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Joseph Ellis

About Me


"Life is short, Break the rules, Forgive quickly, Kiss slowly, Love truly, Laugh Uncontrollably & Never regret anything that made You smile." - Ruslana Korshunova
Hey, how's it going? Name is Joseph Ellis, but Joey will do just fine. I've been playing guitar since I was 8 years old. Started writing my own material my Senior year in High School at Arts Magnet, and I've been doing it ever since.
The last two bands I've been associated with have been the most successful, with the first one actually being the line-up for the second, though it never got that far. MINDTHREAT was a band conceived by myself and Rick Cartwright (now in CALL THE CIRCLE) to be a twin-guitar band in the traditions of Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, Queensryche as well as early Megadeth, Metallica and Slayer. We were pretty much just coming into our own when a sequence of events doomed us to never reaching those goals. After the fall of that band, I decided that, if I did everything myself, and everything went to hell, I was the only one I could blame for it. With the addition of Ronnie Trent lending his extreme vocal talents, 10 KINGDOMS was finally resurrected, only this time it had the legs of the beast I had wanted to create before, and it still stands today, ready to kick the ass of any true metal-head! As of January 2009, plans are still in the works to get back in the studio. As always in the music business, it's only a matter of time and money. One I already have, the other I'm working on it, I'm working on it. Stay METAL!
A PARTIAL LIST OF MY EQUIPMENT
AMPS
1983 Marshall JCM800 Lead Series 100watt Head, modified and Frankensteined by myself and my good friend Carl Zabbia at
Audio Electronics, Dallas TX

4x12" Genz-Benz Bottom Cab with 4 - 70-watt Celestions
SWR Working Man's Bass Amp (Killer for direct line-in)
RACK
Audio-Technica Wireless Unit
Korg ToneWorks DTR-1 Strobe Tuner
Alesis QuadraVerb Multi-Effects Unit
DOD 31-Band Analog EQ
Rocktron 2-Channel PRO HUSH Noise Gate
(2) Rack-Rider Power Conditioners (1/lights)
STOMP
Morley Steve Vai "Bad Horsie" Wah Pedal
Whirlwind "Selector" A/B Box
Electro-Harmonix "Electric Mistress" Flanger (Original)
Electro-Harmonix "Small Stone" Phase Shifter (Original)
Vesta-Fire Stereo Chorus
ART X-11 Midi Foot Controller
Guitars
1985 B.C. Rich Custom Shop Handmade "Stealth", Black w/Kahler Flyer Tremelo, Sperzels, and one Tom Anderson bridge pick-up
1998 B.C. Rich Warlock, Japanese, Black, Stock
1998 B.C. Rich Mockingbird, Japanese, Stock (for the moment)
1998 Yamaha "P-Bass Style" 4-string Bass, pick-up mods
1984 Yamaha 6-string Acoustic (similar to an F315)
1998 "Who in the Hell made this?" decent enough Classical
RECORDING GEAR
I MIGHT LIST THIS LATER, MAYBE NOT
C’ya around, Joseph Ellis
“If you’re doing it for the money or fame, don’t do it. If you’re doing it because you want women in your bed, don’t do it. When it is truly time, and if you have been chosen, it will do it by itself and it will keep doing it until you die or it dies in you. There is no other way and there never was.”
== Charles Bukowski ==
"Anyone who falls in love with me needs to realize that music is fucking number one. When you say that to a girl, she wonders if that means she is number two. No, man, Heather was number one also. I had two number ones, and any girl I meet has to get used to riding shotgun with me and the music. Because I need a partner, not a leader. So hang with me and my music and we will be all lovely." == Tommy Lee



My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 4/6/2007
Band Website: www.myspace.com/10kingdoms
Band Members:
10 KINGDOMS--
Ronnie Trent - Vocals
Joseph Ellis - Lead/Rhythm/Acoustic Guitars, Bass Guitars, Drums & Keyboards

MINDTHREAT (I)--
*ON "Chains of Despair" RECORDING*
Joey Darchiangelo - Vocals
Joseph Ellis - L/R Guitars
Brian Todd - Bass Guitar
Michael Gage - Drums & Percussion

MINDTHREAT (II)--
Michael Foster - Vocals
Joseph Ellis - L/R Guitars, Vocals (on Meet the Family)
Rick Cartwright - L/R Guitars
Jerry Smith - Bass Guitars
Casey Spears - Drums & Percussion

MINDTHREAT (III)--
Jon Hileman - Vocals
Joseph Ellis - L/R Guitars, Vocals (on Meet the Family)
Rick Cartwright - L/R Guitars
Jerry Smith - Bass Guitars
Casey Spears - Drums & Percussion
Influences:
Zakk Wylde
Akira Takasaki
John Sykes
Vivian Campbell
Matthew “Matt” Tuck
Michael “Padge” Paget
Andy LaRoque
Darrell "Dime" Abbott
Dave Mustaine
Chris Poland
Brian Robertson
Scott Gorham
Glenn Tipton
K.K. Downing
Dave Murray
Adrian Smith
Randy Rhoads
Jeff Beck
Eddie Van Halen
Stevie Ray Vaughn
Michael Denner
James Hetfield
Shaftiel
Kerry King
Jeff Hanneman
Tom Araya
Cliff Burton
Phil Lynott
Steve Harris

Darrell "Dimebag" Abbott - "Guitar Solo At Matley's (I Think)"

Zakk Wylde - "SpeedBall"

Thin Lizzy - "Waiting For An Alibi"

Bullet For My Valentine - "Scream Aim Fire" [OFFICIAL VIDEO]

"Law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the right of an individual."
--Thomas Jefferson to Isaac H. Tiffany, 1819.

Sounds Like: You Tell Me, Then We'll Both Know.
Record Label: BWMW WW (c)1995,2005,2008

My Blog

A Little Something For Merch Companies To Think About

This is for anyone who puts out Band Merch, from the largest companies to the local band shirt-throwers, so listen up!You remember a few years ago (or a few days ago) when you were in the pit, and you...
Posted by on Thu, 19 Mar 2009 23:13:00 GMT

Help out Michelle Meldrums Family (R.I.P. Michelle)

(This is copied from the Official BLS Profile here. Please help out in any way you can, every little bit helps.)Rest In Peace Michelle....A fund has been set up for donations to the family of late MEL...
Posted by on Mon, 02 Jun 2008 17:42:00 GMT