Following <a href="spotify:artist:0rvjqX7ttXeg3mTy8Xscbt">Journey</a>'s temporary breakup in 1987, guitarist <a href="spotify:artist:4YLlWUd8PnnyGVKxqoebs7">Neal Schon</a> and keyboardist <a href="spotify:artist:6APhaZEvvKh99J2c3TVM3i">Jonathan Cain</a> teamed up with <a href="spotify:artist:6APhaZEvvKh99J2c3TVM3i">Cain</a>'s former bandmates in <a href="spotify:artist:6z7wrwE2QW7Keb9ozoF0rg">the Babys</a> -- vocalist <a href="spotify:artist:2TPyCsRoh2tjeZLTQ2ojlj">John Waite</a> and bassist <a href="spotify:artist:30P3xzhZvm8biWAkE9lp4i">Ricky Phillips</a> -- to form Bad English. Drummer Deen Castronovo, who would later join <a href="spotify:artist:0rvjqX7ttXeg3mTy8Xscbt">Journey</a> in the late '90s, completed the lineup. One of the last supergroups of the decade, Bad English made power ballads like there was no tomorrow -- and they did it better than most, due in part to <a href="spotify:artist:2TPyCsRoh2tjeZLTQ2ojlj">Waite</a>'s strong vocals and <a href="spotify:artist:4YLlWUd8PnnyGVKxqoebs7">Schon</a>'s creation of the power ballad prototype during his years with <a href="spotify:artist:0rvjqX7ttXeg3mTy8Xscbt">Journey</a>. As the '80s gave way to the '90s, the group scored two huge hit singles -- "When I See You Smile" and "Price of Love" -- and watched its self-titled debut (released in 1989 by Epic Records) reach platinum certification. However, the band's follow-up album, Backlash, proved to be aptly titled as it experienced a backlash of massive proportions, failing to send any of its songs into the Top 40. The band called it quits soon after the album's release. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Rovi
