Joel Ellis

Joel Ellis is one of rocks most talented and uncamped bluesy-rock vocalists from the 80's & 90's. Reigning from Cleveland Ohio's 1970's Rock hey day, then coming to Hollywood in the wild 80's Joel has led his bandmates through multiple worldwide releases from his bands Merri Hoaxx - Atlantic Recs, Cats In Boots - EMI-Virgin, Capital Recs, Heavy Bones - Warner Bros-Reprise Recs, Ellis Island-A&M; Recs and now he is re-emerging on the music scene writing and recording with his son Joey Angel confidently and innovatively filling in the #1 guitar spot of his father's line up with "Ellis and Angel".

Ellis & Angel is a bluesy, Stonesy, w/a dash of country, intimate blend of compositions reminiscent of classic rock greatness by the Ellis father-son duo.

"Joey is my latest and greatest production!! (laughs) I took all these years off, away from my music to raise him, and now we're going at it together. It's the most awesome blessing a music artist/father could hope for!".

The duo has completed a series of new studio recordings with the help of several of L.A.'s studio musician elites, and assembled a band in Los Angeles with plans to tour.

"We're currently in pre-production rehearsals to meld our chemistry and sound for live shows and to do allot more original music recordings" - Joel

"I'm very excited about the direction we've decided to take with our composing, it leaves so much open ended for us to explore musically, which is what I've always dreamed of doing with great latitude". "Our influences in this band range from PinkFloyd, Zeppelin, Bob Seger, Rolling Stones and Roxy Music all the way to Johnny Cash, Allison Krause and vintage Country, Blues, and Rock/Soul influences".

"It's so very exciting when you can just run the gamet of creating from so many eclectic influences and still have a very defined chemistry with your bandmates. It helps to become highly unique and still keep things anchored in a distinctive branded sound for your fans to appreciate" - Joel

Although still a sophomore budding project, Ellis and Angel has embarked on a major publicity development campaign to solidify it's presence in both the etherial electronic realm, and the very real recording and live stage world as it is rapidly becoming it's own entity and a true artistic expression to be reckoned with for years to come.