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 Crush 40 is a Japanese-American Hard Rock duo known for its contributions to the Sonic the Hedgehog video game series, starting with Sonic Adventure.The duo consists of Japanese guitarist Jun Senoue, a composer at Sega who previously worked on such titles as Sonic 3 & Knuckles, Daytona USA Championship Circuit Edition, Sonic 3D Blast, and Victory Goal, and American singer Johnny Gioeli, frontman of Hardline and vocalist for Axel Rudi Pell.Their style generally falls under melodic rock, combining uplifting, empowering vocals with soaring guitar riffs and intense solos. Senoue cites many famous 80s rock bands as influences for Crush 40's sound.The duo first teamed up to record "Open Your Heart", the ending theme of Sonic Adventure, credited under their own names; Crush 40 as we know it only came together to record the soundtrack to NASCAR Arcade (a spiritual sequel to the aforementioned Daytona USA) as Sons of Angels, released on their first album Thrill of the Feel. Right after the game's release, the Swedish metal band Sons of Angels reunited, and Senoue and Gioeli changed their group's name with a combination of Jun's favorite soda and Johnny's favorite number.Next, they appeared on the soundtrack to Sonic Adventure 2, with their Signature Song "Live and Learn", and provided two original songs each for the two games after thatnote "Sonic Heroes" and "What I'm Made Of..." for Heroes; "I Am... All of Me" and "Never Turn Back" for Shadow. After this time, their output has been mostly restricted to covers, with the primary exceptions of 2009's Sonic and the Black Knight (which featured five new songs, one of which had guest vocals by All Endsnote "Knight of the Wind", "Fight the Knight", "Through the Fire", "With Me", and "Live Life") and 2019's Team Sonic Racing (which featured another new song, "Green Light Ride").Though Crush 40 did not record any new material for Sonic Generations, many of their previous songs appear in the game; the remix of "Open Your Heart" used there features electro house duo Circuit Freq. They have also recorded their own rendition of Sonic the Hedgehog CD's North American theme tune "Sonic Boom", featuring Synth-Pop group Cash Cash.In 2009, they released a Greatest Hits Album, collecting remasters of their previously released songs and a few exclusives, such as covers of "Un-gravitify" from Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity and The Cult's perennial hit "Fire Woman", plus the original song "Is It You". A second collection album, Driving Through Forever, was released in 2019.They've performed least three times in the UK's Summer of Sonic festival. In 2011, they performed at the Sonic Boom E3 event in Los Angeles with Cash Cash. In July that year, they played their first full show in Tokyo, this time including such Hardline songs as "Hot Cherie", "Love Leads the Way" and "Everything". They also debuted the original "Song of Hope", released as a charity single for those affected by that year's tsunami in Japan.Ever since then, they've branched out to more original fare, with the Rise Again and 2 Nights 2 Remember EPs. They also made appearances at the Sega 60th Anniversary Live concert in 2020 and the Sonic 30th Anniversary Symphony in 2021.Since 2015, Jun Senoue has performed without Johnny Gioeli as "Sonic Adventure Music Experience", along with his usual bassist Takeshi Taneda and drummer Akht. Meanwhile, Gioeli has occasionally made guest appearances for other artists, recording vocals for The Chalkeaters' fan song celebrating Sonic's 30th anniversary, "Crushing Thirties", and a cover of "Fastest Thing Alive" from Sonic the Hedgehog (SatAM). He also performed vocals for ""Surfing on the Lava", a song featured in the game Jitsu Squad, appropriately enough as the background score of a Lava Surfing stage.Discography 2000 - Thrill of the Feel 2003 - Crush 40note Reissue of Thrill of the Feel without the instrumental tracks 2009 - The Best of Crush 40: Super Sonic Songs 2012 - Rise Again (EP) 2012 - Live! 2015 - 2 Nights 2 Remember (EP, plus a concert recording) 2019 - Driving Through Forever -The Ultimate Crush 40 Collection-
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