One massively popular rock band cannot stop suing each other

Members of the band Journey must pay their attorneys a large sum because the band is simply extremely litigious with one another. At some point, fans will begin to be turned off by all the in-fighting by the group, but they have made their bones and are likely rich enough to never tour again and be just fine.

The current situation has Neal Schon, the group's only remaining founding member who has been with the band since 1973, being sued by long-term member Jonathan Cain - he has been with the band since 1980 - for overspending. The lawsuit in a Delaware court claims Schon spent as much as $10,000 a night on hotel rooms while touring. The cap for the band is supposed to be $1,500.

A couple of things to note here. First off, one would seemingly have to purposefully seek out a hotel room that cost $10,000, especially if the band is in some random town like Knoxville, TN. The other bit is that even $1,500 is a lot of money to most of the rest of the world.

Members of Journey cannot seem to stop suing one another

Cain and Schon are business partners and oversee the rest of the band through a venture called Freedom 2020 Inc. The business has a two-member board and those members are - you guessed it - Schon and Cain.

The band's current tour appears to have been so financially mismanaged that at times crew members and the production company used by the group for the tour could not be paid. This led to a few crew members leaving because they worked hard to get everything set up and moved. If they aren't getting paid, what would be the point in staying with the band?

This is far from the first time members of Journey have sued one another. As recently as 2020, Schon sued Cain for misuse of a credit card. The credit card seems to have had a credit line of up to $1 million. If that much money goes quickly, Journey might just want to ask someone they don't know to watch over the group's funds.

For fans, this is an unneeded drama. Just play the hits and we can all move on. It's not like Journey has been relevant musically for decades now anyway.

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