- Birth nameJoel Robert Hamilton
- Nickname
- Spike
- Was raised in Perth, Western Australia for most of his life. The rest was spent in Marshall, Minnesota, Westminster, Colorado, Ft Lauderdale, Florida, Los Angeles, California, Seattle, Washington and Portland, Oregon as well as Germany, England and South Africa.
- Began college at 15 and spent 8 years in schools around the world and country racking up various liberal arts degrees.
- Is a former ballroom dance instructor
- Was born Joel Robert Hamilton during a 2 year road-trip across the United States. After he was born, he was adopted Gregory Robert Joel Newton by his stepfather. In one of the biggest divorce/child custody battles in Australian history, between his stepfather and mother. He was disowned by his stepfather and had reverted socially back to Joel Robert Hamilton. In order to keep his work-rites for several other countries, Joel keeps the adopted name legally on his passport and drivers license.
- Killed "The Game" for the music video "Dreams", one of the first music videos to air an actual gunshot wound on MTV.
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