Electric Eels

These songs are astonishingly ahead of their time in terms of punk abrasion, nihilistic outlook and general musical incompetence. Eyeball of Hell collects together all of this truly seminal, if obscure, band's songs. Recorded in 1975 at rehearsals, almost none of this was ever heard until Scat Records put it out in 2001. The Electric Eels were famous for running a lawnmower onstage, inciting fights and getting the hook by various promoters and law enforcement officials at every single one of their five live appearances.

Nihilism, situationism and surrealism might be old news in these post-postmodern times, but
when this gaggle of Clevelanders began their short-but-stunning assault on the public
consciousness back in 1973, jaws dropped and fists flew. The word "punk" wasn't yet in
common use, but there's little doubt that the songs contained on this retrospective outstrip
just about anything from that first wave in terms of both outrage and -- no pun in... More >