In E decided to work under a different name. Having grown more adventurous musically and lyrically, and tired of the logistical nightmares of going by one letter, he added a few letters and formed EELS, an ever-changing project for his songs, with a live band to present them in concert. The striking "Novocaine for the Soul" video clip of the band seemingly flying through their day was nominated for several MTV awards.
They had a second top ten international hit with the song "Susan's House. After collecting a Brit Award, presented to EELS by Spinal Tap, the award was soon turned into a cymbal stand to illustrate that it was actually worth something , and giving director Wim Wenders the song "Bad News" for the soundtrack to his film "The End of Violence," E experienced a period of great artistic growth. His troubled sister, Elizabeth, committed suicide in And now his mother was terminally ill with lung cancer.
That was his entire family. He ultimately decided he could not ignore these things artistically, feeling that anything else would be an act. So he set about the writing and recording of an album that was inspired by, and that would deal with the tragedies in his life, but only if it could offer a new point of view, and a positive resolution.
Although a glance at the track list on the back of the CD jewel box can often make people assume the album is "depressing," E called it "probably the most positive record I will ever make. Legendary producer Lenny Waronker likened the album to "A nice walk in the park, where you're occasionally bitten by a snake. E's Beautiful Blues" was a hidden track on the album, yet a substantial international hit.
The video for the second single "Flyswatter" featured drummer Butch as a clown on a police stakeout in front of E's home. The next morning Butch called E and told him about his dream. They agreed that they had to make this dream a reality. The six piece band featured saxophone, trombone, trumpet, banjo, guitar, violin, upright bass, piano, melodica, clarinet, flute, and, yes, timpani.
It was a vast change from the 3 piece rock band they were a few years ago. While thinking about a story he had recently heard about a California serial killer called the Soul Jacker, who claimed to take not only the lives of his victims, but the souls as well, E broke the retreat's rules of not reading, writing or speaking by writing the song "Souljacker Part II" on a roll of toilet paper. In an unfortunate case of timing, E's new short hair and long beard made a lot of people at the airports EELS were frequenting at the time of the September 11 tragedy nervous.
The US release of the album was delayed until March, Guests include E's hound dog, Bobby, Jr. The album is heralded by the press as perhaps E's finest work to date.
The line up of E backed by a string quartet and two multi-instrumentalists, The Chet formerly Chet and Big Al, play critically acclaimed concerts throughout Europe, the U. That night E performs solo at St. James Church in London. Pete Townshend joins him to read from E's book. The US edition comes out via St. Martin's Press October 14, There may be many things to come from Mark Oliver Everett and company in the future. Some of it may surprise you.
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