EELSBone Dry
Directed by Sofi Astrom
Bone Dry by EELS is a quirky, jazz-inflected indie rock track with dark humor. The video features stop-motion skeletons in a gothic ballroom, dancing and…
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Alternative rock band from Los Feliz, Los Angeles, California, USA (formed 1995). Eels make music in the alternative rock, post-grunge and pop rock genres.
5 Eels Music Videos from 1990–2018
Directed by Sofi Astrom
Bone Dry by EELS is a quirky, jazz-inflected indie rock track with dark humor. The video features stop-motion skeletons in a gothic ballroom, dancing and…
Directed by Garth Jennings
Last Stop: This Town is a melancholic yet upbeat song about loss and departure. The inventive video features a singing carrot being animated and cloned…
Flyswatter is a quirky, offbeat track with surreal lyrics and groovy instrumentation. The video features Eels frontman Mark Oliver Everett in a bizarre home invasion…
Directed by Mark Romanek
Novocaine for the Soul is a breakthrough single blending melancholy with dreamy detachment. The video features the band members suspended in mid-air while playing—symbolizing emotional…
Directed by Jesse Dylan
Fresh Blood by Eels, directed by Jesse Dylan, features a visually captivating narrative that aligns with the song's themes of desire and transformation, inspired by…
Formed 1995 · Los Feliz, Los Angeles, California, USA · alternative rock, post-grunge · DreamWorks Records
Eels (often typeset in lower case or all caps) is an American rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1991 by singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Mark Oliver Everett, known by the stage name E. Band members have changed over 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 of family, death, and unrequited love. Since 1996, Eels has released fifteen studio albums, seven of which entered the Billboard 200. via Wikipedia
Band Members: Mark Oliver Everett
Eels’s studio albums / EPs · 15
Artists who shaped Eels’s sound
Everything you need to know about Eels
Eels formed in 1995.
Eels are from Los Feliz, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Eels’s music spans alternative rock, post-grunge and pop rock.
Eels are signed to DreamWorks Records.
Eels have released 15 studio albums, from Beautiful Freak (1996) to EELS TIME! (2024).
Eels’s most recent studio album is EELS TIME!, released in 2024.
Eels’s most-watched music videos on AltSounds are “Novocaine For The Soul”, “Last Stop: This Town”, “Flyswatter” and “Bone Dry”.
Eels’s most-viewed music video on AltSounds is “Novocaine For The Soul” (1990), with 10.8 million views, directed by Mark Romanek. Novocaine for the Soul is a breakthrough single blending melancholy with dreamy detachment. The video features the band members suspended in mid-air while playing—symbolizing emotional numbness, distance, and the weightlessness of detachment.
Eels cite influences including Neil Young, Jellyfish, Elvis Costello, Meat Puppets, The Beach Boys, The Beatles, Todd Rundgren and Elton John.
Eels’s members include Mark Oliver Everett.
You can listen to Eels on Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube and SoundCloud, and watch their music videos right here on AltSounds.