Johnny Gioeli ( ; born October 5, 1967) is an American

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singer. He is the lead vocalist of

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, and

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. He is best known for his musical contributions to the ''

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'' video game series since 1998, as part of Crush 40.

Biography

Gioeli's musical career began in the early 1980s after forming the band Phaze with his older brother, Joey. In 1983, at the age of 16, he started drumming and sharing vocal duties with Joey with the band Killerhit. The four-piece act hit the East Coast club circuit with an enormous amount of success, earning enough by 1987 to purchase their own lighting rig, truck and tour bus (purchased from

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's guitar player in Memphis). Killerhit re-located to Hollywood and hooked up with bandmate and guitarist Christopher Paul's friend

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, Poison's lead singer. He introduced them to his former publicist Debra Rosner, who instantly became the band's manager. Realizing the band needed for a front man, Gioeli left the drum stool for center stage. Las Vegas native Darek Thomas Cava took his place behind the drum kit. After they changed their name Brunette, the band broke The Doors and Van Halen's single-weekend attendance records on the

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in Hollywood, California. This brought the band attention and they were courted by top record executives. Difficulties developed in the band before a recording deal could be secured, and Brunette broke up in 1991. Gioeli started working with his brother Joey on songs for an album they were going to call Brothers. However,

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, Journey's guitarist (who was married to their sister) met with them and asked if he could play with them, and they agreed. In 1992, calling and called themselves

, they released their first effort, '' Double Eclipse'', which was they released their first effort, '' Double Eclipse''. It was not successful enough to get into the mainstream, especially considering its post-Nirvana release. They began writing songs for a second album but called it quits while recording the songs due to troubles with their manager and Neal Schon. Gioeli had all but disappeared from the music scene until, in 1998, German guitarist

found himself in need of a vocalist after the departure of

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. Pell had admired Gioeli for a long time, stating he always thought Gioeli's vocals would go well with his music. Pell eventually found means of contacting Gioeli and flew him to Germany to record vocals for his '' Oceans of Time'' CD, which up to date has been considered as one of the best Pell albums. He is now the permanent lead vocalist of the band and shows no signs of leaving. He also participated in Michael Voss's compilation album titled ''Voices Of Rock - MMVII'', released on July 20, 2007, on which he performed the song "Phoenix Rising". In 1994, Gioeli also collaborated with musician

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, who had performed live as a guest guitarist for Brunette, and performed the vocals for the song "Face Down" featured on Aldrich's ''Highcentered'' album, later included again on Aldrich's 2002 album ''Alter Ego''. Gioeli released his first solo album, entitled '' One Voice'', which was released through

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on December 7, 2018.

Hardline's returning album

After considerable success of their debut CD, '' Double Eclipse'', the band was dissolved for ten years during which Gioeli and his brother followed a career in internet business. After he met with further success in Axel Rudi Pell's band, Gioeli and his band Hardline returned with a new lineup to release their second album entitled '' II'', released in 2002, followed by the live CD/DVD in 2003, named '' Live at the Gods Festival 2002''. Their third album, '' Leaving the End Open'', was released April 17, 2009. On December 22, 2011, Gioeli confirmed, via Frontiers Records official site, that he and Italian producer and keyboard player Alessandro Del Vecchio would release Hardline's fourth studio album '' Danger Zone'' on May 18, 2012, yet again with a new lineup. On October 14, 2016, Hardline's fifth studio album, ''

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'', was released. In 2019, Gioeli officially announced Hardline's sixth album, ''Life'', which was released in April 2019. This will be the first Hardline album featuring a cover song since the debut album's track "Hot Cherie". This time, the cover is

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's "

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", a personal favorite of Gioeli's.

Crush 40

In addition to being a vocalist for two bands, he has also been working with video game composer and musician Jun Senoue and has delivered his vocals in the Sons of Angels CD; '' Thrill of the Feel'', released in 2000. The band has since changed their name to Crush 40. They have written and performed several songs from the ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' series produced by

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and

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, such as the theme tune "Sonic Heroes" from the game of the same name, a bright,

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song and in contrast to "What I'm Made Of...", a distinctly dark, energetic

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song for the final battle against

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Overlord. He was also the vocalist for the songs "Open Your Heart", the main theme of ''

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'', "Live and Learn", the main theme of ''

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'', "I Am... All of Me", the main theme of ''

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'', the ending theme "Never Turn Back", a cover of the band Magna-Fi's "All Hail Shadow", for the ending theme of Shadow's story in '' Sonic the Hedgehog 2006'', and "Knight of the Wind", the main theme of '' Sonic and the Black Knight'' as well as the ending theme "Live Life". Additionally, Gioeli has worked with Senoue to produce a cover of Steve Conte's "Seven Rings in Hand" (the main theme of '' Sonic and the Secret Rings''), which was featured exclusively on the Japan-only release '' True Blue: The Best of Sonic the Hedgehog''. He also wrote the chorus for the ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' theme song " His World" and recorded a version of the song with Crush 40 (featured as a bonus track on the game's official soundtrack). Gioeli provided his vocals on the soundtrack to the game ''Sonic and the Black Knight'' on the tracks "Fight the Knight" and "Through the Fire". In October 2008, Gioeli and Senoue took the stage at the

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to perform some of their most popular ''Sonic''-based songs in front of a live audience for the first time. Gioeli and Senoue have since created a YouTube account and uploaded video footage of the event. In 2009, a new Crush 40 album was released entitled '' The Best of Crush 40 – Super Sonic Songs''. This

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contains most of the band's ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' releases as well as a mixture of old tracks from the '' NASCAR Arcade'' game and some brand new songs including a cover of "Un-Gravitify", the main theme of '' Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity'', a cover of the Cult's " Fire Woman", and an original ballad entitled "Is It You". The album also contains remixed tracks of "Open Your Heart", "I Am...All of Me", "His World", and "Knight of the Wind". In 2010, Gioeli performed with Senoue as Crush 40 at the 2010

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convention in

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on August 7, 2010. It was Crush 40's first full-length performance and their first performance outside Japan. In that same year, they recorded a cover of "Free", the main theme of ''

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'' originally performed by Chris Madin, as a bonus track in the game's official soundtrack. In 2011, the band performed at Sonic Boom to celebrate Sonic's 20th anniversary. In addition to this, they also performed in Tokyo at Guilty stage, of which many concert videos were produced In 2012, the band performed at two conventions. The first one is at the Summer of Sonic in

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and at the Sonic Boom in

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during

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. The band has released their first live album on October 3, 2012, entitled ''Live!'', which featured songs from their concerts in

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back in March. In 2013, the band performed in

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for the Sonic Boom 2013 event. In 2015, the band released ''2 Nights 2 Remember'' featuring four brand new songs and thirteen songs from their 2N2R live tour in 2014. They appeared in 2016 at the

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in San Diego to play several tracks for the 25th anniversary of the ''Sonic'' series. In 2017 and 2018, Gioeli performed solo at TooManyGames. In 2018, Sega announced a new ''Sonic'' racing game titled ''

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'' which features a new Crush 40 song called "Green Light Ride", which serves as the game's main theme. The game was released on May 21, 2019. In a recent interview, Gioeli has stated that a second Crush 40 "Best of" album is currently in the works and will be known as ''Driving Through Forever: The Ultimate Crush 40 Collection'', which was released on July 24, 2019. The album contains a brand new song called "Call Me Crazy". To honor 30 years of the ''Sonic'' franchise, the Sonic the Hedgehog 30th Anniversary Symphony took place on June 23, 2021, with Crush 40 as one of the acts. Gioeli provided his vocals for the song "Crushing Thirties" by The Chalkeaters, a three man music group out of

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. The song is also themed to Sonic's 30th anniversary, however, in a much more realistic scenario. In 2024, Gioeli confirmed the band's song "Live and Learn" would be in the movie ''

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''. That December, he sued Sega for unpaid royalties from the song's use in ports of ''Sonic Adventure 2'' and subsequent games. Gioeli contends that while Sega owns the lyrics, he owns the composition and master recording. He claims Sega owes him $1 million in restitution and damages.

Discography

Guest / feature performances

* ''Highcentered with Doug Aldrich'' (1994) * ''Episode 2: In Search of the Little Prince with Genius'' (2004) * ''She's On Fire with Accomplice'' (2006) * ''MMVII with Voices of Rock'' (2007) * ''Cry Wolf with Wolfpakk'' (2013) * ''Herman Rarebell: Let It Shine (feat. Al Crespo)'' (2014) * '' Set the World on Fire with Deen Castronovo'' (2018) * ''Robert Rodrigo Band: Living for Louder'' (2018) * ''Restless Spirits'' (2019) * ''Dreams and Nightmares with FB 1964'' (2020) * ''Britannia with Legado de una Tragedia'' (2020) * ''Jaded with Svetlana Bliznakova Sevi'' (2021) * ''Circus of Rock: Come One, Come All'' (2021) * ''Jeff Scott Soto: The Duets Collection, Vol. 1'' (2021) * ''Crushing Thirties with The Chalkeaters'' (2022) * ''Fastest Thing Alive with Chewie'' (2022) * ''Restless Spirits: Second to None'' (2022) * ''Bring You Back with Emi Jones'' (2022) * ''Drowning with Sevi'' (2022) * ''She Has Rainbow Eyes with PACCBETOB'' (2023) * ''Keep it Real with Zakkujo'' (2023) * ''Darker Side of Me with Victor McKnight, BillyTheBard11th & Joshua Taipale'' (2023) * ''Tournament Arc'' (2024) * ''What About My Reward'' with Bob Birthisel (2024) * ''GI Joe: Wrath of Corba with Tee Lopes'' (2024) * ''The Machine with Alessandro Del Vecchio'' (2024) * ''Feel the Fire with Eresse'' (2024) * ''Kill a Man with Sevi'' (2024) * ''Unspoken Words with Глутницата / Glutnitsata'' (2024) * ''Ride Like Lightning (Crash Like Thunder) eat. Tony Hernandowith HIGH KINGS RISING''(2024) * ''This Must Be Heaven ( with Dream Vision)'' (2024) * ''Out Of This World ( with Arcade Dreams)'' (2024) * ''Come Back Home ( with Dream Vision)'' (2025) * ''Lonely Warrior ( with Dream Vision)'' (2025) * ''Rain Must Fall eat. Tony Hernandowith HIGH KINGS RISING'' (2025) * ''It's Going Down Now ( with GameCage)'' (2025) * ''Sonic - You Can Do Anything ( with Fabian)'' (2025) * ''Breath In, Breath Out ( with David Johnson Kim)'' (2025)

Brunette

* ''Demos 1989–1990'' (2014) * ''Rough Demos'' (2014)

Hardline

* '' Double Eclipse'' (1992) * '' II'' (2002) * '' Live at the Gods Festival 2002 (Live CD/DVD)'' (2003) * '' Leaving the End Open'' (2009) * '' Danger Zone'' (2012) * ''

'' (2016) * ''

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'' (2019) * ''Life Live'' (2020) * ''Heart, Mind and Soul'' (2021)

Axel Rudi Pell

* '' Oceans of Time'' (1998) * ''The Ballads II'' (1999) * '' The Masquerade Ball'' (2000) * '' The Wizard's Chosen Few (Compilation)'' (2000) * ''

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'' (2002) * '' Knights Live'' (Live CD) (2002) * '' Knight Treasures (Live and More)'' DVD (2002) * '' Kings And Queens'' (2004) * ''The Ballads III'' (2004) * '' Mystica'' (2006) * '' Diamonds Unlocked'' (2007) * '' Live Over Europe 2008'' DVD (2008) * ''

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'' (2008) * '' The Best of Axel Rudi Pell: Anniversary Edition'' (2009) * '' One Night Live'' DVD (2010) * '' The Crest'' (2010) * ''The Ballads IV'' (2011) * '' Circle of the Oath'' (2012) * '' Live on Fire'' (Live CD/Live DVD) (2013) * '' Into the Storm'' (2014) * '' Magic Moments'' (Live CD/Live DVD) (2015) * '' Game of Sins'' (2016) * ''The Ballads V'' (2017) * '' Knights Call'' (2018) * ''XXX Anniversary Live'' (2019) * '' Sign of the Times'' (2020) * '' Diamonds Unlocked II'' (2021) * '' Lost XXIII'' (2022) * ''The Ballads VI'' (2023) * ''Risen Symbol'' (2024)

Crush 40

* ''Sonic Team «PowerPlay» - Best Songs from Sonic Team'' (1998) * '' Sonic Adventure: Songs With Attitude Vocal Mini-Album'' (1998) * ''Sonic Adventure REMIX'' (1998) * '' Sonic Adventure Original Soundtrack'' (1999) * ''Thrill of the Feel'' (as ''Sons of Angels'') - (2000) * '' Sonic Adventure 2 Multi-Dimensional Original Soundtrack'' (2001) * '' Sonic Adventure 2 Vocal Collections: Cuts Unleashed'' (2001) * '' Sonic Adventure 2 Official Soundtrack'' (2002) * ''Rock on Bones'' (2003) * ''

'' (European release of ''Thrill of the Feel'') - (2003) * ''

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Solo

* '' One Voice'' (2018) * ''Colorblind - EP'' (2018) * ''Heaven in Flames - Single'' (2024)

Enemy Eyes

* ''Here We Are - Single'' (2022) * ''History's Hand'' (2022)

Gaming appearances

Main appearances

Games to which Johnny Gioeli specifically contributed to as a song writer and/or performer. * ''

'' (1998) - vocalist (Open Your Heart) * '' NASCAR Arcade'' (2000) - vocalist (all songs), lyricist (Watch Me Fly, Fuel Me) * ''

'' (2001) - vocalist, lyricist (Live & Learn) * ''

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'' (2003) - vocalist, lyricist (Sonic Heroes, What I'm Made Of...) * '' Pro Yakyuu Team o Tsukurou! 3'' (2005) - lyricist (Batter Up!, Mr. Baseball), backing vocalist (Batter Up!) * ''

'' (2005) - vocalist, lyricist (I Am... All of Me, Never Turn Back) * ''

'' (2006) - lyricist (His World), vocalist (All Hail Shadow) * '' Sonic and the Black Knight'' (2009) - lyricist, vocalist (all songs) * ''

'' (2010) - lyricist (Free) * ''

'' (2019) - vocalist, lyricist (Green Light Ride) * '' Jitsu Squad'' (2022) - vocalist * '' G.I. Joe: Wrath of Cobra'' (2024) - vocalist

Other appearances

Games that had Gioeli's music reused from other titles. * ''

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'' (2000) * ''

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'' (2008) * '' Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games'' (2009) * ''

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'' (2010) * ''

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'' (2011) * '' Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games'' (2011) * ''

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'' (2012) * '' Yakuza 5'' (2012) * '' Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games'' (2013) * '' Maimai'' (2014) * ''

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'' (2014) * ''

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'' (2015) * '' Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games'' (2016) * ''

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'' (2018) * '' Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020'' (2019) * ''Fist of the North Star LEGENDS ReVIVE'' (2019) * ''

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'' (2021) * ''

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'' (2022) * ''

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'' (2024)

References

External links

Axel Rudi Pell - Official homepage

Hardline - Official homepage

Jun Senoue - Official homepage

Brunette - Tribute
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