The group consists of three musicians. The vocalist and the leader is Mark Everett. Demo-zapis a trio has drawn Stephen Spielberg's attention, and it has acquired the right to duplicating of their debut album to the label «Dream Works». Emotional and aggressive «Beautiful Freak» at once has got on the top lines of various "tops", and single Novocaine For The Soul became a hit on alternative American radio. The album and among admirers Nirvana as original continuation of that Kurt Cobain did was popular. To rank EELS as certain musical style it is difficult, as their music has absorbed various directions: a combination of hip-hop with indi-rock, every possible samples with melodious accords. However the group managed to create the unique sound which is in harmony with a gruffish voice of Mark Everetta. Texts of many songs are written under the influence of its hard course of life. Mark - the son of one of the greatest physicists of 20th century - Hugh Everetta III, was born on April, 9th, 1963 in Virginia, after death of the father (in 1971) still the child, has conceived a liking for alcohol and drugs and only thanks to music a smog within long five years struggles with these fatal predilections and win them. In song Flower ("Flower") is transferred fear of the teenager who has faced indifference and ruthlessness of adults. Hide review