It was the first of several tragedies in E's earlyish life. Fourteen years later, his schizophrenic sister Liz committed suicide. This event and the subsequent death of Everett’s mother from cancer ...

For a society that doesn't often like to think about death or address its own mortality, Americans sure love songs about dead people. Few songwriting formulas are more commercial those that transform ...

In May of 2014, when Steve Perry stepped on stage with alternative rock group Eels in Minneapolis, it was hardly your average rock star cameo. The former Journey frontman was making his first concert ...

Mark Oliver Everett — aka E, aka eels — loves a few things: aliases (clearly); his three-legged hound dog/backup barker, Bobby Jr.; and genre-dodging concept albums. Last year's Tomorrow Morning ...