Journey is a band.
Escape ( stylized as E5C4P3 on the album cover ) is the seventh studio album by American rock band Journey , released in 1981 . Frontiers is the eighth studio album by the American Rock band Journey , released in February 1983 on the Columbia Records label . Journey is an American rock band that formed in San Francisco in 1973 , composed of former members of Santana and Frumious Bandersnatch . Originally a progressive rock band , Journey was described by AllMusic as having cemented a reputation as `` one of America 's most beloved ( and sometimes hated ) commercial rock/pop bands '' by 1978 , when they redefined their sound by embracing pop arrangements on their fourth album , Infinity .