Guitarist extraordinaire Joel Hoekstra (WHITESNAKE, TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA) is back with Crash of Life, his third studio album under the JOEL HOEKSTRA’S 13 banner. Joining Hoekstra once again on bass is the fretless monster Tony Franklin, returning on drums is Vinnie Appice (LAST IN LINE, DIO), and tickling the electronic ivories once again is Derek Sherinian (SONS OF APOLLO).
Absent from the JOEL HOEKSTRA’S 13 this time around is vocalist Russell Allen (SYMPHONY X). While Allen split vocals with Jeff Scott Soto on Hoekstra’s debut Dying To Live in 2015, he took a more prominent role on 2021’s Running Games. Stepping in for Allen on this album is Frontiers Music latest “chosen one” Girish Pradhan of GIRISH AND THE CHRONICLES.
Now, I have covered Frontiers Music for over 20 years. When they find a vocalist that they deem “the guy”, two things happen…
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