Mark Oliver Everett
American rock musician / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mark Oliver Everett (born 10 April 1963) is an American singer and musician. He is better known by his alternate persona Mr. E or Eels. He began calling himself Mr E. as a teenager because it sounded "mysterious." Also, many of his friends made fun of him because his initials spelled out "MOE". Evert is best known for his rock band, Eels.
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Background information | |
Birth name | Mark Oliver Everett |
Also known as | E, MC Honky |
Born | (1963-04-10) April 10, 1963 (age 61) Virginia |
Origin | United States |
Genres | Rock |
Instruments | vocals, guitar, piano, keyboard, drums |
Years active | 1991–present |
Labels | Polydor, DreamWorks, EWorks, Vagrant |
Website | eelstheband.com |
Unlike most rock bands, Eels rarely plays with the same combinations of members twice. Mark Everett is the only constant member. He is the only one who plays on every single album and live show. All other members are friends of his who add other instruments to the albums and concerts. Most of them are in other bands, such as Aysa and Chloe from the pop band Smoosh. Many do not use their real names, as Everett does. For example, bassist Koool G Murder performed on the albums Souljacker and Hombre Lobo, and has played bass at most shows on the tours for both albums.
Each Eels concert is different. Most feature the members who perform the song on the album playing the instruments that they did on that song. Many are acoustic sets. Everett sings and plays piano all by himself. A lot of songs that Eels perform live are covers (songs written by other people), and songs that have never appeared on any albums.