Can Journey survive Donald Trump?
That's the question some fans are asking. And things definitely look iffy for the multiplatinum-selling Bay Area band right now, in the wake of guitarist and co-founder Neal Schon taking to Twitter to blast certain bandmates for a recent trip to the White House.
Schon was referencing a visit to Washington in late July, when three members _ singer Arnel Pineda, keyboardist Jonathan Cain and bassist Ross Valory, says Billboard _ posed for pictures with the president and staffers as well as reportedly met press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders.
To many � including NBC News, which reported on the event � it may have come across like an official band visit to the White House. Yet, Schon took to social media to let his nearly 30,000 followers know that he was shocked and disappointed by his band mates' actions. The result has generated plenty of headlines and concern among fans.
Yet, only part of this appears to be about Trump's politics. The big portion, it seems, is about band politics � and control over Journey's future. One of Schon's tweets even seems to address the possibility of Journey wanting to tour without Schon. The guitarist says band morale has been bad for at least two years, says Billboard, but said that as of Aug. 7, he was still with Journey.
