Eli Thomas

Martin Elliott is 'ELI Thomas". Martin is currently a one man band creating music under the guidence of God's Holy Spirit. The heart & soul of the Eli Thomas band is to reach people through the message of God's unrelenting & undying love & grace towards us all. Set free by this grace from 22 years of drug, alcohol & sexual addictions, Martin is now living his life in recovery of 12 years. It took 25 years of being unfulfilled in the rock'n'roll music industry for God to grab ahold of Martin & shake him to the core of his soul. God has given Martin 'a new song to sing' which speaks of hope, love & life through Jesus. Martin's desire is to create music which appeals to the hurting, despairing lost souls bringing to them God's ultimate gift of life.

Martin began playing in bands during the 70's through being self taught guitarist. He has been involved in developing a unique sound with several different bands. Martin played in the local Seattle music scene for 25 years gaining major label interest . Music is Martin's God given talent & although very good at what he does every time a band which he was involved with was on the brink of being signed by a label, God would in some way cause the band to fall apart before this ever happened. This act of "disguised" mercy kept Martin alive & brought him to his knees before his LORD. As a recovering addict Martin loves to share his past lack of hope & love & how God has changed his life by healing his heart & soul by setting him free of addictions. God's mandate to all of his children to take God's love, grace & the ultimate gift of His son Jesus to everyone.

Martin is currently in studio working on his latest demo & is seeking band members. He is available for solo performances. Martin has recently been playing in local churches & worship teams. Martin is most fulfilled when sharing his music live with an audience, he loves nothing more than to share his life story of God's grace in his life. Martin & the love of his life, his beautiful wife Katrina are a team which are lead by God's Spirit to share with audiences how God has delivered them both out of a life of heartache & addiction & replaced all things that our enemy Satan meant to kill, steal & destroy their lives with an abundant life of love, joy, hope & happiness in Jesus. Martin & Katrina are compelled to bring the message that God's grace is extended to everyone whether we have yet to meet our LORD & Savior or if we are Christians struggling with being saved by grace but still battling with unwanted imprissioning sin in our lives.

Martin's first musical influence is his Country musician father, Don Elliott. His early influences are from bands including but definately not limited to; Alice in Chains, The Beattles, The Byrds, Black Sabbath, The Stooges, Black Flag, Devo, Tubeway Army, James Taylor, Cat Stevens, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Counting Crows, Tonic, many Seattle bands throughout the ages......

Martin has been over 25 years in the gathering & losing of musical instuments and recording equipment. Since giving his life to Jesus & setting his heart towards serving God, God has been providing Martin with new, better quality & abundantly more than he ever even dreamed of having. Martin has been able to set up a home studio, his favorite guitars he is currently using are his PRS, his Gibson SG & his Gretsch acoustic. He loves his Kurzweil PC88. Martin uses Line 6 Amps...he is willing to accept any endorsements offered on instruments/ or equipment! ;)

Martin is currently seeking speaking & performing engagements concerning his music ministry along with his powerful life testimony of how God saved his life both literally & spiritually. Ephesians 2:8-10 " For it is by grace you have been saved through faith-and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God-not by works so that none can boast. For we are God's workmanship created in Christ Jesus to do good works which God prepared in advance for us to do.