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Guitarist Neal Schon has accused the Cruise to the Edge prog rock festival at sea of ripping off the artwork for Journey's classic 1981 album, Escape.
Just a few days ago, the lineup for the 2024 edition of the festival cruise was revealed in a promotional flyer that also featured a not-so-subtle nod to the Escape cover. The original artwork features a scarab-like space ship bursting out from a shattered planet and, in the Cruise to the Edge poster, that scarab ship has been replaced by a cruise ship which is flying outward from, yes, a shattered orb resembling a planet.
The imagery caught the ire of Schon, however, and he vented his frustration on Twitter, declaring, "What the fuck do people think? That your [sic] not going to see this? It's a blatant rip off."
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Wow. A clever homage that, yes, is based on Journey's cover but updatin' it with a cruise ship? Hmmm. Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery? Is it stealin' from Brand Journey?
So no band can walk it's 4 members across a pedestrian crossing? No floatin' rocks ala James Cameron? Appropriation V copyright violation?
"M'lord, I refer to the precedent of Dean versus Cameron."
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