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About Eels
Hometown
Los Angeles, CA, United States
Formed
1995
Genre
Alternative
Alternative rock band Eels has landed four albums in the UK Top 10, beginning with 1996’s Beautiful Freak.
∙ A Beatles fan since early childhood, Eels leader Mark Oliver Everett—who goes by the stage name E—was inspired by Ringo Starr to start playing drums at age six.
∙ Eels’ 1998 album, Electro-Shock Blues, includes instrumental contributions from Jon Brion, T-Bone Burnett, Lisa Germano, and Grant-Lee Phillips.
∙ Legendary German filmmaker Wim Wenders directed the video for their single “Souljacker, Pt. 1.”
∙ “Going Fetal,” from 2005’s Blinking Lights and Other Revelations, features a guest vocal from Tom Waits, one of Everett’s all-time heroes.
∙ In 2007, Everett hosted Parallel Worlds, Parallel Lives, a documentary about his father, Dr. Hugh Everett III, who first proposed the many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics.
∙ Pete Townshend called Everett’s autobiography, Things the Grandchildren Should Know, “one of the best books ever written by a contemporary artist.”
Members of Eels include, or have included, Derek Brown, E, Abandoned Pools, John Parish, Mike Sawitzke, The Chet, Joe Gore, Adam Siegel, and Knuckles.
Musical InfluencesEels's musical influences include Neil Young, Sebadoh, Elvis Costello and more.
Influenced by EelsEels has influenced the music of Ben Kweller, Turin Brakes, My Morning Jacket and more.
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