Hey people, we are looking for a keyboard player to help us round out our live sound. If you check out our music you'll hear some piano, hammond organ, and string parts on many of our songs. Todd has recorded these parts in his own music for quite some time. However he has to play guitar and sing live.

So, if you'd like to give it a shot, hit us up here on the space or send an email to president@cellarrecords.com

We are currently in the studio entering the home stretch of our second album. We are getting the live show together to support this new album. The first single from the album will ship to radio soon and then the album will be released at the start of 2010. Touring will start up again when the CD is released. Our current line up is:

Todd Anthony Joos - Lead vocals and guitar
Eric Poe - Bass guitar
AJ Hauser - Guitar
Albert Hurst - Drums

Be Blessed!

Todd Anthony Joos and the Revelators

Well, here we go....Some of you will be surprised by what I have to say, and some will not. One thing for sure is that if you know me or have known me, you for sure know that I am willing to whole heartedly let you know what's on my mind and how I feel about it. I have gone through many changes over the last 4 years. These changes have been a long time coming and they cover areas of my life like, physical, emotional, and spiritual. It all started by deciding to get my physical self under control. I lost more than 120 pounds 4 years ago and still feel fantastic! During all of the physical changes I began to feel a pull by God to get my life right with him. This was not something that I was unfamiliar with even though I had fallen away from God. I grew up in a family where my father was (and still is) a preacher. My dad was (and is) much more than just your typical dry, hum drum, stale sermon giver. No, my father is an on fire servant of God. He currently is a pastor at a church here in my home town and he also is (has been for 40years) the director of a youth based ministry as well. In addition to this he also makes regular mission trips to the country of Haiti where he has seen just about everything imaginable and has even been taken hostage as a political prisoner. He shows no signs of slowing down or letting up. Through all of this, my Mother has stood right by his side and she is a source of my entire family's strength. As I was going through this process of "getting it together", I began to feel a desire to go and hear my Father preach. Now this was difficult for me on a few levels. Level one, being a producer and a studio owner has meant that I have worked just about every Sunday for the last 20 years. Level two, I have traditionally hated Church! Why the hatred of Church you ask? Well it's simple. Because my Father and Mother have been in ministry all of these years, I have seen them experience a great deal of judgment and persecution. For the most part, this ugly junk hasn't come from the non-Christian community, No…it has come straight from the folks that have proclaimed to be Christians! My experience has been that when people come to know Jesus, they seem to take on this persona that through Christ they can be self righteous, arrogant, and judgmental. It's a crazy concept if you really look at what Christ was and is all about. Jesus Christ showed compassion to all people. He was not judgmental. In fact if you really look at him, you will learn about a guy that pretty much surrounded himself with all the down and out people of society. In fact Jesus was considered a Rabbi, and as a Rabbi he was persecuted, and he was a Rabbi (spiritual leader) without a Church. He took his ministry to the streets and to the places where no other spiritual leader dare go. So back to me and level two…Because of this disgust I was harboring towards organized Christianity, I pretty much stayed out of the Church. However like I said I was really starting to feel a pull to go hear my Father preach. So to make a long story a little shorter, I started to periodically go to church. As I did this I began to find myself being moved to tears every time I would hear my Father's messages. One of the other things that came from this was that my Wife and Children were really becoming interested in attending Church too. It was having a profound positive affect on my relationship with my family and it was changing me for the better as well. So then a few years ago I felt led to become the Praise and Worship music leader at my Dad's church. I did this and I now get up in front of a good sized congregation along with two of my band members Eric Poe and Albert Hurst, and my daughter Lindsay every Sunday and play guitar, sing, and pour my heart out like I never have in all of my life. It has really been meaningful, and exciting. So I found myself with a desire to write, record, and release music that reflects what I am feeling. So in November of 2007 I started production on my latest album "Sundays at Church" I decided to do everything on the project, meaning I played all the instruments and did all the production end of it as well. The album was recorded and mixed at my studio Cellar Records in IL. And I had Nick Blagona(Chicago, Rainbow, The BeeGees, The Police, Cat Stevens, Nazareth, Rainbow, April Wine, Kim Mitchell, Deep Purple, Roger Glover, Ian Gillan, Bruce Hornsby, George Jones, Foo Fighters, Greenday, Starewell, Alexisonfire etc., etc..) Master the album at his studio in Dundas Ontario Canada. It was a large undertaking but the making of this record turned out to be one of the biggest blessings on so many levels. The songs are pretty much about my life and my relationship with God, Church, and other Christians. After the production of the new album wrapped up I decided that I needed to put a live band together in order to bring this music and the message to the people. God has blessed me once again with a great line up of musicians and Brothers in order to do this. It still amazes me how much God blesses my life when I turn everything over to him and simply say “God let your will be done”. The band is called Todd Anthony Joos and the Revelators. One day I was in my office listening to an old blues song called John the Revelator. Suddenly it hit me right between the eyes (or ears) Revelators!! In the time of Christ, John the Baptist was this radical character that was doing and saying things that were extreme. Jesus and John the Baptist were really out there and they were shaking things up and questioning all the foundational and traditional ways. This band and the music are all about keeping the focus on Jesus! We want to glorify and praise our risen lord and savior Jesus Christ. We are not concerned with professional Christians and Church politics. We are not playing “Church”! We are praising the Lord! The band line up is: Todd Anthony Joos: Lead vocals and guitar Mike Rhoads: Lead guitar and backing vocals Eric Poe: Bass guitar Albert Hurst: drums In my mind, music is a gift from God. I think God loves it when his people make a joyful noise. So I will now, and until the end of my life sing out with all of my heart in order to prepare ye the way of the Lord! Ok, there's so much more, but that's enough for now… Peace my friends, Todd Anthony Joos and the Revelators

Just a quick one to bring all up to speed. We welcome new guitarist AJ Hauser to the Revelators. I've known and worked with AJ for a number of years. I've produced AJ in the studio with some of his other projects like Audio Ninja, and Loci. I've also mastered several of AJ's comp. CD projects with his label Midwest Nailgun Records.
AJ should be ready to go when we return back to a few live dates to round out 09 starting Oct. 23rd at The Overflowing Cup in Beloit WI.

I put an unmastered version of a song called "The Bride" up on a couple of our web sites. I also included the lyrics. This is a song that will be on the next album due in early 2010. We recorded this song recently and really felt the message was strong and needed to be heard. I have received numerous emails asking what is this song about, specifically what is the meaning of "Bride". Here's some info that might help explain.

The very concept of marriage between God and his people is not a uniquely New Testament idea. It also occurs in the Old Testament.

CLOSE YOUR MOUTH

AND OPEN UP YOUR EYES

TOO MANY WORDS FOR SO LONG

NOTHING BUT STUPID LIES

YOU PRAY FOR ALL THE SINNERS

AND CLAIMED ALL THEIR LIVES

BUT IT’S STRANGE HOW YOU’VE LOST YOUR HEARING

YOU’RE DEAF TO ALL THEIR CRIES

AND YOU’VE BLASPHEMED IN YOUR TEMPLES

IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST

YOU STAND IN CHURCH

AND YOU SING ALL THESE WORDS

AMAZING GRACE

YOU PROBABLY KNOW EVERY VERSE

BUT YOU’VE BLASPHEMED IN YOUR TEMPLES

IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST

YOU BETTER GET YOUR HOUSE IN ORDER

AND QUICKEN UP YOUR STRIDE

IT WON’T BE VERY LONG

HE’S COMING FOR HIS BRIDE

AND YOU’VE BLASPHEMED IN YOUR TEMPLES

IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST

LOOK ALL AROUND YOU

THE SIGNS ARE CLEAR

THE END IS COMING, COMING SOON

Hey come check out our new web home at:

www.cellarrecords.com

PEACE...

We'd like to thank Bonnie and Tom at the Jesus House in Bloomington IL.
You guys are simply the best! We love coming to the Jesus House to Rock and Worship with you guys.

This was Mike's (Rhoads) first show with us and man he was solid. I look forward to many great concerts with Mike. Mike's not only a great player, he's a good friend and Brother.

We had a great time Saturday night. If you haven't been to The Jesus House, please go and check it out. Bonnie and Tom have a fantastic ministry there. They could use your support! We hope to make it back real soon...

We are at Daniels Den in Plano IL. on August 8th at 7pm. Try to make it out if you can. Then the following weekend on the 14th we return to Refuge Rock in Cedar Rapids.

See you all soon. God Bless!!

Todd Anthony Joos and the Revelators

We played Friday at 4pm on the main stage. We were the only band that actually was on that outside stage Friday because of the rain. We were only able to play part of our set because the rain just became too heavy. I've never had to play my guitar and sing in those types of conditions. It was like trying to do it with water being sprayed on you with a hose. Then to top it all off, I was shocked off of the vocal mic 2 times and then off my guitar once. Our lead guitar player was shocked once as well. After our shortened set, it was decided that the rest of the bands that were scheduled to play the main stage would move into the shed. We stayed and watched most of them. On our ride home (325 miles) we had non-stop rain with horrible visibility. We also had a wheel bearing on our trailer burn up.

Here's the kicker: Through all of this, we felt so very blessed to be a part of the Bash. In spite of all the aforementioned problems, we met so many great people and were able to talk to young bands about their music, road trials and troubles, and our great risen Lord Jesus Christ. One of the bands, Among the Thirsty, was especially cool to meet. What a great bunch of young guys that really are on fire for the Lord!

So here's the deal. I urge everyone at the Bash to keep pushing on and continue to have this blessed event as long as you can. I believe you are touching many lives. You certainly did touch ours. And if it rains, and even if you get shocked off the equipment (well, take it from me, try to not have that happen :-), keep praising the Lord through the storm. God is good and the Rock keeps on Rollin'! Till next year, God Bless.

Todd Anthony Joos and the Revelators

I’m sure some of you have never heard of Larry Norman. I know some of you have. Larry died recently at the age of 60. He was a big inspiration to me for many years. He was loved and hated by many. He was a rebel at the start of the whole Christian Rock revolution. Check out the two videos I have here on my page.

I remember seeing Larry at a very small coffee house that my father took me to when I was just a child. This was back during the flower child period of the late 60’s and early 70’s. I was very young but I remember how much Larry Norman seemed to be on fire for the Lord.

I’m sure Larry is Rockin’ in Heaven and he’s at peace.
I’ll miss him until I meet him again in Heaven and we can crank it up while the angels sing.

What a concert that will be!!