Journey’s Neal Schon and Jonathan Cain have fired drummer Steve Smith and bassist Ross Valory and have filed a lawsuit against both. The law firm representing Schon and Cain, filed suit in. California Superior Court on Tuesday (March 3rd) that accused Smith and Valory of sowing discord among the band members by engaging in self-dealing and selfishly putting their interests ahead of the bands interests. They claim that Smith and Valory who was an original member of Journey since it’s formation attempted a corporate coup last December to assume control of Journey’s company Nightmare Productions believing that the company controlled the Journey name and trademark. The lawsuit alleges that their campaign culminated on February 13th of this year when Smith and Valory held improper shareholder and Board Of Director meetings of Nightmare Productions. During those meetings, the defendants and their allies voted to give Smith and Valory control of the board, removing Jonathan Cain as president and replacing him with Smith, and removing Schon as Secretary and replacing him with Valory. Skip Miller who is Schon and Cain’s attorney said “This new lawsuit was not an action that Neal and Jon wanted to bring against two men they once considered their brothers, but the devious behavior of Steve Smith and Ross Valory left them reluctantly with no choice but to act decisively. Journey will continue on with great success by ridding the band of disruptive members and replacing them with top musicians; and most importantly, by keeping it’s essential members of Neal Schon, Jonathan Cain and Arnel Pineda fully intact.”