Q 01/05

In which city was Journey formed in 1973?

A) Chicago

B) Detroit

C) Los Angeles

D) San Francisco

Answer · why

D) San Francisco

Former Santana manager Herbie Herbert put the group together from ex-members of Santana, the Steve Miller Band and Frumious Bandersnatch.

Q 02/05

What was the band originally called before a roadie suggested the name Journey?

A) The Golden Gate Rhythm Section

B) The Winterland Players

C) Frumious Bandersnatch

D) The Bay Area Backing Band

Answer · why

A) The Golden Gate Rhythm Section

The plan was to be a backup group for established Bay Area artists; that idea was dropped after a single performance in Hawaii.

Q 03/05

The band's guitarist and keyboardist Gregg Rolie both came to Journey from which band?

A) The Steve Miller Band

B) Steppenwolf

C) Santana

D) The Tubes

Answer · why

C) Santana

Rolie had co-founded Santana and played Woodstock with them; the teenage Schon appeared on Santana III and Caravanserai.

Q 04/05

How did the band end up with the name Journey?

A) It was the name of Rolie's earlier band

B) A roadie suggested it after a radio contest failed

C) Fans voted for it at Winterland

D) A Columbia Records executive picked it

Answer · why

B) A roadie suggested it after a radio contest failed

Roadie John Villanueva gets the credit. The name-the-band radio contest produced nothing usable.

Q 05/05

Where did Journey play its first public show, on New Year's Eve 1973?

A) Cow Palace

B) Great American Music Hall

C) The Fillmore

D) Winterland Ballroom

Answer · why

D) Winterland Ballroom

About 10,000 people were there; the next day the band flew to Hawaii to play the Diamond Head Crater to more than 100,000.