Gary Hoey

Hoey was born in Lowell, Massachusetts, United States. In 1993, he recorded the album Animal Instinct, which included a cover of the Focus hit "Hocus Pocus". The single reached the top five on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. Endless Summer II (1995) soundtrack soon followed. ==Later career==

Hoey has toured and/or recorded with Brian May of Queen, Ted Nugent, Foreigner, Joe Satriani, The Doobie Brothers, Beth Hart, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Eric Johnson, Steve Vai, Peter Frampton, Rick Derringer, and Lita Ford. ==Discography==

• Get A Grip (1991) • Heavy Bones (with the band Heavy Bones) (1992) • Animal Instinct (1993) • Endless Summer II Soundtrack (1994) • Gary Hoey (1995) • Ho! Ho! Hoey (1995) • Bug Alley (1996) • Ho! Ho! Hoey II (1997) • Hocus Pocus Live (1998) • Money (1999) • Ho! Ho! Hoey 3 (1999) • Best Of Ho! Ho! Hoey (2001) • Wake Up Call (2003) • Ho! Ho! Hoey: The Complete Collection (2003) • Best Of Gary Hoey (2004) • Monster Surf (2005) • The Official Album of the Disneyland Resort (2005) (California Screamin' [2001], with George Wilkins) • American Made (2006) • Fade to Blues (2008; re-released 2012) • Utopia (2010) • Deja Blues (2013) • Dust & Bones (2016) • Neon Highway Blues (2019) • Avalanche (2025) • Christmas Time Is Here (2025) ==References==