| 词条 | Eels (band) |
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}}{{Infobox musical artist | name = Eels | background = group_or_band | image = Eels at Birmingham Town Hall 26Feb2008.jpg | caption = Birmingham Town Hall, February 2008 (left to right): The Chet and E | origin = Los Feliz, California, United States | genre = {{flatlist|
}} | years_active = 1995–present | label = {{flatlist|
}} | current_members = E (Mark Oliver Everett) The Chet (Jeff Lyster) Koool G Murder (Kelly Logsdon) P-Boo (Mike Sawitzke) Knuckles (Derek Brown) Big/Krazy/Tiny/Honest/Upright/Royal Al (Allen Hunter) | past_members = }}Eels (often typeset as eels or EELS) is an American rock band, formed in California in 1995 by singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Mark Oliver Everett, known by the stage name E. Band members have changed across the years, both in the studio and on stage, making Everett the only official member for most of the band's work. Eels' music is often filled with themes about family, death, and lost love. Since 1996, Eels has released twelve studio albums, seven of which charted in the Billboard 200.[2] HistoryE solo recordsIn 1991, Everett signed a contract with Polydor and released A Man Called E under the name E a year later. The single "Hello Cruel World" was a minor success. Touring to support the album, E opened for Tori Amos.{{citation needed|date=February 2016}} A Man Called E was followed by Broken Toy Shop in 1993. This year also marked the beginning of E's collaboration with drummer Jonathan "Butch" Norton.{{citation needed|date=February 2016}} After Broken Toy Shop, E was released from his record deal with Polydor.{{citation needed|date=February 2016}} E himself has recovered two of the songs ('The Only Thing I Care About' and 'Manchester Girl') from Broken Toy Shop for his own live shows with the Eels.{{citation needed|date=February 2016}} Beautiful FreakEels were officially founded when Butch and E met Tommy Walter. The name "Eels" was chosen so that the band's records would be close to E's solo records in an alphabetical ordering, although it was too late once they realized that numerous Eagles and Earth, Wind and Fire releases were in between.[3] Eels became one of the first groups to sign a record deal with DreamWorks Records, followed by Elliott Smith. In 1996, the band released their debut album Beautiful Freak, a melancholy pop record with tormented lyrics.{{citation needed|date=February 2016}} The singles "Novocaine for the Soul", "Susan's House" and "Your Lucky Day in Hell" achieved modest national and international success, winning the Best International Breakthrough Act award at the 1998 BRIT Awards.{{citation needed|date=February 2016}} In 1996 and 1997, Eels toured extensively to support the album, building their name as a live act in the United States and Europe. In September 1997, Walter quit the band.{{citation needed|date=February 2016}} Released in May 2001, the Shrek animated motion picture soundtrack included the song "My Beloved Monster". Electro-Shock BluesFollowing the success of Beautiful Freak, E experienced a difficult time in his personal life. His sister committed suicide, and his mother was diagnosed with cancer. These events inspired him to write Electro-Shock Blues, which focuses on his family, which he had never written about previously. "Electro-Shock Blues" was released in 1998. The album deals with many difficult subjects including suicide, death and cancer. The tragedy of Everett's father's death became prominent once more in the context of his mother's pending death and his sister's suicide, and as a result the song "Baby Genius" is written for his father Hugh Everett III.[4]{{citation needed|date=February 2016}} Contributions to the album were made by Jon Brion, Lisa Germano, Jim Jacobsen, Grant-Lee Phillips, Dust Brother Michael Simpson, and T-Bone Burnett. The single "This Town" saw minor success; "Cancer for the Cure", the second single from the album, was used on the American Beauty soundtrack. Still a three-piece band on stage, Tommy Walter was replaced by Adam Siegel. Part of the American leg of the tour was cancelled after the death of E's mother.{{citation needed|date=February 2016}} They returned to tour Europe later in the year, to open for Pulp.{{citation needed|date=February 2016}} Daisies of the GalaxyIn 2000, Eels released Daisies of the Galaxy. The album, which was recorded almost entirely in E's basement, is lighter and more upbeat than its predecessor.{{citation needed|date=February 2016}} Everett noted, "if Electro-Shock Blues was the phone call in the middle of the night that the world doesn't want to answer, then Daisies of the Galaxy is the hotel wake-up call that says your lovely breakfast is ready".{{citation needed|date=February 2016}} He was joined in the studio by Michael Simpson (Dust Brothers), Grant-Lee Phillips (Grant Lee Buffalo), and Peter Buck (R.E.M.). The first single, "Mr. E's Beautiful Blues", was co-written by Simpson. The song was not intended to be on the album, but the record company insisted on its inclusion. Therefore, it is not featured on the track listing but is instead listed as a bonus track, separated from the rest of the album by 20 seconds of silence. To promote Daisies of the Galaxy another tour took place across the United States and Europe, as well as their first visit to Australia. This time Eels were transformed into a 6-piece orchestra, including Lisa Germano and Probyn Gregory. E also played some solo shows, opening for Fiona Apple. Souljacker and Shootenanny!In 2001, Souljacker was released, an album with a heavier feel and more rock-oriented sound than Daisies of the Galaxy.{{citation needed|date=February 2016}} John Parish, previously of PJ Harvey's band, co-wrote most of the songs and played guitar on the album and first part of the tour. After Parish became a father, he was replaced with Joe Gore for the American leg of the Bus Driving, Band Rocking Tour.{{citation needed|date=February 2016}} Koool G Murder played bass and keyboards and joined Eels on tour. 2003 marked the release of the album Shootenanny!. E now refers to the album as a break from recording the following Blinking Lights album.{{citation needed|date=February 2016}} It was recorded live in the studio in only ten days. "Saturday Morning" was released as a single. Butch was replaced on drums by Puddin'. In 2003, Eels did another big tour, the Tour of Duty. The live band consisted of E, Goldenboy (guitar), Koool G Murder (bass) and Puddin (drums).{{citation needed|date=February 2016}} Later that year, E composed the score for the film Levity. Blinking Lights and Other Revelations and Eels with StringsEels' next album, Blinking Lights and Other Revelations, was released on April 26, 2005; it was the band's first release for new label Vagrant Records. It is a 33-track double album. Contributions were made by Tom Waits, Peter Buck, John Sebastian (The Lovin' Spoonful), Jim Jacobsen, and Butch. The first tour in support of the Blinking Lights album, billed as Eels with Strings, featured primarily acoustic guitar-, organ- and piano-based performances by E backed by Allen 'Big Al' Hunter on piano and upright bass; Jeffrey Lyster (also known as Chet Atkins III or 'The Chet') on guitar, mandolin, pedal steel, musical saw and drums; and the string quartet of violinists Paloma Udovic and Julie Carpenter, violist Heather Lockie and cellist Ana Lenchantin. The tour resulted in a live album, Live at Town Hall, recorded in New York City. The performance includes tracks from all of their albums, and was released on CD and DVD on February 21, 2006.[5] Meet the Eels: Essential Eels Vol. I and Useless TrinketsIn early 2008 Eels released their first "greatest hits" compilation as well as a compilation of B-sides, rarities, soundtrack singles and unreleased tracks. Essential Eels Vol. I spans the first decade of the Eels with singles from all their albums. Attached is a DVD featuring music videos and one live performance video. Useless Trinkets contains 50 B-sides and rarities and a DVD of their Lollapalooza 2006 performances. To promote those releases the band went on world tour ("An Evening with Eels"). This time only The Chet joined E on stage, both playing a broad cross-section from the Eels repertoire on a variety of instruments.{{citation needed|date=February 2016}} The concerts also featured The Chet reading excerpts from E's autobiography, Things the Grandchildren Should Know.{{citation needed|date=February 2016}} On this tour, the band released a live CD/DVD package of Eels' 2006 performance at the London Astoria – Live and in Person!), documenting a show from the second tour in support of Blinking Lights and Other Revelations.{{citation needed|date=February 2016}} The soundtrack of the 2008 Jim Carrey comedy film Yes Man features nine songs by the Eels, including "Man Up", a brand new song.[6] Concept album trilogy: Hombre Lobo, End Times, and Tomorrow MorningHombre Lobo, the seventh Eels studio album, was released on June 2, 2009. The album comprises twelve new songs.[7] "Hombre Lobo" is Spanish for "wolf man" or "werewolf" and may be a reference to E's unusually long beard which he originally grew when writing the song "Dog Faced Boy". On March 31, 2009, the band made the track "Fresh Blood" available on Spinner.com,[8] explaining that the song would be the lead single for the album. A Jesse Dylan-directed music video was released on April 29, 2009 as well.[9] The album was released as a single-disc CD and a deluxe edition with a DVD.[10] In September 2009, Eels released a music video for "That Look You Give That Guy" featuring Bobby Jr., E and "Top Chef" host, Padma Lakshmi.[11]While promoting this album, Eels released the live EP The Myspace Transmissions Session 2009 on October 14, 2009. On October 14, 2009, the band's website announced that a new Eels album entitled End Times would be released on January 19, 2010. It was largely recorded on a four-track recorder and is based on the themes of broken love.[12] Three album tracks—"Little Bird", "In My Younger Days", and "A Line in the Dirt"—were made available as music videos or promotional downloads prior to the release of the album. Once again, Butch contributed drums to "A Line in the Dirt". On January 19, 2010, End Times was released. Mark Oliver Everett made no comment on touring and there was no tour scheduled to begin.[13] A second album was announced on May 20, 2010—Tomorrow Morning was described as "final installment of a trilogy that began with Hombre Lobo and End Times." The three albums respectively explore themes of desire, loss, and redemption.[14] A world tour, the first since 2007's An Evening With Eels tour, was announced at the same time.{{citation needed|date=February 2016}} This tour once again featured the Chet on various instruments, alongside Koool G Murder on bass, trilogy drummer Knuckles on drums and a new member, P-Boo, on guitar.{{citation needed|date=February 2016}} Wonderful, Glorious and The Cautionary Tales of Mark Oliver EverettOn February 5, 2013, the 10th Eels studio album was released, titled Wonderful, Glorious.[15] The first single from the album, "Peach Blossom", premièred on SoundCloud on November 6, 2012.[16] A month later, on December 4, 2012, the official video was released on Stereogum.[17] The second single, "New Alphabet", was streamed pre-release on December 12, 2012 on Spinner.com[18] On March 25, 2013, the band released a parody music video called "Cold Dead Hand" through Funny or Die, with Jim Carrey replacing Everett on vocals. The song and video, set as a musical act during the variety program Hee Haw, lampoons American gun culture, and specifically former NRA spokesperson Charlton Heston.[19] Eels' eleventh studio album, The Cautionary Tales of Mark Oliver Everett, was released on April 21, 2014 on E Works Records.[4] In April 2015 the band released the DVD and double live album Live at the Royal Albert Hall.[20] The DeconstructionOn January 17, 2018, Eels announced their 12th studio album The Deconstruction to be released on April 6, 2018,[21] their first in nearly four years. They also announced a supporting tour throughout the United States and Europe, beginning in Pomona, California on May 28, 2018. The album travels through many styles sonically, but its lyrics primarily deal with rebuilding one's life and looking back on what went wrong. Singles include (in release order) the title track, "Today is the Day", "Premonition", and "Bone Dry." [22] Styles present on the album include orchestral pop, power pop, psychedelic pop/rock, indie/alternative rock, post-modern pop. Members{{update section|date=November 2018}}ImageSize = width:1100 height:auto barincrement:18 PlotArea = left:100 bottom:60 top:50 right:50 Alignbars = justify DateFormat = dd/mm/yyyy Period = from:01/01/1995 till:01/01/2019 TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal format:yyyy Colors = id:vocals value:red legend:Vocals_and_most_instruments id:drums value:orange legend:Drums id:guitar value:green legend:Guitar id:bass value:blue legend:Bass id:Lines value:black legend:Studio_Albums id:Lines2 value:gray(0.75) legend:Live_Albums id:Lines3 value:gray(0.50) legend:B-Side_Albums id:bars value:gray(0.93) BackgroundColors = bars:bars Legend = orientation:horizontal position:bottom ScaleMajor = increment:2 start:1995 ScaleMinor = increment:1 start:2005 BarData = bar:Mark text:"Mark Oliver Everett" bar:Butch text:"Butch" bar:Tommy text:"Tommy Walter" bar:john text:"John Parish" bar:Koool text:"Koool G Murder" bar:Knuckles text:"Knuckles" bar:chet text:"The Chet" bar:P-Boo text:"P-Boo" PlotData= width:10 textcolor:black align:left anchor:from shift:(10,-4) bar:Mark from:01/01/1995 till:end color:vocals bar:Butch from:01/01/1995 till:26/04/2005 color:drums bar:Tommy from:01/01/1995 till:01/09/1997 color:bass bar:john from:01/02/2000 till:01/03/2000 color:guitar bar:Koool from:28/02/2000 till:end color:bass bar:Knuckles from:02/06/2009 till:end color:drums bar:chet from:26/04/2005 till:end color:guitar bar:P-Boo from:17/08/2010 till:end color:guitar LineData = at:13/08/1996 color:black layer:back at:21/09/1998 color:black layer:back at:28/02/2000 color:black layer:back at:19/09/2001 color:black layer:back at:03/06/2003 color:black layer:back at:26/04/2005 color:black layer:back at:02/06/2009 color:black layer:back at:19/01/2010 color:black layer:back at:17/08/2010 color:black layer:back at:04/02/2013 color:black layer:back at:21/04/2014 color:black layer:back at:06/04/2018 color:black layer:back at:01/01/2000 color:lines2 layer:back at:01/01/2002 color:lines2 layer:back at:01/01/2003 color:lines2 layer:back at:01/01/2006 color:lines2 layer:back at:01/01/2013 color:lines2 layer:back at:24/04/2015 color:lines2 layer:back Discography{{Main|Eels discography}}As E
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