1. Joel Hoekstra was raised in the suburbs of Chicago, in Orland Park, but has lived in New York City since 2001.
16 Facts About Joel Hoekstra
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Joel Hoekstra made a cameo appearance alongside Sebastian Bach, Nuno Bettencourt, Kevin Cronin and Debbie Gibson in the big screen movie adaptation of Rock of Ages.
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In 2008, Joel Hoekstra joined Night Ranger and combined with guitarist Brad Gillis as a part of the group's dual guitar driven sound.
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Joel Hoekstra toured with Night Ranger and performed on several albums with the group and appeared in the videos for the songs Growin' Up In California, Knock Knock Never Stop and High Road.
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In 2011, Joel Hoekstra filled in for Mick Jones in Foreigner while continuing to play with Night Ranger on the same tour.
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In 2014, Joel Hoekstra joined Whitesnake as their guitarist alongside fellow guitarist Reb Beach.
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Joel Hoekstra played on The Purple Album which was a re-imagination of classic songs from David Coverdale's time as the lead singer for Deep Purple.
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Joel Hoekstra was co-writer with Coverdale on six of the songs on Flesh and Blood.
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Joel Hoekstra has toured with Whitesnake on their The Purple Album tour, The Greatest Hits tour and their Flesh and Blood tour.
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Joel Hoekstra served as guitarist for Cher during her Las Vegas residency at the Monte Carlo.
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Joel Hoekstra performed at the 2017 Billboard Music Awards as the guitarist for Cher on the songs "Believe" and "If I Could Turn Back Time" as Cher received the Icon Award.
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In 2016, Joel Hoekstra played on Michael Sweet's album One Sided War and appeared in the video for the song "Radio".
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Joel Hoekstra served as a counselor at the 20th anniversary of the Rock 'n Roll Fantasy Camp where he played along with Nancy Wilson, Vinnie Appice, Steven Adler, and Gregg Bissonette and others.
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Joel Hoekstra performed with Paul Shortino on the song "War Cry" on the album Sinister by Appice.
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Joel Hoekstra appeared as guest guitarist on two episodes of That Metal Show on VH1 Classic.
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In January 2024, it was announced that Joel Hoekstra would be joining Accept for the European and South American legs of their tour.