!Crush 40 is a hard-rock focused musical group.
Most commonly associated with writing vocal themes for the Sonic the Hedgehog series.
VOCALS
(a.k.a. Giovanni Giuseppe Baptista Gioeli)
Belting out strong rock melodies you can't avoid singing along to!
GUITAR
Laying down irresistable lead and rhythm for every song!
Johnny loves introducing Jun at Crush 40 shows... A lot...
"Crush 40" does not have a set drummer and bass player!
They either rely on a backing track live, or some other member to fill in temporarily.
You can view a complete list of all the drummers/bass players they've used here:
The band was originally titled "Sons of Angels" - but they soon discovered a Norwegian rock band already had the same name, and were thinking "Sons of...".
At the time, Jun liked the word and drink "Crush" and Johnny didn't want to turn 40, so together they created the new name.
Oh - and there's even custom "Crush 40" guitars by ESP!
Jun uses these live!
Find out how well you know Crush 40 right here on the site - through this interactive trivia quiz!
