Is Neal Schon Planning Another Journey Offshoot Band?

Neal
Schon
has
posted
a
new
image
with
the
words “Journey
Beyond”
to
his

social
media
feeds.
The

caption
on
Twitter
simply
reads: “Into
the
future.”

Is
this
his
latest
attempt
to
branch
off
from
the
group
he
co-founded
in
the
early ’70s?
A
filing
that

seeks
protection
for
the
phrase
from
the
United
States
Patent
and
Trademark
Office
offers
some
intriguing
hints.

The “JOURNEY
BEYOND™”
mark
is “intended
to
cover
the
categories
of
musical
sound
recordings;
downloadable
musical
sound
recordings;
series
of
musical
sound
recordings;
compact
discs
featuring
music;
downloadable
music
files;
downloadable
MP3
files
and
MP3
recordings
featuring
music;
musical
video
recordings;
and
pre-recorded
CDs,
video
tapes,
laser
disks
and
DVDs
featuring
music.”

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Schon
made
the
filing
in
April,
according
to
the
independent
third-party
trademark
research
tool

uspto.report.
That
was
just
days
before
he

initially
posted
a
more
bare-bones
image
with
the
words “Journey
Beyond.”
He
then
began

using
the
same
words
in

hash
tags,

prompting
plenty
of

fan
speculation.

The
trademark
apparently
has
not
yet
been
granted.
Schon’s “new
application
[is]
awaiting
assignment
to
an
examining
attorney,”
according
uspto.report.

Is ‘Journey
Beyond’
Another
Neal
Schon
Offshoot
Band?

Schon
has
created
an
offshoot
band
before.
Journey
Through
Time,
which
was
active
in
2018-19,
featured
his
former

Santana
and

Journey
bandmate

Gregg
Rolie,
Journey
drummer

Deen
Castronovo
and

ex-Journey
bassist
Marco
Mendoza.
Schon
released
an
album,
2023’s


Journey
Through
Time,
culled
from
their

debut
show,
a
2018
benefit
for
North
Bay
Fire
Relief
in
San
Francisco.

Schon
has
time
to
consider
solo
projects
as
Journey
is
in
the
midst
of
a
rare
year
without
a
major
tour.
They’ve
only
played
a
few
one-off
shows.

In
the
meantime,
Schon’s
long-time
bandmate

Jonathan
Cain
has
returned
to
performing

solo
faith
music.
He
said
he
was

working
on
new
songs,
but
it
was
unclear
if
those
would
be
directed
toward
a
possible
follow-up
to
Journey’s
most
recent
album,


Freedom.
That
2022
release
was
Journey’s
first
in
more
than
a
decade.
Castronovo
is

completing
the
sixth
LP
from
Revolution
Saints,
the
side
project
where
he
serves
as
frontman.

Listen
to
Journey
Through
Time’s
‘Just
the
Same
Way’

The
First ‘Journey
Beyond’
Had
Connections
With
Anthrax

This
also
wouldn’t
be
the
first
iteration
of
Journey
Beyond.

Anthrax‘s
Joey
Belladonna
formed
a

tribute
band
with
the
same
name
in
2020,
debuting
with
an
18-song
set
that
largely
focused
on ‘80s-era
Journey
material.
They
were

later
renamed
Beyond
Frontiers.

Belladonna
sang
a
Journey
song
during
his
audition
for
Anthrax.
He
also
covered
the


Escape
deep
cut “Keep
on
Runnin'”
on
Anthrax’s
2013
EP


Anthems,
and
has
performed
Journey
songs
on
stage
as
a
solo
act
and

while
sitting
in
with

Steel
Panther.

Nick
DeRiso
is
author
of
the
Amazon
best-selling
rock
band
bio ‘Journey:
Worlds
Apart,’
available
now
at
all
major
bookseller
websites.

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