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The original members of Journey came together in San Francisco in 1973 under the auspices of former Santana manager Herbie Herbert.<br />Originally called the Golden Gate Rhythm Section and intended to serve as a backup group for established Bay Area artists, the band included recent Santana alumni Neal Schon on lead guitar and Gregg Rolie on keyboards and lead vocals.<br />Bassist Ross Valory and rhythm guitarist George Tickner, both of Frumious Bandersnatch, and drummer Prairie Prince of The Tubes rounded out the group.<br />The band quickly abandoned the original backup group concept and developed a distinctive jazz fusion style.<br />After an unsuccessful radio contest to name the group, roadie John Villaneuva suggested the name Journey.<br />The band's first public appearance came at the Winterland Ballroom on New Year’s Eve, 1973.<br />Prairie Prince rejoined The Tubes shortly thereafter, and the band hired British drummer Aynsley Dunbar, who had recently worked with John Lennon and Frank Zappa.<br />On February 5, 1974, the new line-up made their debut at the Great American Music Hall and secured a recording contract with Columbia Records.<br />Journey released their eponymous first album in 1975, and rhythm guitarist Tickner left the band before they cut their second album, Look into the Future (1976).<br />Neither album achieved significant sales, so Schon, Valory, and Dunbar took singing lessons in an attempt to add vocal harmonies to Rolie's lead.<br />The following year's Next contained shorter tracks with more vocals, and featured Schon as lead singer on several of the songs. (*)