Pineda's story is pretty amazing...He pretty much grew up in the slums of Minilla and formed a cover band in his teens. Neil Schon ran across one of their performances on YouTube and contacted him asking if he would like to sing in the real band Journey. Dude went from a 3rd world county to international stardom overnight and he didn't even speak English. There is a great documentary on Amazon detailing his story.
Steel Dragon found their singer the same way I heard .....