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Butch on tour with Rufus 30-4-2001
Butch, our beloved drum monster, is on tour with Rufus Wainwright for the next three weeks, they are doing their tour.'Your Dream Day with the Eels' contest 21-4-2001
The official site has updated with a contest. You have to write an essay about what you would do if you could spend a day with the eels. The winner receives a signed 'Daisies of the Galaxy' LP (vinyl).Poll results & New Question 21-4-2001
The poll results for the last poll question...
What is your favourite CD cover? [103 votes total] A Man Called (E) (1) 1%
Broken Toy Shop (3) 3%
Beautiful Freak (26) 25%
Electro-Shock Blues (50) 49%
Daisies of the Galaxy (13) 13%
OWABM (Live album) (3) 3%
One of the singles (1) 1%
Argh! I can't choose! (6) 6%
Some comments about this poll:
- the eels have beautiful artwork all over, they know how to make a record cover to speak for itself, true beauty
- Broken Toy Shop sucked (the cover)
- All the eels covers are top, but beautiful freak just kicks ass!!!!
- I really like the ESB cover. I like the whole booklet. It's soo.... expressive. You can just feel the sadness. - MW
The new poll question is (as suggested by bf5man): Do you miss Tommy?
'Cheaters Guide' lyrics update 13-4-2001
Blaze mailed me a new transcription of the lyrics to 'Cheater's Guide', an unreleased eels song they played during the 'Daisies of the Galaxy' tour. Furthermore, Blaze also mailed some corrections to 'Suicide Life'. Thanks!New article on 'The Galaxy' 13-4-2001
'The Galaxy', another great eels site, has been updated with a new article about the current relationship between eels and their record company, and also about the popularity of the band. It's a response to the article that earlier appeared on the website. Read the article here.Quotes fixed 6-4-2001
Yup, the quotes are fixed. Sorry for the problems, JavaScript sucks ;-)Poll results & New Questions 6-4-2001
The results for the question To how many eels concerts have you been?:
Uhm.. More than 25? (0) More than 10 (1) More than 3 (4) One or Two (18) None! sob, sob :-( (29) Why? I have bootlegs! (0) And some comments about this poll:
- I haven't seen them, but not for lack of trying!
- I have seen the Eels only once, the best gig I've been to, Butch spoke about "Hot & Cold". Great gig, definitely worth another see!
- EELS, stop being so cruel and come to England, pretty please.
The new poll question, as suggested by bf5man is:
What is your favourite CD cover?Eels confirmed to play at Lowlands festival 2-4-2001
The eels have been confirmed to play at the Lowlands festival in The Netherlands, taking place on 24,25 and 26 of August. There is also a possibility that they will also play at Bizarre (Germany), Pukkelpop (Belgium) and Leeds / Reading (UK) because those are at the same time.
E. to star in Wim Wenders movie 2-4-2001
According to an article in the LA Times E. will "act in and score a collaboration involving director Wim Wenders and writer Sam Shepard". Wim Wenders was the director of the movie 'The End of Violence' for who the eels recorded the song 'Bad News'. E. is also a contender to play in a movie about indie rock bands by Steve Cantor. Read the whole article here.Article about E. & Dreamworks at the Galaxy 2-4-2001
Niels, the webmaster of the great eels site The Galaxy, has posted an article in which he looks at the current situation of the label of the eels: Dreamworks music. Click here for the article, it's quite an interesting read.New quotes 2-4-2001
The quotes have been updated. This month: quotes gathered from various interviews.