Deen Castronovo took over the drum chair with Journey back in 1998, right after Steve Smith returned for a short stint (1995-98).

Has anyone heard Journey live with Deen playing drums? Deen is a heavy hitter, and by that I mean he pounds the drums. I remember seeing his drumheads after one take in the recording studio. The Snare drum's batter head was so concave ... just add a little water and you've got a nice birdbath!

Deen is a great player, but I've never seen him with Journey. He's in the studio with them right now, cutting a new album.

I've only seen him in a few brief video clips.  Not much to go on, but I can tell he's one heck of a player.  I haven't heard any of Journey's later music but I sure love all the pre-1990 stuff with Steve and Ansley manning the tubs.  Do you think you can score a CD to review???   

Ive seen Castronovo play with John Waite a couple of times a long time ago.  Also saw him play with Bad English (Waite, Neil Schon, John Cain) a few times.  Yeah, hard hitter but didnt seem overly hard.  But then again it was quite awhile ago.  Not Tommy Aldredge hard anyway.

I went to see them to marvel at Neil Schon.  Always dug his guitar licks

Holy smokes... if I was listening to that recording without video, I would have sworn that was Steve Perry.  I didn't realize Deen had such a good voice.  Always thought he was a monster play, though.

Havent seen him live Bart. Ive not liked any of the Journey material with Deen as a member. I was so spoiled by Aynsley over the years that filling his shoes was near impossible. Ive heard plenty of reports from band members that have seen the Deen Journey and its all been positive.