin'” on Anthrax’s 2013 EP Anthems, and has carried out Journey songs on stage as a solo act and whereas sitting in with Metal Panther.
Nick DeRiso is writer of the Amazon best-selling rock band bio ‘Journey: Worlds Aside,’ accessible now in any respect main bookseller web sites.
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Gallery Credit score: Nick DeRiso
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