Track: Seven Rings in Hand Game: Sonic and the Secret Rings Publisher: SEGA Composer: Kenichi Tokoi Original Artist: Steve Conte Cover Artist: Crush 40 Lyricist: Runblebee Arranger: Jun Senoue Vocals: Johnny Gioeli Guitar: Jun Senoue Bass: Takeshi Taneda Drums: Bobby Jarzombek Albums (Studio Version): True Blue The Best Of Sonic The Hedgehog (2008), The Best Of Crush 40 Super Sonic Songs (2009 Digital Only) Album (Live Version): LIVE! (2012 Digital Only) Character: Darkspine Sonic
ABOUT THE STUDIO VERSION The Studio Version Of the Crush 40 cover of "Seven Rings In Hand" was created for the 2008 compilation Album "True Blue The Best Of Sonic The Hedgehog" in 2008 The cover was recomposed and rearranged by guitarist and long time Sega/Sonic Team composer Jun Senoue giving the track a darker and heavier sound which Crush 40 had become known for throughout the years.. Upon its original release the cover would go relatively under the radar due to "True Blue The Best Of Sonic The Hedgehog" being released exclusively in Japan. However about a year later the cover would be featured on Crush 40s' 2009 compilation album "The Best Of Crush 40 Super Sonic Songs" as part of the digital release for platforms like iTunes. In recent years the band has made it a staple of their set lists for live shows and most recently it was used as the main theme for the fan remake of "sonic And The Secret Rings" for PC "Project Reignition" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ABOUT THE LIVE VERSION In March 2012 Crush 40 performed a 24 song set at Shibuya Live Stage GUILTY in Tokyo Japan With Johnny Gioeli on Vocals Jun Senoue on Guitar Takeshi Taneda on Bass and Toru Kawamura on drums. Several songs would be thrown onto an album in 2012 called LIVE! Seven Rings In hand was featured on the Digital release it was only cut to save disk space as a standard CD only holds about 70 mins. of audio
