Sun May 04 2008: Sydney Bootleg/World Science Festival
E is scheduled to attend "The World Science Festival" in New York on May 29th for the official
American premiere of the BBC film about his father, "Parallel Worlds, Parallel Lives". E will be on a
panel with world-class scientists, like Max Tegmark who actually appeared in the film, to discuss his father and the making of the film.
To get more information on this event click HERE.
If you want to support the petition concerning a DVD release of this wonderful documentary please click
HERE.
Fri Apr 25 2008: "Parallel Worlds, Parallel Lives" DVD Petition
Thu Apr 17 2008: Watch Eels' KCRW performance
Tue Apr 15 2008: KCRW Morning Becomes Eclectic
Furthermore, we would like to draw your attention to our DOWNLOADS PAGE,
where you can download today's complete KCRW show. We've also added two "The Current Show" performances
as well as audio tracks of E's recent appearance on "From The Basement". Enjoy!
Thu Apr 10 2008: Happy Birthday, Mr.E
Mon Apr 07 2008: Eels finally on KCRW again
Tue Apr 01 2008: Eels Setlists, Eels Downloads, Eels Day Off, Eels All Over....
Rocking Eels Update: We've added a recording of E's appearance on the "Colin Murray Show" on BBC Radio 1
in perfect quality. To be found HERE.
Fri Mar 28 2008: Download "An evening with Eels" bootlegs
Tue Mar 25 2008: European tour concludes/New Downloads
Rocking Eels Update: We've added two new bootlegs of the concerts in Sheffield and Utrecht.
You can find them in our DOWNLOADS section.
Thu Mar 20 2008: RTS award for "Parallel Worlds, Parallel Lives"
In addition, the film has been nominated for a British Academy of Film and Television Arts award. The BAFTAs awards ceremony will be held at the London Palladium, April 20th.
Sat Mar 15 2008: Eels at Royal Festival Hall
Fri Mar 14 2008: Eels song used in TV commercial
Meanwhile, the "An evening with Eels" tour is well under way, giving pleasure to fans all over Europe and,
soon, to folks in Australia and the U.S., too. After inviting the Queen to his gig in London (a Queen lookalike eventually attended),
E recently sent a letter to George W. Bush, inviting him to the upcoming concert in Washington, D.C. Read this
very ironic letter HERE.
Mon Mar 10 2008: Eels in Vienna/New Downloads
In other news: The documentary about E and his father, "Parallel Worlds, Parallel Lives", has been nominated
for the Royal Television Society Award (RTS). For more information on this subject and the full list of nominees click
HERE.
Rocking Eels Update: We've added two new bootlegs of the current tour for download. More after the
JUMP.
Thu Feb 28 2008: Eels tour astounds
Fri Feb 22 2008: Download Tour Bootlegs
Meanwhile, one can download bootlegs of the shows in our DOWNLOADS section.
Mon Feb 18 2008: "An evening with Eels" starts tonight
Fri Feb 16 2008: An evening with Eels at the Galaxy
Mon Feb 11 2008: E, The Chet & Jonesy. "While my saw gently weeps"
On Thursday the AN EVENING WITH EELS TOUR starts with a warm-up gig
at the Galaxy Theater in L.A. Fans all over the world are sending in questions
regarding the band personnel of the tour. Numerous rumours are floating around.
Will it be an E solo tour? Or will The Chet join him? Who knows? We'll have to hold out for another couple of
days to know more about it....
Sun Feb 10 2008: E on Colin Murray's Show
Fri Feb 08 2008: "E and Jonesy got a thing going on"
In other news, another VIDEO INTERVIEW with E
has been uploaded.
Wed Feb 06 2008: "EELS Live and in person!" CD/DVD
Mon Feb 04 2008: Amazon features E interview
Rocking Eels Updates: TOUR COLLECTIONS
Wed Jan 30 2008: "An Evening with Eels" in the US
Tue Jan 22 2008: Interview, Article and BBC reruns
Sun Jan 20 2008: St.James Church Bootleg
Sat Jan 19 2008: E on BBC 6 Music
Fri Jan 18 2008: St.James Church Performance
The setlist (might have minor errors):
ALOUD.COM REVIEW
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In other news, check out a great audio interview with E HERE and
read a short Q&A session HERE
Tue Jan 15 2008: Reviews, articles and lunatics
Oh, and if you're buying the "Meet The Eels" album on
iTUNES,
as a bonus track you're going the get a great "I Like Birds" live version of 2007(!).
Sun Jan 13 2008: It's alive. Eelsfan.de
In other news, check out an interesting review of E's autobiography on TIMES ONLINE
Sat Jan 12 2008: "A recipe for pop agony"
Fri Jan 11 2008: E & Bobby Jr. in "The Sun"
Wed Jan 09 2008: Eels in Q Magazine
Sun Jan 06 2008: "I need another family to write about."
It is really sad that the marriage with Mrs.E didn't last. Here's what E said about his married-life
three years ago when talking to vertigo.fm: LISTEN
Rocking Eels Updates: TOUR COLLECTIONS and our newly installed TAB DATABASE.
Sat Jan 05 2008: St.James Church Performance
Wed Jan 02 2008: Exciting Month Ahead
Mon Dec 31 2007: The Online Guide To Live Eels
Rocking Eels Update: TOUR COLLECTIONS. Have a happy new year y'all!
Fri Dec 28 2007: An Evening with Butch
Speaking of Butch: Remember that Lucinda Williams
show in September with E joining in?
HERE is
the original setlist of that night.
Mon Dec 24 2007: Merry Christmas
Sat Dec 22 2007: Essential Eels Bundle
Fri Dec 21 2007: "An intimate evening"
Wed Dec 19 2007: Warm-Up show in Santa Monica
Mon Dec 17 2007: Mark Edwards is the man
Rocking Eels Update: TOUR COLLECTIONS
Mon Dec 03 2007: Eels Tour Collections
Sun Dec 02 2007: Watch a "From the basement" clip
UPDATE: According to Sky Arts E's performance was recorded about a month ago in the L.A. studio
mentioned above.
Fri Nov 30 2007: E on "From the basement"
UPDATE: Sky Arts informs us about the songlist of this episode. And if they are right
about it, this will be an exciting show for every Eels fan. Among the classics "Cheaters Guide To Your Heart" and
"It's A Motherfucker" we will get to watch E playing a previously unreleased and unknown song called
"Millcent Don't Blame Yourself". But please remember that we shouldn't get too excited
about it until the show actually airs or the official site comments about this.
Fri Nov 30 2007: Shrek the Halls features Eels song
Wed Nov 28 2007: Documentary Replay
Wed Nov 28 2007: Estranged Friends
Tue Nov 27 2007: Parallel Worlds
Mon Nov 26 2007: BBC Documentary airs tonight
Sat Nov 24 2007: New Eels album already finished
Sat Nov 24 2007: E writes a Times Magazine article
Tue Nov 20 2007: BBC Interview with E
Sat Nov 17 2007: Word magazine
Update: The offical site has brought light on this matter. The film is called
"Parallel Universes, Parallel Lives" and airs Monday, Nov. 26th at 9pm on BBC4 as previously reported.
Wed Nov 14 2007: New download/Vienna gig sold out
On a second note we can inform you that the concert in Vienna's WUK in March is already sold
out. For all who were able to grab their hands on a ticket: See you there! :)
Tue Nov 13 2007: Cover of upcoming book
Sat Nov 10 2007: Ticket Sale starts today
Tue Nov 06 2007: EELS TOUR 2008
Tue Nov 06 2007: The Galaxy/Temporary Eels Forum
Furthmore, since "Jeannie's Diary" is down at the moment (see news below)
a temporary Eels forum has been installed. It is called "Estranged Friends" and can be found
HERE.
Fri Nov 02 2007: "BehindTheChurch.com" down
Mon Oct 29 2007: Audio-Book postponed (or even cancelled?)
Thu Oct 25 2007: Documentary Information
Wed Oct 17 2007: Let's meet the Eels
UPDATE: Click HERE and
HERE for the covers in a higher resolution.
Wed Oct 10 2007: Eels to tour in 2008?
Mon Oct 01 2007: Documentary on 26th November, BBC Four
Sat Sep 29 2007: "Parallel Universes, Parallel Lives" broadcast in late autumn on BBC 4
Tue Sep 18 2007: "Meet the Eels: Essential Eels Vol.I" & "Useless Trinkets"
To sum up: Eels fans can look forward to a)Mark Oliver Everett's memoires in both book and audio book format
,released in January; b)the essentials and rarities also released in January and c)the film about E and his father
made by the BBC (date TBC).
Tue Sep 18 2007: "Telling it like it is"
Sat Sep 15 2007: Parallel Universes, Parallel Lives
Wed Sep 12 2007: E & Lucinda Williams
Wed Sep 05 2007: Eels Songs Poll 2007
Sat Sep 01 2007: More news regarding E & Butch on stage
Fri Aug 10 2007: E & Butch together on stage
Wed Aug 08 2007: "TTGSK" Audio Book: Release Date Confusion
In other news, we are very sad to announce that our friends over at EELS ITALIA
have decided to put their work on this fantastic fansite on a hold. Thanks for this great site and the support over the years. Grazie!
Tue July 31 2007: "The Who" liner notes by Mr.E
Wed July 25 2007: E writes book: Things The Grandchildren Should Know
Thu June 21 2007: First ever MC HONKY fansite
Fri May 18 2007: It's all about Shrek's royal pain
Mon May 14 2007: Royal Pain lyrics
Sat May 12 2007: Tommy Walter talks with ROCKING EELS
Fri May 11 2007: Shrek The Third
Thu Apr 26 2007: Eels & MC Honky on "Duck"
Wed Apr 25 2007: Shrek 3 OST
Sat Apr 21 2007: Bobby Jr. necklace available
Thanks to Aussie Eels fan "exileded" a wonderful recording of the very last concert of the
phenomenal "An Evening with Eels" tour can be downloaded. Click HERE
for the Sydney bootleg.
"Parallel Worlds, Parallel Lives", the documentary about E and his father, Hugh Everett III, is a
wonderful and astonishing piece of work. We really think it deserves its own DVD release. That's
why one can support THIS ONLINE PETITION
which tries to convince BBC 4 to release a DVD of this fantastic film. Please also support us, it is
a matter of 1 minute.
By the way, a re-run of the documentary will air on BBC 2 Wednesday, May 7th at 11:20pm.
Now you can watch E's and The Chet's phenomenal KCRW appearance on the following links:
Watch it on KCRW.COM or in our
YOUTUBE CHANNEL. You
can also download the file from our DOWNLOADS PAGE. Have fun with
this wonderful performance.
Eels duo Mr.E and The Chet appeared on KCRW's "Morning Becomes Eclectic" show this morning. As
expected the radio show featured wonderful renditions of the songs which have been performed
on the "evenings with Eels".
A Magic World
Strawberry Blonde
Souljacker Part I
Ugly Love
Last Time We Spoke
Railroad Man
Talk
Dirty Girl
I'm Going To Stop Pretending That I Didn't Break Your Heart
Bus Stop Boxer
Last Stop: This Town
Girl From The North Country
Today marks the 45th birthday of Eels leader Mark Oliver Everett. Happy Birthday! Joyeux Anniversaire!
Gelukkige verjaardag! Alles Gute zum Geburtstag! Buon Compleanno! Feliz Cumplea–os! Parabens! Tillykke med fodselsdagen!
Otanjou-bi Omedetou Gozaimasu! from all your fans over the world. Have a nice one, E.
Great news coming in from the official Eels site: E and The Chet will be on KCRW
for a live performance on Nic Harcourt's "Morning Becomes Eclectic" show on
Tuesday, April 15th at 11:15am (Pacific standard time). In the past appearances on KCRW
always were among the highlights of every Eels tour. Watch two performances (2003 & 2005) in
our DOWNLOADS SECTION or listen to even older appearances HERE.
The Eels are currently touring the U.S., appearing in New York's "Highline Ballroom" twice tonight and tomorrow.
Should you be looking for setlists, THIS topic
on the ESTRANGED FRIENDS message board might be helpful,
as it features almost all setlists of the "An evening with Eels" tour so far. (Spoiler Warning, of course!)
In other news, the official site has posted a funny clip featuring E and The Chet on a
tandem bicycle riding along the New Jersey shoreline. Watch it HERE.
We are happy to present all the bootlegs of the "An evening with Eels" tour, which are currently available.
At the moment 10 different recordings of European shows can be downloaded in our
DOWNLOADS section. Our latest addition is the bootleg of the last European gig
in Paris' La Cigale. Enjoy!
Today the European leg of the "An evening with Eels" tour ends. E and The Chet are giving a
final concert in Paris. The tour has been fantastic, one of the most outstanding in Eels history.
In only 3 days it continues with several dates in the US, starting
with a gig in Philadelphia.
The documentary about E and his father, quantum physicist Hugh Everett III, won the award for a documentary in science
and natural history at the "RTS PROGRAMME AWARDS", which were presented last night at the
Grosvenor House Hotel in London.
"Weaving together an emotional odyssey with an exploration of some of the most challenging front-line science was an audacious idea, but this film pulled it off magnificently."
Download now the wonderful bootleg of the Eels' recent concert at Royal Festival Hall in London.
One can find it in our DOWNLOADS section. Thanks very much to Andy.
E has always denied ongoing requests to use EELS songs in commercials: "I absolutely refuse to
license my music for commercial television, but I'm okay with authorizing use of my songs for
public service announcements and motion picture soundtracks."
However, from time to time Eels songs are used for advertisements without E's permission. Just
think of the incident in 2001 when a Spanish shopping center used "I like birds" in a horrific
manner. (Read all about it HERE)
These days another shockingly bad commercial, using "Souljacker Part I", is being aired all the time in the U.K.
To watch this mess either click HERE
or HERE.
Two years ago the Eels totally rocked Vienna, where the RockingEels.com's headquarters are. Today
E and The Chet finally come back again and appear in Vienna's WUK.
This could be a very special evening on the "An evening with Eels" tour, as the venue's capacity of 300 people
might lead to a very intimate atmosphere.
By the way, if you're looking for reviews of a gig you've attended, THIS forum might be helpful,
as it features a collection of articles about the Eels' current tour.
Fans all over Europe are blown away by the Eels' current "An evening with Eels" tour. Daily requests
regarding reviews, setlists and videos are coming in. Here are some links you might wanna check out:
The first Eels concerts have proven that E's still got it. Wonderful shows with awesome
setlists and fantastic renditions by the band. To get more information, pictures, reviews and what not
on the various gigs so far you might wanna check out the INTERNATIONAL
and the GERMAN message board.
At last, February the 18th is here. The "An evening with Eels" tour is going to commence
tonight at the Bataclan in Paris. In the weeks to come Eels will conquer venues all over
good old Europe and will then start their American leg of the tour. We hope each and everyone
of you will have a great time when attending the shows. To celebrate the beginning
of a - without a doubt - yet another phenomenal Eels tour we complete our
TOUR COLLECTIONS download page today by adding all the tunes
which were performed at Eels' last tour in 2006.
Early reports from the warm-up gig at the Galaxy Theater yesterday are coming in. To have a
look at the setlist and further information click HERE
(SPOILER ALERT!). One thing is for sure: The tour is going to be phenomenal. It is
going to start in Paris on the 18th.
Mr.E and The Chet made a phenomenal appearance on "Jonesy's Jukebox" today. Including a first ever
live performance of "I Want To Protect You" (plus other great live songs), the radio show mainly featured
Jonesy and E talking about hilarious nonsense. To download the whole show click HERE.
Mr.E will appear on Colin Murray's BBC Radio show on Monday, February 18th. Make sure to
not miss the show, because there's a possibility that E will perform a few songs as well. You
will be able to listen to it HERE.
It's time again. E and ex-Sex Pistol Steve Jones meet up again for a chat and probably some performances
on "Jonesy's Jukebox" on Monday, February 11th (between 12 noon and 2pm, Pacific Standard Time on Indie 103 FM).
You can listen to it online HERE.
If you want to check out their last meet-up (from 08/25/2006), visit our DOWNLOAD PAGE.
You gotta be kidding me. Another fantastic Eels release is waiting for us. On the upcoming
AN EVENING WITH EELS TOUR one can purchase a live CD/DVD package of
the band's performance in London's Astoria in 2006. More information on this krazy release
HERE.
On AMAZON.COM
one can watch a neat interview with E (and Bobby Jr.) about Eels' new CDs.
Eels have announced dates of the American leg of the upcoming "An Evening with Eels" tour.
See HERE.
You might wanna check out our
GOOGLE MAP,
featuring all the tour venues.
E was on BBC Radio 4's "Front Row" yesterday talking about his recent releases. Listen to this nice conversation
HERE. Furthermore,
L.A. Weekly
features an article about E. Oh, and don't forget about the rerun of "Parallel Worlds, Parallel Lives", which is
on BBC 4 tonight. There'll be more reruns as you can see
HERE.
According to reports from attendees of the release party of E's autobiography three days ago
in London's St.James Church, the evening seemed to be "amongst the most beautiful things ever seen".
Thanks to our friend Robin we can now offer a fan-made audio bootleg of the show. Admittedly,
it's of mediocre quality, but nevertheless an extraordinarily cool way of reexperiencing this truly amazing
evening. You can find it in our DOWNLOAD SECTION.
Furthermore, one can watch some videos of the show on YouTube:
"It's A Motherfucker",
"Ugly Love" and
Pete Townshend.
Latest news coming in: E will be joining the Lunchtime show on BBC 6 Music on Wednesday 23rd January (1pm - 4pm).
You can listen to it on the official BBC 6 site.
Yesterday E performed in London's St.James Church to celebrate the release of his autobiography
"Things The Grandchildren Should Know". Early reports indicate that it was an amazing evening
with a great set performed by E (see below) and 4 readings by people from
the audience (including a certain Pete Townsend, who read an extract from the book about the writing of Souljacker).
Grace Kelly Blues
What I Have To Offer (Never Before Performed Song)
Millcent Don't Blame Yourself (Never Before Performed Song)
Dirty Girl
Ugly Love
A Magic World
3 Speed
Climbing To The Moon
I Like Birds
Its A Motherfucker
Flyswatter
Bus Stop Boxer
Daisies Of The Galaxy
Somebody Loves You
Souljacker Part II
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Girl From The North Country
NME REVIEW
THIS IS LONDON REVIEW
Hooray. The best-of and b-sides collections are in your local recordstore. At least if you life in
the States. Just a couple of days for the rest of the world to wait, though.
A lot of Eels related stuff to read is coming in.UNCUT MAGAZINE,
ALL MUSIC,
ALL MUSIC (2), and
those LUNATICS OVER AT PITCHFORK
all feature reviews and articles respectively.
Our dear friends over at
EELSFAN.DE have completely reworked their
homepage. We have to say, from now on this surely is the number one site for every German speaking
Eels fan. It looks absolutely great. Even if you don't understand a word they're saying,
you have to check it out.
Stories and articles about the Eels are all over the place these days. Another interview with E
has popped up, to be found on ARTIST DIRECT.
E talks about song writing and picking tracks for his upcoming CD & DVD collections, "Meet the Eels" and "Useless Trinkets".
The Sun's "Something for the weekend" segment features an article about E, talking about his upcoming releases
and Bobby, Jr. Check it out HERE
and learn that "eventually there WILL be a sequel" to MC HONKY's "I am the messiah!".
Q Magazine's February issue features a detailed article about Eels and E. It's a
really good read. A nice photo of E sitting in front of a painting of his sister is also included.
Check it out: Pages 1 - 2
- 3 - 4
- 5
Thanks to our friend "Devils Haircut".
On TIMES ONLINE
one can find a very exciting article about E's upcoming autobiography. We learn
that the rumour of E's divorce in 2005 was actually true, that he was hugely influenced by
hearing Portishead on the radio, that he has finished a new album and is working on another, and much more.
Furthermore, an EXCERPT
of "Things The Grandchildren Should Know" is featured. It proves that the book is definitely something
to look forward to.
Everybody living outside the United Kingdom probably looks at the latest Eels news with great
envy. To celebrate the release of E's autobiography a very special appearance at St.James Church
in London on January 17th has been announced. Look HERE
for details. Each attendee will receive a copy of the book. Even better, the first 200 people in line will get
the chance to have their book signed by the author.
January 2008 is one of the busiest months in years for Eels fans. Not only is the band going to release
their highly anticipated best-of and rarities collections, but also will we get the chance to read
E's autobiography and watch him perform on TV. Here's a quick overview:
The Eels fansite community is astonished. Our friends over at
EELS.NL
have finally relaunched their amazing website. They are "trying to get a complete list
of all known EELS performances and completing the lists with with setlists, reviews and pictures."
Furthermore the site features detailed information regarding E's solo work and really interesting
interviews. Certainly one of the best. Please note that the site is by far not yet completed
and that they will be updating constantly over the next couple of weeks and months.
Good news coming in. Apparently, favourite (ex-)bandmember Butch Norton will be joining the
Eels on one of their (soon to be officially announced) L.A. shows on their "An Evening with Eels"
tour next spring.
Butch:"I will, most likely, "drop in" on ONE show in los angeles (to be determined by his "e"ness).
i'm starting to record with lucinda so i will definetely not be touring with the eels."
The Rocking Eels team wishes merry christmas to all fellow Eels fans and their families.
On the coming days please don't waste a second of your precious time thinking and caring about your job, school,
university or Eels even. Have a nice time with your loved ones.
We hope "everything's gonna be cool this christmas" for you.
The Eels online stores are now offering "Meet The Eels" and "Useless Trinkets" bundles
with a great new T-shirt. Check out the stores and order these perfect outfits for the
upcoming tour. European/American Online Store
Eels have added 4 dates to their tour itinerary. Fans living in Oxford, Cambridge, Sheffield, York and (for a second time)
Paris will get the chance to have "an intimate, very special evening with eels on a very distinctive tour", as
E put it today talking with Berlin's radio station "Radio 1 Live". All the tour dates so far
HERE.
On Valentine's Day 2008 all the boyfriends will have the chance to pick some daisies from the flower bed
of the galaxy theater for their loved ones and then enjoy an evening with Eels.
The official site has now confirmed the rumour of Eels performing a warm-up gig at the Galaxy Theater on Valentine's
Day, February 14th. Check all the dates plus exact locations on a Google Map HERE.
"Who's the man?", you say? Mark Edwards from "The Sunday Times" is. He wrote an incredible text
about the Eels' upcoming best-of and rarities collections, to be found on the OFFICIAL EELS PAGE.
This might be one of the finest attempts to analyze and sum up Eels music. Furthermore, enjoy
preview samplers of both "Meet The Eels" and "Useless Trinkets" on the same page.
To shorten your waiting time to the start of the "An evening with Eels" tour
we've come up with another download section of superb Eels song material. From now on
we will feature a download of a collection of all songs from every single Eels tour in the past
every second week. Today we are starting with, obviously, the "Beautiful Freak Tour Collection" from 1996/1997.
Now go ahead and check out our TOUR COLLECTIONS.
More news about E's upcoming appearance on "From The Basement" is coming in. The official
FROM THE BASEMENT
site reports that they left their "London base for a trip to Bob Clearmountain's Berkeley
Street Studio in Los Angeles for the finale of the first series of From The Basement [...]
E from The Eels decides to perform a host of incredible new songs."
Furthermore, the site features a clip of E playing "It's A Motherfucker" on the show. This is certainly
something to look forward to.
The TV channel Sky Arts is broadcasting the show "From The Basement",
which features live sessions by a variety of artists.
It’s been recorded in high-definition at Maida Vale studios in London with live sound by renowned
record producer Nigel Godrich. From The Basement has no host and no studio audience,
instead the artist and their performance take centre stage.
On January 5th E will be on the show
(NME,
TLOBF,
FTB.tv).
We've added another song to our EELS IN MOVIES section.
The Shrek christmas special SHREK THE HALLS,
which first aired yesterday, features the Eels pearl "The stars shine in the sky tonight".
For all who haven't been able to watch the premiere of "Parallel Worlds, Parallel Lives" last night the
BBC has happy news for you. BBC 4 will replay the extraordinary documentary on Sunday at midnight (technically Monday a.m.).
The forum is dead. Long live the forum. Eels fans all over the world, get together on the
newly installed international Eels forum named
Estranged Friends.
Have you seen the documentary yesterday? Apparently it was a wonderful
film and really well-made. Check out the following links below if you want to read about the documentary and watch
some clips from it.
- GUARDIAN Review
- Metro Life
- The Mirror Chit-Chat
- YouTube Clip #1
- YouTube Clip #2
The documentary about E's quest to understand his father and his theory better airs tonight on
BBC4. Check out the following articles and interviews where (among other things) one can learn that the film features
tapes which record Hugh Everett talking about the theory. In the background a 14-year-old Mark can be heard playing the drums.
- GUARDIAN UNLIMITED
- BBC News
- New Scientist Interview
- SPIEGEL Online (German)
E talked with billboard.com about the two box sets which are going to hit record stores
in January. More of importance, he revealed exciting news regarding upcoming Eels albums:
"E says a new record for Vagrant Records is finished, and another is halfway done." Read the whole
article HERE.
Check out E's very nice and heartwarming article on Times Online, where he talks about the upcoming documentary and
his father's life. Click HERE.
It's not important whether the upcoming documentary will be called "The rock star and the quantum mechanic",
"Parallel Universes, Parallel Lives" or indeed "Parallel Worlds, Parallel Lives". The one thing
we can be sure of is that it is going to be very interesting for all Eels (and non-Eels) fans.
Need one more prove? Listen to E's interview with BBC Radio 2
HERE.
The december issue of Word magazine features an article about the upcoming documentary
about E and his father, quantum physicist Hugh Everett III. According to them the film will
air on November 30th on BBC4 and has been renamed to "The rock star and the quantum mechanic".
Read this nice article HERE (JPG File, Size 3MB).
For our Eels newbies we present another quite neat way of listening to different live versions
of a particular Eels song. This time you can download the "I Like Birds" COLLECTION.
Enjoy the beauty of this wonderful song in all its variations.
The official site has revealed the cover of E's upcoming autobiography
"Things The Grandchildren Should Know". Click HERE!
For most of the shows of the "AN EVENING WITH EELS"
Tour the ticket sale has started today. To this date not much is known on how the concerts will
be regarding line-up and setlists and so on. We can assume that this tour will have rather
laid-back shows as most of the venues are seated. But who knows? The Eels have managed to
surprise us more than once in the past.
(Click HERE to check out Eels' tour venues on Google Maps)
YEAH! Our prayers have been heard and answered. As we've already suggested in our news
post a month ago, Eels are going to tour in 2008. The official site has confirmed loads of
European DATES.
Feel free to jump for joy as we do at our Rocking Eels headquarters here in Vienna.
Good news coming in for Eels fans around the globe: Firstly, the great GALAXY
has been redesigned and restructured. If you are looking for a very extensive database of Eels music that's
the place to be for you. Stunning! As we've heard, additional features, like user interactivity,
will be added soon.
You may be wondering why our friends over at BTC/Jeannie's Diary are not accessible at the moment.
Webmaster Mike has told us that "the entire database was wiped out, either by nefarious means
or simply by my webhost's carelessness when they were upgrading their servers. [...] The board's information is
GONE, so it looks like we'll be starting from scratch again." Although these are quite dissapointing
news we can tell you that this awesome place of fan gathering will be back soon.
Disappointing news coming in. The publisher of the once-planned audio-book of E's upcoming book
"Things The Grandchildren Should Know" (Little Brown Book Group) has informed us that the
release of said audio version has been postponed to January 2009. "There is a slight chance
that it may come forward but it doesn't seem likely. We are keen for E to read it but he's not.
He has suggested a couple of high profile names but nothing has happened on that front yet.
We feel it does need someone high-profile and if these issues can't be resolved we may abandon
it altogether."
This is disappointing because something very special might have come out of that. The release date
of the book itself is still in January, as far as we know. Check back for more news or wait
for announcements from the official Eels site.
The Eels' offical homepage has now confirmed our news from October, 1st.
The documentary about E and his father, quantum physicist Hugh Everett III,
"Parallel Universes, Parallel Lives" will be aired on Monday, 26th November 2007 at 9pm on BBC4. Apparently, the film
features an all-EELS soundtrack. More information HERE.
The official site has finally revealed both the cover and the tracklists of the upcoming collections
"Meet the Eels: Essential Eels Vol.1" and "Useless Trinkets". Click HERE
to check it out. All fans and those who want to become fans can look forward to these brilliant CD/DVD sets, as they not only
feature classics of Eels' catalog, but also contain brand new songs such as "Useless Trinkets" and "Saw A Ufo".
Release date for both sets are as follows: USA January 15, 2008; UK January 21, 2008.
According to this article from the Italian
"La Repubblica" and this article from the Italian
"Il Messaggero" the Eels are going to perform in Rome's Auditorium on March 08, 2008. This smells
like a tour is in the works. This is awesome. But let us remind you
that this is no official news until it is confirmed by the official Eels site.
The documentary about E and his father, quantum physicist Hugh Everett III, "Parallel Universes, Parallel Lives" will be aired on Monday, 26th November 2007 on BBC Four.
Read more about this exciting film HERE.
Thanks to our friend Edgar.
As THIS
very interesing article regarding the upcoming documentary about E and his father, physicist Hugh Everett III, mentions,
"Parallel Universes, Parallel Lives" will be aired in late autumn on the channel BBC Four. Stay tuned for more news
as they come in.
It's great to be an Eels fan these days. News are topping each other from day to day. Today, Eels announced
the release of "Meet the Eels: Essential Eels Vol.I", a retrospective of the last ten years of the band
including essential tracks plus a DVD, and "Useless Trinkets", a rarities collection also including
a DVD which features performances from the 2006 Lollapalooza show. One will also find rare photos and
E's notes on various songs in this 2 CD set. Both releases will hit the record stores in January 2008.
Could anyone ask for more? Further news and details when they'll come in...
Thanks to user "16tons" from JEANNIE'S DIARY,
who has found an article about the upcoming autobiography from E, we can have a little insight about
how it's gonna be. Check out this little interview HERE,
where E talks about why he decided to write "Things the Grandchildren Should Know" and who inspired it.
This makes us even more excited about this sure to be astonishing book.
Another great news coming in. Crtl+C/Crtl+V from the Official Eels site:
"The BBC has made a film about E and his father, noted physicist Hugh Everett III, entitled PARALLEL UNIVERSES, PARALLEL LIVES. The film follows E on a journey to learn and understand more about his father during the fiftieth anniversary of Hugh Everett's Many Worlds theory. Stay tuned for air date information."
Last Sunday E joined Lucinda Williams, Butch and The Chet on stage at the El Rey theater in L.A. Together they
performed Lucinda's "Fancy Funeral" as well as "Railroad Man" and "Sixteen Tons". Reactions from
fans are, as expected, very positive:
We also found a PHOTO OF E from the show. If you have any material (photos, videos, bootlegs, reports) from
this very special evening, please contact us.
The time has come again. Our friends over at BEHIND THE CHURCH are holding their
annual songs poll. Yes, we know, picking only ten songs from your long lists of Eels favourites is
a hard task, but we are sure you can handle that. Please join in and tell the world your thoughts
about Eels' best songs ever produced. More information after the JUMP.
Details are coming in about E and Butch on stage with LUCINDA WILLIAMS.
E will be playing with Lucinda and Butch on the 9th of September at the El Rey Theater in Los Angeles.
If you live in the L.A. area you might check out this very rare opportunity. They will be joined by
Robbie Krieger (guitarist from The Doors) and The Chet, who will continue to be in the band on Lucinda's European tour dates in November.
Some phenomenal news coming in, especially for fans in California. The long time Eels member
(and finest drummer on earth) Jonathan "Butch" Norton and E are finally reunited again, even if only for
an evening. These days Butch is working with an artist by the name of LUCINDA WILLIAMS,
and they are touring right now. Lucinda & Butch are doing some special shows at the El Rey Theater in Los Angeles on September 5, 6, 8, 9 & 10.
E will be a guest artist on one of the shows. So if you're around in L.A. don't miss out these very special evenings.
As the publisher of E's upcoming memoires (Little Brown Book Group) tell us, the audio book will indeed
be published in March 2008. However, AMAZON
still lists the item as January 2008 release. Better we wait for announcements from the guys at the official site.
Further details of the audio book: 5 CD set, reader yet to be confirmed.
They first met during the Eels' "No Strings Attached Tour", had some lovely chats on "In the Attic", performed together on a phenomenal concert in L.A. in November '06,
and now E even writes the liner notes on their latest DVD. Yes, one might say they've become something like friends. E and The Who. As the official Eels site reports,
E wrote some lines for the new "The Who" tour documentary film (fan club) DVD "Fragments" (COVER, VIDEO SNEAK PREVIEWS).
Read E's words HERE.
Yes, you've read correctly. Eels leader Mark Oliver Everett has written a book about his life.
Titled "Things The Grandchildren Should Know", the 288-paged memoires will hit the bookstores on January 17th, 2008 (Hardback Cover, 216 x 135 mm).
Not enough, also an audio-book will be available to purchase. Whether what and who this audio book will
feature is not yet known. One can already pre-order both the book and the audio edition
HERE and
HERE, respectively.
Finally the messiah, MC HONKY, also has his own fanbase. Hop over to our newly installed sister-site
MC HONKY FANS and explore the wonderful worlds of
Silverlake's hippest DJ. "Keep looking at the object...!"
If you haven't purchased your "Shrek The Third" CD yet (shame on you!) or haven't even heard
Eels' new song (poor soul!): The official EELS MYSPACE
site offers the opportunity to listen to and add "Royal Pain" to your very own MySpage page
(as WE DID).
Today marks the worldwide release of the "Shrek the Third" soundtrack album. As you probably know
the Eels contributed two songs (Royal Pain, Losing Streak) to this record. For your perfect enjoyment of Eels' new hit "Royal Pain",
here are the LYRICS.
Thanks to our friend Schlomo.
As promised, another well-known and very important character of the Eels history has been so nice
to do a mail-interview with us. We a very proud to present a very interesting and honest interview
with Tommy Walter, member of the original Eels trio. CLICK HERE for the interview and
a super-sweet photo.
While early reviews of the latest Shrek adventure are rather negative
(VARIETY, HOLLYWOOD REPORTER),
first snippets of the EELS' new song "Royal Pain" (BARNES & NOBLE) might leave
fans all over the world be delirous with joy and excitement. Only 3 respectively 4 days and the "Shrek The Third" OST
will hit the record stores. Make sure to order your copy so you too can listen to the glorious tones of Shrek's royal pain.
The 2005 produced and now limited released film "Duck"
(OFFICIAL SITE - IMDB),
directed by Nic Bettauer, features among the Eels songs "The Good Old Days", "I Like Birds" & "Love Of The Loveless"
also the rarity "Jazz Hands Part I" by MC Honky, which has only surfaced yet on the 2003 Eels'
secret album LICENSE TO EEL.
"Duck" opens in Los Angeles (AMC The Block 30 in Orange, CA) and New York (AMC Loews Village 7) on May 11.
As a side note, THIS
is the cover of the upcoming "Shrek the Third" soundtrack, which will feature Eels' "Losing Streak"
and their new song "Royal Pain". This great CD (looking apart from Fergie of course) will hit
the record stores worldwide on May 15.
Bobby Jr. is informing fellow dawgs via his MySpace blog:
"Bitches, I'm yours! Wear the new EELS Bobby, Jr. dog tag necklace and tell the other bitches to STEP OFF! Pre-ordering is now possible and it will be sent to you the moment it's unveiled, May 2nd. See and order the EELS Bobby, Jr. dog tag necklace at the
official U.S. EELS online store
