The iconic rock band Journey may be in the middle of a farewell world tour. But lawsuits between bandmates may just overshadow the whole thing.
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Neal Schon and Jonathan Cain appear to be at each others throats legally, and politics as well differing managerial aims appears to have a lot to do with it. In an interview with Rolling Stone magazine, Schon said: "I stick by the roots of how we started and what was embedded in me from Herbie Herbert with all the original guys."
"We were never going to affiliate politics with our music, and we're never going to affiliate any one religion, not that we're unreligious. Everybody has their own religion," Schon said. "But why attach yourself into one portion of something?"
Rock Band at Center of Lawsuits
Schon takes issue with Cain publicly backing President Donald Trump. Cain publicly performed "Don't Stop Believin'" in 2022 at Mar-a-Lago. Schon took issue with thi.
"Because you know what? You're going to lose half your fans when you do that. It's everybody's music. I just don't agree with it. I still don't. And it's probably one of the reasons that things are still a bit shaky," Schon noted.
Since Schon and Cain share the trademark for the band and appear to legally be back and forth about the direction of the band. There's also an apparent issue with the band's credit card as well. Despite this, the two are both performing as part of the farewell tour.
"The music we've created together is amazing. And so, you have to celebrate that music with the fans. The fans are incredible," Schon said to Rolling Stone. But the two have bad blood that's just growing.
"I feel like I get one [lawsuit] served every week from his camp," Schon said. "It's like, 'Jesus Christ!' And learned to defend myself, really... I remember every aspect of everything that's gone down.'
Schon isn't backing down though about the issues.
"I've been sober for 18 years completely, and my memory is sharp. I know everything about every Journey contract, every LLC, every corporation. So I feel very confident about being able to stand up to anything that I need to," Schon noted.
