In a recent interview with the Jeremy White Show, Journey drummer Deen Castronovo delved into how his bandmates, Neal Schon and Jonathan Cain, resolved their longstanding conflict.

The tension between the two had cast a shadow over the band’s performances, but fortunately, they managed to mend fences.

When asked about the resolution of the feud between Schon and Cain, Castronovo shared that the atmosphere within Journey has become much more positive lately. What facilitated this reconciliation? Their wives. Castronovo elaborated:

“It’s perfect now, bro. It was cool. I think it was the wives. Paula, Jonathan’s wife, just said, ‘You guys, enough. Sit down, communicate. Enough of this back and forth stuff, attorneys and all that. Sit down and talk.’ And they did. The great thing is we brought Paula on, she’s a business genius. She’s just financial savvy, man, smart. So we got her involved in, and we got Michaele [Salahi, Schon’s wife], who’s got the gift to gab. She’s just great at it.”

Thanks to the intervention of their wives, the conflict was resolved, and according to Castronovo, the peace between the two parties is genuine. He continued:

“We’ve got both of those girls in there and Neil and John can just do what they do best, and that is play. They mended the fences, we’re on one jet instead of two now, everybody’s getting along great and you can see it in the performances, man. It’s not a fake smile like ‘Yeah, I hate that guy.’ It’s real.”