19 Facts About Johnny Gioeli

Johnny Gioeli is the lead vocalist of Hardline, Crush 40, and Axel Rudi Pell's backing band.

Johnny Gioeli is best known for his musical contributions to the Sonic the Hedgehog video game series since 1998, as part of Crush 40.

Johnny Gioeli introduced them to his former publicist Debra Rosner, who instantly became the band's manager.

Johnny Gioeli started working with his brother Joey on songs for an album they were going to call Brothers.

Johnny Gioeli had all but disappeared from the music scene until, in 1998, German guitarist Axel Rudi Pell found himself in need of a vocalist after the departure of Jeff Scott Soto.

Pell eventually found means of contacting Johnny 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.

Johnny Gioeli is the permanent lead vocalist of the band and shows no signs of leaving.

Johnny Gioeli 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, Johnny Gioeli collaborated with musician Doug Aldrich, 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.

Johnny Gioeli released his first solo album, entitled One Voice, which was released through PledgeMusic on December 7,2018.

On December 22,2011, Johnny 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.

In 2019, Johnny Gioeli officially announced Hardline's sixth album, Life, which was released in April 2019.

Additionally, Johnny Gioeli has worked with Senoue to produce a cover of Steve Conte's "Seven Rings in Hand", which was featured exclusively on the Japan-only release True Blue: The Best of Sonic the Hedgehog.

Johnny Gioeli wrote the chorus for the Sonic the Hedgehog theme song "His World" and recorded a version of the song with Crush 40.

Johnny 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 2010, Johnny Gioeli performed with Senoue as Crush 40 at the 2010 Summer of Sonic convention in London on August 7,2010.

Johnny Gioeli provided his vocals for the song "Crushing Thirties" by The Chalkeaters, a three man music group out of Saint Petersburg, Russia.

In 2024, Johnny Gioeli confirmed the band's song "Live and Learn" would be in the movie Sonic the Hedgehog 3.

Johnny Gioeli contends that while Sega owns the lyrics, he owns the composition and master recording.