"Don't Stop Believin'" is an apropos opener for Journey's Escape-- mostly because the band and its fans couldn't believe the way the album took off when it was released 40 years ago this month. Cain: ...

Journey were already on the upswing as they entered the 1980s. But they took off into the stratosphere with Escape, the 1981 album that represented a peak moment in the history of arena rock. Like ...

Alongside Perry and Schon, Cain immediately established himself as a major songwriter within the band. He co-wrote every song on the Escape album, and as he later commented: “What changed about ...

From Journey‘s early fusion-driven days to modern-era LPs with long-standing frontman Arnel Pineda, the band clearly aimed to set a tone with album-opening songs. More often than not, these tracks ...

Journey's Neal Schon took a rather unusual request in the studio and turned it into "Don't Stop Believin'", the band's most iconic track.

It’s Mother’s Day on Sunday, so there was no way this Test Spin was going to be focused on anything other than Journey, my mom’s favorite band. In fact, when I was deciding which Journey album to ...