Electric Eels (band)
The Electric Eels ( German eels, literally electric eels ) were a proto- punk band from Cleveland, Ohio, which existed from 1972 to 1975.
History
John D Morton (guitar) founded the Electric Eels along with Dave E McManus (vocals, clarinet) and Brian McMahon ( guitar), after they had attended an appearance by Captain Beefheart. They found the opening act "Left End" so bad that they thought they could do better. The band had no bass player, and the drummer changed frequently. Paul Marotta ( guitar, keyboard ) replaced McMahon from late 1973 to early 1975. Marotta also took care of the recordings of the group.
The Electric Eels had five appearances ( Allmusic speaks of six), which were characterized by outbreaks of violence between the musicians or to the audience and partly led to police operations. Morton broke in a fight with the police, the hand that was in handcuffs, and he played the guitar with a tightly bound to its rail wrench at the next gig. Her clothes were decorated with rat traps and safety pins.
The music was simple and loud at concerts supported by lawnmower noise or a lump of rock eindrosch with the Morton on tin plates. The old recorded images were taken during the practice sessions and were all published after the end of the band.